by Neil Atkinson | Apr 21, 2016 | Footie
FIRST goal goes in. James Milner can put a cross in, can’t he. Second goal goes in. James Milner can really put a cross in, can’t he. Can’t he? Yes. Yes he can. What a terrific half of football from Liverpool. Before they go 1-0 up they should be 2-0...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
BOURNEMOUTH — the most obliging away in a long time. On the pitch today and in the bars last night. Bournemouth delightful. A delightful series of wins, crowned by a 10-man changed Liverpool eking out three deserved points. It’s a lovely place determined...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 15, 2016 | Footie
WHAT a week. What a gang of lads. What a set of Reds. Did you have a little cry? I know I did. 4-3 and I am full of joy, that angry joy, that ‘stitch that’ joy, that joy unconfined, that joy that is the language of heaven with the noise of hell, that joy...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S most comfortable league home performance of the season did everything Rob Gutmann told you it would. It announced one young talent, reaffirmed another and allowed the manager to experiment. Liverpool played as many shapes as they scored goals and...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
THERE is a period of time between Dortmund’s equaliser and the pinball in their penalty area finishing where Philippe Coutinho has the ball in their area for what seems like forever. In that period of time the big bang happens, galaxies are born, dust becomes matter,...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 7, 2016 | Footie
FOR this game versus Dortmund John’s gone with the facts. Done it excellently as per. Shall we do the feelings? The emotions? I like the reported German approach and response to football. I like it. The game as event. The game as a thing to look forward to and...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 2, 2016 | Footie
TONIGHT at Anfield we watched two of the best 20 teams in Europe go head to head. Being honest, being frank, we probably watched two of the sides that would rank fifth to 20th in Europe go head to head. Bayern, Real and Barca a solar system away; Juventus and Atletico...
by Neil Atkinson | Mar 20, 2016 | Footie
BEING brutally honest with you I’m not entirely sure where to start with that one. Liverpool were simply so dominant but every change made Liverpool weaker while every change made Southampton stronger. Normally you walk out of away grounds and just keep your...
by Neil Atkinson | Mar 17, 2016 | Footie
SHOW them. Show them. Show them the way to go home. They’re tired and they want to go to bed. Cos they’re only half a football team compared to the boys in Red. Oh! Show them… Not quite as straightforward as that. On 42 minutes, Ben Johnson tells me...
by Neil Atkinson | Mar 11, 2016 | Footie
THERE are three pieces here. Maybe four. Which one should we have? There’s one which slaughters: “The Sun was right, you’re murderers.” I like that one because I like Manchester. Manchester is better than that. Manchester is a working-class...
