And so the story continues. Following today's court case it seems likely that Hicks & Gillett will suffer from a schoolboy error in signing over effective control of their club to 3 men with no loyalty to them. Lee Dixon once scored a cracking own goal by chipping David Seaman, but this one is surely top of the charts.
And whilst I don't WANT a 9 point deduction - as there are better ways to avoid this - I do know that it will act as a rocket up the rear to kickstart our season.
The single biggest problem that Liverpool Football Club are suffering from at the moment is a lack of focus. Whether the players feel it or not I don't know, but all the fans can talk about is the ownership issue. Yes there have been discussions about Hodgson's tactical suitablility, whether Johnson should actually play as a winger, and whether Carraghers best days are behind him. But the biggest substitution needs to be that of the owners.
On one hand they should be creditted with admitting defeat in ownership - albeit eventually. But their general demeanour throughout has done nothing to endear them to even the most reasonable of Liverpool fans. Their awkward - nay obstropolous - activities aimed at gaining them at least SOME money out of the deal had only delayed proceedings and labelled them as crooks. But who can blame them really? We all know that globally LFC is worth the £/$800 million they are after, we just don't want to admit it. We are the most profitable team in the division after great work from the Commercial Team, but all the cash going into the bucket is cascading out of the bottom instantly in debt repayments.
Rectifying this issue will focus the fans and players minds on positive issues - winning Saturday and Thursday games. Nothing more nothing less. All other business concerns will be footnotes to 3 points gained. And should we get to the horrible situation of being a further 3 wins behind everyone else thanks to the League's strict rules - we should remember Istanbul and Olympiakos.
Liverpool love being up against it.
-- Might I also take this opportunity to levy some cyncism at critics of Broughton and Purslow back in July. I am neither their fan nor foe, but what I do respect is that like a government facing war, you don't tell the world everything. I accept that I am merely a season ticket paying fan, and whilst I can claim emotional ownership of the club, until I get myself a damn good job that affords a purchase of the club, I also have very little say. --
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