Comments on: You’ll never walk alone* http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2005/12/27/youll-never-walk-alone/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: anu http://www.completetosh.com/weblog/2005/12/27/youll-never-walk-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-587 anu Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:34:04 +0000 http://69.89.31.92/~complew7/?p=340#comment-587 The thing is that Hansen doesn't really have a clue what the average Liverpool fan is thinking - if indeed there is such a thing. Spend some time obsessively trawling through various forum postings (not that I do anything like that of course) and you'll see a whole host of opinions, just like you'll read a wide variety of different reports about Owen's return: some papers have reported the chants as good natured banter, while others, like yours, have reported it as above. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. What is true is that many Liverpool fans do feel somewhat betrayed by the way he left - without giving the new manager a chance (and where was Michael in Istanbul), for a relative pittance, and just before the transfer deadline, despite protestations that he wouldn't "do a Bosman". Well, £6 million for Owen is almost the same (I'm assigning a negative value to Nunez). Basically, just as Owen had the right to do what he did, so the fans have the right to remind him that he's made some poor decisions recently - he's an excellent player in one of the poorest Toon sides for a decade - what a waste of talent indeed. The thing is that Hansen doesn’t really have a clue what the average Liverpool fan is thinking - if indeed there is such a thing. Spend some time obsessively trawling through various forum postings (not that I do anything like that of course) and you’ll see a whole host of opinions, just like you’ll read a wide variety of different reports about Owen’s return: some papers have reported the chants as good natured banter, while others, like yours, have reported it as above. The truth probably lies somewhere in between.

What is true is that many Liverpool fans do feel somewhat betrayed by the way he left - without giving the new manager a chance (and where was Michael in Istanbul), for a relative pittance, and just before the transfer deadline, despite protestations that he wouldn’t “do a Bosman”. Well, £6 million for Owen is almost the same (I’m assigning a negative value to Nunez). Basically, just as Owen had the right to do what he did, so the fans have the right to remind him that he’s made some poor decisions recently - he’s an excellent player in one of the poorest Toon sides for a decade - what a waste of talent indeed.

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