by Dan Morgan | Dec 17, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL buried a ghost this afternoon on the south coast. A big Toxic Thunder-splashed ghost of Christmas past was well and truly consigned along with the memory of Ryan Fraser embodying a combination of Lionel Messi and David Fairclough at the mere sight of a...
by Ben Johnson | Dec 17, 2017 | Footie, Match Ratings
THESE took four points off us last year. You know what grates the most? Their manager’s trackie bottoms. Quite clingy, weren’t they? Remember being fuming about them. Anyway. Simon Mignolet: 7 Did well to stop a corner at the start of the second half. That was about...
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 16, 2017 | Footie
IF I live to be 95 years old (gotta have ambition) then I’ve got about 2,300 weeks left. Never thought I’d hear myself say this but, I hope none of them are as long as this past one has been. A week ago The Reds were the six wins in eight games Reds. We were the...
by Josh Sexton | Dec 15, 2017 | Footie
IT’S obviously been a disappointing week for Liverpool FC on the pitch. The Reds had the chance to gain valuable ground on their rivals and have twice failed to break down beatable teams who have come to Anfield with very little ambition to get anything from the game....
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 15, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S centre midfield drove me mad on Wednesday night. But let’s start by saying this: At least you remember Emre Can played. One of the big pluses of Can is that you always remember him, you always know he was there. He might do your head in, but he is there...
by Michael Nevin | Dec 15, 2017 | Footie
I’M a big fan of rotation. It’s a causation of the modern game but as Rafa Benitez will testify sorely, an approach you need to get right or face your critics. Benitez was pilloried for resting his key players occasionally. To do so at the time was a relatively new...
by Paul Cope | Dec 14, 2017 | Footie
I’VE decided that, from now on, I’m going to rotate my views on rotation, and on footie in general, just to annoy everyone who hates rotation, especially all of my uncles and anyone old enough to be my uncle. At this stage, I think it’s possible to rotate my view so...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 13, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
LIVERPOOL were fucking crap tonight. Immediately after typing that the realisation hits that this is exactly the sort of writing which means that yours truly isn’t about to be offered Barney Ronay’s column at The Guardian. We could find a wry way around...
by Ben Johnson | Dec 13, 2017 | Footie, Match Ratings
Pre Match THERE’S you there, just lashed your phone on the deck ’cause Jürgs is playing all the boys. I think it is safe to say that he thinks we are all bellends, and in fairness he is bang on the money. That said, I can’t wait until we get beat here and...
by Andy Heaton | Dec 13, 2017 | Footie
I’M all for perseverance. I’d have given Gerard Houllier, Rafa Benitez and Kenny Dalglish more time, I’d probably still give Fab Aurelio another contract and I’m still convinced Alberto Aquilani might have made it had he not been sent on loan. Alright, maybe scrub the...
