Sadly for Jamie Carragher, the Liverpool fans who bothered to show up for his testimonial today couldn’t look at the bigger picture and booed Michael Owen. The ground was just 78% full in what was a disappointing turn out for the man Liverpool fans call a legend, particularly when you consider United legends Giggs and Keane got sell out crowds of 67,500+ and 69,000+ respectively.
Just before half-time, Owen won a penalty for Liverpool which he of course gave to Carragher to take.
Carragher revealed after the game that he wanted best mate Owen to take the penalty but could imagine what the response would be, given the negative reaction Owen had already received.
“I asked the referee to give us a penalty before half-time because I was thinking about Michael as I wanted him to score – I totally forgot that people would want me to take one,” said Carragher. “He’s my best mate in football and I think it took a lot of courage to come back today and do it for me knowing he would take a lot of stick. But I think the crowd would have killed him if he’d taken the penalty listening to their reaction.”
Before the game, Carragher had asked the fans to show a bit of respect.
“I hope it doesn’t affect the reception,” he said, of Owen’s decision to join United. “I think he deserves a great one for what he did for Liverpool. He was a fantastic player – right up there with the greats for what he did. The chance to go to one of the biggest clubs of the world was difficult to turn down.”
However, Liverpool fans even booed Owen when he returned with Newcastle, bizarrely enough, so I suppose there was little chance of them holding back today, even for the sake of their legend, Carragher. Whilst Carragher probably wasn’t expecting a standing ovation for Owen, and certainly wouldn’t expect anything but abuse for Owen when he returns with United, he probably was hopeful that Liverpool fans could lay off for this just one day. The testimonial is a time to celebrate a legend’s career, not to boo your legend’s best mate, regardless of what he’s done.
“All the ground booing Owen,” said one fan on Liverpool’s popular forum, RAWK, who was watching the game from home, instead of Anfield. “Just to confirm that Owen is getting booed everytime he gets the ball!” said another. One fan on the forum, amongst others, was embarrassed by what they were watching. “It took a certain amount of guts for Owen to turn up,” he said. “It was always going to be a controversial element to the game but we should not be booing him all the time, point made now, and Carra obviously wanted him there, so just concentrate on Carra’s Day and pay tribute to the guy!”
Hats off to our Mickey for having the balls to go back there. It’s a shame they couldn’t even just show indifference towards him for the sake of Carragher, although I’m sure our Owen enjoys knowing he still gets under their skin.
The testimonial was all for a good cause, however the ground was just three-quarters full, despite the tickets being sold for as little as £20.
Best supporters in the land.
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They have no class, yet they are dubbed the ‘best supporters in the world’.
It will be full when that ever so loyal Stevie Me has his testimonial.
” I asked the ref to give us a penalty”… I dont understand how he can just ask the ref to give a penalty? =s
I think its shocking the way the treated Micheal Owen
I wont get into the united players that had sell out crowd testimonials because of norman whitesides testimonial but i think treating a player that you can claim as your own in that way is disgraceful
Owen taking a penalty instead of Carra, is as popular as Tony Blair’s visit to Dublin.
Yes Owen was booed by some fans. The majority gave him a warm welcome though. Lazy journalism strikes again!
Kopite1976 – So, I should have ignored Carragher’s comments then?
“I think the crowd would have killed him if he’d taken the penalty listening to their reaction.”
Surely it would be lazy journalism if I didn’t bother to read the admission Carra made about the Liverpool fans about their reaction towards Owen?
What reception would Tevez get if he came back to play in a testimonial while still at City?
Owen gets enough abuse off United fans each game for his past Liverpool involvement.
Don’t kid yourselves that we are any better or would behave differently.
Oh. And 36500 turned up. Maths not a strong point either.
Giggsys chest wig – Michael Owen left Liverpool for Real Madrid. When he returned with Newcastle he was booed every time he went near the ball.
David Beckham left United for Real Madrid. When he returned with AC Milan was received a standing ovation and his name was sung several times.
Don’t try and claim we behave the same way as that mob.
Regardless, it was a testimonial. Any bad feelings should be put aside for a day when you’re supposed to be showing respect and thanks for a player you call a legend.
Tevez was a player we loaned for 2 years. I don’t see what relevance he has to this.
What has happened to Owen?, he is a shadow of the player he was, no pace at all anymore. If Man Utd rely on him god help them!!!!!!!
