JÜRGEN Klopp is Liverpool manager then. He can’t buy any players for the best part of three months so, as a consequence, he’s going to have to make do with what he’s got. And I think he should be encouraged by what he’s got. He’s got a pool of strikers that any...
EVER since April 30, 2011, I’ve wanted Jürgen Klopp to be manager of Liverpool Football Club. That was the day that his Borussia Dortmund side won their first Bundesliga title since the charismatic German had taken charge. He had won the fans over with his attitude,...
It almost doesn’t matter who he really is. It’s what he represents that counts most. All the cliches. We don’t like losing. We don’t like being looked down upon. Forever being re-classified. We’ve been getting told for 25 years now that...
LIVERPOOL LADIES slipped to a narrow defeat in their first leg, Champions League Round of 32 tie. The Reds conceded an unfortunate first-half goal and then proceeded to do everything but score an equaliser as the game wore on. But Liverpool still have a real chance to...
AUF GEHTS! Can you feel that? The crease below the eyes, the widening of your cheeks? Perhaps your teeth have joined the party, and your dimples are dancing. Smile away, smile away, smile away. Jurgen Klopp arrives in Liverpool today. Jurgen Klopp finalises his deal...
TWO weeks ago, I wrote an article in the Independent on Sunday, detailing the problems at Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers. I realised the conclusion especially would make grim reading for Liverpool supporters. Having spoken to a lot of reliable sources before its...
A DAY is a long time in football. Two days an eternity. It seems strange that approximately 48 hours before I am writing this Brendan Rodgers was preparing a Liverpool team for a Merseyside Derby. Since then a lot has happened. A manager has been sacked and gone on...
ON Sunday morning, as I readied myself to be put through the wringer of the Merseyside Derby, I allowed my mind to drift to an idea for an article I had been turning over for a few weeks. Next week will mark five years since New England Sports Ventures, now Fenway...
THERE’S a reason why we do this football thing. There’s a reason why we cross miles, get colds, end up sunburnt, applaud and shout at regular interviews and celebrate or moan before crossing those same miles again for little reward. There has to be a reason for...
LIVERPOOL LADIES capped off a frustrating league campaign with a final day 4-2 defeat away at Bristol Academy. The Reds had fought back to make it 1-1 after going a goal down, but Bristol raced into a three-goal lead before Natasha Dowie added a late consolation,...
