I HAD a conversation with one of my uncles a few weeks ago. Not newsworthy in itself, obviously, but those who have read my ramblings on here previously might have noticed that when a conversation with one of my uncles is mentioned, it’s usually in relation to a...
SOMEBODY has made a mistake. It’s a big mistake. It’s potentially cost us the signing of a key player who the manager has clearly identified as one of his major targets and with whom he has personally used his array of magic powers to convince to join us. It’s a...
I THINK it all worked out pretty well in the end. While I was one of the many Liverpool supporters getting giddy with excitement during those heady autumn months, in which we looked invincible and capable of blowing any team on the planet off the park, minutes 20 to...
“BARCELONA is one of the best teams in the world, so far, nothing has come to me because, if anything comes, it comes to my manager, what I have to do is focus on the pitch. “I have a contract with Liverpool, there are two games, there are a lot of chances...
“TODAY, I know nobody wants to hear it but I’m brave enough to say it, the pitch was really dry. “We gave it all the water we had but after 15 minutes it was really dry, the (drying) wind, it was difficult. “You could see it, a lot of passes where...
IF you’d have asked me a few weeks ago about who would be leaving the club this summer, I would have said, with a very heavy heart, that Lucas Leiva would be on the ‘definitely’ list. He appeared to have been relegated to a position in our squad as an auxiliary...
ARE people losing their heads again? I’ve been away all weekend getting drunk and missed the match and the reaction to it, but can take an educated guess at what the Internet has been saying about us. It will be the same that was said last time we were beaten by...
I WATCHED a film a few weeks ago that I absolutely loved. The Founder was the story of McDonald’s and its founder, Ray Kroc. Throughout the movie, Ray Kroc was portrayed listening to a motivational record that repeated a theme over and over again: “Nothing in this...
JUST pick your strongest team. That’s what they always say, isn’t it? Why aren’t you picking your strongest team? It’s the FA Cup / Stoke away / [insert the most recent game here]. If you don’t pick your strongest team you’re disrespecting the competition / don’t know...
“THE hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.” (Cus D’Amato – Mike Tyson’s trainer) Within sport, as within...