Kopite1976 – Sorry, 78%. Do you think that’s less embarrassing for your fans? Just 75% showing up would be fucking awful, but 78%, wow. Nothing like the sell out 67,000+ crowds Giggs and Keane got. It’s totally embarrassing, as you well know. Best fans in the country my arse.
The figure on your club’s official site is 35,361.
Kopite1976- Okay it’s 78%. That’s better now isn’t it?
Your up to a record amount of posts about Liverpool these last few days scott. You know your readers just love a chance to have a pop at us dont you. Anyway, what I was wondering is how people would feel about Gabriel Heinze coming back to play in someones testimonial at united. Would he be liked? No – because he wanted (for some reason) to come to Liverpool.
Owen was a legend at Liverpool, a fans favourite regardless of what people might say or think – so it hurts even more now that he plays for you (not that he does much). Liverpool fans cant understand why someone who was very much loved by the club (and someone I wanted to come back) chose to play for you. You cant understand why he would of ever wanted to play for us in the first place. Of course he was going to get boo’d today, but there was no real venom in it – and half the ground cheered as well. Why dont you write about that? Oh I know, it doesnt fit your agenda.
What I dont get, is if you are the best supportes in the land and not us (which we arent – the media calls us that – no liverpool fans say it) – then why do you constantly have to take swipes at us. You support a great club, your succesful, you have a chance of winning the league every year – yet there are so many articles about Liverpool on this site its untrue. I cant think of any more than a handful of United articles on Liverpool sites in the 7 or 8 years football blogs or new sites are around. you sometimes boast more than that in a week.
I suppose its the web, and your certainly entitled to your opinion – but surely even some of your own readership get bored with reading your little picks at Liverpool every day. I dont think your jealous of us or anything as there is nothing to be jealous of. Maybe your dad told you about the pain he suffered for 25 years when you won nothing and we won everything…and your deep rooted hatred comes from that.
I live in Liverpool, but I worked in Manchester for about 7 years (in fact I am djing there tonight)…and I met some bitter people. I can understand Liverpool fans being bitter these days as you are so much more succesful than we are – but I really struggle to understand why you are so bitter. What do you have to be bitter about? If my team had won half of what yours has in the last 20 years, and I had a blog – I would be writing about that. Not boring, small minded, low key digs like this. Maybe you know mud slinging articles are popular – and you need the income from the ad viewing that the readers generate?
You support, what is at present – the best club in the country. Makes me sick saying it but its probably true – so why not just stick to your own club.
I await to be tore apart for firstly being a Liverpool fan, and secondly challenging the demi god that is Scott the red. Not that its much of a challenge, you cant challenge the person who knows everything about football, ever.
@willierednut
MURDERERS!
stu – Your fans were booing Owen before he signed for United. He came back with Newcastle and it was deafening. So much so, your captain even came and spoke out against it. Humiliating behaviour from your fans.
If Heinze came back in a testimonial to play for a player we considered a legend because he was his best mate, I’d like to think our fans would have more class. Competitively, he’d get booed to death, but in a testimonial for a legend, I’d like to think we’d look at the bigger picture.
Also, there’s been several Liverpool posts over the last few days because you can’t shut Carragher up about us. Everything I’ve posted has been United related. If Carra loves Sir Alex, which I don’t blame him for, I will report on it, like I do all United related news.
if scholes had a testimonial and tevez was an invited player of scholes himself id be confident that He scores goals galore would rain down more in peoples minds than boo’n tevez(not that iom putting tevez united on the same level as owen liverpool im just using a player who is no longer a united favourite)
@scott
owen wanted out of liverpool, he refused to sign a new deal and with 1 yr eft on his contract was sold,
beckham never ever wanted to leave United.
and on the subject of supporters iv witnessed at close quarters some of the idiotic United fans. like when giggs was getting slaughtered about 5 yrs ago cause he was going thru a poor run of form. i nearly got through out of OT i was that fuckin angry. the lads a United legend and he gets abuse.
all clubs have decent & dickhead supporters.
Stu
Its nothing to do with football there has been Rivalry between to two Cities since the Building of the Manchester Ship Canal.
As for the football I wouldn’t say its bitterness its just fierce rivalry We hate your club and you hate ours. Simples!
