{"id":2031,"date":"2021-09-20T16:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2021-09-20T16:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:25:37","slug":"i-love-being-wrong-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/i-love-being-wrong-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Being Wrong On The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are certain people, you know the types, that desperately want to be <em>right<\/em> all the time. When it comes to being on the internet and supporting Liverpool, this manifests itself in them actively wanting the club and\/or specific players to fail, just so that they can say \u2018I told you so\u2019. I am the complete opposite of that. I don\u2019t think of myself as a particularly pessimistic person, but then I see how I react to certain things do with the club that I\u2019ve supported all my life and realise that perhaps I\u2019m wrong on that front. A perfect example of that could be found this weekend, specifically regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andcouldheplay7\/status\/1439227016256135169\">my reaction<\/a> to the Liverpool team news. Having already watched James Milner be sent off twice for the club, both times playing right-back and going up against Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace, I feared a repeat performance this time around. Add into that an Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 who was making his Premier League debut and the lack of Andy Robertson and I was nervous.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Haven\u2019t seen the game yet but it doesn\u2019t look like Palace got much joy out of Milner. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3U1HAnCPjZ\">pic.twitter.com\/3U1HAnCPjZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Beasley &#x1f499; (@BassTunedToRed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BassTunedToRed\/status\/1439271058297827330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The thing about this Liverpool squad is that they keep proving idiots like me wrong, time and time again. James Milner, as I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll all have seen by now, finished 1st in terms of touches, passes, passes in the opposition half, crosses, tackles, distance covered and sprints. He made me look like a fool and I couldn\u2019t be happier. If I\u2019m wrong in my negative opinions, that means that the Reds are succeeding and that is literally the only thing that matters. I am fortunate insomuch as I have no cultivated a Twitter following, for want of a better phrase, that I know is mostly made up of sound people. As a result, I can have a laugh with others about my stupidity rather than feel as though I\u2019ve got to go on the defensive. Most people know that all I\u2019m interested in is Liverpool succeeding as often as possible, which is exactly what happened in our 3-0 defeat of Patrick Viera\u2019s Crystal Palace side. If I\u2019m made to look like an idiot, the Reds are winning, so we\u2019re all winning.<\/p>\n<h2>Being Right Is Overrated<\/h2>\n<p>There are many things that I\u2019ll never understand in life. Women are a perfect example, with higher-level maths also being on the list. The desire to be \u201cright\u201d on the internet is another thing that I\u2019ll never understand, both in political terms and in the sense of being correct. Frankly speaking, who cares? The internet is mostly filled with odd-bod strangers who you will rarely come into contact with in real life, whilst those that you do meet and interact with will generally be great and understand that you\u2019ve tweeted something whilst your chimp is out, to paraphrase Dr Steve Peters. As someone who occasionally gets to go to Anfield but watches at home more often than not for medical reasons, I must say that the negative mindset affects me more when I\u2019m away from the ground. Perhaps it\u2019s getting caught up in the narrative that the TV company broadcasting the match wants to peddle, or maybe it\u2019s just having less time to be distracted, but I\u2019m worse when I\u2019m at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Milner shouldn\u2019t sniff the starting 11. Only idiots and deluded individuals, beg to differ. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Timmy Robson (@WaveyTimz277) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaveyTimz277\/status\/1439236503159312392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Typing something online is easy. It is done without any acknowledgement to real people and those that do it are able to move the goalposts to fit their own narrative. I personally just don\u2019t see the point. I thought Divock Origi wasn\u2019t great against AC Milan last week, but I was made up for him that he got his assist and was more than willing to listen to the people who tweeted me telling me that I was wrong. I thought he looked ok in his small cameo against Palace, even if I\u2019m not convinced that he\u2019s the right player for Liverpool Football Club in the long-term. If he somehow manages to turn his game around and becomes the player that he threatened to be during the 2015-2016 season, I\u2019ll be the first person championing his success. If Origi proves me wrong, it means that Liverpool are doing well and that is far more important than me being able to say that I was \u2018right\u2019 about something online. Long may the Reds continue to make me look like a fool.<\/p>\n<h2>A Cup Run Would Be Nice<\/h2>\n<p>One of the things I\u2019ve been fairly certain about this season is that Liverpool will do well in the Premier League and the Champions League but struggle in the domestic cups. That opinion is based partly on the fact that J\u00fcrgen Klopp genuinely doesn\u2019t seem to care about the League Cup and the FA Cup and partly on the idea that our squad isn\u2019t strong enough. There\u2019s an extent to which I\u2019ve been caught up in the transfer-lovers\u2019 narrative on the last point, however. That we only signed Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 during the summer meant that I began to think that our squad wasn\u2019t that good, yet I think I\u2019ve been disproven on that notion already. Curtis Jones looked great when he came on against Crystal Palace, for example, whilst Kostas Tsimikas was dangerous down the left for the entire game. I wouldn\u2019t been keen to see James Milner playing three games in a week, but if he had to then I think his professionalism would be enough to ensure that he barely puts a foot wrong.&lt;\/&gt;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">100 &#8211; Sadio Man\u00e9 has scored his 100th goal for Liverpool in all competitions, 10 of which have come against Crystal Palace, his most against a single opponent for the Reds. Centurion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJ4x7qNl34\">pic.twitter.com\/gJ4x7qNl34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJoe\/status\/1439239847114428419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Having worried that Sadio Man\u00e9 was picking up where he left off at the end of the last campaign, where he could barely do anything right in front of goal, he\u2019s now scored two goals in two games and seems to be adding finishing to the confidence he\u2019s displaying in the rest of his performances. All of which, and more besides, suggests that a cup run might yet be something that the Reds could achieve this season. It would allow the fringe players to keep their rhythm at the same time as giving some of the younger players a chance to have their name added to the Liverpool roster. Kaide Gordon has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPearceLFC\/status\/1439911174934499330\">earning rave reviews<\/a>, as an example, whilst Harvey Elliott will hopefully be back in the fray sooner rather than later. Once again, a cup run would prove my negative mindset wrong and I\u2019d be all for it, given that it would mean that we would increase our chance of adding some more silverware to an already bulging cabinet. Keep proving me wrong on the internet, Reds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are certain people, you know the types, that desperately want to be right all the time. When it comes to being on the internet and supporting Liverpool, this manifests itself in them actively wanting the club and\/or specific players to fail, just so that they can say \u2018I told you so\u2019. I am the complete opposite of that. I don\u2019t think of myself as a particularly pessimistic person, but then I see how I react to certain things do with the club that I\u2019ve supported all my life and realise that perhaps I\u2019m wrong on that front. 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