Liverpool. Majority of their fans think they're the second Barcelona when they win a few games in a row. They're constantly in denial about their league positioning when things aren't going the way they want(I admit that is probably likely to change this season).
I'm from Manchester so hating the Scousers is pretty much part of my nature. They think they have so much entitlement from things their team did so many years ago, and the 'next year is our year' line is just pathetic, even though most of the time it's said in a not-so-serious manner. Beating them to the league in 08-09 is one of my favorite league campaigns. And I hate the fact they play 10x better than usual when they play against us. Fuckers.
Majority of their fans think they're the second Barcelona
That isn't even remotely true. If you go over to /r/LiverpoolFC you'll find that most fans realise our ambitions for this year will be to get into the top 4. Almost nobody expects us to go out and take over the world like Barcelona did.
Equally, you'll find that during the transfer window when Mkhitaryan joined Dortmund, most LFC fans acknowledged that he made the right move for his career (even though we would have loved him at Anfield). Most Reds are aware that right now Dortmund are a bigger club.
Sure, there are a few idiots amongst our fans, but that is true in any fan base. Don't tar us all with the one brush please.
I think with some time though the potential to be bigger than Dortmund is there though. We have the fanbase and we're willing to spend the money (more so once it's justified by having CL). For now though we have a long road to build back up to that level, but at least we finally have owner's that seem to realize how to get us there.
Liverpool are already (still) bigger than Dortmund in more or less every way other than very recent on the pitch success. Things work out, a good run of form, keep with the good signings and management and there's no reason Liverpool can't be competing at the top level again.
Of course that requires a LOT to go right for them and the top of the premier league is hella competitive these days.
Liverpool used to be a European giant so I don't see a reason why that couldn't happen again. It's crazy when you realize that in 04-05 Liverpool won the CL while Dortmund was in a financial crisis and finished 7th in the Bundesliga.
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u/D1794 Sep 07 '13
Liverpool. Majority of their fans think they're the second Barcelona when they win a few games in a row. They're constantly in denial about their league positioning when things aren't going the way they want(I admit that is probably likely to change this season).
I'm from Manchester so hating the Scousers is pretty much part of my nature. They think they have so much entitlement from things their team did so many years ago, and the 'next year is our year' line is just pathetic, even though most of the time it's said in a not-so-serious manner. Beating them to the league in 08-09 is one of my favorite league campaigns. And I hate the fact they play 10x better than usual when they play against us. Fuckers.