Everyone loves a scapegoat. Someone to pin all your frustrations on when you fancy having a moan.
Liverpool may have defeated an extremely dangerous Stoke side 1-0 in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final, but not everyone was entirely happy.
There was a whole lot of moaning about Liverpool’s Brazilian forward Firmino, who may not have yet hit the heights of his Bundesliga days, but probably deserves a bit of patience.
Not so for some of the Scouse faithful, who singled out the player for some really harsh criticism. It is true that the player missed a chance or two, but he never stopped running and wasn’t lacking in effort.
These fans, however, were sick of the sight of him and made their feelings plain…
https://twitter.com/KarlB86/status/684474658566045699
Firmino is fucking shit 😂😂
— Dean Hobson (@Deanomx) January 5, 2016
Firmino you absolute wank, fuck off
— Wishnu Wijaya (@wishnuwijaya) January 5, 2016
All the fucking time in the world firmino you cunt #LFC #YNWA
— Grant Shepherd (@Grant1Shepherd) January 5, 2016
Firmino is fucking dreadful
— George Bowers (@george_bowers) January 5, 2016
As for Firmino, take a spade, dig a hole and bury yourself. Fucking wasteful. Chop!
— Adheer (@AdheerL) January 5, 2016
Firmino is making me fucking bald here
— Jamie O'Grady (@JamesyLad1) January 5, 2016
Really fucking poor firmino
— Ryan Hidayat 🔴 🇮🇩 🏆 (@RyanRachim) January 5, 2016
Thankfully for Firmino, quite a number disagreed with such sentiments and jumped to the defence of the Brazilian, who they are sure will come good with a little time and encouragement…
https://twitter.com/jsnxitz/status/684497925880320001
https://twitter.com/SH_LFC/status/684475236054601728
https://twitter.com/FinallyFirmino/status/684497854157594624
Funny how those who've admired Firmino at Hoffenheim are patient with him. Yet those who haven't lose their shit at him. #behave
— Kauser Soze (@NinaKauser) January 5, 2016
I'm starting to warm to @Roberto_Firmino
He won himself a few more supporters tonight
Tenacity, lightning fast feet & commitment. #LFC— LiverPaul (@pc_74) January 5, 2016
Imagine thinking Firmino was shit 🙈🙈🙈
— Glenn (@Glenn_Liverpool) January 5, 2016
You don't watch any football mate. We're far better with Firmino upfront than Benteke https://t.co/2jfXVGZpOm
— FourFourTom (@Nebert_) January 5, 2016
Firmino doesn't half put a shift in as well! Lacks end product but he can only get better.
— DC (@DarylCono) January 5, 2016
Perhaps Zeets summarised the general (un)consensus pretty well…
https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/684497527144628224
