THE world has gone mad. Or rather, everyone in it has gone mad. Or, possibly, everyone in this country has gone mad — the ones who voted for a nice sachet of ‘instant recession, just add water’ especially. The Tories are having another lovely game of...
JÜRGEN Klopp at Liverpool for six years? I’ll take that. I’ll take that all day. For days now I’ve been writing and rewriting an article for this site that isn’t really working how I’d like it so far. The idea was that it would accompany...
The Gutter descends into the depths of tabloid transfer tittle-tattle and website waffle. It can be murky down here, but we look to give you our assessment of what might be the flaming torch of truth in the darkness – and what could just be flaming nonsense. Rob...
AS we limber up for a new campaign, with players back in training and the first friendly tonight, last season remains something of a head scratcher. No season when Liverpool finish eighth in the league should be allowed to pass without questions being asked,...
THE gates at Melwood opened last week to greet Jürgen Klopp and his players after the summer break, writes SEAN ATKINSON. With that, so began his much discussed pre-season training schedule under the stewardship of new fitness coach Andreas Kornmayer and nutritionist...
ON the rare occasions that my dad and I discuss international football he always talks about Brazil. You see, according to my old fella, when Brazil were at the height of their success in the past they would lose virtually every friendly they played in the build-up to...
IT’S BEEN there for a while now. Bubbling away just below the surface; a debate reignited and dampened but always reforming and returning. When he was Chelsea manager, Andre Villas Boas lit the match once again. AVB said youth development in England was uncompetitive...
IF the August transfer window ends with Joe Allen still a Liverpool player, he will be starting his fifth season in a Liverpool shirt. Allen has been one of the stand-out performers in Wales’ incredible run to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, where they face Portugal...
FOR many Reds, the best news to emerge from the European Championships so far Daniel Sturridge coming back injury-free. That he boarded the plane with nothing more serious than slightly damaged pride and a fair dose of regret should be a blessing for all of us who...
AS if Leicester City winning the Premier League wasn’t bizarre enough, it has become quite clear of late that 2016 is simply not a normal year in the football sphere (and otherwise, for that matter). The usual rules do not seem to apply any more. Iceland and Wales...
