ROB GUTMANN was joined by Paul Senior and John Gibbons for this weeks ‘Back Page’, on a quiet news week, the lads chat about the buzz around Roberto Firmino.
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ROB GUTMANN was joined by Paul Senior and John Gibbons for this weeks ‘Back Page’, on a quiet news week, the lads chat about the buzz around Roberto Firmino.
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Reference John Gibbons’ comments about the hypocrisy etc of the Middleborough fans and his irritation with people who don’t recognise wrong until it affects them.
We shouldn’t be too precious about this. Plenty of people in Liverpool happily bought the Sun while it published lies and shit about people until it published lies and shit about Hillsborough.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m delighted the Sun still suffers in Liverpool and I have never bought a copy in my life.
There was a time when nonsense from opposing fans would be met with a sharp scouse retort. However, after listening to the fans effort to lift Liverpool in the match against Bournemouth it seems those same witty fans have been replaced by the half wit and slightly senile persuasion. The article on the difference in supporters now as opposed to in the eighties and earlier summed it up for me. For me, going to the match is a now a fond memory but I can still raise a laugh in company telling tales of instant responses to some woolies daft attempt to degrade us. More power to those who wish to change the complexion of the crowd at Anfield. Wednesday was woeful song wise. What is next, Ey Ie addio.?
Re. Sturridge: I remember a few years ago in my native Sweden, when there was a similar slight suspicion against Zlatan (of all people). People felt he wasn’t working (pressing) up front and he had a few nigglies over time and didn’t take the field as often as many people felt he should. Mentality questions were raised, and he was compared to some lighthouse centre back who’d played with a leg hacked off, or something.
Someone authoritative (a sports doctor?) stated in an interview that different tasks require different levels of motor skill, and discomfort has a direct and immediate effect on motor skills. He also suggested that the body movements of a creative player are more likely to exacerbate the discomfort of a injury. Therefore, he said, there are solid physiological reasons elite creative players will have a lot more absence than your truckers in the back. Which makes intuitive sense, I think.
I don’t believe for a second that Sturridge has a bad attitude, but I can certainly believe that he has a more acute awareness of his body and his pain levels, than your Gerrards or Suarez’s.
Rob Gutmann’s heartfelt plea for an end to, (for want of a better term), regional racism will, alas, fall on deaf ears. My reason for being pessimistic is I’m reminded of a televised premier league game from 2000-01, when Liverpool played away at Villa. It was in the week that Rover, who were Aston Villa’s shirt sponsors at the time, announced that they would be closing their Birmingham plant and moving operations to China. The irony of Villa fans singing “Sign on…” was completely lost on them.