redman5
New Member
The thing is, the great Barca side were not always 'great' during your 20 years of domestic domination. You on the other hand had pretty much everything going for you during those 2 decades of ruling the roost here in England. A manager who was the best around during that period. Copious amounts of money thanks to your success coming during the Sky TV era. Being able to field, on a regular basis, nearly half a team of talented players who all came through the ranks at the same time. Yet for all those advantages you only managed 2 CL wins in that 20 year period. & you have the gall to start crying about bad luck.The irony of Liverpool fans criticizing Utd for being lucky in the CL. We were on the wrong end of some of the poorest decisions ever seen in the competitition during our era of dominance. The Porto & Madrid games stand out the most. We were the best team in the competition in those years & would have won the title but for abysmal officiating. We also ran into the best club side ever in 2 finals. Your 2 CL titles were as stuffy as they come. You were completely played off the park by Milan in your first final. The less said about your run through Europe's fallen giants & the horrendous penalty decision in last years final the better. Don't even get me started on the 4 European Cups you won while being financially doped with the Pools money.
Oh, & if you do some research you'll find that the Moores were simply investors in both Liverpool & Everton football clubs. They most certainly were not latter-day sugar daddies. You'll also find - if you can be bothered to look - that your club actually outspent us during the time we were dominant at home & abroad. We built our success on having the best scouting system around. Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Kevin Keegan. All players from the lower leagues who helped us become the force we were, & all of them cost us next to nothing. When we sold Keegan in 1977 for £500,000 we bought Kenny Dalglish as his replacement for £440,000. So not only did we make a profit on the deal, but we went on to bigger & better things. We won 6 European trophies in 12 years from 1973 to 1984. It had f**k all to do with money but everything to do with being a well run club with top people - on & off the field - helping to keep it going.