OCTOBER 17, 2010. What a time to be alive. Mediocre Liverpool managed by a mediocre manager resided in the relegation zone — floundering in an unthinkable 19th place in the Premier League with just six points won from eight games played. A depressing figure of...
IAN Ayre has admitted that the Anfield Road end wouldn’t have the benefit of hospitality and as such would not be a “smart investment for the business”. Redeveloping the Anfield Road end was initially outlined as phase two of the plans to redevelop Anfield, of which...
LIVERPOOL fans are on the crest of a wave right now. A newly-expanded Main Stand is finally open. We have one of the best managers in world football signed on a long-term contract and he has the Reds playing scintillating stuff, with Jürgen Klopp’s side now...
IN the last hour Independent journalist Simon Hughes has exclusively revealed that an investment group supported by the Chinese state government is attempting to purchase Liverpool for £700million. As the story was breaking Simon very kindly came to speak to The...
ON Sunday morning, as I readied myself to be put through the wringer of the Merseyside Derby, I allowed my mind to drift to an idea for an article I had been turning over for a few weeks. Next week will mark five years since New England Sports Ventures, now Fenway...
SOMETIMES you write because you think something and you want to put it over to other people. Sometimes you write because you are trying to work something out and you just don’t know. Below is most definitely the latter. It’s about transfers, net spend and...
IT’S three trophy-less years since Brendan Rodgers was confirmed as Liverpool manager, an appointment that prompted John W Henry – who remains principal owner of the club despite his current disinterest – to say at the time: “We do not expect miracles overnight nor...
LIVERPOOL FC, please buy some belief. Sensible. That’s what Liverpool’s transfer business has been termed thus far. Sensible. Let me get this out the way: I’m a James Milner disciple and thoroughly looking forward to following his ‘whatever it takes’ ethos. He is...
UNWRAPPED goes hard and heavy on the processes of identifying and buying players within a football club. Who does what? Who should do what? Is scouting dead? What is the ideal model? Just some of the questions Rob Gutmann, Paul Senior, Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons...
MOST conversations between footie fans end up boiling down to the same thing: the aspiration, the reality and the unexplained gap that lies in between. What fills that gap — the knowledge of what really happens behind walls, in boardrooms, on training pitches,...
