Klopp: Complacency Not An Issue JÜRGEN Klopp is a man who constantly speaks common sense and honesty. It shouldn’t be hard to be motivated or even genuinely believe in what he is saying. If he says that he won’t allow complacency to affect his players, and...
AT around 9.22pm on Tuesday September 20, both Jürgen Klopp and particularly Alex Inglethorpe would have been filled with a sense of pride. As 18-year-old Ovie Ejaria made his way onto the pitch at Derby County’s Pride Park for his first-team debut in the League...
LIVERPOOL have dominated for 85 minutes away from home. They’ve missed chance after chance. Your doom-mongering mate sends you a Whatsapp message saying “They’ll score now, you know”. It gets to stoppage time. You’ve been biting your...
WE’RE now firmly into the aftermath of Liverpool’s goalless draw at Southampton and opinion has been divided on the result and where it leaves the Reds. It’s not an awful result, in my opinion. You’re going to get games where it doesn’t...
IT’S a joyous time to be a Liverpool fan at the moment. On the whole, right from our league position to the overall health of the football club in general, everything is alright. It’s more than alright, in fact. Jürgen Klopp and his team have set the standards...
JÜRGEN Klopp has insisted that Philippe Coutinho is happy at Liverpool amid rumours linking him with a move to Barcelona. The Brazilian has five goals and five assists in 11 appearances so far for the Reds and has been a key part of their early season form. That early...
WOKE up on Sunday morning after 600 pints of Guinness with 99 problems. The previous nights 600 Guinness being one of them and the subsequent brain demagogue playing the headache drums another. Prising open my eyes I stumble across a photo on Twitter of two auld...
JÜRGEN KLOPP has given Liverpool gravitas, reach and respectability. In one fell swoop, his appointment as manager made the football world take notice. It was a statement that Liverpool meant business again — no longer a project and instead aiming to be a...
NOW that I have a weekly article on these pages you’ll soon realise that I’m a fan of quotes. Mainly quotes to motivate me and quotes to remind me that nothing we’re experiencing is very new at all. My uncle said to me a few nights ago...
YET another international break and heightened irritation at not seeing the Mighty Reds light up our weekend. Of course, we’ve been here before – being the third occasion already this season – but in the wake of Liverpool’s dazzling, free-scoring shows since the last...
