I hated Thasser. Thasser hated football. Football violence was getting out of control and apart from as you say the isolated incident, the English were the worst by a country mile. I believe this was the worst incident in the history of football that could not loosely be described as an accident...
If Roberts did say that, it is a total disgrace. I cannot believe that you are getting flack for making such a point but society has changed for the worse in many ways. Having said that I'm sure 99.99999% Liverpool supporters are very sorry and would not have done what they did if they knew of...