Reminiscence of the month of November of 2002 / 2003 Season

[Siang]

and our season went t*ts up from there on!

 

Same scenario now, different team with a stronger mentality.

 

The OG spurred Spurs on, we weren't playing too badly either, 2 shots hit the post summed up the evening for me anyway (plus, i was having my pints in a pub in S'pore with the name of S.O.D.S Pubs; S.O.D.S. stands for the owners name, Shamus O'Donells! Lovely fella BTW..)

 

I just want to see what's our response will be like this Tuesday night against Athletico Madrid and WBA this weekend as it would REALLY shape the season!

 

What do u all think...

[Guest Ant]

....Gah Don't remind me. It's a big game v WBA no doubt, as I said in the other thread, we really need a good win under our belt, not another comeback, a solid 2 or 3-0 win because we are damn capable. We need an injected boost of confidence.

[Guest Snorky]

What we need is a response like Chelsea's to our victory against them.

 

The two games since we beat them they have beat Hull 3-0 away and 5-0 against Sunderland.

[Chili Palmer]

its that fecking yellow ball, takes our lads a bit to get used to it.

[Siang]

....Gah Don't remind me. It's a big game v WBA no doubt, as I said in the other thread, we really need a good win under our belt, not another comeback, a solid 2 or 3-0 win because we are damn capable. We need an injected boost of confidence.

 

i believe that's a good reminder to keep the minority of rose tinted fans in check!!

 

Already i have young LFC fans in Malaysia and Singapore, claiming we will win it this season and this pisses me off as it's only freaking Oct and not May!!!

 

That said, we have far better team (in terms of both personnel and tactics as well as an excellent manager) and i THINK we will get on another run of 9-10 games unbeaten.. then let's see how the tables stack up at Christmas time

[Hassony]

I would take any kind of win now, whether its a boring 1-0 or a 4-3 win with 3 goals in injury time

 

the important thing is to win and stay at the top

[Chili Palmer]

Already i have young LFC fans in Malaysia and Singapore, claiming we will win it this season and this pisses me off as it's only freaking Oct and not May!!!

 

 

its november, and I'm glad to see people believing we will win it. be optimistic.

[Stevie H]

Already i have young LFC fans in Malaysia and Singapore, claiming we will win it this season and this pisses me off as it's only freaking Oct and not May!!!

that's a seasonal thing. they think that because the weather is springlike that it's nearing the end of the season. same problem here in thailand.

[Siang]

its november, and I'm glad to see people believing we will win it. be optimistic.

 

i am optimistic , but sometimes its the way the young 'uns talks ...

 

Maybe it's the freaking generation gap!!!

[Siang]

that's a seasonal thing. they think that because the weather is springlike that it's nearing the end of the season. same problem here in thailand.

 

 

u based in BKK or its outskirts?

 

i m usually in BKK / Rayong every month for business trips

[Stevie H]

 

u based in BKK or its outskirts?

 

i m usually in BKK / Rayong every month for business trips

nah man, up the north, chiang mai, and i try to avoid going to bangkok unless absolutely necessary. not enough trees, mountains and strange wandering hilltribe people.

[Siang]

nah man, up the north, chiang mai, and i try to avoid going to bangkok unless absolutely necessary. not enough trees, mountains and strange wandering hilltribe people.

[John am Rhein]

What do u all think...

 

We'll go on a long run of wins from now on

[Billy Dane]

Think this is what is needed from us:

 

(apologies if posted elsewhere, couldn't see it - I got it in an e-mail, from RAWK originally)

 

It's May 2009 in the Cat and Fiddle pub on Stanley Road, Bootle.

Two fella’s are sitting at a table motionless, staring into their pints,

Refusing to acknowledge what is being beamed out

to the world on the Big Screen in the corner.

 

"Thought you'd have gone to West Brom lad"

 

"Nah, couldn't be arsed mate, i'm fed up with it……….

I never thought i'd see this day when these c****

equal our League Title's record."

 

The screen in the pub is showing footage of

Manchester United players running round the pitch

with the Premier League trophy, the fans delirious

knowing that they have finally ended Liverpool FC's

reign as the team to have won the most league titles.

 

"Sickener innit? You know our problem don't ye lad,

too many draws, look back to the likes of Stoke and Portsmouth

at home? The week before Stoke, we beat Man U,

the game before Portsmouth, we beat Chelsea away,

and then we go and draw against them s**** teams."

 

"Tellin' ye...the team and the crowd are just not up for it

in them lesser league games, and we'll never mount a decent title challenge

until both the team and the supporters go into

these games and give it their all.....I just wish I could turn back the clock

to October 2008 when we'd just beaten Chelsea and we're sittin at the top of the Prem.

I'd do absolutely everything that I possibly could to drill it into our players

hearts that it was our year. And if we, the supporters, believe in them

and could transfer that belief from the terraces and into their

minds…then we would've done it. We'd've stopped this f***ing nightmare!

We’d beaten the best, we just had to then beat the rest.”

