How can Liverpool continue to take the high ground in this matter:

I am beginning to feel like a conspiracy theorist, but I cannot help but question, why Liverpool? I watched the sports news this morning and heard the FA  are charging Liverpool with misconduct for being unable to control their players. This is regarding the Jay Spearing unjust sending off after which the Liverpool players surrounded the referee Kevin Friend to protest the daft decision.

However, I view this as another blatant example of the FA’s double standard. Where are the charges against Manchester United when their player surround the referee protesting everything from a throw in to a foul, to last night’s X Factor voting results? They descend on the match officials with the viciousness of a weight watchers group at an open buffet, and not a whimper from the FA. Personally, I am not a fan of players surrounding the referee at all, and neither was the great Bill Shankly. I recall reading in his biography a few years back how he at first discouraged his players from putting pressure on the referee, until he saw that teams that did tended to get the more favourable decisions. From then on he actively promoted his players to do so. And it had worked as it was this period in which Liverpool began their rise to the top of European football.

However, during the time when that team from Manchester began dominating, Liverpool teams appeared to be soft in my opinion. To simply roll over quietly while decision after decision went against us. That seems to have change upon the second coming of the King. Now we are vocal in our beliefs.

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We speak up when we believe we have been wronged and I personally want to see more of it. Not because I believe players should be putting pressure on the referee, but because if other teams are doing it, getting away with it, and getting success from it, then why shouldn’t we? But to be cited for what occurs at Old Trafford every fortnight is ridiculous.

I think Liverpool should deny all charges and fight. Yes, it will be a battle we will probably lose, but it should be a battle that the FA  should remember. Liverpool should no longer take the high road. Liverpool should no longer conduct ourselves with the regal dignity that we have in the past. To return to glory, Liverpool needs to remove their gloves, get down in the mud and scrap. Fight, and fight for everything and not accept anything that may be even the slightest bit unfair. A message needs to be sent that for too long, the Red Army from Merseyside has been quite. But no more.

Teams and the FA may have taken our silence and dignity for weakness. That is their mistake. Under the leadership of King Kenny, we need put down our crown of 18 league titles. We need to drop our sceptre of 5 Champions league title and remind those in the FA who we are. Let the war cry of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ echo in their halls as they attempt to unjustly target us. Let them know that we have walked on through the rain and wind and though our dreams were tossed and blown. We are still here, and we do not walk alone.

This article was written by Kurt courtesy of  ourkop.com.

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