"I think it’s important to not let this change us as a fanbase. Just because Suarez let us down after we stood in the trenches beside him doesn’t mean others will. Just because Torres thought blue would make him look prettier than red doesn’t mean others will. Don’t let them change us (..) I feel like a fool, and let down at the same time. But then I think of a lad like Daniel Agger. Someone who has been here since the years of Champions League finals, through to Hodgson and he’s still standing tall. With YNWA tattooed on his knuckles no less. A man who was last week linked with Barcelona, but there was no “it would be hard to turn Barcelona down" from him. A man who was linked with City all summer last year and ended that summer by signing a new contract in August. A man who I genuinely feel gets excited by walking out at Anfield and wants to take us back to the top. A man who I feel we should get attached to. A man who I will jump in the trenches with, without fear of being let down. Maybe loyalty isn’t dead. Don’t let them change us. Then I look at Coutinho and that kid can reach the sky. It’s easy to think he’ll just bolt at the first flash of Champions League knickers, and not get too attached to him. But you know what? I love how attached I (and I’m guessing a lot of you) get attached to players and treat them like mates rather than footballers. Or as Rodgers said of Suarez, we treated him like a son. And I’m convinced that will have a huge affect on 95% of footballers. Don’t let them change us. Who knows where we’ll be in 10 years? Maybe we’ll be saying Coutinho is the best Liverpool player in history, or Mignolet has shown loyalty is alive and well. Maybe Martin Kelly will be kissing the European Cup and lifting it up high before passing it to Lucas. I like to think that we as fans make our players feel 10 feet tall, and we do that by emotionally investing in them and treating them like long lost friends. Just because we’ve been let down before doesn’t mean we will be again. Don’t let them change us.” - tommyLFC
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:40:08 +0000