 

“I know mate, I know….can’t turn back the time though can we. Just got to focus

on next season now, see who we buy in the summer, and then hope we

mount a decent challenge…..aaaah who am I kidding?

We’re always out of the title race by January…can’t see that ever changing….”

 

The two fella’s gulp down the last of their pints and shuffle

out onto the street, Sky Sports is now showing footage of the Man U

game, “Beautiful Day” by U2 accompanying the celebratory scenes at the end...

 

 

…then, the music stops,

 

And you realize that it’s not May, it’s not 2009, it’s October 2008.

You’ve got your wish. The time has been turned back and you’ve

got that second chance to make a difference.

 

So what are you going to do with it?

 

Cos I don’t wanna be sitting there watching those c****

run round whatever pitch they clinch it with their 18th League Title…f*** THAT!

 

We know we, the supporters, can make a difference.

I’m not arrogant enough to suggest we’ve won games ourselves

(ok, maybe the Chelsea semi 2005 like) but we DEFFO make a difference.

 

So as long as we do our bit off the pitch,

We might not be watching them horrible t***s celebrating their

18th League Title come May 2009.

 

Singing, flags, banners, getting’ in the ground a bit early etc. Sound. No problemo.

 

What about something different though,

 

What time does our Team’s Coach arrive?

 

What about a proper mob of die-hard Redmen waiting on Anfield Road

for the Team Bus to turn up. That could give them a bit of an edge,

seeing a load of contorted faces, clenched fists and banging on the

side of the coach instead of a gang of blerts with Anfield Arnie Autograph books.

 

Some of our younguns could get down to Melwood the training session before a game,

let the c**** know that WE mean business and we DEMAND them to mean it too.

 

Things like, if ye see Riera doing a bit of shopping in the Allerton Tesco,

Don’t blimp his trolley to see what scran he’s just bought,

Grab the c*** by the f***ing throat and scream down his ear

How important it is that we beat Fulham this Satdee!

 

Cos ye know what la, I’d hate to be watching that shower of b******s with number 18,

knowing in the back of me mind that there was something more

I could’ve done to prevent the horror show of what we’d be witnessing.

 

Oh and just to re-iterate, man u could be winning their 18th League Title in May 2009.

 

MAKE A DIFFERENCE . . . . . . .

[Sion]

Yeah, lets apply more pressure to a team that already look scared s***less they're gonna f*** it up! that'll work!

[Billy Dane]

Interesting take on it....

 

This is the bit that registered with me:

 

"And if we, the supporters, believe in them

and could transfer that belief from the terraces and into their

minds…"

 

If we believe and provide the level of support we are capable of in every game, then maybe, just maybe...

 

Course, we can always just sit and hope and applaud politely....

[Molby]

Interesting take on it....

 

This is the bit that registered with me:

 

"And if we, the supporters, believe in them

and could transfer that belief from the terraces and into their

minds…"

 

If we believe and provide the level of support we are capable of in every game, then maybe, just maybe...

 

Course, we can always just sit and hope and applaud politely....

 

 

those days are gone, except for the big games

 

where I sit, people routinely boo if we go in to half time leading

I used to say something to them but now there are so many that it's pointless. I don't even know if they themselves know why they do it. Maybe they think it's part of the etiquette

 

 

we could redress a lot of this if we get a mega rich backer who cares though, through things like ticket sales arrangements, grass roots stuff that is connected to ticketing, matchday sales and local ticket sales accounting for a third of the ground

[johngibo YPC]

I don't think many thought we had that good a team in 02/03, even when we were top

[Behind Enemy Lines]

nah man, up the north, chiang mai, and i try to avoid going to bangkok unless absolutely necessary. not enough trees, mountains and strange wandering hilltribe people.

Well away from this I hope

[Stevie H]

Well away from this I hope

aye man, long way away from that. f***ing mess down there it is though, insurgents blow things up weekly. seems they've finally realised that bigger bombs kill more people.

[abc]

I don't think many thought we had that good a team in 02/03, even when we were top

 

 

Still remember that season so clearly. We played some superb stuff, got a few bad results (2-2 draws), Houllier put the shackles back on, won 3-0 at Man City playing some awful stuff. Won a few more games, people went on about how good we'll be when we start playing well. I actually sat there thinking...hold on, we were playing very well earlier in the season, we've gone backwards with the negative tactics but somehow started winning matches again (somehow = Michael Owen).

 

I think we've been slowly (but surely) playing ourselves into form, the passing, movement and general interplay has been improving. Against Spurs I thought we displayed our best attacking and possession performance of the season by a fair bit.

 

In '02 Houllier took us to Boro and played for the 0-0, and got a 1-0 loss. On Saturday we went at Spurs, pressed and passed the ball around them, going for the killer goal and dominated for most of the game. Huge difference. We are too good this time round to go on a similar 11-match run whilst not being able to string mroe than 3 passes together. Granted it is possible to have 11 matches of pure bad luck, but we won't collapse the way we did 6 years ago.