Tuesday, 12 August 08, 05:28 PM
After years of living in the shadows. Licking our paws after another miserable premier league season where we've dropped out of the title race before our christmas presents have arrived, it's about time Liverpool step up and show the class and talent we've so sadly hidden for too long.
Once upon a time, Liverpool were the team to beat. Winning leagues here and there, being a force in Europe. Shankly and then Paisley made a team that the likes of Everton and Man Utd watched in awe. Other teams feared us, other teams wanted to be us, other teams are now beating us. Such a force in football, what has happened to this giant of football?
Many reason have been tossed about. Was the devestation of Hillsborough still playing heavily on the clubs mind? Are we still hungover from the shocker of the Souness Reign? or have we just laid back and thought we was comfortable enough to be a sleeping giant for a while. Well Sleeping Beauty, it's about time we woke you up, and got you going again. Time, to shake of the hungover and the bad memories and start writing history again. As many people know, and many people like to remind us off. Liverpool have not won the league since 1990. Yes a whole 18/19 years since the holy grail touched down in Anfield. We have had other success, like winning our fifth european cup, and how brilliant that was, the premiership is what we wanting the most. We know we can do it in europe. We've proved that in recent years, but we still want to win the premiership.
Now all Liverpool fans think we can do Rafa Benitez's job. Maybe some random fan could, but atm, I geniunely believe we have the right man for this job. He comes in for critism and he's made a few cock ups, but Rome wasn't built in a day, and Liverpool won't become top in a season. It will take time, patience, testing things out. We need to find the right ingredients and maybe, and this is said very quietly... maybe we've found the missing ingredient in Robbie Keane.
We tried Peter Crouch, we've tried Dirk Kuyt, Voronin and none so far as been the right man for Torres, but already in Pre-season we see a spark, and maybe that spark will fire us onto the Premiership. It will be hard to do it this season and at times, it will be frustrating... *bang the head on the walls* frustrating. However, to all you liverpool fans out there... don't give up! Don't boo, turn your backs on this club because even though we've been asleep for so long, the giant looks to be waking up and ready to show the world why the once was the biggest club.
~Danii~
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