I was disappointed with his comments reported today (on the 4th round draw for the Cup) that winning the FA Cup this year would be a "fitting tribute" to the fans that died nearly 20 years ago at the Cup Semi-Final at Hillsborough.
Not disappointed with the sentiment, per se, of course any trophy Liverpool win is a "fitting tribute" to the fans that died going to support them. But I really hope the media don't pick up on this and tie any Liverpool run to the final this year in with the (much more appropriate) 20th-anniversary commemorations that will happen regardless in April.
It's mawkish, unnecessary and isn't something I'd want to detract from the football this year. Can you imagine if it ends up - by some chance - being Liverpool v Forest in this year's semi-final, around the anniversary of the tragedy, mirroring the game that took place in 1989? Could Forest be "allowed" to win under that kind of pressure, in the circumstances, and still be seen as this year's "good guys", even though they should be, if they got that far and deservedly knocked out a Premier team in the semis?
The 96 will be remembered this year, and so will Kelvin McKenzie. Carra, and others, don't turn this year's Cup - please - into some kind of ill-intended "destiny tribute".
Not disappointed with the sentiment, per se, of course any trophy Liverpool win is a "fitting tribute" to the fans that died going to support them. But I really hope the media don't pick up on this and tie any Liverpool run to the final this year in with the (much more appropriate) 20th-anniversary commemorations that will happen regardless in April.
It's mawkish, unnecessary and isn't something I'd want to detract from the football this year. Can you imagine if it ends up - by some chance - being Liverpool v Forest in this year's semi-final, around the anniversary of the tragedy, mirroring the game that took place in 1989? Could Forest be "allowed" to win under that kind of pressure, in the circumstances, and still be seen as this year's "good guys", even though they should be, if they got that far and deservedly knocked out a Premier team in the semis?
The 96 will be remembered this year, and so will Kelvin McKenzie. Carra, and others, don't turn this year's Cup - please - into some kind of ill-intended "destiny tribute".
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