09 Nov 2015 19:00:05
Some Liverpool fans these days are simply not fans at all. I have to say I was disgusted to see big numbers leaving with nearly 15 minutes to play. I don't care who the manager is, this can only have a negative effect on the team.

The ground is dismally quiet, and there is no need for visiting teams to feel intimidated.

Not good enough. by far. Get a grip people, you know who you are.

1.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 19:11:35
I feel like not going th home games sometimes me an my mate are the only ones that sing in the main stand its a joke anfield is just full of tourists nowadays sad to say.

2.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 19:14:06
This has been happening for years so why does everyone now feel the need to jump on the bandwagon once Klopp highlights the issue?

3.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 19:23:07
The decline has been happening for years too. 12th man my arse!

4.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 21:13:05
If you don`t support us when we lose, Don`t support us when we win. Hopeless fans, these people are.

5.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 22:05:38
Hate the term tourist fan. Not everyone can commit to every week, and some people who can only go maybe once or twice a year, it's the highlight of their month or something. I live miles away and have been around 7/8 times in the last two years, insanely jealous of those who can make it every week. Every time I watch I love it, and sing.
If you don't want tourist fans no one will be able to see the game except the same people that do every week? The season ticket holder are the ones who should make the noise and everyone else joins in, you can expect someone who goes maybe once a month to start chants etc.

6.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 22:35:19
Agree 100% with Fencey, only adding a 'tourist' fan would not leave the ground early as they appreciate the Occassion of being at Anfield. I'd be pointing the finger towards fans going week in week out wanting to beat the rush home. The noise is a collective of team success, corporate packages, tired season ticket holders and some 'tourists'. IMO.

7.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 22:37:33
Fencey, you'll also see, the people who say tourist fan, want there team, to be a large global brand.

8.) 10 Nov 2015
10 Nov 2015 00:03:54
It's not the tourist fans it's so expensive the average age of fans is over 50 I was in a social club before one game waiting for a friend I looked around the club everyone was in their 50s.

{Ed007's Note - Did they all have paper Ed001 masks on?}

9.) 10 Nov 2015
10 Nov 2015 00:14:34
Stop trying to blame a 'type' of fan.

Fans fall into two categories - those who are there to support the team (sing, stay to the end etc) and those who are there purely to be 'entertained'.

Its a double edged sword as, mentioned above, the fans in the ground (whether they live 5 minutes walk or 25 hours flight away) are as important (in my opinion) to the team performance as the players themselves - the 12th man.

I haven't been to Anfield for many years, but remember the atmosphere from my previous visits with great joy, especially European nights (anywhere in the ground) and league games in the Kop. Makes me sad and ashamed to hear of such a walk-out. Remember, we don't sell prawn sandwiches at Anfield (or do we now? Could that be the reason? Maybe we should go back to cheese and pickle being our most exotic flavour?! )

10.) 10 Nov 2015
10 Nov 2015 01:09:54
I call bull on this fictitious notion that there are these armies of "tourist" fans who are invading Anfield, and ruining the atmosphere and often leaving games early.

What ****ing tourists are visiting Liverpool in early November?

Give me a break. The fact is, the problematic fans are likely just aging Baby Boomers Liverpool fans, who have been key fans over the years, but are now retired, have plenty of time on their hands (so they can catch many games), but are happy to pop out early to avoid traffic jams. Boomers have lived with the results of their generational population boom: traffic, congestion, pollution, whatever. So, they leave early to avoid all that.

Tourists. Give me a break.

11.) 10 Nov 2015
10 Nov 2015 04:59:16
I was a "tourist fan" when I went to see Liverpool at St. James' Park when I was a student at Newscastle University, and let me tell you that it is not easy showing up, and acting like you own the place. Not to mention that the "regular fans" are not exactly the nicest people either sometimes, and that can be intimidating for us "tourist fans".

Think about from the perspective of people who visit Liverpool, sometimes from continents away, just for a day to see the game, having spend vast amounts of money, finding time in between busy schedules, and this is probably something they have been dreaming and planning of doing for years. And then when you show and want to experience that once in a life experience, the regulars start muttering in undertones about the stadium being full of tourists, who seemingly are tretrespassing on their beloved ground, and some people might just feel a little intimidated.

12.) 10 Nov 2015
10 Nov 2015 10:47:27
Liverpool haven't had a 12th man at home games for years. At away games the support is much much louder and better.

Locals dislike daytrippers and often make their feelings heard when a daytripper starts singing with a wrong accent or BS like that. They are sitting there only complaining and rarely supporting. that's a fact jack! 90% of the time those leaving early are locals, the daytrippers stick around to get a feel of anfield etc. I do, locals leave early to avoid a lot of traffic etc. Plus 'tourists' is just BS, after visiting Liverpool 3 times, there really isn't much apart from the football.