Great guy…

Disgusted to see that a recent tweet by LFC, calling visiting fans to avoid certain specific areas in Paris has been shared by a bunch of French far right wackos, using the clubs name to insinuate racist shit and associating LFC with this fucked up garbage.

Far right leaders now tweeting « Liverpool knows, everybody knows » is appalling. The original tweet is clumsy at the very least and it should be made clear that we don’t associate with that shit. If we can’t win through football this season, I’m hoping we’ll at least be proud that we didn’t forget our history and values when stuff like this happens.

utter woke nonsense, I know

Edit : Honestly didn’t think that post would be controversial, it’s a bit sad lmao. I’m not talking about randos or bots, major political far right figures are basically saying that LFC agrees with them, using the name and image of the club to promote their shit. Some of the comments here are disgusting. I appreciate the level headed replies which gives me hope the club has nothing to do with that shit

Edit 2 : I think a lot of you are missing the point and focusing on the original tweet by LFC. I still think it’s clumsy and unclear (why have these areas been picked, by who and on what criteria?) but that’s beside the point. The issue is not « LFC trying to protect fans » and I understand that past experiences for away fans has led to significant problems, but the issue is racist nutjobs basically using that tweet to say that LFC, as a club, agrees with them and « knows », whatever racist shit that’s trying to imply. Whatever you think about the original post by LFC, you should at least disagree with the way it has been twisted.

Honestly, seeing that a post basically saying « as a club, we won’t to be associated with racism » gets downvoted into oblivion is fucked up and disappointing. Much love to the people who understood where I was coming from ! YNWA

• Trophies and CL Football every season (despite not being able to financial compete)

• Loyalty from our players (but disloyalty from other players we want to buy or we want to sell)

• Owners who invest (even though FFP stops it)

• World Class players (that we can't afford or attract)

• World Class manager (that we can't afford or attract)

• Lower ticket prices so the local working class fans can cheer our team on to success (but we also want more money)

• To get rid of Gerrard because his performances have been terrible all season (but also keep him because he's a legend)

• Play exciting football because we don't want boring Chelsea football (but also want to win things)

• A new stadium (but still lots of money on new players and wages)

• All of the above ASAP otherwise the owners are rubbish, the manager needs sacking, and the players are all useless

After numerous complaints over the years and after a number of harrowing stories from personally affected users, "Rentboys" is no longer an acceptable term of use on this subreddit.

We recognize that this is probably not going to be a terribly popular decision, but it is one that we feel is morally correct. To clarify and expand on our stance and our reasoning, we'd like to explain a bit of the history of the term.

"Rentboy" is a term for male, typically gay prostitute, most of which serve other gay customers in exchange for money, residence, or drugs. While it is arguable that the term in itself is not inherently homophobic, (though it is certainly potentially demeaning,) branding Chelsea supporters or players as "rentboys" does carry with it certain homophobic connotations. This is due to the fact that the goal of the term and the associated song is to suggest that those that support Chelsea are inherently homosexual, due to an alleged situation back in the 1980s where a Chelsea hooligan/ultra was found in bed with a male prostitute during an early morning police raid.

Since then, our supporters and others adapted the song known as "Chelsea aggro," which was sung by the Chelsea Headhunters, (a notorious hooligan firm,) and changed the lyrics to fit with "Chelsea rent boys".

There will be many of you who accuse us of being far too PC in this, and we recognize that. However, we firmly believe that while every usage of the term may not have the intent of being homophobic, and that, to many, it is just a name to throw around or "just banter", the history of the word and the connection with the alleged events that led to the song lyrics being altered does make it homophobic, as the implication that all Chelsea supporters are homosexual, which further implies that not being straight is, in itself, bad.

At the very least, the term attacks sex workers for their profession, which is in itself distasteful, and by its very etymology, condemns those referred to as such to a lesser, diminutive status.

For many and most, prostitution and other sex work is not a life chosen willingly, but rather a culmination of events or difficult situations, admittedly, some of which are self-inflicted, that are often beyond the individual's control, which leave them no other option. There is often the suggestion of just finding another job, however, that is often much easier said than done:

As I mentioned, we've received requests and reports from numerous users on this topic. While we will obviously be keeping those users' identities confidential, we have received first-hand and second-hand accounts of people who spent time as sex workers, and one, in particular, indicated to us that they were subjected to a system of oppression based on threats of violence and death that made it nearly impossible for them to escape. I can happily report that they are no longer in that line of work.

