07 Feb 2016 02:42:53
Few thoughts.
Side looked better for Can sitting deeper and havin Allen in the side. and even better still when aubemeyang came on, Glad we shook up the side a bit to add some fresh ideas.
Firmino looking good and Llalana and Milner played better for having a bit more pace around them.
After the walkout though we were rubbish. Probably unrelated but I'm not so sure. Migs was probably more the trigger with that disastrous attempt at a save. Sakho was poor for the second but I still hope he'll come good once the defence sees some changes and settles. We need a new keeper and at least one CB and to start again. I also can't help but they no Moreno leaves us exposed and Sakho looking shakier than if we had Flanno on at LB.
Regarding the walkout I actually agree with the idea tickets shouldn't jump so much and a protest is valid, I just hope the protests are done with more respect. The owners are clearly facing huge financial pressure after the mismanagement of last few years and it's a bit of a money pit for them at the moment so while it's a mistake, it's also not entirely without justification to look to offset some cheaper tickets by putting others up. Let's hope they relent on the most expensive tickets but also let's respect what they've put it into this club.
Yes Liverpool is run as a business and that's how it has to be in this day and age, that doesn't mean the owners don't care about the club, and neither should they be abused and called greedy pigs when they are putting money into the club but make a mistake in judgement, they just need to consult more IMO.
{Ed001's Note - they are not 'putting money' into the club though, they are loaning it with the expectation of getting it back. That is not the same thing. Also this ridiculous idea that ticket pricing impacts on revenue is completely out of date, it is such a small percentage that it is not worth the hassle. You can run a club within its means without fleecing fans.}
07 Feb 2016 05:28:51
Maybe the owners and the club need to show that they are taking responsibility for there mistakes, as a business there acquiring of assets, the players, have been abysmal, showing a lack of proper research and poor decision making when purchasing those assets. It's not the fans fault they have wasted astronomical amounts of money on poor asset acquisition, they need to look within for that. Yes they got us out of the frying pan, but unless they change how they operate, their simply throwing us into the fire.
Of course they want us to succeed, but alienating the fans to achieve that will leave them with nothing. Without the fans none of it exists, it's the fans that make the club what it is and they way they are moving forward they are going to lose them, then what's left. It might be a business, but it's still a football club, and that's more important, the business dosnt exist without the football club. They seem to be forgetting that, it's a football club first.
07 Feb 2016 07:20:42
I agree 100% with the view on ticket prices Ed, that for the marginal cost of not much they could have built a huge amount of goodwill but it's a mistake and doesn't necessarily mean they are greedy pigs worthy of enormous abuse. A walkout was fine but do we really want to alienate the owners who have done a better job than most in backing the club (even if some poor Football decisions like hanging onto Rogers end of last season and spending on the transfers like Benteke) .
Regarding loans, those are interest free if I'm not mistaken which is still a big opportunity cost for the owners. also as far as any repayment goes, those loans might be repaid on a sale, but if the loans aren't well spent and therefore don't increase the value of the club but at least the same amount, that just means they get less equity out in the end. It's not risk free from their perspective.
{Ed001's Note - no investment is risk free, but paying for increases to capacity is only going to increase the value of the club in the event of a sale....}
07 Feb 2016 10:22:34
Fair enough, makes sense re. the stands, I was erroneously thinking more about the transfer budget which has been a bit of a drain.
{Ed001's Note - which makes it all the more sad that they are trying to milk the fans for their own errors.}