LAST night, during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Sion, I responded to a tweet from Rory Smith, my colleague at The Times, in which he stated that “the utter silence of English grounds in Europe has to be a small factor in poor results.” Sat at a near mute Anfield, I saw...
DEPRESSION hovers over Anfield. Another grim evening watching a group of players under-perform. For Carlisle, now read Sion. Last night’s dismal proceedings were summed up by the need to introduce Philippe Coutinho on the hour. It smacks of desperation; the cavalry...
I AM composing this latest staggering insight into Liverpool Football Club from my spec in Hustlers Cocktail Bar in Hisaranu. Therefore it may well be flawed but then it is names followed by numbers followed by sentences. My arbitrary figures will almost all be wrong....
QUIETLY, in the background, it is building. While the focus is on the potential exit of Brendan Rodgers, work has begun on a different Liverpool outgoing. With most stood at the front door waiting for a new manager to come in, the stories of Philippe Coutinho being...
A EUROPA League game three days before an away Merseyside derby probably isn’t the preparation Brendan Rodgers would have chosen for such a vital league tie, but it is what it is and we are where we are. FC Sion have at least done the decent thing of looking a...
NEIL ATKINSON is away so for the first time they haven’t got him to press the buttons and put things in order. But John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia power through regardless, and they’ve even got Gareth Roberts in as a reporter on the ground...
ROB GUTMANN was joined by Melissa Reddy, Simon Hughes and Jonathan Northcroft as they discuss the apparent crisis surrounding the Liverpool manager’s job. Can Brendan survive ? What are FSG be thinking ? Who are the main candidates should change happen ? All the...
JOHN GIBBONS hosts Tony Barrett and Rob Gutmann as they chat about the current state of Liverpool’s youth system, the path to the first team, the academy system in general and how it can be improved both internally and nationally. ...
