by Neil Atkinson | Feb 2, 2016 | Footie
ALBERTO MORENO could maybe do better from where I am. Could maybe do better. Riyad Mahrez sends him. The keeper could maybe come. But then Jamie Vardy does that. And that is that. That is that. Goals from nowhere. Magic in the boots. Liverpool are done and Leicester...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 30, 2016 | Footie
A PERFORMANCE to be genuinely proud of from Liverpool but a result that is fundamentally frustrating. Another game the Reds need to prepare for, another gratification deferred. It’s the deferred gratification that hurts the most. Celebrating a goal is a...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 29, 2016 | Footie
WEST Ham United come to Anfield and it all feels very 2001 all of a sudden. I was 20 years old on January 21, 2001 and on January 27, 2001 I was a wreck. Liverpool kicked off against Leeds United at 12 noon and I had been out in Leeds the night before, got lost, fell...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 27, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL were dreadful. Liverpool were abject. Liverpool are in the final. Could stop it there but Robbo likes there to be more words. Unfortunately there aren’t a ton of them. Joe Allen’s yellow card deserves a mention. What a yellow card it was. One for...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 23, 2016 | Footie
YOU’VE got to score the second goal in the game. You’ve got to score the eighth goal in the game. Fuck it. Score the ninth goal in the game. I don’t know where my Saturday goes from here. I don’t know where your Saturday goes from here. Football...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 20, 2016 | Footie
A LIST of things to start. Benteke’s performance was mad. Enrique really enjoyed himself in the end. And should have been slipped in during that final attack. He’d have buried it and run into the Kop and just got off. Oh Captain my Captain. Feels like...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 19, 2016 | Footie
THE best thing that has happened to the Reds since New Year’s Day which doesn’t involve Joe Allen is the side Jürgen Klopp selected against Exeter City on a Friday night. It acted as a reminder of two basic points for us all: a) Gang of lads wearing the...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 17, 2016 | Footie
THIS Liverpool side has to work harder than any I can remember to score a goal. The stint it has to put in just to see the ball go over the line is ridiculous. When did we get the last cheap one? Firmino scored a belter against Arsenal. It’s either unbelievable...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 14, 2016 | Footie
FOOTBALL is always just about to prove you wrong. This is the most important thing it can do. Picture the scene: Rob Gutmann: I’d do Allen for Can here. Neil Atkinson: Nah. Rob Gutmann: This is a bit of a role reversal. Neil Atkinson: I just think Emre Can is...
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...