We do recognize how deeply ingrained that this word is among many of our supporters, and we realize that many may not be aware of the devious history of it. In fact, we know that even some of our most prominent supporters, Chris Pajak of RedmenTV among them, have used the term. Though we are unable to find proof, it is our understanding that the original video with the usage of the term and now (in)famous rant has been removed and Chris has apologized for using the term.

Our only regret in implementing this is that we did not act sooner. For those who have been personally afflicted or offended due to our lack of action, we can offer only our most humble and sincere apologies, and the promise to do better in the future.

Generally, slurs are a zero tolerance issue that are accompanied by a permanent ban, with no recourse. As we are aware of the common usage of the phrase, we will instead be handing out three-day bans for each usage of the term and will be pinning a comment at the top of every match thread with Chelsea to remind users of this update in policy.

-Anfield is dead. Of course most of the top teams in England play in libraries and we're no exception. Even the mid and lower table teams can't compare to the like of the German teams and it's because locals and younger people are being priced out in favour of families having family days out and foreign 'fans' having days out at the 'ball game' and killing the atmosphere.

-Clubs like Dortmund have super cheap tickets(premium ones available of course but even they aren't much above the average of an Anfield ticket)they have rocking atmospheres and wouldn't even know the meaning of 'wheres your famous atmosphere'(even if it was translated to german)

-There was a time when Anfield could carry the team through the toughest of games(2005 CL semi final for example) but not anymore.

-I am 100% aware that the reduction in ticket prices and resulting reduction in international fans visiting would reduce our income but I believe that we would rise in the table and that ticket and jersey sales can't compare to CL money and increased fans from being better.

-Better atmosphere could attract better players.

-We'd be the only big team in England with a good atmosphere.

-We unfortunately won't become a consistent top 4 team unless we get bought by City like owners.

-I think FSG have done alright but are overrated by our fans. We've spent alot because we've sold big and we've bought pretty poorly with that money in all fairness.

-With the flags apparently being banned sooned the atmosphere will get worse

-The final and saddest point of this is that I am 100% aware that this will NEVER EVER happen. Just thought I'd post it because it was on my mind.

-Feel free to downvote, I 100% expect to be downvoted and killed in the comments but oh well.

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Having said that, we do NOT intend on giving any special privileges to these "power users" besides their names getting displayed on the sidebar of this sub - That happens automatically. We don't have any control over it. Some of these contributors can be existing mods but even as moderators we are not signing up for contributing to this feature regularly.

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The feature is already enabled and some of us are already using it. If the sub wants to give it a try, you are welcome. We will let the sub decide on this one.

Obviously this is a way for reddit to monetize but its a feature few other communities already have. If it's not popular or not used, we should be able to opt out of it and disable it later

Currently we already have 20 powerups

Edit: We now have the minimum powerups. We are aware of the giant ugly banner on reddit app and have informed admins to do something to fix it

This isn't me criticizing TAA, he's a world class player and I feel like Southgate hasn't used him effectively. I noticed he wasn't joining the attack and it feels like the 2 in a midfield has to be able to run box to box. Hes got a great range of passing and found players really well but it feels like he didn't do the job he does for Liverpool where he's almost right at the opponent's box.

Anyone else still feel or believe he's better used in midfield?

I will not elaborate further

HE HAS TO BURY THIS AT THE BACK OF THE NET. He tried the non chalant gimmick, takes an extra touch inside and gets screened by the keeper. His headers have not improved as well considering the amount of chances he's missed.

In the interest of gathering all FSG OUT related posts, opinions and possible organisation of protests at the match, I suggest we use a thread, if the mods approve, to better contain the justified outrage people are feeling against our owners into one area and prevent shitposts after every piece of news.

It really is time to see the back of FSG and I think its high time we made that known to the club. But doing it in an organized, well-thought out and proactive manner. If this is against sub rules, please feel free to delete, but this is a massive topic at the club right now and deserves to be addressed.