To be honest, you can just swap the names and the meaning will be the same. I fully agree with your assessment of what they are as a club and what kind of support they are built on but at the end of the day, they are very good at making such players work. Yeah, it might affect the balance of the side and upset some players who are already there but who cares as long as they are doing what they’re brought in to do.
I’m sure Mbappe doesn’t care about the balance of the side - he’s been scoring for fun since the turn of the year. I imagine the same will happen with TAA once he lays a few goals on the plate for them in quick succession.
Feels like the game is being turned into rehash of the pre-summer Trent show. So bored of it now. Loved him as a player and he gave us great memories, but he’s not our concern anymore. Be best if fans just ignored him tonight instead of abusing or lauding
I have no axe to grind with him. He was part of a wonderful side and played his part in creating some great memories for the club. He decided to go and work somewhere else, so all the best to him I say. Thanks for the good times.
I agree, defacing someone’s house is an odd way of expressing a certain point of view, and let’s hope that any abuse projected at Trent doesn’t inspire him to produce something special against us during the match. Let’s not forget, he also lost his friend in that accident.
It’s pathetic, frankly. I get being annoyed at him leaving, especially the manner in which he left. But he gave 20 years of his life to the club and was a central figure in some of our biggest successes over that time span.
It’s embarrassing to see anyone go so far as to deface his mural. I was embarrassed that he was booed last year.
The media are loving this and just waiting for Liverpool fans to give Trent a hostile reception. I hope we disappoint them and create a fantastic atmosphere to win the game.
Listening to TAW and I definitely think there is a difference in strength of feeling between local fans and us ‘outsiders’. Scousers are a passionate people and I respect that
Same on Redmentv, to them he is an opposition player as was Coutinho and Suarez when they visited with Barca, and the fans were hostile during the game
It depends also, I remember ex-players getting nice receptions.
There is no rule, it can depend on multiple things. Who it is, the context how the story ended, how long ago was it, what’s the game like, is the player starting or coming on/off.
Well obviously there’s a difference between players who aren’t good enough and those that positioned themselves as future captains then left a title-winning team
