Comments on: Why Hicks & Gillette Are Giving Americans A Bad Name

By: Jurpobeidiodo

Jurpobeidiodo — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:32:01 +0000

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By: jboy3533

jboy3533 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:00:05 +0000

@ eplnfl
You cannot compare the two tournaments, the Euro 2008 qualifiers have way more better quality opponents than the Gold Cup, so your point is mute.

@ mike
I’m not one to bash american football (just the moronic suits who run the MLS) but i think it’s a bit naive to spit out american names playing in quality sides and in a sense attributing the team’s success to those americans. Trust me when i say Rangers would still doing well without Beasley and so would Benfica or PSV without Adu and Nguyen respectively.

@Demort
Seriously mate, the US hating isn’t justified.

Gaffer, I think what this whole H&G fiasco just shows is that both owners were never in it for the football and also confirms to everyone else that they know squat about football, it’s politics and liverpool’s footballing culture.

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:16:51 +0000

My opinion is that Hicks and Gillette are giving Americans a bad name. And that they’re creating too much negative publicity for Liverpool and, as a result, Americans in general.

I haven’t read anything in the past week or two that has been an attack on Americans in the British press, so it’s definitely my opinion.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: Soccer Guru

Soccer Guru — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:52:06 +0000

All of these attacks on Americans are spiteful and reek of outright ignorance and hatred. Michael’s list was outstanding, yet incomplete. That covers today, but how about the number of Americans who have played in deeper rounds of the Champions League in the past? Heck, Jovan Kirovski even played in the final and won a final. DaMarcus Beasley started a semi-final with PSV. Frankie Hedjuk started several games in the CL with Bayer Leverkusen. Claudio Reyna played in the Champions League and UEFA Cup with Bayer Leverkusen, Rangers, and Manchester City .

And Gaffer, I love your work but is this meant to be YOUR opinion or the you REPEATING the opinion of the British press?

By: Rafa Needs to Take a Hike

Rafa Needs to Take a Hike — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:38:22 +0000

How much transfer money has Rafa spent on Spanish players who never panned out since he arrived? How come when he got his top transfer target over the summer he demanded more money from Hicks and Gillet? Rafa is a joke. Houllier won five trophies. He’s won two. He got lucky in Istanbul and is living off that since.

As far as the Americans, I find MLS to be a decent level of play. Certainly it is not the Premier League but having watched some of it on the telly I think it is comrpable the the upper 10 teams in the Championship, and maybe the lower 6 or so Premier League teams. I do not think the level of play in Portugal where Michael is impressed by Adu is as good as MLS. That is easily explainable by the fact that Freddy Adu is contributing more there than he ever did in the US.

Enough about MLS. Back to Rafa. I appluad Hicks for trying to improve the club. Some of us are tired of finishing 3rd or 4th every season.