I START to write this under these two circumstances: a) not knowing if Gibbo is writing one b) in a taxi with Andy Heaton before the game We’ve just come out of Mercado de San Miguel. Have you been? You certainly should if you are ever in Madrid. It’s a...
SORRY about the delay. Am in Barmouth. Barmouth has a lot going for it. Fantastic, dramatic coastline. Arcades. Boozers. But it doesn’t have much signal. On days like today, this is both a good and bad thing. Good because I am excluded from the internet. Bad...
THEY made us look ordinary. Since the word “ordinary” has been in my footballing vocabulary it’s been a pejorative. It’s also today something which is done to you. It’s something you don’t want to be but Bramall Lane happens and a muscular...
GETTING away with murder takes balls. Getting away with murder means you have committed murder and fronted it. You’ve stared it down. You have the balls to go “And what?” And what? Well what is Liverpool need to improve. Liverpool need to get better...
“PRESSURE is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.” I don’t quote Shankly...
TWO dropped. Two dropped. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. The equaliser is a magnificent strike from a player whose underrated ability and commitment to the cause means he deserves a moment to dine out on. This is that moment. But that moment doesn’t...
LIVERPOOL under perform. They need a holding midfielder. Liverpool lose. They need a holding midfielder. Liverpool lose two on the bounce. They are crying out for a holding midfielder. There’s a problem here between what people want and the reality which is in...
THIS has become, perhaps too quickly, perhaps unfairly, the biggest challenge of Brendan Rodgers’s Liverpool career. Liverpool have for the second time lost consecutive games under Brendan Rodgers. The previous two were against the sides that finished 1st and...
I’M furious. Bloody furious. Reasons:1. The manager picked the wrong team.2. The wrong team were set up in the wrong way.3. The wrong team set up in the wrong way approached and started the game in the wrong manner.4. The wrong team set up in the wrong way that...
THE REPORTS are as follows: QPR agreed a fee with Liverpool for Fabio Borini that is approximately ten million pounds. They offered him a salary in the vicinity of double his current money. This was rejected. Borini has said to QPR that it would take triple his money...
In’s & Out’s – Ekitike, Diaz & Rodrygo: Gutter Extra
With Ekitike currently undergoing medical, before completing his move to Liverpool and flying to meet his new team-mates in Hong-Kong, where will the French striker fit into Arne Slot’s plans?
Ian Ryan hosts Adam Melia, Andy Bell and Mark Jones.
