IT was always going to be this way. That we would end up living in this half light. There was a moment , after the quake of the 6-1 lashing at Stoke in May. After the swell, and in the after-shock, when a decision might have been taken. It would have been an emotive...
NEIL Atkinson is joined by Mat Kendrick from the Birmingham Mail to talk about Aston Villa and by Dave Downie from Citytalk to talk about, well, Tim Howard mostly. A bit of Everton too. But Tim Howard. Oodles of Howard. Endless Howard. Still got three years on his...
CHRISTIAN Benteke’s move to Liverpool is all but sealed, with an official announcement due tomorrow, writes REY MASHAYEKHI. It means Brendan Rodgers is finally landing a player who — by many accounts — he’s coveted for years. After a dreadful season...
LAST week I wrote about the excitement and anticipation of an FA Cup semi-final. While there were traditional nerves, I don’t think any of us envisaged such an insipid Liverpool performance; an absolute dog of show. I’ve had a funny feeling for a while — based...
EIGHTEEN months ago, I wrote a piece titled the The Elephant in Midfield, focussing on Steven Gerrard’s lack of suitability to play a defensive midfield role, writes HAL COHEN. His performances in a deep role, defensively at least, were largely covered up by...
WE lost didn’t we. I’m not sure how else to start but that. Sean Rogers spoke very eloquently in the week about getting buy in from players. About having a plan they could all believe in. He said a manager risks putting it all on his own head if you change...
RIGHT. Dreadful collectively. A reminder that this is: a) Subjective. And 5 is alright. b) Done in the immediate aftermath of the game and all I’ve seen is in the ground. c) Not a discussion of formation(s) or set up but just the 12 lads who played more than...
PLAYING semi-finals at Wembley is a joke but here we are and stomachs are starting to flutter as the hours tick down to Liverpool’s last four clash with Aston Villa in London. We asked DAVE WOODHALL, editor of Heroes and Villains, a Villa fanzine that has been...
WELL, it’s rather nice to be writing the first of my Friday columns on the eve of Liverpool’s Wembley weekend. I wrote earlier this week about attending my first FA Cup semi-final in 1980 and I’ve done the sums to calculate this is my tenth. Despite my advancing...
NEIL Atkinson, Rob Gutmann, Martin Fitzgerald and Steve Graves are in for this week’s podcast, albeit, at least, in body if not in spirit after Liverpool comprehensively dispatched West Ham and Daniel Sturridge made a goalscoring return for the Mighty Reds. MAMA...
