Monday 27 February 2012 Dalglish: âThis will be the first of many meaningless trophiesâ Kenny Dalglish has promised that Liverpoolâs Carling Cup victory over Championship side Cardiff City will be the first of many meaningless trophies that he will bring to Merseyside in his second stint as manager. The Scotsman said, âThis victory will inspire us to win more second tier trophies that a lot of other clubs just donât bother with.â Whilst major clubs now treat the Carling Cup as little more than an opportunity to give the reserves and youth team a day out, the victory has been greeted on the red half of Merseyside with scenes usually reserved for the second coming of Christ, or a Gerry and the Pacemakers reunion, with Dalglish saying that this was just the start. âWe could even win the Community Shield, if it wasnât just for teams which had won a proper trophy the previous season. âIs the Full Members Cup still going? What about that Leyland DAF one? Whatâs that called these days?â Liverpoolâs trophy cabinet, which has been bare since they stopped winning real cups six years ago, now proudly displays the trophy which has been won over the years by Oxford United and Luton Town. Liverpool fan Mark Richards said, âItâll be like the League Cup glory years all over again. You know, when a middling side like Leicester won it a couple of times in quick succession.â Dalglish concluded, âThis win was important for two reasons â firstly itâs a meaningless trophy in its own right, and secondly it means we can enter the promised land of low-status silverware: the Europa League. âNow we donât even have to try to finish 5th or 6th in the Premier League to qualify for that. Which is lucky.â When reminded that Liverpool are still in the FA Cup quarter-finals, with a favourable home tie against Stoke and four of the six teams above them in the league already knocked out, Dalglish said, âCome on, letâs not get carried away.â
Do they still offer a prize for fair play? That's a truly meaningless trophy. Also, what about the Emirates' Cup? Surely, AFC will 'Pool compete for that!
You forgot these tin pots won in the last few years by some clowns or other... Peace Cup (Korea) Winners 2005 Vodacom Challenge Trophy (South Africa) Winners 2007 Jubileum Toernooi (Holland) Winners 2008 Asia Cup (China) Winners 2009 Impressive
Europa League qualifiers have more rounds now so I think the fairplay winners go into the first round of that. Fulham's season started in July because of it. Wumpole, atleast we win our preseason tournaments
There isn't enough money to bribe referees with in the world for Liverpool to be in contention for that one!
God, they'll be going on about 5 1/4 trophies that underline the fact they're not competing to add to the total once more, as well as the fact the back pass rule being changed stopped them adding to the total as fast as their fans getting English clubs banned from European competition for six years did...
'Pool of the 70s was the reason why the back-pass rule was brought in. It was sucking the life and soul out of the game. It's no coincidence that as soon as the rule came in, 'Pool's glory days were over.
Can't wait for the club statement that says portraying blacks as backward savages has a different meaning in Spain than it does elsewhere...
Bit rich coming from a set of fans who's club's biggest success in the last 20 years was the league cup. Add your name on the list too, maybe Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal can compete for this second tier trophy.
We didn't treat it like a return to greatness, though: In '99 it was treated as a long-overdue return to European football, whilst in '08 it was seen as maintaining our run of European football (which had the unfortunate effect of distracting fans from the fact that, under Ramos, we were punching well below our weight - we found that out the following season...)
One of the reasons that our Carling Cup victory felt special was the teams that we beat to win it. Leaving aside the many recent trophyless years, which added to it, beating Arsenal convincingly in the 2nd leg of the semi-final was fantastic before winning a keenly contested final against Chelsea. Meeting two fellow London clubs, who were both doing very well and still coming out on top added to the occasion. If Liverpool had beaten an on-form Man Utd and Everton in the semi and final, then I'm sure it would've seemed like a bigger achievement. Still, they won a trophy and that can be habit forming. It'll be interesting to see how their form holds up for the rest of the season. I'm hoping that they win their next league game, for a start. From then on? Not so much...
So beating Stoke away, Chelsea away and Man City in the semi final isn't as big of an achievement as beating Everton and Utd?
I'm not talking about the ability of your opponents, but the meaning of the rivalries. Would you rather beat Cardiff in a final or Everton?
