Oh, for it to be February 2014 again. Little over a year ago everything seemed so much simpler, so much better. Liverpool were cruising, scoring goals for fun and blowing teams away, the Kop was singing, it all seemed so perfect. No over-analysis, no talk of defensive coaches, plenty of jokes and the twitter arguments were far less common. Now, instead of Koppo and Doc going at it, we’ve got one know-it-all 18 year-old having a go at another know-it-all 18 year-old because one wants the manager sacked and the other doesn’t. Neither of them have a clue what they’re talking about but they both think they’re José Mourinho’s tactical mentor. Open a window, lads.
Ladies, gentlemen, football manager “experts,” editors, writers, stattos and heat map makers, welcome to the poisonous cesspit that is “Liverpool Twitter.”
Don’t go the game? You’re a wool and you know nothing.
Don’t play anymore? You’re a wool and you know nothing.
Back Brendan? You’re a wool and you know nothing.
Want him sacked? You’re a wool and you know nothing, apparently.
You know, last season we sat and watched the game, went nuts when Suárez scored did a Suárez, laughed at the mancs and the most we ever tweeted was one of the songs the Kop was singing. There was none of this BS, pseudo-intellectual crap about how the club should be run or what system we should be playing. Now, I’m not saying Liverpool twitter was ever perfect, far from it, there’s always been members that I wish weren’t real people. You’ve always had the racists and homophobes, but arguments with these people seem to have faded out and been replaced with berating people for having an opinion.
Source: liverpoolfc.com
Ask yourself this, is it really worth it? Do you really want to be so outraged at the thought of signing Danny Ings? Is Rodgers being in charge next year going to physically hurt you? Does it really matter at all?
It’s football, sh*t happens, there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it. Write as many articles as you like. Make your charts and heat maps, fume on Twitter, the fact is, there’s nothing you can do.
I’m not going to sit here and tell anyone what to do, but you wonder why you don’t enjoy football? Here’s why a 10 year-old kid enjoys football more than you: A 10 year-old kid won’t try to analyse everything that went wrong when his team loses. The kid won’t be furious at a signing or lack of one, the kid will be excited that a new player has arrived, whether that’s Lacazette or Danny Ings, a kid won’t make a million heat maps and then wonder why he/she doesn’t have any friends. A kid will simply watch the game, cheer when we score, sulk when the opposition scores, celebrate when we win and cry when we lose. That kid, who probably won’t check the club’s website for news every day, will get a lot more out of the game than any of your articles, “expert” analysis, podcasts or heat-maps can ever give you.
We enjoyed last season because we were winning and we had nothing to over-analyse and over-think. So, here’s how you solve the issue of the growing disdain for football. Don’t let it take over your life, sit back, crack jokes, enjoy the game and for the love of God, stop making those dreadful heat-maps.
Stuart Walding
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