The Community Shield completes Arne Slot’s new look Liverpool side’s testing stage. Next up is the real thing for the Premier League champions… LAST WEEK I asked if the Community Shield was a serious fixture. The online replies were pretty...
Should the Community Shield be seen as a legitimate chance to increase Liverpool’s trophy count, or just to increase fitness?… BACK in May, I was surprised to hear Pep Guardiola’s response to accusations that City had had a poor season. He’d been...
Would selling Alexander Isak to Liverpool for big money usher in a positive new era for Newcastle United, akin to when the Reds sold Coutinho? DID you want to sell Phil Coutinho? Cast your mind back to the heady days of summer 2017. Virgil Van Dijk was flirting...
Liverpool refreshing a championship winning squad is more than exciting – it’s a must if they’re to seek dominance at home and in Europe … I’LL miss Lucho. I know all the arguments. A phenomenal fee for a 28-year-old who doesn’t want to...
Liverpool being maligned for their summer transfer spends: Are we all just hypocrites when it comes to the amount of money in football? A FEW months ago, I got into an argument with my partner. She was watching some reality TV shite where two people who meet at...
With Hugo Ekitike set to sign as Liverpool’s pre-season tour commences, is their transfer business set to continue throughout the summer? … ANOTHER name in then. Possibly. Not sure. There’s no photo of Hugo Ekitike holding up a Liverpool scarf above...
As Liverpool and Preston North End united to pay tribute to the late Diogo Jota, both did themselves and their fans proud with their tone… I’VE never really been interested in preseason friendlies. We seldom learn anything from them, save for who’s kept...
Despite his untimely passing, the legacy and memory of Diogo Jota will live on through Liverpool Football Club and those associated with it… I CAN’T stop thinking about his parents. Football’s one thing and our place in his life another, but my mind flies...
Once a football club signs a player, generally one of their current crop has to suffer – the situation Harvey Elliott faces at Liverpool now… ON Saturday, as we do every year, a bunch of us hired some boats in Berkshire, got off at Runnymede, played...
With Jarell Quansah leaving for Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool are looking light at centre-half – so which way will The Reds look for recruits? RAFAEL Benitez was fond of the ‘short blanket’ analogy to discuss transfer policies and, by association, the...
How The Reds Measure Up To Champions League Rivals: TAW Midweek Extra
With the first fixtures of this years Champions League upon us, on this weeks ‘Midweek Extra’ we look at the squad strength of the other British teams in the years competition and compare them to what the Reds have at their disposal.
John Gibbons is joined by Adam Smith, Kiefer MacDonald and Kev Reilly.