EPL Talk: Two Reasons to Get Excited About Sunday’s Merseyside Derby
Bet Blogger
· 1 year ago
Nice video of an old Anfield, early 1970's that I think. There's a feeling among a lot of Everton fans that apparently they will adopt a physical approach to try and knock Liverpool out of their stride and grab a win on Sunday but I doubt this will work. With the likes of Carragher, Gerrard and Lucas (who loves a battle) involved, Liverpool should be more than a match for their city rivals in that department. I expect a backlash following the poor display against Man U and a convincing home win.
Ringo
· 1 year ago
Hate to admit it ,but the first time I went to Anfield and heard the old Kop singing it sent a shiver down my spine. Of course I didn't admit it at the time.
Think it'll be a blue weekend all round.
dragonki2012
· 1 year ago
Everton were cheated out of a draw last time these two met because of poor refereeing. GO back and watch the game, you will see what I'm talking about.
Everton are out for revenge and Liverpool have lost at Anfield this year... to Wigan I believe? So they aren't unstoppable at home.
2-2 or; a 2-1 to Liverpool.
TT
· 1 year ago
Gaffer, a podcast interviewee of yours on the big match:
The big clash at Anfield has everyone talking. It's a big matchup of rivals who were once part of the same team but are now increasing bitter antagonists. Yes, Hicks v Gillett is turning out to be a stormer.
Everton? That's just a bit of local difficulty.
Of course, beating Everton will be a nice way of erasing the memories of last week and the events at Old Trafford. And it'll serve as a nice warm-up for a big Champions League clash with Arsenal.
But biggest game of the season? Only in the crazy world of the Bitter Blue.
Relations between the two sets of fans have deteriorated in recent years. It's increasingly hard to have a rational conversation with an Evertonian. The phrase, "If it wasn't for Heysel" has become a destructive mantra that has changed the nature of the relationship between the two sets of fans. For some, the shame of Brussels was that it stopped the 'People's Club' from claiming their rightful place as the best team in Europe. The 39 dead? Extras in Everton's "tragedy". It's deluded nonsense on so many levels but, for too many, it has come to be seen as the moment when Everton's destiny changed, when they were robbed of their chance to be a big club.
It has spawned a new ugliness in the city on derby day. Last year, there were Evertonians in the Anfield Road end making gestures mocking the Hillsborough dead and and holding up copies of The Sun to antagoinse the home fans. This was never quite "the friendly derby" of popular fiction but the younger elements on each side can't even remember a time when it felt cordial.
Which is a shame. Especially for those who remember the mid-80s. Then, for the FA Cup Final and Charity Shield games, thousands of Scousers arrived on the same trains at Euston, red and blue ski hats mixed up as we stated our collective identity with chants of "Merseyside".
The derby has become a much bigger game for Everton than us. And that galls them more than anything. Recalling the old days, I wish they weren't so resentful.
Looking forward, a good spanking at Anfield would put Everton in their place and make them even more bitter. I could live with that. All in the spirit of comradeship, of course...
TONY EVANS
Harry
· 1 year ago
"Deluded nonsense on so many levels"
Tony, I'm afraid it's you who is deluded if you think that Heysel did not have a direct impact on changing the entire history of Everton Football Club.
Evertonians do not begrudge Liverpool their five European Cups, 18 Championships and the rest. What we do begrudge is the inability of Liverpool Football Club and their fans to acknowledge that the actions of some of their fans on the fateful night removed the possibility of Everton FC playing in - and possibly winning - the European Cup for the first time in our history, and led to our double title-winning teams of '85 and '87 breaking up, and the most successful manager in our history leaving the club.
For us (and other teams such as Wimbledon, who would have played in Europe for their first and only time), being banned from Europe for five years - for a tragedy instigated by Liverpool's fans - is a difficult pill to swallow.
Finally, to say that Evertonians regard the 39 dead as 'extras' is insulting and self-serving for your own one-eyed view.
All Comments
Think it'll be a blue weekend all round.
GO back and watch the game, you will see what I'm talking about.
Everton are out for revenge and Liverpool have lost at Anfield this year... to Wigan I believe? So they aren't unstoppable at home.
2-2 or;
a 2-1 to Liverpool.
The big clash at Anfield has everyone talking. It's a big matchup of rivals who were once part of the same team but are now increasing bitter antagonists. Yes, Hicks v Gillett is turning out to be a stormer.
Everton? That's just a bit of local difficulty.
Of course, beating Everton will be a nice way of erasing the memories of last week and the events at Old Trafford. And it'll serve as a nice warm-up for a big Champions League clash with Arsenal.
But biggest game of the season? Only in the crazy world of the Bitter Blue.
Relations between the two sets of fans have deteriorated in recent years. It's increasingly hard to have a rational conversation with an Evertonian. The phrase, "If it wasn't for Heysel" has become a destructive mantra that has changed the nature of the relationship between the two sets of fans. For some, the shame of Brussels was that it stopped the 'People's Club' from claiming their rightful place as the best team in Europe. The 39 dead? Extras in Everton's "tragedy". It's deluded nonsense on so many levels but, for too many, it has come to be seen as the moment when Everton's destiny changed, when they were robbed of their chance to be a big club.
It has spawned a new ugliness in the city on derby day. Last year, there were Evertonians in the Anfield Road end making gestures mocking the Hillsborough dead and and holding up copies of The Sun to antagoinse the home fans. This was never quite "the friendly derby" of popular fiction but the younger elements on each side can't even remember a time when it felt cordial.
Which is a shame. Especially for those who remember the mid-80s. Then, for the FA Cup Final and Charity Shield games, thousands of Scousers arrived on the same trains at Euston, red and blue ski hats mixed up as we stated our collective identity with chants of "Merseyside".
The derby has become a much bigger game for Everton than us. And that galls them more than anything. Recalling the old days, I wish they weren't so resentful.
Looking forward, a good spanking at Anfield would put Everton in their place and make them even more bitter. I could live with that. All in the spirit of comradeship, of course...
TONY EVANS
Tony, I'm afraid it's you who is deluded if you think that Heysel did not have a direct impact on changing the entire history of Everton Football Club.
Evertonians do not begrudge Liverpool their five European Cups, 18 Championships and the rest. What we do begrudge is the inability of Liverpool Football Club and their fans to acknowledge that the actions of some of their fans on the fateful night removed the possibility of Everton FC playing in - and possibly winning - the European Cup for the first time in our history, and led to our double title-winning teams of '85 and '87 breaking up, and the most successful manager in our history leaving the club.
For us (and other teams such as Wimbledon, who would have played in Europe for their first and only time), being banned from Europe for five years - for a tragedy instigated by Liverpool's fans - is a difficult pill to swallow.
Finally, to say that Evertonians regard the 39 dead as 'extras' is insulting and self-serving for your own one-eyed view.