We should have sent gary neville
As a neutral Aussie!, why do Utd fans talk about Liverpool so much?, they have a good team but always want to talk about Liverpool….It’s crazy!!!!!!
threw* not through lol
Agree with that, Red Nev should have made an appearance.
ooh ahh….LOL…love the Nev! he’ll be invited to Tevez’ testimonial at Shitty…oh wait…his (Tevez’) loyalty is only half an inch-long
Gano – Stop lying lad, you’re a fucking Liverpoo fan.
Isnt it funny how you all know the ins and outs of Liverpool, me personally dont give a monkeys about your shower of hangers on or the fact you criticise the turn out especially when you cant even sell all your season tickets,but thats a different matter.
Owen was a cracking player for us but done the dirty on Rafa when he arrived, greener pastures in Madrid, and then after removing the splinters from his arse decided to try and get back in the England frame and move back home, he had the chance to come back to us and hold out on deadline day to the last minute but flapped and signed for NUFC.
His autobiography is all England and nags and a small chapter on Liverpool, he didnt care about us and personally I think he deserves to be booed.
He as done nothing since he left us and as your team is crumbling with has beens and over hyped crap he will carry on doing nothing.
Hope you have enjoyed your success those of you old enough to have witnessed the mighty mufc over the last 20 years , but as all good things they have to come to an end.
After all your glory you still are in our shadow.
Gano
its a post about a match today where a manchester united player played
and your not a liverpool fa
get up the yard theres a smell of hay off ya
Bod – He definitely deserves to be booed. Nobody is denying that. But today was for Carragher, yet the fans who did bother to show up today didn’t get that. As if it wasn’t embarrassing enough that you were nowhere near full capacity, your fans are sitting there booing the best mate of the man you call a ‘legend’, whose career you were supposed to celebrating. He even asked you not to boo him, but your fans couldn’t even do that for Carragher. Whether you admit that on here, you know as well as I do that it is totally embarrassing.
In the past 5 years, 50,000 people have given up their season tickets at Old Trafford. We are in the midst of a protest. Yet we’ve still sold more season tickets than a full capacity Anfield. Probably not the best insult you could throw our way, is it?
15,000 Celtic fans at Keanes testimonial.
The circumstances in which Owen left Liverpool lead to that reaction. Beckham got a lot of abuse off united fans when he left united and again when his book came out.
Straight up guys im neutral!, In Australia we are hearing all about City and their money. The EPL is all about money but Utd and Liverpool are in some trouble. Is it possible for City to win the league this season?, im looking for a club to support. Im not a soccer fan but i hear it’s a scream so maybe i will catch a game over there one day!!!!
Owen is nothing like Tevez or Heinze.
Gano
Its called Rivalry all football Cities and Towns have it but then you’d know that being a scouser.
Seams like Scots struck a nerve here. Won’t get any sympathy here Scouse.
read your own comments back. “id like to think…” – “im confident that…”. Well your entitled to that opinion lads – I just dont agree with it.
Do you not see that its more the fact that Owen was a legend for us that hurts even more? How many players have played for united and come to Liverpool? I cant really think of any. Not in the last 20 years at least…so how do you know how your fans would react? Your just guessing…its not really the basis of a point is it – but its an opinion that you are of course allowed to have.
Id also like to point out the reason why the Liverpool fans dont like Owen – and didnt like him for what he did (which is why we boo’d him as a newcastle player). Michael Owen said for a whole year that season that he was going to sign a new contract – he wouldnt let us down, it was just a matter of time. All year we had this – as he was going into his final year, we didnt want to lose him cheaply (we didnt want to lose him at all to be fair). He then, after saying all season that he would resign, did everything he could to get a move to Real Madrid. Alot of the fans saw it coming and there was alot of talk about it. However, he left, and we got 6 milion for him. Now 6 million for one of the (at the time) best strikers in world football, is not a huge amount of money is it. What did you get for Beckahm – 20 million? I cant remember, but something more in line with what the player was worth. The reason we got that is because Owen was in the last year of his contract, and had let it run down (I might have mentioned this already). It smacks as a bit of an insult doesnt it to say one thing all year then do another? Especially at the detriment to the team.
Also, when he got to Madrid…owen said he was delighted to be joining the best club in the world – which just rub salt into the wounds. You see, every fan thinks there own team is the best in the world – and no one wants to hear there star player who had done one for peanuts saying that. Even though you could argue that Madrid are the biggest club in the World I suppose.
