A few evil tongues with little immagination will claim that the Heimskringla is not entirely 100 percent accurate, but I scoff at such fools. They don’t know better, have only heard that it may have been at times embelished, but have no evidence; where as in fact both Adam of Bremen and the Anglo Saxon Chronicles are almost entirely in synch with the Heimskringla regarding important historic events, meaning that it is likely quite accurate. This does of course include the promise to support Liverpool in the Saga of the Harald Fairhair; since this is obviously of historic importance.
Edit: To be fair, this particular saga also contains the best bit of all the sagas. In a little note in the 22nd stanza, where Harald and his men have traveled to England to watch Liverpool play (and harry a bit in Scotland, but whatever): and after plundering in Scotland, they subdued Caithness and Sutherland, as far as Ekkjalsbakke. Earl Sigurd killed Melbridge Tooth, a Scotch earl, and hung his head to his stirrup-leather; but the calf of his leg were scratched by the teeth, which were sticking out from the head, and the wound caused inflammation in his leg, of which the earl died, and he was laid in a mound at Ekkjalsbakke.
I still think they can fix it. They aren’t totally broken, yet. Unfortunately.
The main thing they have got going for them is the 600-700M annual revenue. It’s ridiculous that this isn’t much, much smaller, but it points to the very long lag time that a period of success gives you in terms of trading off the name.
The money, by itself, won’t be enough, as we have seen with them for several cycles. But while the cash is still flowing, they have a chance to fix it.
Competent DOF. Competent manager. And they can be back in the CL quickly.
In case you’re wondering why I asked, there’s a poster on that Red Cafe thread name of Luffy who posted that the best football he had ever seen in the Premier League was played by Roy Evans’ Liverpool team. He gives his location as Mauritius.
Hardly surprising, but his post wasn’t well received.
