Fan Mail?

O Restaurador said...

First of all, I've to recognize that if Liverpool had scored half of their oportunities in the first half of the game, now we will just think in our league and portuguese cup. These time, the lucky star had stayed with my club Benfica. I loved too the Liverpool fans supporting your team! You are fantastic! Really fantastic! In Portugal, when Benfica or other club is loosing, the supporters "just" call names to the players...Now we have Barcelona! In my best dreams Benfica can defeat Barcelona, but on reality I think that Benfica's season on Champions League will be over with Barcelona...Greatings from Portugal!

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Hey Dan

My name is Marco Pereira and I'm in Johannesburg. Just wanted to congratulate you on a great blog. (At the risk of sounding condescending you show taste and maturity beyond your years.)

I was especially pleased by the way you handled our recent loss to Benfica. No griping, no moaning..... No blaming the ref. Just congratulations to the victorious side. We can't only support Liverpool through the victories and 'they'll never walk alone'

Aren't the Liverpool fans just the best fans in the world?!?!

Anyway keep up the outstanding work, I will be a regular visitor.

Cheers

Marco

We've seen some of the so called 'big clubs' and their fans act like twats at times. Anyone remember the crowd at Old Trafford leaving before the end of their last game of the season? Those massive 'NOT FOR SALE' banners (not realising the club was actually a PLC), most of their fans generally being arrogant c*nts who believe football was invented in the 90s! And ofcourse, there's Chelski and their plastic fans. Death threats to opposition referees, complete and utter ignorance when it comes to acknowledging some of their results as according to Mourinho's Chelsea is still unbeaten innit? Garcia's goal didn't cross the line, and 'it was 0-0' according to Mourinho. 'Barcelona can't beat us with 11 v 11' he goes, not realising that The fact they didn't was down to an extremely generous penalty given for a non-existent foul. The fact that Chelsea had to play against Barcelona with 10 men was their own fault, no one else's. To hear Mourinho talk you would think they were innocent victims of conspiracy.

While we've had problems from a tiny minority of Liverpool supporters (who hasn't?) I'd like to believe that Liverpool has the most passionate, loyal, dignified bunch of supporters who will back the team even when 3-0 down, and will applaud the opponents even after undeservedly losing to Benfica on Wednesday.

It almost brought a tear to the eye to watch the standing ovation Benfica recieved, and the way the kop belted out another rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone as the second goal went in and the realisation set in that this probably is the end of the road for us this year.