IT is well known that Liverpool FC’s owners are based in Boston, they own an iconic Major League Baseball club and that, in the 16 years they have been in that position, they have achieved substantial success with three World Series wins between 2004 and 2013 —...
LIVERPOOL Football Club operates at its supreme best, from top to bottom, when it exerts controlled aggression in all aspects of its operations. The lack of controlled aggression in all parts of the club, from top to bottom, is, in my view, currently the difference...
Two current Liverpudlian anniversaries dominate this week’s Anfield Wrap. The first is that Sunday October 8 marked the end of the second year of Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool manager. It’s arguable that right now Klopp finds himself under the most pressure he...
I HAD a conversation with one of my uncles a few weeks ago. Not newsworthy in itself, obviously, but those who have read my ramblings on here previously might have noticed that when a conversation with one of my uncles is mentioned, it’s usually in relation to a...
TRANSFERS are never easy. There are a series of moving parts that shift and sway in different directions each day. They involve grandstanding to the press, denials and the issue of tapping up players. Everyone plays up to the media and no secret is left unshared,...
SOMEBODY has made a mistake. It’s a big mistake. It’s potentially cost us the signing of a key player who the manager has clearly identified as one of his major targets and with whom he has personally used his array of magic powers to convince to join us. It’s a...
“BARCELONA is one of the best teams in the world, so far, nothing has come to me because, if anything comes, it comes to my manager, what I have to do is focus on the pitch. “I have a contract with Liverpool, there are two games, there are a lot of chances...
THEY get every Premier League game live in the USA; Boston, LA, New York, Seattle. Wherever you are, you can turn the telly on and watch NBC Sports and watch every single second of the 380 Premier League games that are played in a league season. I’d like to think that...
FOLLOWING the Taylor Report in 1990, Liverpool’s impetuous arch rivals Manchester United found themselves in a situation of ponderous limbo in relation to their Old Trafford home. United’s all-standing home had seen its capacity steadily decline since the Second World...
CARDS on the table, I don’t rate Fenway Sports Group. They’ve been in my Si Mignolet category for a while now, where it’s miles too late for the occasional good thing they do to make an impact on the memory bank of previous gaffes, howlers, and...