With this in mind – I personally still never boo’d owen – I would never do it. i wanted him back when he joined you, but that wasnt to be. I wasnt at the game today which is poor form considering I am a season ticket holder – but if I were, I wouldnt have boo’d Owen either. Like a few people have pointed out – half the crowd didnt, but you know this, sadly it doesnt fit with your agenda.
Don’t buy Gano’s bullshit, he’s a total fraud.
i went to the game. and the boose were very load, my mate is a liverpool fan that was the only reason i went and i live near buy.. i did not open i mouth once in case they would know were i conme from. . owen will show liverpool in two weaks . jiust why he canme to us. aslo we hade a meating today in sale north manchester and the protest will take place the liverpool ganme wearing green and golde jersey. so it should be a bit special that ganme
by booing owen after carragher asked them not to its shows a total lack of respect for him aswell and he’s one of their own just shows how ignorant and classless that bunch are
@Stu
Hi pal. There was Paul Ince. That’s the only one I can think of. And he has got plenty of stick from United fans. But for me at least, it’s not because he joined you guys. It’s because he was acting like a dick everytime he scored or won against us. Owen has honoured his past more than Ince did.
lets hope he doesn’t do his hamstring in walking or something then
stu – Nobody is denying that Owen deserves to be booed by Liverpool fans. The point is for Carragher’s sake, he should not have been booed at Carragher’s testimonial. He’s asked his best mate to play in a game that celebrates his career, a career during which he’s been a ‘legend’ for Liverpool, and he’s asked the fans not to boo him. You don’t come close to selling out the ground and boo Owen anyway. Disrespect Owen all you like, it’s just pretty sad that your fans would disrespect Carragher on what was supposed to be his day.
How would we treat carlos tevez? I, for one, would hope that we do it with class, as we did with Becks
@stu…Firstly well framed post…which shows you are not the typical Liverpool supporter.
You have pointed out that you see a lot of posts by STR about Liverpool, well I also see an increasing number of Liverpool fans and supporters on this blog.
I can assure you, we dont welcome your presence here. However you guys keep coming as this a good blog and mostly has a very realistic view of all things United and Football.
So take a hike mate…
legends don’t hold the club where they became a legend to ransom for 2 years before leaving
Bod
In your shadow, ……………….hahah not laughed like that for ages.
i AM old enough to remember the 80′s pal.
i’l tell you this (just ask Lou Macari) when you’s were winning every thing in sight United were then & always will be a bigger attraction, bigger club, just a more exciting place to be. in your shadow my ARSE……lol
stu :
1. I would write on my blog about liverpool if I knew for sure that liverpool fans like you would read it. You come on ROM to read about Scott’s opinions on United?
2. Agree with your rationale that we have nothing to be bitter about, and I would suggest the same thing to Scott.
3. You talk about understanding, but why don’t you put down your red tinted specs and understand it from the point of Owen? Lets not kid ourselves, we were all disappointed he was coming to OT. You lot, as well as United Fans. But what choice did he have? If his career was going down a good 4-5 years sooner than anyone had thought, and the “best club in the country” (as you put it) came knocking?
I hope you understand that this wasn’t a situation where he could have made choices. We all compromise on something or the other when we are down in the dumps. That doesn’t mean he spat on you lot by coming to OT. You can’t be sane enough to compare Owen to Heinze. Heinze was a prick, and certainly no legend at OT. Neither did Owen want a switch to United when he was in his prime at Anfield.
4. Yes mate, you are going to get a lot of stick, but I do agree with you on the bitter part. We have nothing to be bitter about, except the NEGATIVE PRESS we ALWAYS receive., no matter what. So I guess ROM kind of negates that.
http://www.empireofthekop.com/anfield/?p=21133
we have to sort this out here and now
micheal owen is a product of the liverpool youth system
he was englands golden boy and an ever growing liverpool legend
he won 3 trophys in the same season for liverpool and his goals were a key part to it
he’s done so much for liverpool
tevez was at united for 2 years on loan and slagged off the manager for the last 5-6 months of his time at old trafford as he scored 5 league goals for united while playing more on the field minutes than berbatov(before that starts)
tevez at united hasnt a patch on owen playing for liverpool
@ debred – we keep coming because all scots posts about our team appear in a site called newsnow. So they are on a Liverpool stream, so we see them and then we come here. I do in fact read this blog from time to time because I like to see other fans opinions on things because i fucking LOVE football – but you know, if you stopped making posts about our team then you might not get scousers coming here. I cant really take a hike when the internet is a public forum, and a rival fan is writing about my team. Scott allows rival fans to post (some sites dont) so at least that works in his favour.
