by Neil Atkinson | Dec 20, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
SECOND half Liverpool remembered they were Liverpool. Everton were left with the stark reality of being Everton. Redshite that sentence? Perhaps. But this is what happened. One football side expressed superiority over the other and that superiority drained and drained...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 14, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
BOUNCING. Absolutely bouncing. Everyone around me, bouncing out of the Riverside after Liverpool scored three goals against Middlesbrough and conceded none. Afterwards, the Liverpool squad came over and showed their appreciation and had that appreciation returned to...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 4, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THERE are nights when I am jealous of those who can come to massive conclusions. I just don’t have it in me after that. If you want big bold criticisms, I probably have this one: Liverpool aren’t aggressive enough at 0-2 and 1-3. They don’t do enough...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 30, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
ONE of my favourite Liverpool stories — and it really does come up over and over again — is the number of people whose dad said that Ian Rush wouldn’t make it at Liverpool. No-one is saying that about Ben Woodburn. Nor though, and the Liverpool...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 26, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
HUNG on at the whistle. Hung on to give one more ‘is right’ and one more ‘cop for that’ and one more ‘up the Reds’. Hung on to see the manager and the captain in the middle of the pitch and to see them give it the big one, and I...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 23, 2016 | Footie
THAT time of year again. Nice people put us forward for awards and we ask more nice people to vote for us. It’s a little different this year — The FSF have decided to nominate us for Radio Show of the Year. It’s an interesting decision; we’re...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 19, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
WELL well. The inevitable points dropped. They were going to be dropped somewhere. And they couldn’t be dropped better than that; couldn’t be dropped with greater elan and panache. That’s the strange thing. Process and outcome. We have a manager in...
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 6, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE Reds. Top of the league. This: – They deserve to be. – Only 11 games gone. – Book nothing for March and April and May. Make no plans. Expect to travel long distances. Prepare to resolve all situations. There is nothing but this right now. How do...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 29, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THERE are two important things to take from the game of football: 1. Liverpool are currently the best team in the country. 2. Liverpool think they are the best team in the country. Both of these things are equally important. Don’t get me wrong – Liverpool have a...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 22, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
DROPPED points elsewhere. Every game matters. True and tiring – every game matters. I’m in Las Vegas, New York New York and I wake at 6.20am, 20 minutes before my alarm is set. The alarm being set then felt optimistic but, somewhere on some string theory...
