IT’S been four long years since Christian Purslow pumped his fist and bared his gnashers in triumph outside the High Court in London. Four long years since Liverpool Football Club passed from one set of American owners to the next. Four testing years since the club...
ERIC Cantona’s smug face. That’s the immediate image that flashes in my mind whenever the FA Cup is mentioned. Eric frigging Cantona. The build up seemingly started at about 3am. My mum was on snack duty, diligently replenishing my supplies throughout the day as I sat...
OURS is a club of extremes. We’re either in or out, up or down, black or white. The middle path is the one least travelled. We sway from the darkest cynicism to checking out next May’s Berlin hotel availability an hour after we’ve just been gubbed by Real Madrid. We...
FOOTBALL in 2014 is a 24/7 all-consuming monster. If you are involved in the game at the highest level, that monster is there at every turn; in your face: watching, listening, examining facial expressions and toiling over every word. Why? It’s waiting. Ready to say...
BRENDAN RODGERS and some of his players should be buying Mario Balotelli a pint at some point this week. It’s the least they could do for the deserved scrutiny he has unwittingly helped them to avoid. Naively swapping shirts a few seconds too early has unsurprisingly...
I wasn’t going to write this straight after the match. For many reasons, I wasn’t going to write this. I wasn’t going to write this. I was going to wait until morning. Wait until I’d calmed down a bit. I certainly wasn’t going to write it...
EARLIER in the week, Brendan Rodgers described how Mario Balotelli had worked ‘like a lion’ in training during the international break, writes KAMURAN KULAVUZ. I’ve looked into some of the traits associated with the lion and have picked out several holes in the...
AS we all know, Didier Deschamps was once firmly in the running to become Liverpool manager in the not-too-distant past. If the former World Cup-winning captain keeps an eye on the Reds these days, then I reckon he might be a little perplexed by one of Brendan...
RAHEEM Sterling “sleeps when he wants” apparently but there’s plenty to cause a waking nightmare about the way Liverpool are playing right now. Winning like that – in the last minute, after playing so badly, after throwing it away, after getting on...
WLWLLDW NOT very good that is it? Someone hands that to you at the beginning of August you’re inclined to think, “Oh, aye? What’s going on here then?” I rarely enjoy international breaks, the monotonous drone of jingoistic mainstream press and the vacuum of current...
With Liverpool announcing earlier today that they are increasing ticket prices after a freeze of 8 years, is the raise justifiable or proportionate, especially considering the relative lack of increase in proportion to overall turnover and the wider impact on the clubs fan base given how the club actively markets the fans commercially?
Josh Sexton is joined by Jay McKenna, Gareth Roberts and Phil Blundell.
