WE all tell ourselves stories to get through life and, let’s be honest here, not all of them are strictly true. Whether it’s work, relationships, how you look, how you feel, or pretty much anything else important, a bit of internal spit and polish can make things feel...
WEST Ham United were quite good for 45 minutes. They looked a side capable of upsetting the odd applecart. They weren’t upsetting this one. Liverpool had other ideas. The Reds were irresistible from about 15 minutes in and they were not to be denied. They...
THAT was a summer, weren’t it? What have you been up to? I’ll be honest, I’ve tried to swerve The Reds, there; I haven’t seen a minute of pre season, didn’t really get involved in all the transfer voyeurism, just sort of lived for a bit, which was sound. It meant...
“I LOVE the first day, man, everybody all friendly and shit.” Namond Brice in The Wire had it right. School is in as of this weekend and we all get to go back to an environment where fun and enjoyment is just as fundamental as the learning process we continue to go...
JÜRGEN Klopp’s Liverpool are a big noise. Like beating drums. A rumble a year ago, intensifying with each passing month. A cacophony in the league, a march in Europe. By April, Reds were pounding. Manchester City were deafened, Roma drowned out. Tempo is everything in...
WHAT was the image of the summer for you? Xherdan Shaqiri’s acrobatic finish? Mo Salah turning into Bob Latchford in New Jersey? (Ask your grandad.) All the lads bored senseless in the Nascar museum? Curtis Jones strutting around like he owned every place?...
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill THE start of another journey. Thirty-eight games. One match, one step at a time. Week by week, month by month. Slowly building. Walking...
HIS face is everywhere. On billboards across the world, on the side of planes, even in Times Square in New York City. Mo Salah is a world-renowned superstar. Twelve months ago, to many outside of Egypt and Rome, he was still that Chelsea reject who cost too much and...
I USED to say this: Delusion leads to hope. Hope leads to belief. Belief leads to achievement. If you can’t kid yourself you can do something, then you just can’t do it. That definitely remains true. The maxim is correct. The thing is this: Liverpool have...
LIVERPOOL FC are coming back over the Irish Sea, and so are The Anfield Wrap! Jürgen Klopp’s men are taking on Napoli at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday August 4, so before that we want to have a drink with some of the local Reds. So if you’re there already – or...
