by Neil Atkinson | Jan 6, 2016 | Footie
IN your job, who digs you out of trouble? Who do you expect to pull things round when you make a mistake or everyone is having a bad day? Someone who maybe even just makes a cup of tea at an appropriate time. I hope you have that person in your work. I hope you have...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 6, 2016 | Footie
OUR man John Gibbons in the ground at half time. God, look at him. My days, walk around him. Resplendent in a Hat Scarf and Badge bobble hat. You should have seen him. John Gibbons half time: “You’ve got to do 100 words minimum on Joe Allen. What a first...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 2, 2016 | Footie
QUESTIONS: What does a Liverpool goal look like? Any ideas? I’m stumped. I know what a *Daniel Sturridge* goal looks like. I even feel like I can hazard a decent enough guess at a Christian Benteke goal. He arguably mishit one from 15 yards at 1-0. But none of...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 30, 2015 | Footie
TO WHOM it may concern. (To some it may not): Went the loo on the final whistle. Went the loo on the final whistle because I appear to be suddenly attempting to drink all the beer. All of the beer. Went the loo on the final whistle and crossed Steve Graves the other...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 26, 2015 | Footie
HOW much fun was that? Just about the most fun we’ve had at Anfield for some time. Liverpool showed tactical nous and passed the ball quickly with real tempo. The atmosphere was terrific as well, a Boxing Day crowd rising to the performance of the players....
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 20, 2015 | Footie
WHO do you get in touch with? Liverpool abject. Watford excellent. Softest opener, though let me see lads around the ref. Softest second, Martin Skrtel bullied into obsolescence, the finish from Odion Igahlo divine. Softest third, Emre Can making it too easy and then...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 18, 2015 | Footie
CHELSEA supporters love Jose Mourinho. They love the absolute bones of him. They will sing his name on Saturday at their game. They will say things on social media that will be mocked because they are deemed over the top or too emotional. They will be angry with their...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 13, 2015 | Footie
SION no possible reviews. West Brom 23 different reviews. There’s an awareness watching the game now that there need to be words. They can be words of love or words of anger or words of storytelling or words of analysis but there need to be words. The match...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 10, 2015 | Footie
LIVERPOOL face Sion in black kits. Sion red; red and starred. Liverpool dark and trim. The darkness sweeping around the place. The pit. The pit. The game starts. The selection. We can’t go on like this. That’s what you think. Questioning. How did we? The...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 6, 2015 | Footie
LIVERPOOL were not at the races. Liverpool looked at times like they had forgotten about the races. They weren’t complacent. They were off the pace all over the pitch. There are very few whose mind and body were what they needed to be. Joe Allen, perhaps, was...