At the end of the day you can write about Liverpool all you want or dont want – its the internet – do what you like. But then your going to get more scousers on here giving our opinion of events. Simple really.
As for the comments back from scott – do you really think that Carragher is arsed that Oweb was boo’d? Do you think Oweb was arsed? I doubt it. They both knew what would happen, and its not that sad – it was more like pantomime villain booing than hatred. That will be saved for the time that Owen scores against us for you…then you will hear real booing.
You only even know that Owen is Carraghers best mate because he said it the other day in an interview – yet you sound like an authority on the subject. Im not actually totally disagreeing with you that he shouldnt of been boo’d today – but I doubt that Owen or Carragher will consider it disrespctful and cry themselves to sleep. Do you?
They are both 30 year old men. I actually admire Owen a tiny bit more for having the balls to come back and play it – he didnt need to do that because he knew what he would get. if he’s got the balls to turn up then he has the balls to take HALF the grounds response (remember – the other half cheered – but you havent mentioned that once – because it doesnt fit with your agenda).
Oh and if your point about us booing owen today wasnt right – why did you constantly refer to us booing him when he came back with newcastle – until it was pointed out why that happened? Oh I know, because it makes us look more like the scum that we are. How silly of me.
Kopred – Carragher himself talked about the reaction Michael Owen got. Fans inside the ground can say what they like now, to try and cover their embarrassment.
“I think the crowd would have killed him if he’d taken the penalty listening to their reaction.”
D’oh.
Never have I heard so much rubbish…..its banter….good turn out for carra.
Christ…this is petty.
I’m a Liverpool fan and must admit I’m a bit embarassed we booed in a testimonial but please don’t act like United fans are so different.
Also, the comparison between Beckham and Owen doesn’t work- they are completely different characters and cases.
Finally, Scott, you wrote yesterday you felt you were ‘supposed to hate (Carra)’ because he played for us. By that logic, shouldn’t we hate Owen?
stu – As I’ve already explained to you, the posts that mention are Liverpool are simply because Jamie Carragher keeps talking about us.
If Carragher didn’t keep talking about being inspired by our players like Giggs, Scholes and Neville, his love for best mate Owen and his respect for Sir Alex Ferguson, you wouldn’t see us on NewsNow.
Davey – Yes you should hate Owen. But as I’ve clearly said several times, you shouldn’t boo him in a testimonial he’s been asked to play in because he’s the best mate of the legend whose career you’re there to celebrate.
Paul Ince was a judas bastard, but if he came back to play in a testimonial, and Giggsy, or Gary Neville told us to not boo him, then I’d adhere to their advice, because i respect their opinion. ps That’s me speaking personally.
@willierednut
Good point. I’d do the same in that case.
@ scott – oh ok, so if i go looking through this site I wont find any posts about Liverpool that are not Carrager related. I read this site mate, i know how many posts you make – and so do you.
Look its probably getting boring this now – i made my point back and it seems some have taken it. Were not all that different many of us on here or other forums, we just support different teams. You always have united best interest at heart and me Liverpool.
I do think reading carra’s comments “they would have killed me” its a bit tongue in cheek isnt it? Why not do a post about how THE MURDERERS WANTED TO MURDER JAMIE CARRAGHER because he did say that – and that would fit your agenda of us all being scum bags, eh? Or is it because you have taken a throw away line and made it into a story to suit your needs.
i think its that isnt it. Its your blog though chief – do what you want, the faithful will always listen.
Soctt – Where did you get your quote from (don’t say Cara)? A good journalist, if quoting, would reveal their source. Would they not? Secondly, if you think about, every other player would have got a cheer, Owen’s name goes out over the speakers and instead of the 37K that were there cheering, stop, show no support and say 1000 go boo (which they are entitled to, at the end of the day paid the ticket price). A 1000 people can make a loud noise in a quite ground.
You seem to be good at maths, work out what actual percentage of the 37K actually booed.
Kop red – For any fan to boo is embarrassing. It’s not my concern how many of the pitiful turn out decided to boo, despite being asked not to by Carragher.
@Stu:
Haha.. Its perfectly sane that someone wants to add to their rivals’ embarrassment. You don’t have to get so upset. What was even more embarrassing was that this post highlights what Mr. Liverpool himself says, so you don’t have to throw dung here and point out someone’s opinions.
Nailed it, Scott.
