THERE has been lots of talk this week of the dilemma facing Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool prepare to face Exeter City in the FA Cup third round tonight. The manager is in an almost impossible position with a squad down to the most calcium-deficient of bare bones. Amid a...
BLOODY football, eh? Makes complete mugs of us most of the time. Not to be complaining after the result at Stoke, but this was supposed to be about the lack of excitement generated by Liverpool over the course of the season so far. Then, at the Britannia, that...
IN your job, who digs you out of trouble? Who do you expect to pull things round when you make a mistake or everyone is having a bad day? Someone who maybe even just makes a cup of tea at an appropriate time. I hope you have that person in your work. I hope you have...
OUR man John Gibbons in the ground at half time. God, look at him. My days, walk around him. Resplendent in a Hat Scarf and Badge bobble hat. You should have seen him. John Gibbons half time: “You’ve got to do 100 words minimum on Joe Allen. What a first...
BATTLING Liverpool return from Stoke City and their ASDA price dugouts with bags of character and a precious 1-0 lead after the first leg of the League Cup semi-final. The victory was not without its cost, with both Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren succumbing to...
LIVERPOOL fans everywhere came down with a bad case of the January blues on Saturday after another meek performance on the road in the Premier League at West Ham. Within 37 hours of 2016, Michail Antonio had raced 87 yards upfield to slam the ball into Simon...
TONIGHT Liverpool play yet another game of football – the semi-final of the League Cup, to be exact. So Jürgen Klopp manages Liverpool in another game of football. He’s been fairly vocal on the relentlessness of it all. He’s tried to do it with a wry...
THERE you go. Happy New Year and all that. Feeling positive about the year to come? Looking forward to all the joys that January to May has in store for a start? Nah, me neither. That thing where I come on here and spray around undiluted joy, optimism and positivity?...
THE League Cup. It’s “our” tournament, we’ve got eight of these beauties in the cabinet, basking in their glory. I say glory, they aren’t league titles, European Cups or even FA Cups, but they’re there and they all tell a story. You want more stories? I’m...
THIS morning Melissa Reddy tweeted that Liverpool’s current goal return of 22 scored in 20 games is our worst ever. I frowned at this and asked her if she meant in the modern era, but she confirmed via the excellent LFCHistory.net that that figure is the lowest in our...
