THE cost of Football is becoming outrageous, writes PHIL BLUNDELL. I say ‘becoming’ but — if we’re being honest — we’re already past that point. I remember us refusing to take the full allocation at Chelsea in 2004 when it was announced they...
WE are all the same. I am you. You are me. We are all just sentient sacks of meat, strapped to a lump of rock by gravity, hurtling through the infinity of the cosmos, writes IAIN MACINTOSH on The Set Pieces. Ignore Nigel Farage. Ignore Katie Hopkins. Forget about...
JORDAN HENDERSON is expected to officially sign a £100,000-a-week five-year-deal with Liverpool on Thursday, according to The Independent. And the newspaper says Jordon Ibe and Martin Skrtel are also expected to sign new contracts soon. The Liverpool Echo reported...
YOU might think this is knee jerk, an overreaction in the wake of a disappointing FA Cup semi-final defeat. All I can do is assure you that I’d planned to write the exact same thing if Liverpool hadn’t stunk out Wembley against Aston Villa on Sunday. So here...
EIGHTEEN months ago, I wrote a piece titled the The Elephant in Midfield, focussing on Steven Gerrard’s lack of suitability to play a defensive midfield role, writes HAL COHEN. His performances in a deep role, defensively at least, were largely covered up by...
DESPITE giving their all throughout the 90 minutes, Liverpool Ladies fell to a 1-0 defeat away at Chelsea Ladies. PFA Player of the Year nominee Eni Aluko scored the only goal of the game after audaciously chipping the ball over Libby Stout. Fara Williams had the...
LIVERPOOL’S shambolic sacrifice of a silverware opportunity to a side still threatened by relegation was always going to spark a fresh debate about the future of Brendan Rodgers as manager, particularly with a potential top-class replacement in the shape of Jurgen...
FIRST, a little history lesson, writes REY MASHAYEKHI. Yankee Stadium, October 2003. The Boston Red Sox are playing their hated rivals, the New York Yankees, in the semi-finals of the Major League Baseball playoffs. It’s game seven of a seven-game series to determine...
WAITING in the line to the steps of Wembley Park station, as the sun finally shows its face and Liverpool hide theirs after another ‘almost’ episode, an Aston Villa fan is still wide-eyed with a wide smile, writes MELISSA REDDY. Roughly around the age of...
NEIL Atkinson hosts The Pink. Rob Gutmann, Steve Graves, Mike Girling and Phil Blundell get into the issues around Liverpool’s defeat against Aston Villa. Er, it doesn’t go brilliantly. Or it does from a point of view. Direct Download:...