Scott – you wrote the article to have a dig as you had nothing better to think of. You never stated where you got your quote from?
Kopred – You barred from rawk as well? Or just a keen follower of news now?
I generally don’t bother commenting. Kopred means Kopred. I go and watch with my own eyes and make my own judgements. Are than reading crap.
Kop red – So desperate are you that you even think I’m making up quotes now? Ha ha. Classic.
Read ‘em and weep:
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6358005,00.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1308995/Gerrard-Owen-hero-villain-Carraghers-testimonial-Anfield.html
http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8698_6357881,00.html
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Jamie-Carragher-praises-Michael-Owen-and-Steven-Gerrard-for-playing-after-scoring-for-Everton-against-Liverpool-in-his-testimonial-article571853.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3125332/Jamie-Carraghers-testimonial-Liverpool-4-Everton-XI-1.html
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2010/09/04/2103332/jamie-carragher-fulfils-boyhood-dream-of-scoring-for-everton
Embarrassed you enough yet?
Why are some liverpool fans doing on United blog. This is our blog, if you are not blind, you can see that we also talk about Real Madrid, City, Arsenal, Barcelona, and more. We are not discussing about why Liverpool has not won EPL for 20 years or Liverpool’s debts. Owen is a UNITED player now, so it matters to us when he get booed. Every tread Scott posted are related to the club, players, or the manager.
” It’s not my concern how many of the pitiful turn out decided to boo, despite being asked not to by Carragher.”
Its funnty that, because in the rest of the article you seem to make it very much your concern about what is essentially our business. At least, the bits that make us out to be bad. Agenda, etc.
@Wazza – your right it is. But I am a Liverpool fan, one from Liverpool who also goes the match – so an actual fan – and im not that embarrased by any of the things that happened today. I dont agree with booing owen, I wish there was more of a turnout – but I can hardly say i find it embarrasing.
is it any more embarrasing than when your fans were giving it the united not for $ale campaign – when you were a Public company on the stock market (and therefore were in fact massively for sale)? I dont think so, because im a liverpool fan. You think so, cos your a united fan. Fair play.
Im boring myself here now so i think ill call it a day.
stu – I agree with you on the booing thing, I’ve never bought in to the concept of it, for me it’s counter productive. Don’t use news now as an excuse for coming on here, It’s a weak excuse lads.
desperate? very much wrong. the only reliable source there is the mirror. So well done you proved you got the quote right. Well done in getting a paper article, sensationalising it and then hopping for hits from LFC fans to get hits.
Enjoy your site.
stu – I’m not concerned. Believe me, your fans showing themselves up is not a cause for concern for me. This is a Manchester United blog. A Manchester United player got booed. If you’re embarrassed by your fans behaviour, as you should be, and therefore frustrated it’s on the internet for all to see, that again is not my concern.
Kopred – So we can agree the quotes are genuine. Carragher acknowledged that Owen got a bad reaction and that the fans would ‘kill’ him if he took the penalty. And yes, begging for sources of the quote, with the slim hope that I had just made them up, was very desperate, but also very amusing.
Well, you did respond to it Koppy, so how do you like them apples.
@Stu:
“I dont think so, because im a liverpool fan. You think so, cos your a united fan. Fair play.”
You got the perspective right, mate. That, in my opinion, is the essence of ROM. Perspective.
You should expect digs and swipes not just out of the blue. But where there is some perspective to it.
And you are right. You will bore yourself. Atleast you make more sense than the average liverpool fan who comments on ROM.
To be honest far to many United sites spend far to much time obsessing with Liverpool and City.
The Liverpool sites hardly give United a mention.
It’s a joke that United fans spend time singing about Liverpool, their players and scousers when we aren’t even playing them.
You don’t hear Liverpool singing about us all the time.
Why do some fans sing about Torres and Gerrard and not our own? Embarrassing.
3 seperate features on Carraghers testimonial on this site alone, more coverage than what Liverpool sites are giving it.
Time a large chunk of our supporters focused on United and our players.
Giggsys chest wig – Michael Owen isn’t a United player then?
What I find embarrassing is fans who try and form disrespectful and false stereotypes about our fans. Who the fuck sings songs about Torres and Gerrard and not United players? No United fan does that. So, why are you trying the perpetuate such a negative image of some mythical United fan?
