Liverpool friendly @ Murrayfield

[norhfc]

I will be in toon for this glamour game but will not be attending. Two good teams I grant you but as has been said above I,d rather attend a competitive game.

Scottish/Edinburgh football needs the promotion in the capital, not these two mega rich clubs.

[One Day Soon]

Bloody foreigners. Coming over here, stealing our fans, playing attractive football, showcasing some of the best players in the world, giving a relatively inexpensive taste of what you'd pay a fortune for in its natural environment, attracting revenue into an Edinburgh stadium, providing first hand inspiration for a bucket of youngsters, putting on a spectacle for visitors to the city and adding to the cosmopolitan feel of Edinburgh as a visitor attraction.

I'm not going BTW, decision taken following a full SWOT analysis.

[calumhibee1]

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Newcastle aren't one of the biggest clubs in the world. Newcastle are also playing Hibs. I'm looking forward to that one.

Whether they’re playing Hibs or not surely the same logic could be applied? A team from the most watched league in the world being brought up to Scotland could still lead to plenty young Scottish football fans going along to see a team they’ll never see and be taken in by them (or just the EPL in general now that they’ve saw an EPL team) and be lost to Scottish football forever in the exact same way we could lose potential fans to Napoli or Liverpool?

[calumhibee1]

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Bloody foreigners. Coming over here, stealing our fans, playing attractive football, showcasing some of the best players in the world, giving a relatively inexpensive taste of what you'd pay a fortune for in its natural environment, attracting revenue into an Edinburgh stadium, providing first hand inspiration for a bucket of youngsters, putting on a spectacle for visitors to the city and adding to the cosmopolitan feel of Edinburgh as a visitor attraction.

I'm not going BTW, decision taken following a full SWOT analysis.

Absolute ****bags.

[Hibbyradge]

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Bloody foreigners. Coming over here, stealing our fans, playing attractive football, showcasing some of the best players in the world, giving a relatively inexpensive taste of what you'd pay a fortune for in its natural environment, attracting revenue into an Edinburgh stadium, providing first hand inspiration for a bucket of youngsters, putting on a spectacle for visitors to the city and adding to the cosmopolitan feel of Edinburgh as a visitor attraction.

I'm not going BTW, decision taken following a full SWOT analysis.

Good post and excellent choice of strategic planning tool.

Like you, I'm not going to go. Initially, I was keen to attend, but after undertaking an in-depth risk analysis, I decided to attend an important family birthday celebration instead.

[One Day Soon]

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Good post and excellent choice of strategic planning tool.

Like you, I'm not going to go. Initially, I was keen to attend, but after undertaking an in-depth risk analysis, I decided to attend an important family birthday celebration instead.

Well, why don't we not go together then? Only I also don't want to go to the birthday party either. It might compromise me on the birthday parties that I should really be focusing on.

[Since452]

I've made my decision. I'm going. I'm going to boo the cheerleaders, boo the fancy fireworks, boo Mo Farah or whatever his name is and boo for 90 minutes. It's my money i'll do what i want. In fact i'll even boo the final whistle.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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... And if you're not sure about going somewhere, have a wee think and the solution will probably become apparent. Remember, you don't have to decide straightaway.

Should've arranged it for MK Dons ground then we could all not go.

[Itsnoteasy]

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Most Liverpool fans became fans when very young during the 70s/80s. That is glory hunters who have never grown up and cant take banter

The same glory hunters that jump on buses from all over Scotland to watch the old firm instead of following their local team.

[Itsnoteasy]

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I've seen plenty people taking selfies at Easter Road and filming opposition fans.

Also, presumably the instances of fan behavior at Premier League games you dislike have come to your attention from watching their games on TV. I'd suggest TV audiences have done more to create a divide between the Premier league and our game than any glamour friendlies in Edinburgh have seeing as they typically occur about once a decade.

It would be interesting to know how many of the people moaning about modern football and the impact of the Premier league will watch their games on TV or down the pub. Or those moaning about the influence of the league on their kids will spend £50 on the new Fifa game every year which is very EPL-centric.

I would disagree with your comment about Fifa.
Ronaldo, Neymar & De Bruyne are on the front cover & there is a choice of over 700 teams to choose including the Hibees from 30 countries round the world that is hardly EPL -CENTRIC

[CapitalGreen]

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I would disagree with your comment about Fifa.
Ronaldo, Neymar & De Bruyne are on the front cover & there is a choice of over 700 teams to choose including the Hibees from 30 countries round the world that is hardly EPL -CENTRIC

How does the level of detail given to the Premier League and it's teams and players compare to the rest, and in particular Hibs?

What is the only league to have all their stadiums featured in the game?

Is the commentary more or less detailed when discussing players from the Premier league compared to players from other nations/leagues?

When Fifa launched the Journey story mode, which league was central to the storyline?

[The 90+2]

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Nail on the head. You see more young kids wearing English Prem, Real Madrid & Barcelona shirts in Edinburgh than Hibs & Hearts shirts. A game like this is not good for Edinburgh football.

Yes it is. The more kids that wear the above tops than old form ones the better.

[Albanian Hibs]

Looking forward to it and will be trying to get my son a ticket as well.

[Brooster]

No doubt 67k people will fall for this gimmick.

[Barman Stanton]

It really is astonishing the things people will moan about. This game is not stealing any Hibs fans. If Milan had been playing Napoli in a friendly here when I was a kid I would have loved to have went. Loved watching the likes of Van Basten, Maradona etc. I would still have been 100% a Hibs fan though.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

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Should've arranged it for MK Dons ground then we could all not go.

