Ok ok I admit it, I’ve always tried to be partial with my football rants, but I’m now going to display my true colours. I am a Liverpool fan and while this may be a slightly objective rant, I do belive as an avid supporter, I need to vent some bile here.

With the constant takeover saga rolling on like a fat woman frotting a runaway milk float with no brakes, I would like to shed my opinion on this whole saga which has been going on in the courts.

As I speak I’ve just read reports that the deal with NESV to buy the club has gone through so this rant will appear more retrospective than anything but I still need to vent some frustration at Mr Hicks and Gillett.

First things first, what a bunch of cunts! First they bring in Martin Broughton to negotiate a sale of Liverpool and then when they sort one out they try to hold up precedings! They arrived at the club promising the earth and haven’t delivered anything. If anything they’ve proven to be the disruptive factor in Liverpool’s history with their ridiculous clandestine tactics. What Gicks and Hillett have failed to realise is that over here a football club is a religion. We will follow our teams to the bitter end regardless of glory or despair, we’re not an flaky franchise who switch cities every two seasons in search of profit. And that’s the main thing they failed to grasp. Taking over a club like Liverpool who have a zealous following, failing to deliver promises was always going to end in tears. The following of Liverpool is WORLDWIDE. We’re not some shitty little anus licking community like Portsmouth’s team or some wannabe big timers like Queens Park Rangers seem to think they are. This is Anfield. This is Liverpool. The history is unrivalled in England and the legacy is huge. This is what they took on. Granted, Liverpool have been eclipsed by the like of Manchester United, Chelsea and probably now Muhammad-Al-Jazeera-chester City but still you cannot argue with the tradition that Liverpool Football Club is.

So we were in court on tuesday, because being outvoted 3 to 2 for the proposed sale to NESV, Hicks tried to sack Christian Purslow and Ian Ayres to instate two of his own people. As a result RBS took them to court over breach of contract. Not only is it ridiculous to fire people willy-nilly if you don’t get your way, but you end up looking like a cock. Where are we? America? So they lost the case as the americans just ended up looking inept and stupid.

So in came stalling tactic number two, a judge in TEXAS granted an injunction. I’m sorry…but Texas? What the fuck it got to do with them? Are we in their jurisdiction? No! This is British club, in the confines of British law, Texas FUCK OFF! It’s like walking into Currys and taking a television off the shelf, when questioned for payment you turn around and say that a manager of the other store said was ok. It doesn’t work like that! But it’s typical and now got the stage of being amusing. Hicks/Gillett, now interchangeable with Laurel and Hardy have once again made an even bigger fool of themselves and this whole time the amount of dignity they could walk away with is diminishing. Yes ok they stood to leave with a £144million loss but what did they expect for asking too high an asking price for an asset they refused to invest in? But first and foremost, what business does some hick in the heart of Texas have interferring in a matter completely out of their jurisdiction? I know most Americans think they own the world but here’s a reality check. They don’t. So fuck off.

So John W Henry is Liverpool’s new owner. Before I get carried away with myself for thinking that we’re totally out of the woods, I’ll see how much we improve under his stewardship when it happens. Yes their track record with the Boston Red Sox is impressive, but football is a totally different game. And English football, there is nothing quite like it.

I’m pleased that Hicks and Gillett have finally been turfed out and in typical American style if something doesn’t go your way you try and sue whoever has pissed you off. I, and so will the rest of the world, will question the integrity of their argument, after all they’re trying to sue for $1.6billion in damages. So let me ask you this: how much damage have they done to us? In the seasons they have been our owners, what have they won? Nothing. So lets break in down mathematically:

2001 Treble Winners, 2002 Carling Cup Winners, 2004 Champions League Winners, 2005 FA Cup winners…then they took over. 6 trophies in 6 six years from 2000. Notice a pattern? Champions League football is reportedly worth £20million per annum and since they failed to invest in us, we couldn’t strengthen the squad and won absolutely nothing. So 6 trophies if they’re worth on average £5million for the club, if you extrapolate the trend that’s a further £30million in damages towards us. At least two seasons we easily had to potential of winnign the league, which is about £10million per win, so a further £20million. They flogged off Xabi Alonso for £20million to Real Madrid and didn’t give us any investment back. The promise of a £500 million stadium failed to materialise. So I make that as superficial damages to us of in excess of £590 million.

So perhaps they should fuck off. But the damages are personal to them of course. What is football really about? The fans.

So lets say that since it costs £45 for a new shirt each season and lets approximate Liverpool have 10 million fans worldwide buying the merchandise, so lets say that £450 million worth of shirts sold. A season ticket is about £2000 and there’ll be about 20,000 holders for the sake of argument. This gives a merchandise total of $450 million + £4 billion makes £4.45 billion. Add that onto the club itself £10.1 billion in damages for destroying all our dreams.

Yes I agree that’s very crude maths but if they want £1.6 billion in damages, then give them that and deduct the £10.6 billion in dmaages they’ve done to one and every Liverpool fan out there. You want to do the maths Hicks and Gillett still? Please kindly get fucked. Hicks and Gillett tried to set up us the bomb, but in the end Liverpool moved our Zig for great justice. YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE!