One of these things is not like the others…
Seriously though, Gerrard was stupid from the club and he was always going to get away with it due to being Mr. Liverpool (and I assume you’re responding to the Phil Collins stuff?)
Firmino is an ongoing probe (three weeks so far) and the match report and videos are pretty inconclusive, so it’s pretty hard for them to take a stance. Although it would have been nice for them to restate a policy of 0 tolerance for racism for them to follow through with should anything come to light.
Suarez was an embarrassing shitshow - the people involved in which (marketing, comms, manager, all sorts of backroom staff) are no longer with the club, so hopefully the change of policy is more reflective of that, albeit perhaps knee jerk and not showing enough ‘duty of care’? It’s difficult, because baring in mind the wages he’s on (in football terms not much, but in average terms - fucking tons) is it right that he should continue to benefit from being paid well and have such a enviable job so the club can hopefully nurture and change him?
People tried to change all sorts of players in the past and they stayed cunts (article writer comes to mind…) I’d like to see more preemptive stuff from all clubs with education in these things and support from youth through to senior teams, but each club can only do so much, and at some point they have to draw a line and show repercussions. They can do that while still providing support to the victim.
Yes I’m not blindly ignoring the fact that Flanagan is hardly an integral squad member, especially compared to the others, but he was always very well liked in the club set up, and if it sets a precedent should another player at any level behave in such a way they get treated the same, it’s not the worst thing.
