by Gareth Roberts | May 20, 2016 | Footie
LET’S be honest, it hurts. And it’s going to for a while. There’s no enjoyable way to lose a final, and particularly one built up as a shortcut back to the big time. It felt like we’d cracked it. Back in a European final for the first time in nine years. The...
by Melissa Reddy | May 18, 2016 | Footie
THERE are times when a piece of information creeps up on you, and then controls you. It consumes your every thought. It bends your emotions. I’m sat in front of my laptop, scrabbling for an intro on a Jürgen Klopp piece while scratching around in a bowl of fiery...
by Craig Hannan | May 18, 2016 | Footie
AS THE late spring sun shone down and the deafening sounds of the crowds around me echoed through the narrow streets off Anfield road, it suddenly felt like we had rediscovered what it is to support Liverpool. Lining the roads shrouded in smoke, we were reminding...
by Simon Hughes | May 18, 2016 | Footie
OKAY, first things first about Basel. You pass through passport control at the airport. You arrive at a sign. There are flags and colours. Take the left turn and you will end up in Germany or France – in Freiburg or Mulhouse. Take the right turn and you are in...
by Rob Gutmann | May 17, 2016 | Footie
I’M NOT going to Basel. A week of tossing and turning. Thrashing in the darkness. Trying to still a restless mind. I’m not going to Basel. I can’t go to Basel. I really wish I was going to Basel. Circumstance is my enemy. You surely know me well enough by now,...
by Neil Scott | May 16, 2016 | Footie
I’VE been meaning to write this for ages. You may not have noticed, but normally I’m that bloke banging on about things that happened 40 odd years ago, pining for a past that probably isn’t coming back any time soon. The fella more concerned with the aesthetic...
by Rob Gutmann | May 14, 2016 | Footie
THERE’S no hiding it. It’s going to be a tough one, this one. A game we are going to have to heave over the finishing line of a league season sadly long departed. It would be hard to fashion a contest as potentially uninspiring and lacking in relevance as this....
by Michael Nevin | May 13, 2016 | Footie
I DON’T want to add to the nerves, but… Wednesday’s Europa League Final against Sevilla is about as big as they come. Forget about the old UEFA Cup being the poor relation; this is all about timing for Liverpool FC. Whisper it, but we’ve lost our last two...
by Neil Atkinson | May 12, 2016 | Footie
THE manager on Danny Ings: “Maybe it’s not enough time for him, but next season, we’ll have a lot of fun with him for sure.” We’ll have a lot of fun with him for sure. Shall we really over-analyse? Let’s do it. It has been repeatedly...
by Simon Hughes | May 11, 2016 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp’s journey from touchline to press room after the final whistle fascinates me. I would like to be able to follow him and observe, especially after occasions like Villarreal where it seems as though passion has carried him to another place. How does he find...
