MONDAY COLUMN: DRESSING ROOM ROWS – SO WHAT?

MONDAY COLUMN: DRESSING ROOM ROWS – SO WHAT?

ACCORDING to the back page of The Mirror today, there has been a falling out. Grown men have disagreed about how and why the wheels fell off in the last couple of games involving Liverpool, it is alleged. The newspaper describes the apparent incident as “a major...
STEVEN GERRARD: COMING TO AMERICA

STEVEN GERRARD: COMING TO AMERICA

WITH Steven Gerrard in the final months of his final Anfield contract and an American adventure ahead of him, we asked Liverpool fans who follow his club-to-be to tell us what the skipper can expect when he crosses the pond in July. First up, MIKE COPE. STEVEN GERRARD...
ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL: *DO* LOOK BACK WITH ANGER

ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL: *DO* LOOK BACK WITH ANGER

IT seems like something’s been triggered by yesterday’s game. Buckets of pent-up frustration, simmering nicely since August, have been kicked over and the consequences are thrashing around like fish dumped on the pavement. It feels like a tipping point. I’m in...
LIVERPOOL: PRESSURE? RODGERS SHOULD RELISH IT

LIVERPOOL: PRESSURE? RODGERS SHOULD RELISH IT

I DID one of those personality tests at work once. You know, where you answer loads of innocuous questions on what seem like loads of innocuous topics and, at the end of it, someone tells you EXACTLY what you’re like. So what am I like? Well it turns out I like...
LIVERPOOL NEED TO FIND BIG GAME BOTTLE

LIVERPOOL NEED TO FIND BIG GAME BOTTLE

THEY look like they’d given up. Heads had gone. Fate was accepted. The tactics, the choices, the set up and the changes — all that will be assessed here, there and elsewhere in the hours and days to come. The manager, the owner and the transfer policy; you can...
MATCH REVIEW: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL

MATCH REVIEW: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL

THERE are times when I strongly hate the way I write about football. People think you are messing round rather than committing to the subject matter. All season, the essence of why I discuss goals has been ignored because of the *way* I discuss goals. Here’s...
MATCH RATINGS: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL

MATCH RATINGS: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL

THAT was a really strange game to score players. It seemed there was as much wrong collectively as individually. But I’m here to have a go. So go easy… SIMON MIGNOLET 5 The big Belgian in our goal makes good saves from Cazorla and Ramsey early on and a...