by Rob Gutmann | Dec 30, 2016 | Footie
MANCHESTER City at home on New Year’s Eve. What were they thinking. And yet. And yet, it also seems kind of perfect. The collision that could define a season. The clash of the league’s two best footballing titans. On the cusp of a year. It’s a “see you on the...
by John Gibbons | Dec 30, 2016 | Footie
BOXING Day was a bit rubbish, wasn’t it? Footy-wise at least, all the eating and drinking was sound. But no Liverpool game and having to sit there watching everyone else win, even bloody Everton and they’re shite, was a bit galling. Well. We know what to...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Dec 28, 2016 | Footie
AS we approach the halfway mark of the Premier League season with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City next up at Anfield on New Year’s Eve, Liverpool have recorded their joint highest ever points total from the first 18 matches of the season, already hitting the 40-point...
by Phil Blundell | Dec 28, 2016 | Footie
HAVING to win to stand still is what we had to do. And it’s demoralising. At kick-off at Anfield yesterday Liverpool trailed Chelsea by nine points at the top of the league. The timing of the fixtures meant there had been no opportunity closing what was a six-point...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 27, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
CHELSEA played. And won. Merry Christmas. Manchester City played. And won. Merry Christmas. Arsenal played. And won. Merry Christmas. For those of you still mildly concerned Manchester United played and won. Merry Christmas. (Quietly United are genuinely playing very...
by Andy Heaton | Dec 27, 2016 | Footie
Simon Mignolet 8 Very unlucky with the goal, had no right to get anything on it and going backwards — was always a hard ask. His kicking was sound and made a very good, and match changing, stop with his feet that would’ve made it 2-0. Nathaniel Clyne 6...
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 26, 2016 | Footie
I’M penning this note on Boxing Day 2016. George Michael is dead. Rick Parfitt is dead. And Bobby Firmino’s been busted on a DUI. To put a top hat on it all, there’s no game today. It feels like the end of days. It’s been over a fortnight since Anfield was last...
by John Gibbons | Dec 22, 2016 | Footie
SORRY it’s late. I’ve been in the post office. You all bought loads of T-shirts and Christmas subscriptions. Which is very kind of you, but did rather get in the way of, well, just about everything else. It’s not too late to talk about Everton...
by Adam Smith | Dec 22, 2016 | Footie
IT’S easy to have fun when the sun’s shining. There’s nothing better than having a pint in a beer garden when the sun’s beating down on you, having a laugh with your mates. I’ve got no idea if it was actually bright and sunny when Liverpool last won a trophy, but in...
by Karl Coppack | Dec 21, 2016 | Footie
ALL wins are equal, but some wins are more equal than others. The nominal value of a League victory never changes. The same amount of points were awarded to Liverpool last night as they were to, say, the Sunderland game. Three. No more, no less. You don’t get bonus...
