The walters step over

What have the Romans ever done for us..

Pretty much, there aren't any actual quotes or anything.It does present Hodgson with an open goal in terms of trying to get fans a bit more onside by just saying "no chance" - it'll be interesting to see if he takes it.

He also brings up a point that doesn't get focused on enough imo, that is: Why, when it became clear that things had been tragically mis handled by the police and their leaders, was the thoughts of said leaders not with the dead or injured and how they could try to help but instead went into smear and spin mode? I know that "The Truth" is always mentioned, but it's the Sun and MacKenzie that take the abuse - which they fully deserve for putting sales ahead of actual common decency - but the fact remains they (and the Star) could never have printed that story if they hadn't been fed it from official sources in the immediate aftermath. It amazes me that the general population doesn't pick up on this more, the police seem to have an in built mechanism that springs into action with lies and smears whenever they are in the wrong - the Menezes (sp?) shooting is another clear example, in fact both cases are remarkably similar. In both cases police mis-management led to an innocent persons death and within hours the press had been briefed that he ran, was an illegal, had a back pack and looked like their target - all demonstrable lies, all depressingly familiar tactics "He/ they deserved it really" seems to be the message they were trying to portray. To me this issue alone is the reason why the public in general should back the justice campaign, do they really want a police force that when things go wrong hide behind lies and spin? The most depressing thing for me though is I doubt many people would have had their opinions changed, they believe the accounts given by the police (and I've met more than a few over the years that said something along the lines of "Yeah, but you lot caused it didn't you? The police just apologised to shut your moaning"). I'm fully behind the campaign for justice for the 96 but I wouldn't hold my breath that yesterday changed anyones mind at all.