"Liverpool Fans Don't Make Knee-jerk Reactions"

Over the past few days I've been reading the book Secret Diary of a Liverpool Scout which deals with the life of former chief scout Geoff Twentyman (review of this should be online early next week).

Author Simon Hughes has done an excellent job of rounding not only players that Twentyman helped bring to Liverpool but also those that ended up elsewhere. One of these is John Gregory, the Aston Villia (among others) midfielder and manager who had this to say about the Liverpool fans.

"Fans are funny, aren't they? Sometimes they don't help. Your lot at Liverpool are the best, though. They're fantastic because they back the manager and the team. Liverpool fans don't make knee-jerk reactions and they give people the chance to prove themselves. Kopites really do get behind the team throughout the whol game - not just for 10 minutes like at some places. They're real fans."

This is how outsiders - those whose judgement isn't clouded by petty rivalry - really see us. Let's hope that they can still hold that view of us after tonight.

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