Haha yes!

[we are hibs]

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Yes it is. The more kids that wear the above tops than old form ones the better.

Hardly the better. Surely the more wearing hibs and hearts tops the better? Not sure why a kid wearing a old firm top is any different to them wearing a Liverpool , man u, Barca top. The same people who dig into old firm supporters from outside of Glasgow will be in their element as they buy Liverpool tops with salah on the back, fork out 50 quid a ticket and then the rest of their day out. Would many of them show the same commitment to their apparent club side? Lots wouldn't. There will be self proclaimed hibs and hearts fans who will go who are from Edinburgh yet won't get off their ***** when it's a big match involving their sides this season coming up. That's what annoys me.

[Since452]

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It really is astonishing the things people will moan about. This game is not stealing any Hibs fans. If Milan had been playing Napoli in a friendly here when I was a kid I would have loved to have went. Loved watching the likes of Van Basten, Maradona etc. I would still have been 100% a Hibs fan though.

Always been my dream to see Jordan Henderson and James Milner play

[calumhibee1]

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It really is astonishing the things people will moan about. This game is not stealing any Hibs fans. If Milan had been playing Napoli in a friendly here when I was a kid I would have loved to have went. Loved watching the likes of Van Basten, Maradona etc. I would still have been 100% a Hibs fan though.

[Scouse Hibee]

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No doubt 67k people will fall for this gimmick.

Nobody will be falling for anything, it’s not a gimmick just another pre season friendly on a neutral ground, there have been plenty.

[HFC93]

Quite funny how many posters are unhappy because some Hibs aren’t buzzing about this friendly. It’s a football message board, alternative opinions n’all that.

[McSwanky]

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Always been my dream to see Jordan Henderson and James Milner play

Aye, right.

Maybe if you'd picked Salah, Van Dijk, Mane, Firmino, even Robertson, your comment might not be open to quite as much ridicule.

This is a funny one for me. When I was growing up in the 80s, if the current European champions had decided to play a game in Edinburgh, I don't think it would have been met with the derision we're seeing on here. In fact I think it would have been met with excitement. Why are people so down on this? Is it because:

1. They don't like Liverpool?
2. They don't like English teams?
3. They are angry because kids are attaching themselves to successful teams? Especially if they play attractive football? (Surely this has always happened - I have a liking for Liverpool based around growing up in the 80s - did I mention I grew up in the 80s? )
4. They are angry, because, well, it's the Internet. And that's what we do on the Internet.

So if the price is right (on that point I have my doubts) I'll be there with at least one of the kids. Doesn't stop me, or my kids, being a Hibs fan.

As someone mentioned before, this is probably the only chance my lad will get to see Liverpool live in his childhood. He'll still be going to the Hibs games too!

[Barman Stanton]

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Aye, right.

Maybe if you'd picked Salah, Van Dijk, Mane, Firmino, even Robertson, your comment might not be open to quite as much ridicule.

This is a funny one for me. When I was growing up in the 80s, if the current European champions had decided to play a game in Edinburgh, I don't think it would have been met with the derision we're seeing on here. In fact I think it would have been met with excitement. Why are people so down on this? Is it because:

1. They don't like Liverpool?
2. They don't like English teams?
3. They are angry because kids are attaching themselves to successful teams? Especially if they play attractive football? (Surely this has always happened - I have a liking for Liverpool based around growing up in the 80s - did I mention I grew up in the 80s? )
4. They are angry, because, well, it's the Internet. And that's what we do on the Internet.

So if the price is right (on that point I have my doubts) I'll be there with at least one of the kids. Doesn't stop me, or my kids, being a Hibs fan.

As someone mentioned before, this is probably the only chance my lad will get to see Liverpool live in his childhood. He'll still be going to the Hibs games too!

Mostly number 4 I think.

[Barman Stanton]

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Quite funny how many posters are unhappy because some Hibs aren’t buzzing about this friendly. It’s a football message board, alternative opinions n’all that.

Its more the claims that the game will potentially steal away Hibs fans that sounds absolutely absurd to some.

[Hibbyradge]

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Its more the claims that the game will potentially steal away Hibs fans that sounds absolutely absurd to some.

And it's about as absurd as they come.

Liverpool are on TV about twice a week. That's far more threatening to local teams than a meaningless friendly being played anywhere, never mind at a vast rugby stadium with a rubbish atmosphere.

One or two youngsters might choose Liverpool as their English team, but I'm sure their parents will still keep them right about who their real team is.

It's mostly just mean spirited jealousy.

Remind me, what does having a chip on your shoulder mean?

[Hermit Crab]

There could be trouble at this. I've been to Napoli with Man City, their fans are absolute animals!

[CapitalGreen]

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There could be trouble at this. I've been to Napoli with Man City, their fans are absolute animals!

The key difference there is you were in Naples, not Murrayfield...

[Bishop Hibee]

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Quite funny how many posters are unhappy because some Hibs aren’t buzzing about this friendly. It’s a football message board, alternative opinions n’all that.

Yup. If you state you won’t go to this and think it detracts from Scottish football you’ll be slated.

[lugz]

Personally I think this is great, an opportunity to see some of the best players in the world and not have to travel for it.
Unfortunately it's the wifes birthday who supports man United and can't stand Liverpool haha

[Since452]

It's just a pitty it wasn't the best team in England playing Napoli. Now that would be worth going to see 😉