“Liverpool is a incredible membership with a outstanding historical past and a passionate fan base,” Gillett and Hicks mentioned in a press release. “We totally acknowledge and admire the distinctive heritage and wealthy historical past of Liverpool and intend to respect this heritage sooner or later.”
Respect our heritage? Liverpool supporters have spent the previous few weeks trying on in anger and disbelief as their membership was being publicly dragged by means of the gutter. Barely a day glided by with out the destabilizing determine of Tom Hicks trying to fire up hassle of 1 kind or one other. Issues have even gotten to the stage the place there are Manchester United followers saying that they are “glad they’ve the Glazers”.
This explicit week of the 12 months was at all times going to be an important and emotional one for Liverpool supporters around the globe. It is the 19th anniversary of the Hillsborough Catastrophe; the day wherein 96 individuals misplaced their lives within the Leppings Lane finish of the previous floor. It is a time for reflection and respect; compassion and remembrance.
But the entire week has been overshadowed by free cannon Tom Hicks, who has spent the time lobbing grenades at his chief govt Rick Parry, his co-owner George Gillett and, potential purchasers of the membership, Dubai Worldwide Capital. On the Thursday previous to the anniversary, Hicks determined to go public by way of Sky Sports activities Information and demand Rick Parry’s resignation. No board assembly was referred to as to debate the matter along with his co-owner and the opposite members of the board. No correct authorized process was adopted.
He cited his causes for wanting Parry out (all legitimate) however did not disclose his true motive: an additional vote on the Board and the means to forestall himself being out muscled by the (probably) incoming DIC funding group.
Having determined his preliminary effort hadn’t had the specified affect, he started slinging extra mud two days after the ceremonies. He gave a fairly weird interview to Sky Sports activities Information (once more) wherein he labeled Parry a “catastrophe” and DIC “masters of British tabloid spin”. He additionally tried to tug Benitez additional into the battle by claiming that Parry had been in discussions with Jurgen Klinsmann previous to his arriving at that now notorious assembly in New York.
It was a continuation of his clear efforts to create a ‘Benitez or Parry’ state of affairs; the hope being that a Benitez ultimatum and fan-power would in the end power Parry to resign.
And all of this on the week of the Hillsborough anniversary! How is that “respecting the heritage” of the membership? How are Hicks’ public skirmishes and oneupmanship battles a part of the ‘Liverpool Approach’ (the decades-old doctrine by means of which these sort of points are addressed behind closed doorways)?
A number of months in the past he mentioned: “The Liverpool Approach is to win championships and to not create controversy … we have to win championships”
One can solely assume that he did not perceive what he was saying.
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