“1990 is the time for the Guru.” YOU may have allowed Guru Josh, a Jersey born musician called Paul Walden, to slip from your memory, but in late 1989 that was his message to the world. That mantra came in his hit Infinity and, credit where it’s due, it...
YEARS ago, on the old Through the Wind & Rain forum – a collection of match-going Reds with a penchant towards grumpiness and cynicism – it was popular to have a weekly predictions thread about the upcoming game. Those things are largely ridiculous,...
THERE was to be no taming of the shrew and now it’s caused a right old tempest. Thank you and good night. Liverpool may have surrendered a two-goal lead last Sunday, but that’s now a mere footnote to the barney it’s caused since. Jürgen had his week off in Rhyl all...
THERE are certain sights which stir the soul. The view of Manhattan from Liberty Island, say, or a thin crescent moon hanging over the horizon. Maybe even a basketful of kittens if that’s your thing. Something that makes you stop and stare for a few seconds. Something...
“WE have to think about what he [Mourinho] did against us with Man United, but they are different games, a different opponent. “We have to analyse, and our analysis usually ends quite a way from the truth because we don’t know 100 per cent. “It’s the same for us. We...
ANYONE who was at Leicester on Boxing Day will tell you that there was great joy in bloodying the noses of Jamie Vardy and his mates. On top of that though, there was also the opportunity to inform their merry band of (literally) Middle Englanders that we are...
IF the Leicester City game was a masterpiece, Wolves was a hastily drawn map to the Post Office scratched on the back of a ciggy packet. While one game had wit and verve, the other was a war of attrition as both sides faced an in-form Anthony Taylor. Despite the...
“DO not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.” (L. R. Knost) “When the call came in autumn 2015, I felt we were perfect for each other. If anything, now I feel I...
THERE’S a scene in the film The Commitments where Joey ‘the Lips’ Fagan, the elderly trumpet player with ‘the hardest working band in the world’, finally loses patience with his saxophonist Dean Fay. Over the past weeks Dean has refused to don the regulation tuxedo...
ONE of the complaints levelled against Liverpool of late is that they haven’t had the injuries of the other title contenders. Like many blanket accusations, this isn’t entirely true. You can look at Joel Matip, Mo Salah (still not 100 per cent), Naby Keita and, of...
