THE sports pages of today’s newspapers don’t make for a great read for Brendan Rodgers. From tactical criticisms to the make-up of a squad that is of the manager’s making, from a defence that isn’t stopping goals and an attack that isn’t scoring them, the...
IMAGINE there’s this cup. Liverpool FC can go in for it. Liverpool will be the richest club in the competition (at the very least until the last 32 when the third-placed teams in the Champions League groups tumble into it). We’ll have the most valuable squad, by some...
IT’S the easiest thing in the world, accusing players or a team of not trying. It appeals to our basic mindset as humans. It’s not going well? Run harder. There is plenty of debate about how much Liverpool tried — or indeed should have tried —...
I MENTIONED in conversation on Monday night that the irony of all this boundless positivity that I post here is that I am — and everybody that actually knows me will happily attest to this fact — a thoroughly miserable get. A Leonard Cohen and Joy Division...
BEFORE the game Besiktas fans tried to set North John Street on fire. Perhaps an early sign that if Liverpool thought they were going to have everything their own way they should think again. Once the game had settled, it was clear the opposition were well drilled...
WE knew ages ago we were back in the UEFA cup after a disappointing showing at home to Basel, but tonight it really hits home as we host Besiktas at Anfield. We’ve all got a bit of a cob on about it, if we’re honest, with plenty moaning this week about the...
LUIS Suarez stands five paces from the ball; 25 yards from goal. The Kop stands, expectant. Something brilliant is about to happen. Jaws prepare to drop and spines ready themselves to tingle. Approaching the ball side on, the Uruguayan whips it goalwards with his...
Problems. Jay-Z dealt with his by emphasising the positive. He’s a glass half-full kind of guy. Notorious B.I.G. was more downbeat, seeing the kind of causal link between the accumulation of capital and the emergence of personal challenges with which Rosie Redknapp,...
