SOME people really don’t like us, do they? I don’t mean just fans, but media outlets, pundits, the rent-a-quote Mersons and phone ins. You expect the odd bit of abuse to head our way – it comes with the territory – but it’s more marked and darker since we...
DECEMBER is the cruellest month. Not everyone likes Christmas. Some love it, but for many it’s a painful time to negotiate. Maybe it’s like the final frames of It’s A Wonderful Life for you. I hope so, but I prefer to compare it to the main section of the film where...
THERE’S been a subtle narrative in the football media of late. I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but there’s been a decided turn of events over the past few weeks. Such is the nuance that you’d be forgiven for missing it such is the delicate way it has seeped into...
THIS is all about small margins. With the clock ticking down to a disappointing climax on Saturday, Manchester City finally took the lead against Southampton. Meanwhile, 70 miles south on the M6, Liverpool were behind and struggling to overturn a 1-0 deficit. A...
THERE was a golden moment in the first half that will stay with me for a long time. We were all singing Poor Scouser Tommy – the everyday story of a dying soldier pronouncing his love of Liverpool FC while lying supine and injured when you’d forgive him for...
SOMETIMES, there’s no harm in admitting that the opposition just played better. It hurts and can only be said through gritted teeth, but it’s true. Liverpool v Man Utd is usually a war of attrition rather than an exhibition of pure football and Sunday’s bunfight was...
I’M not falling for it. Liverpool’s next opponents currently sit in 12th place with nine points having won just twice this season. The opening eight games represent their worst ever start in Premier League history. Their last away win came at Selhurst Park back in...
JÜRGEN Klopp will tell you it means nothing. That’s where we and he differ. While the manager will be looking at the next three points rather than where Adama Traore’s late salvo puts the title race, we can’t stop looking at the league table and wishing it was early...
WRITING about Liverpool can be pretty easy at times. They give us so much content. At any time in the last 15 years there will have been a topic that needs addressing or controversy that requires either a voice or swift debunking. There’s seldom been a week where...
THERE’S a certain bias towards Scousers playing for Liverpool and, I’m bound to say, I’m all for it. We can point at Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Terry McDermott, Ian Callaghan, Jimmy Case, Tommy Smith, David Fairclough, Sammy Lee and now Trent Alexander-Arnold as...
