Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush: "Players cannot use off-field issues as excuse for performances"
FORMER Liverpool striker Ian Rush insists the current players cannot use the club's off-field issues as an excuse for their poor performances this season.[LNB]New England Sports Ventures (NESV) this week agreed a £300million deal to buy the Reds, although this is being challenged by Tom Hicks and George Gillett and will be the subject of a High Court hearing next week.[LNB]The sale of the club has been ongoing since April but issues surrounding Hicks and Gillett's ownership have been dragging on much longer than that.[LNB]Liverpool's start to the season is their worst since 1953-54 - when they were relegated - and they are 18th in the Barclays Premier League with just six points.[LNB] However, Rush said it was too easy for the players to hide behind the ongoing uncertainty about the club's future.[LNB]'It is easy to use that as an excuse but when I played we just got on with the game,' Rush said.[LNB]'It is easy to criticise when you are not doing well. You can easily blame everyone but we have just got to get behind everyone.[LNB]'We are all in it together, the owners the management, the players and the supporters.