It’s International break and there’s fuck all going on. A Manchester United player got booed in a testimonial today. It got reported on a Manchester United blog. I suggest you stop being so precious.
just logged on and read all the comments, gutted i wasn’t here earlier, great stuff
united liverpool banter, just as good as city united banter!
liverpool and city fans both a bunch of classless wanks
Tuftys here in spirit any way lol.
I was at the match today – as an Everton fan not a red (yes – we had a team there as well!). Its obvious that you didn’t watch the game from your comments on the reaction to Michael Owen . Yes, there were some boos when Owen came on and again a few early on when he first touched the ball but frankly they were a minority and the vast vast majority of supporters (on both sides) were good humoured and friendly. The reason that the crowd didn’t want Owen taking the penalty was that they wanted Carragher to take it – they’d have objected to pretty much anyone else taking it – is certainly wasn’t an Owen thing. I can only imagine that you fancied stirring things up rather than fair reporting.
J
What realy annoys me about the Liverpool fans booing of Owen is the rubbish being spouted defending the Liverpool fans behaviour. Rubbish perpetuated by the ill informed media. The fact is Liverpool fans treated Owen abysmally the whole time he was playing for them. Owen was treated with contempt and hatred by Liverpool fans right from when he made his Liverpool debut against Wimbledon. A vile hatred based on the simple fact he replaced Robbie Fowler their God. At one point they even went as far as to threaten the lives of his wife and daughter. to me this means Liverpool fans have long since lost any right to boo Owen. Can anyone seriously blame Owen for leaving fearing his family’s safety. It is public knowledge that Owen was receiving hate mail and death threates for years before he finally left the club.
Also does anyone remember Liverpool fans burning Steven Gerrard shirts just because he was thinking of leaving. I know I do the pictures were on the national television news. Just further proof of the scandalous behaviour of some of the club’s fans. It is small wonder they were criticised by UEFA not all that long ago.
If Giggs decided to jump ship & come and play for Liverpool now at the end of his career, how would that go down with Manc fans? Just wondering – especially if he went back to play in a Paul Scholes testimonial!
What about Sir Matt? Played for both Liverpool and Citeh. But still shed a tear for him whenever I see his smile after we won the prem for the first time.
if you ask me tufty has a hairy chest
GHTT – he he.
Bod – If you don’t give a shite about us, what are you doing on a Man Utd blog, slight contradiction there me thinks! I personally would never visit a Liverpool supporters blog, or any other team for that matter.
It’s pretty funny how you’ve got two articles on Carra’s testimonial both making a big deal about how only 35000 people turned up. Here’s a number for you: 7434. That’s your turnout for poor Norman Whiteside (yeah, the guy that won you the FA Cup with one of the greatest goals ever scored in the competition). I’m a (proud) Northern Irish Liverpool fan, so my opinion doesn’t count and I’m less than scum, but I still feel shame on your behalf for your appalling disrespect for one of your greatest ever players.
i thought i read somewhere that Carra said he wish Liverpool would get back their class and respect. seems like it’s not going to be very soon…
Strewth guys! I was gonna support Utd lastnight but now ROONEY is gonna leave to save his marriage. This is terrible news as he often has to pay for sex, now Utd must be worried about Rooney leaving????, im neutral here in oz!!!!!!
@Giggsys chest wig September 4, 2010 at 17:51
Couldn’t agree more with this comment. We can hold no moral highground over anyone else.
But it’s always good fun making fun out the opposition.
I actually think Carragher has made some quite fair, measured, and complimentry comments about United and SAF over the years. It takes a player with some measure of class to do that about your most bitter rivals. I may get run down for it but good on him for coming out and saying those things.
he deserved to be fuck off!
Gano – Fuck off you knobhead.
fuck me, who didnt expect Owen to get booed, I dare say about 25 yearsago that never would have happened for a few reasons, one because players didnt have the power they had today, they where just told what their pay was going to be and had little chance of moving because the club held thier registration. It seemed to me at the time Owen wanted to stay bu tthe club didnt want to pay what Owen and his advisors thought was fair so they went thier seperate ways.
It happend to Hughes, it was well know before he moved to Barca that he was half of what some of the bought in stars where on at OT and the club wouldnt budge and he fucked off.
Add in to this mix that most clubs seem to have a lot more dickheads amongst thier support including us, I too remember the stuffing Giggs was getting a few years ago it was embarrasing as I thought of those away fans listening to us abuse one of our own by our own.
Watched the game to see how Owen got on. There were a few boo’s but fuck all really.