Liverpool, a club with no honour, and now with little respect as they are held by Everton

by Sack the Juggler on February 5th, 2007

The Al Maktoum family recently accused Liverpool Football Club of acting dishonourably after they had shook hands on a deal with David Moores only to find that the deal was “un-agreed” at the next Board meeting of the club, following an improved offer from the Gillett consortium. Personally I doubt that money was the prime motivator behind the decision of David Moores to pull out of an agreement that he had shaken hands on, rather I believe that David Moores, Liverpool fan to the core, saw the Gillett offer as an opportunity to keep hold of his precious Liverpool, if only for a few more weeks.

Despite the Liverpool PR machine rolling out, saying that they had felt bullied by DIC, that the offer wasn’t that which had been agreed, and that the club had to do what it felt best for its shareholders, the fact is that David Moores had shaken hands and given a verbal agreement to DIC, and only pulled out when they had an increased offer on the table, so you can understand the Al Maktoum family’s disappointment with the club at their “lack of honour and respect”.

Benitez has followed in the club’s tradition by showing a lack of honour and respect for his local rivals. Instead of praising his opponent’s tenacity and resilience he decided to cast aspersions on their heritage, to look for a scapegoat for yet another failed Premiership campaign.

It’s true that Everton haven’t won the League title for 20 years, but then again it has been almost as long for Liverpool. It is also ironic that Liverpool, whose fans accuse Chelsea of buying the league and therefore of having no honour, now find that their best chance of winning (or should that be buying?) the Premiership now rests with the £150m transfer budget promised by Gillett.

As for the game itself, there was excitement at both ends with Reina saving well from Johnson and Osman, as well as Gerrard almost putting the ball in his own net, whilst at the other end Tim Howard placed himself well to gather shots from Crouch and Alonso, but most of the second half was all about restricting Liverpool to long range speculative efforts, although if he’d had more composure Crouch might have made something of the only real chance that Liverpool had instead of fluffing it.

All in all it was an exciting game, as most derbies are, more nail-biting than flowing, with each team desperate not to make the one mistake that could turn the match. But over the two games this season, Everton have shown the greater resolve and the better finishing, with Liverpool finding themselves running out of ideas.

The only small thing about the game was Rafa’s comment after it, which diminished the reputation of his once great club. His words were those of a bitter little man against a local rival who had taken 4 points of him and effectively ended any hopes of a Premiership title for yet another year….

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