Journalist, admirer of Fabio Aurelio, Jari Litmanen, those kind of lads.
by Steve Graves // 14 August 2012
Right, this is pretty self-explanatory. Some of TAW’s finest plus a couple of special guests have done us some predictions for the season ahead. Some are sensible. Some aren’t. Some are outrageous hostages to fortune. You’ll disagree. Add your own … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 23 July 2012
Problems. Jay-Z dealt with his by emphasising the positive. He’s a glass half-full kind of guy. Notorious B.I.G. was more downbeat, seeing the kind of causal link between the accumulation of capital and the emergence of personal challenges with which … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 16 July 2012
It’s become the fashion, whenever we’re confronted by an extraordinary sporting moment or talent, to grant it the title of ‘best ever’. Almost yearly, it seems, we are told a player or team or match is the greatest in history, … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 6 July 2012
The Euros are over, the fixture list’s out and Brendan Rodgers has finally had chance to meet a few of the players. There’s no denying we’re now firmly in pre- rather than post-season. Football matches, proper serious football matches, are … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 19 June 2012
AS Euro 2012 prepares to move from all-you-can-eat buffet to its haute cuisine phase, the top table has a somewhat lopsided look about it. A system which places host nations – two host nations – among the top seeds is … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 11 June 2012
CAVEATS are a right pain. Normally you squirrel them away somewhere in a piece, after you’ve said the stuff you mean and before you try and wrap it all up with some kind of smart/meaningful/at-least-conclusive line. I can’t be doing … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 6 June 2012
THEY’RE among the more mysterious contenders for the Euros, seemingly as likely to have a run to the semis as they are to crash out without a single goal to their names. With just a few days until the Croats … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 4 June 2012
IN A world where ‘great’ goals are scored week in week out by every Tom, Dick and Crouchy, it’s time to reclaim the term. A great goal – a truly, truly great goal – must always be a sum of … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 24 May 2012
A week may be a long time in politics, but at Liverpool FC it feels like a geological age. Can it really only be seven days since Kenny Dalglish was dismissed? Somehow the sheer volume of rumours, counter-rumours, outright lies … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 16 May 2012
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly. As well as offering a rare chance to put my degree to some use, the above quote from Macbeth has summed up my recent feelings on … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 30 April 2012
LAST week the media fell back in love with Chelsea, lauding the Stamford Bridge side for their landmark dethroning of Barcelona. It’s hard to see what all the fuss was about, really – after all, it was only a repeat … Continue reading
by Steve Graves // 23 April 2012
This is a low. A league campaign falling apart around our ears, Champions League qualification a long-forgotten dream, the club’s director of football sacked days before a cup semi-final. And yet. And yet… And yet there’s an odd kind of … Continue reading