Jimmy_D

So to follow your logic here... All footballers would act like VvD did in VvD's situation. Because all footballers would act like VvD did, he wasn't wrong to do so. Therefore it's unreasonable to be annoyed with VvD because he was right to act the way he did. Clearly, not all footballers would act the way VvD did. Le Tissier is the obvious example, but Mané maybe works better, he put the effort in despite wanting to leave and arguably had his best season the season he left. Plenty of footballers have moves to other clubs fall through without going on strike. We've already established that not all footballers would act the way VvD did anyway, but even so, what VvD did wasn't right. He signed that contract knowing we wanted to build the team around him for years to come. He completely torpedoed that and any player we were thinking of signing that summer was joining a club where the best player was making a huge mess trying to leave. He massively damaged the club he was supposed to be representing and fighting for. As for being annoyed with VvD, we're fans of the club. We're annoyed when a player makes a genuine mistake during a match that hurts the club. VvD went out of his way to take actions that actively damaged the club and you actually expect people to be ok with that? That's quite funny.

I'm not so sure it's done no good at all. It's probably made players think twice before going to talk to other clubs behind our backs.

If you want a real world work analogy, it was more like a builder agreeing to build a house for you, then going off to talk to other landowners to talk about building a house for them while he's just started on your foundations, and then refusing to do any more work until you release him from his contract.

You are kidding right? VvD had met up with Klopp and was discussing having a team built around him before the club knew there was any interest at all, going behind the club's back and talking to another club a few months after signing a 6 year contract. There's a reason Liverpool became the first team in history to actually publicly apologise for tapping up. VvD going on strike and refusing to play as a result of that tapping up was just the icing on the cake, as well as creating merry hell in the dressing room. Everyone was worse as a result of his actions. Arguably our slump the last three seasons can still be traced back to what that **** did.

I really didn't want Liverpool to pull that off, but I can't help but be impressed that they actually managed it. Barcelona of all teams looked like rabbits in headlights by the end.

Looked like a pretty clear dive to me.

Heck of a game this.

The red card would have been for preventing a goal scoring opportunity. You could argue the goal was a different opportunity but usually it’s interpreted that the opportunity wasn’t prevented if they score like that.

Safe to say we were on the beach for that one. The fringe players that were given a chance certainly haven't taken it.

Bloody Hell. Superhuman effort.

Gutted for him Hopefully he can pull through somehow, even if it's not looking likely right now, but if this is it, an utterly incredible effort to have done what he's already done.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48114698 This headline was fairly prophetic

Don't think he's at 1000 just yet, but yes, it's 600 just for the Barca senior team he's just hit.

One goal by Barca in 2nd leg ends it right there now they've kept a clean sheet. Really can't see Liverpool scoring 5 against them.

That amazing free kick by Messi just happened to be #600 in his career. Unreal.

Holy **** what a goal!

VvD completely asleep there. Closer to the rebound and let Messi run past him for the goal.

Liverpool experiencing being on the other side of Suarez being a **** and they're really not liking it

Won’t be easy for them, especially with the Barca games either side.

Annoying we didn’t win but mathematically safe and keeping the unbeaten record against Bournemouth at St Marys makes it a pretty good day all told.

Reckon Liverpool need to win it this season if they’re going to. They lose about half their attacking threat next season once VAR starts picking up Salah’s dives.

Liverpool fans complaining about financial doping by City At least they haven’t dragged other teams players off to Blackpool and got them to turn against their own team. ****s.

Have you seen Brighton recently? They couldn’t score in a penalty shootout at the moment.

Frustrating to lose the win so late but that’s another PL record for a Saints player and a very useful point. Unlikely that either Cardiff OR Brighton finish above us with their run ins, even if we don’t get another point.