Stevie G 4535

Would you see a problem if, say, he went to United? Would that also just be proof that deep, deep down, he still loves Liverpool - but the pay and the opportunity to win something was greater at United?

Would you applaud him at Anfield the next time he shows up?

There's also the pertinent question about the fans: When everything about football has become commercialized, why shouldn't the fans start shopping around? Shouldn't we show the same kind of understanding if that happens?

And players (at Stevie G.s level) earn about one gazillion more than the average fan, and the fans aren't earning anything going to matches. Quite the opposite, in fact; who's paying for much of Stevie's salary?

If you're trying to make me feel sorry for players earning 100 000 pounds a week for 10 years...

So, yeah, you are right - players do not think like fans at all.

I think you are speaking of two different things - loyalty and obligation, which is a kind of professional, transferable loyalty (that you mention).

To get back to the analogy of marriage again: Would you expect a man to stay put if his wife became seriously depressed for a year or five? Or would you expect him to start shagging the foxy 25-year-old next door?

;)

That just confirms what I'm saying: monetary opportunism has become the indisputable decider.

And, again, I can't get myself to worry about Stevies "financial future". I really can't. If we went down the club would probably have to sell him anyways to fight off debt, so that would be that.