It's been a tough time since Thursday trying to come to terms with what's happened. But I think it's important at least to me to get a sense of how others feel about Jota as a person and player. My own memory of him will be the joy he always showed whenever he scored or assisted a goal. And I think I am right in saying when he did score, Liverpool never lost.
He scored when Liverpool lost a Europa League game in Toulouse but people don't seem to count that!!
Overall, the record was W45 D8 (one of which was the famous shoot out win over Leicester) L1 when Jota scored.
In the league it was W33 D7 L0. In the Champions League it was three wins out of three with a 9-0 aggregate scoreline (Midtjylland, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid)!
Well done there fellas, can't have been easy. A week on it's still very difficult to get your head around all of this. I thought you both did a great job.
Lots of thoughts, I’ll try and be as brief as possible. First, I’d like to thank Andrew and Josh for their vulnerability during this episode. There are a million thoughts and feelings going through our heads right now, and to try and make sense of any of it is an impossible job. You may not feel a thank you is necessary, but allow me some latitude to explain.
I don’t live in the UK. Never been to Merseyside, and may never have that opportunity. The closest I’ve ever gotten to Anfield is on the television. This was never going to be enough, so I subscribed to fan channels and joined substacks. I did these things to feel a deeper connection to the city. Andrew, Josh, Mo, Chris, etc. all feel like friends I’ve never met.
Getting up at 4:30am to watch Liverpool squeeze past Norwich seemed mad. Supporting a club that I have no “connection” to seemed mad. But whenever Diogo played with the passion that he ALWAYS did, none of it seemed mad at all. Whenever there would be a deep dive on [redacted] lack of defensive desire or an article on potential transfers, none of it seemed mad at all; however, when Diogo and his brother passed and all the emotions hit me, the feeling crept back in. You’ve never met him. He’s just a footballer. Why are you so affected? The fact is, he made me feel connected. And in a different way you make me feel connected. Mostly through plot points on a graph, but it turns out in grief as well. Thank you for making things feel a bit less mad.
Beautiful post, Christian. The dedication of overseas supporters never ceases to amaze me. I sometimes stay up late to watch baseball but I’d struggle to get up at 4:30am for the World Series, much less Norwich City!
And I think ‘connected’ is the perfect word for this crazy passion of ours. We are all connected as Liverpool fans with millions of people we’ll never meet. It’s pretty incredible when you think about it.
I’m glad the podcast helped. I wasn’t sure how it was going to go when it started but talking through things with a fellow fan in Josh has really helped me.
It's been a tough time since Thursday trying to come to terms with what's happened. But I think it's important at least to me to get a sense of how others feel about Jota as a person and player. My own memory of him will be the joy he always showed whenever he scored or assisted a goal. And I think I am right in saying when he did score, Liverpool never lost.
He scored when Liverpool lost a Europa League game in Toulouse but people don't seem to count that!!
Overall, the record was W45 D8 (one of which was the famous shoot out win over Leicester) L1 when Jota scored.
In the league it was W33 D7 L0. In the Champions League it was three wins out of three with a 9-0 aggregate scoreline (Midtjylland, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid)!
Thanks for clarifying.
Well done there fellas, can't have been easy. A week on it's still very difficult to get your head around all of this. I thought you both did a great job.
Cheers, David, much appreciated.
Lots of thoughts, I’ll try and be as brief as possible. First, I’d like to thank Andrew and Josh for their vulnerability during this episode. There are a million thoughts and feelings going through our heads right now, and to try and make sense of any of it is an impossible job. You may not feel a thank you is necessary, but allow me some latitude to explain.
I don’t live in the UK. Never been to Merseyside, and may never have that opportunity. The closest I’ve ever gotten to Anfield is on the television. This was never going to be enough, so I subscribed to fan channels and joined substacks. I did these things to feel a deeper connection to the city. Andrew, Josh, Mo, Chris, etc. all feel like friends I’ve never met.
Getting up at 4:30am to watch Liverpool squeeze past Norwich seemed mad. Supporting a club that I have no “connection” to seemed mad. But whenever Diogo played with the passion that he ALWAYS did, none of it seemed mad at all. Whenever there would be a deep dive on [redacted] lack of defensive desire or an article on potential transfers, none of it seemed mad at all; however, when Diogo and his brother passed and all the emotions hit me, the feeling crept back in. You’ve never met him. He’s just a footballer. Why are you so affected? The fact is, he made me feel connected. And in a different way you make me feel connected. Mostly through plot points on a graph, but it turns out in grief as well. Thank you for making things feel a bit less mad.
Beautiful post, Christian. The dedication of overseas supporters never ceases to amaze me. I sometimes stay up late to watch baseball but I’d struggle to get up at 4:30am for the World Series, much less Norwich City!
And I think ‘connected’ is the perfect word for this crazy passion of ours. We are all connected as Liverpool fans with millions of people we’ll never meet. It’s pretty incredible when you think about it.
I’m glad the podcast helped. I wasn’t sure how it was going to go when it started but talking through things with a fellow fan in Josh has really helped me.
For Diogo. That's the message.
This season is dedicated to Jota. We have one extra fan smiling and backing us from above.
The Footballing Gods don't go to sleep.