He’s reached a point where only he can ‘see’ what is happening correctly. Likely you can watch it 100 times and still come to the same conclusion and he will tell you that you’re wrong because, well, you have to be told how to view things remember.
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It’s highly unlikely that any target of ours would be deciding between an offer from us, and nothing. When you have multiple options on the table, something like this could well make a major difference.
We really can’t have it both ways. We can’t claim it when players say they chose us because of Anfield, but then say it doesn’t work the reverse way when the Anfield crowd decides to ruin its own reputation.
Also again, no one is going to give a shit about the details of what happened. They will see a player who served the club for 20 years, winning everything there is to win, getting booed.
The evidence strongly suggests otherwise.
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The outside world will see the tens of thousands that partied and sang their hearts when we beat Spurs and watched the players dancing and singing with the fans.
If a player is afraid of boo’s which happened once then anything else doesn’t matter.
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It’s not being afraid of boos.
We’ve (TAN as a collective whole) talked extensively about the validity of emotions in this thread and beyond since the game, and how emotions can be irrational and illogical.
There is ample psychological evidence to suggests that negative experiences and memories far outweigh the positive ones in memory. It’s not too far a stretch to say that something like this will influence the perception of the Anfield crowd far more than the partying. In fact, there’s probably been far more media produced by non-Liverpool sources about this incident than there has been of the celebrations.
This is very much an attitude of the “what I see and feel matters, not anyone else” that I’ve literally just been accused of a couple of posts above yours, which I find deeply ironic.
I wonder if Trent took into account the booing and flag waving so commonly done at his new club before making his decision given the significance some are placing on such actions by fans.
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Well he should have. I’ve already said I think this is a rather bad decision for him and the only benefit he will have (apart from the £££) is that he gets to experience living somewhere else while he’s still young.
Once again, I’d ask everyone to stop getting personal. It’s tiresome to be honest.
Next time, there will be consequences.
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You might have talked about all that, but my experience of life is remembering all the good times far better than the bad!
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Great response lol
Real Madrid investigate alleged racist insults directed at Barcelona players
Real Madrid win marred by more racism directed towards Vinicius Junior
Both recent events, but doesn’t stop players joining these teams.
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Don’t see why it would. There are idiots everywhere. At different places in different times it can be more or less a hot topic.
In hope of lightening up the mood…
https://x.com/raligord/status/1921785504053252509?t=K1KAEtMOPFlz6Lmn8LmVwA
I found this hilarious. Can’t wait to see the excerpt from Stevie’s autobiography where he praises young master Conor. 
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There will be a twist.
TAA will sign for Al Hilal for the new experience and they will also pay us what we want for the early release as they are also in the CWC and guess who they plays on 19 Jun? Real.
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As for his announcement, I don’t know what he could’ve done different to make it better.
Not announce anything and just leave? Let’s be real, that would get much worse reactions.
Announce when the potential trophies we could win were still in the balance? He’d be accused of derailing the team’s focus away from it.
Now, is it really a difference if it was after Tottenham or before or after Palace? It’s only me, but I don’t think it is.
When and how then? Is there any ideal moment to do it? Are we overdramatizing over it?
He had an interview with the club’s website, a few questions, a little video, nothing too much. For me, pretty normal, minimal and basic. At the end of the season, the club will put out a video of his highlights and stuff, he might get a few more reactions (I hope at least respectful ones) during the lap around the pitch and that’s it.
It’s much more important that he let the club know before the public.
Plus, a professional football club, let alone one at the top level known for his operating in recent years, must know for a while now that it should be ready for this outcome.
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Rather than ask when should he release it, i think we should ask why now?
Did he think he was going to get 2 weeks of a send off parade/party? If so he really didn’t read the city well.
He could have left it 2 weeks and wouldn’t have received boo,s at Anfield. Those who complained online or in the streets would have complained in the same way had he left it till seasons end.
Maybe he’s pushing to be released early to play the CWC for Real in the US, which would add to the ire for some if it’s all orchestrated. Maybe telling that Real still haven’t offered anything for an early release, if reports suggesting this is what they want are true.
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After the Crystal Palace game. It’s no rocket science.
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He could have waited until after the parade. This all feels very badly advised.
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Yeah, that’s up for discussion. I’m fine with how he did it.
Simple and basic on the club’s website (so he was open for some questions very much from the club’s/fans’ angle), rather than announcing on his social media and that’s it. I didn’t expect him to do it, by the way, but do it in a normal way.
If it was after Palace, it would’ve likely been a few more weeks of talks, questions, body language experts, how much did he smile when he got the medal, did he cry or not during the last YNWA in front of the Kop, he surely wanted to ruin the parade, etc.
From what I understood, most fans wanted an announcement as soon as possible so the lad can just f*ck off. But not during the title race. But also not before the last game. So… yeah. It doesn’t really go together. Impossible to please people at times.
I also feel bad for Slot that he has this situation and people from the media telling he shouldn’t have played Trent. This is one of the world’s biggest clubs and even if we secured the title and Trent announced he’s leaving, he’s still wearing our shirt, there are games to play and win. We were on course for a good day, good performance, good win against a rival. Then threw it away.
What should we do, think in advance and not create these situations because it will leave a bad image of our fans if part of them boo Trent? It is how it is, it was how it was. Everyone has their own feelings and decisions. No way I would’ve booed him, some others would and that’s it. And no, it’s not measuring who is the bigger fan (how does one do that anyway?!), it’s just differences between all of us as humans. Nobody needs to judge that, but if some want, whatever.
Slot has my support in these last few games to do a combination of things, as he’s doing; try something different, play players who haven’t played much, sometimes go full strength, use Trent, use and also spare Bradley without needlessly playing him 90 minutes in every game (he explained why we have to be careful with him).
We know Bradley the player, the coaching staff knows him much better than we do. We will not discover anything special if he plays 90 minutes in every one of the last games with a fee week between games. Last thing we need is for the lad to pick up another injury that might ruin his summer. It’s next season when we enter the 3 games per week rhythm when he’ll have to prove he can be available, quality and consistent for long(er) periods.
As for Trent, I still hope the last ‘contact’ with the crowd will be at least a respectful one. From most fans.
For the good of both sides, him and us.
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This is what Trent and LFC should have put in place last summer.
Although it was probably in the back of his mind that when Madrid saw how poor he is defensively they would probably have said fuck that we’re not paying for it.
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