THIS is a good time for us to be playing Tottenham. At the risk of hugely tempting fate, it has to be stated that they are in wretched form and have a few important injuries. The Jose Mourinho ‘bounce’ phase has well and truly ended. Spurs are there for the taking,...
THIS season is blowing minds. It’s revealing that Liverpool fans may have trust issues. I listened to caller after caller on the radio post Sheffield United on Thursday. People from everywhere, all Reds, all wouldn’t say definitively that Liverpool have won this...
THAT Wolves game was hard work, wasn’t it? A salutary reminder that however good this Liverpool are – and they are very, very good – that the baseline conditions need to be there for them to demonstrate their quality. Compare and contrast the team in red...
LIVERPOOL can do no more. So Wolves went and did it for us. Wolves 3 Manchester City 2. The perfect companion piece to the Leicester game. Liverpool 14 points clear with a match in hand. Liverpool, Liverpool top of the league. The 24 hours that spanned the masterclass...
HAPPY Christmas, pilgrims. Another year and The Reds top of the pile again on the 25th. I make this the fourth time in the past 10 years that this has happened – 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019. They used to say that the team that lead at Christmas always won the title...
IT’S December 1981 and Liverpool, the champions of Europe, are playing Brazilian aces Flamengo in Tokyo. It’s kicking off at about 3am UK time. I’m virtually 15 years old and very excited at the prospect of The Reds being crowned kings of the world. For some reason,...
THERE was a moment when it was suggested that Liverpool wouldn’t even enter this year’s World Club Championship. It would clearly represent a distraction from the main objectives. There will have been pressure from above to make a go of it though, with...
THIS is unchartered territory. The vagaries of our fixture schedule have all but forced Jürgen Klopp into sacrificing a competition. The League Cup is the fall guy. To be fair, it’s used to being the ugly duckling trophy in which the big clubs field their squad...
IF this Liverpool team have a nemesis, it unleashed all of its power for 30 minutes in the Salzburg arena on Tuesday night. The Austrian side are not the best team in Europe, but in bursts can do a very passable impression of it. Jürgen Klopp’s Reds will face bigger...
FOR an optimist, I can’t half talk myself into some negative mindsets. We’re eight points clear at the top of the league with bookies close to closing bets on us for the league. We are beating every thing that moves, and yet Salzburg away terrifies me. Perhaps...
In’s & Out’s – Ekitike, Diaz & Rodrygo: Gutter Extra
With Ekitike currently undergoing medical, before completing his move to Liverpool and flying to meet his new team-mates in Hong-Kong, where will the French striker fit into Arne Slot’s plans?
Ian Ryan hosts Adam Melia, Andy Bell and Mark Jones.
