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11 May 2016 07:49:44
Without any doubt this is my most visited and favorite website, often to my wife's annoyance. But not a day passes that I don't spend a considerable amount of time reading and learning from the invaluable posts.
Regrettably my South African rands leave me in a position unable to contribute to this worthy cause : (
From the very depths of my heart I hope all goes superbly!
#YNWA.
{Ed001's Note - thank you for taking the time to visit and to even care that you can't help. That is more than I could ever ask of anyone.}
06 May 2016 13:54:53
good day ed02
just one question for you, if Liverpool qualify for the Champions league via winning the Europa which pot we be in for the Champions league draw?
Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - It depends who else qualifies - but based on co-efficients Liverpool are ranked in the late 30s.}
08 Feb 2016 14:25:24
good day
i understand that i'm not from liverpool so i don't understand the challengers being faced financially, however i am far from rich myself. i personally think that the tickets are still reasonable.
my real problem is that i haven't heard of any supporters club or fan jumping in and trying to help FSG when they had to pay a 1m pounds/ dollars to keep "the fans club" a float, FSG has made mistakes but personally i have no evidence to say that they do not care for this club. if i have to weigh things up FSG has done more good for LFC than then wrongs. so to turn on them instead of seek a compromise is an over reaction from fans. at the end of the day i agree with Ed02 that this is a business and no fan or supporters club will change that and the sooner we except that the better. i will not turn on FSG until there is enough evidence to do that.
sorry for the long post i might of got all of this wrong but if you disagree please say why.
1.) 08 Feb 2016 15:17:43
I disagree, I don't think £77 for 90 minutes football is reasonable. On a one-off basis like a cup final or a big semi final it might be reasonable because it's a rare event.
For me this is not about FSG.
This is about the club and the people running it. They are expecting close to £40m EXTRA from TV money this summer. That's EXTRA to what they got for this season.
Where is that money going?
If the club want to increase the chances of locals coming in or they want cheaper tickets for youngsters then maybe use 5% of that EXTRA money to do that. Don't try and fleece the fans for it.
If that means we spend £2m less on transfers/ wages then so be it.
{Ed002's Note - The money is going to pay player wages, extend the ground, pay the police, pay staff wages, pay agents, pay super agents, pay transfer fees, pay bonuses to players, pay signing on fees, service vast debts, etc. etc.. Under threat to disruption to the Manchester City and Chelsea games from the septic end of the "supporters" the owners may well look to block the plans to reduce, freeze and increase certain ticket prices. I would expect further relationship changes and some gagging in respect of communication with the fans.}
2.) 08 Feb 2016 15:31:43
Thanks ed, out of that list you've given I'm sure the club can find at least £2m of savings to prevent the ticket price going up.
{Ed002's Note - That is not how it works. If you want to go down that route then the first saving would have to be the removal of the reductions that were planned for some tickets.}
3.) 08 Feb 2016 15:36:50
Well if that is the expected stance from the club ans owners. I expect a further deeper divide with more damage to pr et al. If there is no compromise this will be damaging to the image of the club for aure.
{Ed002's Note - You can't have it both ways. The septic supporter base want the owners out and the owners will be well aware of that.}
4.) 08 Feb 2016 15:46:34
Ed there are plenty of people who don't care who the owners are (me for one) but they still don't want an increase in ticket prices.
Why can't the club say "we're not going to spent as much on transfers and the savings go to the fans"?
It's like they're being held to ransom by Satellite TV to spend the money on transfers. To be honest, that would not surprise me.
{Ed002's Note - Nobody except the fans are making demands for transfers. All fans want their club to make signings - just that a large chunk of the Liverpool fans seem to want everyone replaced every year.}
5.) 08 Feb 2016 16:00:08
Ok I've said more than enough on this subject and taken up enough of ed002's time.
Cheers for that Ed002, you have been very helpful in my understanding.
I hope the club does reverse its position and I hope the club does start spending less on transfers. At the end of the day, fans do end up paying either through the turnstiles or through subscription viewing.
I also hope the current owners do stay, they will have learnt a lot and to throw that all away would be a waste.
{Ed002's Note - Have a great day Ron.}
6.) 08 Feb 2016 17:00:30
"Pay bonuses to players"? Eds 002.
{Ed002's Note - Yes.}
7.) 08 Feb 2016 16:04:59
if say a large proportion of the fans are unhappy with the quality of the players that have been acquired for the large amount of money we've parted with. The money that has spent under the likes of Benitez, dalglish and rodgers should have us competing in the top four consistently but as you know we're far from that! How much of that is down to the current owners and the transfer committee I don't know but what I find hard to understand is how other teams can go out and find gems without spending silly money. We on the other hand seem to pay over the odds for average players and players who'll never fit our style of play.
02 Feb 2016 13:01:10
a good game to look forward to tonight!
i would just like to ask if any posters or any of the eds could tell me the story behind the Kop stand. i'm from South Africa and a guy i met in a bar told me it involves South african history?
i would appreciate any information even if the drunk guy in the bar was wrong.
cheers.
{Ed001's Note - they were all known as Kops the banking at the end of the pitch where the fans stood, after the Boer War, at every ground in English football. The Spion Kop was a battle that saw a lot of Scousers die, and so someone decided to name it after that particular hill.}
1.) 02 Feb 2016 13:15:47
yip exactly what the guy told me "kop" is also a Afrikaans word.
the guy also mentioned something to do with dead soldiers ashes somewhere in the stadium aswell, know anything about that Ed?
{Ed001's Note - I know a lot of people that have had their ashes scattered in the Kop goal mouth, but don't know any more than that sorry.}
2.) 02 Feb 2016 15:45:17
Hi Klipperty
You are correct in saying it has links to Africa. It comes from the Battle of Spy Hill in the 1900's
Spion Kop meaning Spy Hill. The British Empire lost the battle, and the people who did survive it from the local area called one side of Anfield "The Spion Kop" in honour of those who lost there lives in battle.
Nice to see somebody interested in the history.
3.) 02 Feb 2016 17:19:27
Thanks kemlyn and ed for the reply.
Yip I found the story behind the famous KOP fascinating.
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10 Jun 2016 08:27:22
stanz i love your picture that's my fearless leader:)
28 Apr 2016 15:24:53
congrats!
09 Feb 2016 06:48:27
I have read for years now how Waro has abused FSG on assumptions he and his clan have made. I say assumption because most of his arguments against FSG is things that assumes FSG are after with no facts to his allegations at all! please Waro give me a list of things that FSG have done intentionally to harm the club?
After all of that I do like you as a person WARO;)
cheers.
02 Feb 2016 17:19:27
Thanks kemlyn and ed for the reply.
Yip I found the story behind the famous KOP fascinating.
02 Feb 2016 17:24:39
I would love to see Smith play I think he suites klopp style of play he had with BVB where most of there players would be on one side of the pitch leaving a huge gap on the opposite end to exploit with a full back and think this would be perfect for smith, with his pace and crossing ability.
I would also like to see a midfield 3 of Lucas Henderson and the Welsh Pirlo.