by Phil Blundell | Sep 14, 2016 | Footie
THE story of Lucas Leiva, the current longest-serving player on Liverpool’s books, is a fascinating one. Rafa Benitez signed a swashbuckling attacking midfielder back in 2007, winner of the Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) — an award presented to the best player...
by Phil Blundell | Sep 7, 2016 | Footie
SIGNING players because we need ‘someone’ has been something that Liverpool has specialised in in recent years. It has been maddening. On deadline day, the Prosecution’s number one piece of evidence made his way to the Cote D’Azur to sign for Nice after...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 31, 2016 | Footie
I USUALLY write this reasonably late at night. Usually after 11pm. It’s Monday when I write this and while I’m doing it I’ll stick something light on TV, for a bit of background noise. Sky has started showing James Corden’s talkshow and, contrary to how he’s perceived...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 24, 2016 | Footie
IT SEEMS to be a common thing in football that fans think they know more than the manager of the team they support. You might be sat there in work now thinking, “Yeah, well you know what, there have been times when that’s definitely been the case.” By...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 17, 2016 | Footie
I’M JUST going to do some observations of Sunday’s game this week. I’ve written this bit last and I apologise for the disjointed nature – but I’m not arsed ’cause Liverpool won 4-3 away at Arsenal, and a few days down the line I’m still flying. I’ll...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 10, 2016 | Footie
THE last time I was in a football ground I walked out before the match had finished in a huff. I was annoyed. An hour earlier Liverpool had walked off the pitch in Basel with a 1-0 half time lead, about 85 per cent of the ground spent half-time singing There She Goes...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 4, 2016 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp’s first full season in charge is just 10 days away but it isn’t just the handful of new signings who will be out to prove a point. This summer’s transfer business has raised as many questions as it has supplied answers, and there are seven players who...
by Phil Blundell | Jul 27, 2016 | Footie
“THE loan system is something we need to look at in the summer — the best talents should be in their club so they can develop.” That’s a quote from Jürgen Klopp in January. The manager arrived at the club in October to find a considerable number of players not...
by Phil Blundell | Jul 20, 2016 | Footie
AUGUST 4, 2006: Rafa Benitez’s Reds are five days away from the first game of their season — a Champions League qualifier at Anfield against Maccabi Haifa. They’re in Germany to face a little known Bundesliga side called Mainz in their final pre-season friendly....
by Phil Blundell | Jul 13, 2016 | Footie
ALEX Manninger was on trial with Liverpool earlier this week. He might still be today, but I don’t really know the minutiae of how these things works. Either way, Liverpool decided they needed a third-choice goalkeeper. Manninger offers someone who speaks English, has...
