IT’S a funny old game. After the media had spent the week laughing at Jürgen Klopp for mentioning the wind as a factor in Liverpool’s 0-0 draw at Everton, it was somewhat ironic that they spent this weekend going “blimey, the wind’s affecting things a bit here”....
THIS is nice, isn’t it? With the intensity of a league title challenge threatening to push us all to breaking point, it’s nice to get chance to breathe, take a step back and appreciate the scale of what this team is achieving. Most supporters would tell you they want...
IN 1981, Liverpool went to Munich having drawn 0-0 in a first leg at Anfield in a European Cup semi final. Liverpool weren’t fancied. Liverpool weren’t playing well that season. The German side were confident. I was 14 in 1981 and I was having a difficult time too. I...
A LONG time ago, back in the days of holding a season ticket in the old Main Stand, I had the misfortune of being stationed in front of a miserable bloke who had a serious problem with Patrik Berger. The Czech international created a hearty highlights reel of...
LIVERPOOL go 0-1 down in the wind and the hail and you wonder if they are going to break. It’s cycling up a mountain, a Tour de France stage with yellow jerseys and polkadot tops, loons running alongside the bikes. Cycling up a mountain and teeth are gritted,...
I’M saying that is The Reds’ best win of the season. It’s not an understatement to say that the weather all but tipped the balance in favour of them. Balls in the air were a coin toss, the wind was howling in some bits of the pitch, but not others. If Burnley...
I SOMETIMES wonder what we’re all in this for. Will most of us ever be happy? Is there really any meaning to any of this? What is the fucking point? Those questions have been more prominent watching a Liverpool title challenge from afar and witnessing the amount of...
I’M always surprised when a footballer answers back. I’ve only experienced it a couple of times. Whether that was an ex-Liverpool player who muttered the word “prick” to a disgruntled and annoying Paddock regular who felt the need to constantly tell him he wasn’t very...
Bad things, It’s a lot of bad things, That they wishin’ and wishin’ and wishin’ and wishin’, They wishin’ on me, Yeah, yeah, Bad things, It’s a lot of bad things, That they wishin’ and wishin’ and wishin’ and...
YOU kind of know when you’ve seen the champions play. You just do. There is not one defining quality or trait that singles out the team that finishes top of the league, they just have an air about them — a certain demeanour, a bearing, a whiff of something...
