LIVERPOOL: JOCKEYING FOR POSITION

LIVERPOOL: JOCKEYING FOR POSITION

by ADAM SMITH IN APRIL, the City of Liverpool will once more play host to The World’s Greatest Steeplechase: The Grand National. Perhaps the recent horse metaphors being used in relation to the race for the Premier League crown have, therefore, come a little too...
TWELVE DAYS OF GREATNESS

TWELVE DAYS OF GREATNESS

By PAUL McCABE A LOT can quickly change in football. Nine years ago, Liverpool were on course for winning the Champions League. Five years ago it looked like the League was a possibility, and only four years ago the club flirted with extinction. Success, following...
CUP HALF EMPTY OR CUP HALF FULL?

CUP HALF EMPTY OR CUP HALF FULL?

by STEVEN SCRAGG A CUP TIE tie lost but momentum maintained and a readjustment of mindset. I’m trying to grasp the vibe I’m meant to be experiencing after we tumbled out of the FA Cup to Arsenal at the Emirates. On one hand, I will never do anything other than...
CONCENTRATE ON THE LEAGUE

CONCENTRATE ON THE LEAGUE

IT’S one of my all-time favourite football clichés; classic manager-speak to polish the turd of cup failure. But, for once, the phrase ‘concentrate on the league’ really does mean something for Liverpool. Today’s FA Cup defeat means there are 12 games – six home, six...
ARSENAL 2 LIVERPOOL 1: WEBBED AGAIN

ARSENAL 2 LIVERPOOL 1: WEBBED AGAIN

WOULD you swap a win here for three in the league? Would you rest Suarez and Sturridge? It’s only the FA Cup… I want Liverpool to win everything. Every game. Every cup; from The Liverpool Senior Cup to The Champions League. I want silverware tied up in red and white,...
CITYTALK: DOUBLE TROUBLE

CITYTALK: DOUBLE TROUBLE

NEIL was joined by Rob Gutmann, Steve Graves and John Gibbons as they reflect on another crazy week for the Tricky Reds. The lads were also joined on the phone by Arsenal supporter and journalist Natasha Henry to discuss Sunday’s FA Cup showdown with the Gunners...
LEARNING AND UNLEARNING

LEARNING AND UNLEARNING

SOME people have never recovered from June 2010. Barely a year since Liverpool’s most ferocious title challenge in years, five years since Istanbul, six years since a period which brought us trophies, belief and Luis Garcia – it was over. At the stroke of a private...
FULHAM 2 LIVERPOOL 3 – EXORCISING THE DEMONS

FULHAM 2 LIVERPOOL 3 – EXORCISING THE DEMONS

DEMONS. All day. Demons. They won’t shut up. Fulham away. I hate Fulham away as a fixture. Hate it. The formbook goes out the window. For every Yossi there is Lee Mason sending a billion of ours off. All day the demons. Rory Smith saying Liverpool won’t...