Rather than blog about any old shite and end up on yet another ramble, we’ve decided to bring a bit of ‘orderly structure’ to proceedings, and I haven’t even needed to get the Mrs involved. And so, we’re going to open the floor. We want to generate some proper...
QUESTION : WHEN IS A £50MILLION STRIKER NOT A £50MILLION STRIKER Answer : when he has scored just one solitary half arsed goal in a competitive club match in nearly 10 injury and goal free months. That is Fernando Torres and his current employer’s stark reality. There...
Saturday 10th September AS I WALKED along, I witnessed the same scene over and again. I saw many students finding their bearings in a city that will be their home for the next few years. Some in groups, some on their own and some with their parents but all in awe of...
£330,000. By Peter Carney, March 2001 LAST Thursday an ex South Yorkshire policeman, Mathew Long, was awarded £330,000 for the suffering he has been caused by late onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I don’t know the full details of the role this man played on the...
SCOT WILLIAMS was one of the guests on this week’s podcast and told us about his forthcoming movie ‘Hard Boiled Sweets’, out soon. How soon depends partly on you. Read to the end and please give the powers-that-be a nudge to get it on a big screen near you....
AMONG the seemingly positive phrases in football’s lexicon, ‘versatile’ is one many fans treat with trepidation. ‘Morale-boosting win’ is another – superficially good news but more pregnant with subtext than Demi Moore watching season four of The Wire. A...
HERE’S a question for you – who does the best tapas in Liverpool? Now a few years ago that might have been like pondering over the identity of Everton’s current best striker or the least annoying cod-reggae shitburst by East Coast George Osbornes Vampire Weekend...
KENNY DALGLISH’S questioning of decisions – or lack of them – benefiting Liverpool in the first four Premier League games of the season has caused much debate. On the podcast earlier today, we discussed whether this tactic – a favourite of Alex Ferguson’s...
ALWAYS feel somewhat piffy doing a post-match write-up as it’s something that can be dissected with far more polish on our weekly podcast, but to hell with it, we’re in a wittering mood… and have had chance to apply some perspective that was sadly lacking across...
STATISTICS. They’re a recent phenomenon in the game of football, and I’ll be honest, they drive me up the wall. I mean, remember the fuss two years ago? FIFA risking the wrath of national footballing establishments across the globe by introducing the...
