by Neil Atkinson | Sep 21, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THIS is what dominance looks like. What run of the mill looks like. This is routine. We haven’t seen a lot of it round these parts but I just wonder if we are going to start seeing more. Sorry if you were a little bit bored at times. You weren’t alone....
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 17, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
LIVERPOOL in London for the third time this season already and for the third time they are clearly the better football team; for the second time they pick up the points, their superiority deserved. It’s fast becoming a season where that looks like it will be the test....
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 10, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE goalkeeper battered and bloodied. Our hearts racing. Finally, Liverpool cruising to a 4-1 win. They deserve it after 90-odd minutes of, what felt like, total chaos. When this Liverpool side get it right, at pace and speed, they look irresistible. But so much of...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 27, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
A GOOD one not to go to, I said. A good one to miss, I said. Half twelve, Saturday. Tickets scarce. A good one to miss. I can’t calm down, here. I can’t stop my heart from pounding. I think I could run 10 miles. I am absolutely up the wall because I am not...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 23, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE first four of Liverpool’s goals are finished from inside the six-yard box. There’s an avalanche of caveats that can be applied to a result such as this one but the most pleasing aspect, the one which rises above all of those caveats, is the fact that...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 20, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE Reds are abject again. The Reds are abject again and it hurts. I’m very, very fond of this Liverpool team and this manager. I feel they can do a lot this season. But they can’t do that again. They can’t be that blunt. They can’t keep...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 16, 2016 | Footie
LIKE everyone, I expected to see Liverpool sign a left-back this summer. I expected it from the point when Alberto Moreno was substituted in the Capital One Cup Final against Manchester City. That day James Milner sat in at full-back. The mistake in the Europa League...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 14, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
WE’RE back then. Oh good lord we are back. The sweat is pouring off me. My heart is pounding. My legs are shaking. I have hugged a million strangers. We’ve just won but I might not make it through 37 more. I can’t wait for 37 more. I couldn’t...
by Neil Atkinson | Jul 28, 2016 | Footie
HELLO 2016-17. I have high hopes for you, you handsome devil. The journey for me starts in Los Angeles, standing on bleachers, as the sun goes down, surrounded by Liverpool supporters who are so, so pleased to be watching The Reds in person, watching The Reds in...
by Neil Atkinson | Jun 29, 2016 | Footie
“THESE things happen.” They do. They did. They happened in 2012. They happened in 2014. These things happen. They happened in Liverpool, Blackburn and Inter Milan. They happened, these things. They happen. The facts about these things, the things which happen, all the...
