by Joel Rabinowitz | Jan 19, 2017 | Footie
THERE are certain things in football which you can always count on. James Milner to successfully bury a penalty, for example. Or Manchester United to score an offside goal at Old Trafford. Another of football’s near-certainties is for Lucas Leiva to be linked with a...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jan 9, 2017 | Footie
THERE was a point in time, not so long ago, that Emre Can was being mooted by some as a potential future Liverpool captain. By the end of last season, his name was among those most likely to continue as a guaranteed starter and key figure for Liverpool moving forward...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jan 2, 2017 | Footie
IT’S beyond ludicrous to be playing two games in less than 48 hours. It was the same for both sides, yes — regardless, it makes no sense whatsoever. Chelsea, on the other hand, have been given an extra two days off. It’s difficult to overstate the...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Dec 28, 2016 | Footie
AS we approach the halfway mark of the Premier League season with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City next up at Anfield on New Year’s Eve, Liverpool have recorded their joint highest ever points total from the first 18 matches of the season, already hitting the 40-point...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Dec 16, 2016 | Footie
AH, 2016. What a year it’s been. Some pretty remarkable things have happened across the world over the past 12 months — both good and bad — with hugely significant consequences. You’ll probably know exactly what I’m talking about, here. The transformation...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Dec 13, 2016 | Footie
IT’S amazing how quickly things change in the world of football. A late capitulation at the hands of Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth was a real sucker punch. The manner in which it occurred with Liverpool seemingly in a position of such authority, made it all the more...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Nov 29, 2016 | Footie
THE news is in. Phil Coutinho will be out for between five to six weeks with ankle ligament damage. It’s not good, obviously. It could have been far, far worse, though. The images circulating of his distorted ankle following the challenge with Sunderland’s Didier...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Nov 25, 2016 | Footie
EVERY so often, in different walks of life, an individual comes round who turns out to define a generation. In football, a player might go down as one of the all-time greats to play the sport. Steven Gerrard is certainly one of those figures, yet his is a legacy which...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Nov 20, 2016 | Footie
IT’S a joyous time to be a Liverpool fan at the moment. On the whole, right from our league position to the overall health of the football club in general, everything is alright. It’s more than alright, in fact. Jürgen Klopp and his team have set the standards...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Nov 14, 2016 | Footie
IT’S always a slog, the international break. Those barren two-week intervals depriving us of watching the Reds put their latest opponents to the sword. This one has been particularly grim. Following the apocalyptic outcome of the US general election, I find myself...
