Midway through the second half of last night's shambles, Liverpool fans began booming out 'You'll Never Walk Alone' with such gusto that anyone tuning in at that precise moment would have assumed the home side were comfortably ahead. But, of course, they weren't. They were being rogered 5-1. Once again, then, the Liverpool faithful, like the loyal sheep of certain other clubs, were wallowing in failure. And this morning many of them smugly expect everyone to congratulate them for that by agreeing that they're "the greatest fans in the world", or some such swill. Belting out your devotion to a club when it is, yet again, blatantly underachieving is not being a "true fan" any more than cheering on an alcoholic every time he downs a jug of vodka is being a true friend. Like a man suffering from an addiction, a once-great club hooked on mediocrity and half-success needs a mighty metaphorical boot in the hole. It needs to be shaken out of its self-defeating stupor. Sure, when you see signs of a willingness to get better, then rousing outpourings of affection may be appropriate, but until that point is reached, you've got to be cruel to be kind (like I'm being here, see). G?rard Houllier inched towards recovery and was embraced. Then he lost the plot and was indulged. Fan desertion should have: a) forced him to change his ways; or forced the directors to bin him sooner than 18 months after he'd passed his expiry date. Similarly, Rafael Ben?tez initially suggested he was the man to restore Liverpool to greatness, most obviously when he somehow led them to Champions League triumph in 2005 despite initiallly botching his selection and tactics in the final. Greatness doesn't mean sporadic success in cups, it means sustained domination of leagues. And in that sense, Ben?tez has been going backwards since his inspired half-time changes in Istanbul. So let's be clear: rather than pledge their allegiance to the unacceptable, Liverpool fans should have walked out en ma.
Reven, your fans were singing "you'll never walk alone' to drown out your proper retarded fans who were booing...
i cant believe how gracious they were in defeat. they were full voice even wen they were getting thrashed...now that is special. Full credit to the liverpool fans.
I do admint Liverpool fans over use the song, you hear it almost every game. You should give it back to Celtic and get your own song.
IMO fans that sing louder when things arn't going right are more loyal and better fans than those who boo. What would you rather have as a player?
Depends what kinda player you are. When you are booed you can try to get better and persuade them wrong.
We weren't playing our first team squad. The players we fielded were unlikely to be "Gerrard type pitch-maestros" and I guess what they needed was a boost. Boos from the crowd is likely to be a blow to any player.
You'll Never Walk Alone is the greatest anthem ever. You cant over use it, if you are there singing it, its an amazing feeling.
<div class="quote_poster">Y2Kyle Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You'll Never Walk Alone is the greatest anthem ever. You cant over use it, if you are there singing it, its an amazing feeling.</div> How the fuck wud u know
<div class="quote_poster">Y2Kyle Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Ive been there? What do you think lol.</div> Its a shit song, united have the best chants ever!!!
