by Neil Atkinson | Aug 16, 2016 | Footie
LIKE everyone, I expected to see Liverpool sign a left-back this summer. I expected it from the point when Alberto Moreno was substituted in the Capital One Cup Final against Manchester City. That day James Milner sat in at full-back. The mistake in the Europa League...
by Ben Johnson | Aug 15, 2016 | Footie
WHEN I woke up on Sunday morning all I could think about was undies. I’d had a dream at some point during the night that I was in the Asda in Bootle and they had loads of boss undies on sale on some kind of bargain shelf by the entrance door. The mad bit was...
by Rob Gutmann | Aug 12, 2016 | Footie
ALRIGHT, kids? Here we are again, Back at the start. Refreshed, renewed, reborn. I can feel it. You can feel it. I’m running on the spot as I type this. It’s Friday. Match isn’t till Sunday. I’ll be staying over in London. Thinking about packing my bag now. Not...
by Craig Hannan | Aug 12, 2016 | Footie
IT’S difficult to decide on what constitutes success this season for a Liverpool side that is now very much in the image of Jürgen Klopp. The realist in you is pragmatic — he’s talking fourth-placed finishes, mulling over net spends and how problem...
by Michael Nevin | Aug 12, 2016 | Footie
IT’S that time of year again. Hope springs eternal. A nine-month journey that starts in summer brilliance, ploughs through the dark, mist, wind and rain, and the bite of winter frost before the onset of spring. The title run-in coincides with the return of...
by Adam Smith | Aug 11, 2016 | Footie
THAT’S it then. All of the summer preparation has been building to this. Arsenal. Sunday. 4pm. The season begins. What kind of year will it be? A brilliant one, obviously. Liverpool’s league form left a lot to be desired last time out but, much like under Rafa...
by Sean Rogers | Aug 10, 2016 | Footie
IT’S fairly unique to play two games back-to-back in pre-season. It’s even more unique to have it a week before you’re due to kick-off the season proper — that puts a huge amount of pressure on the club. In fairness, you’re not going to be able to...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 10, 2016 | Footie
THE last time I was in a football ground I walked out before the match had finished in a huff. I was annoyed. An hour earlier Liverpool had walked off the pitch in Basel with a 1-0 half time lead, about 85 per cent of the ground spent half-time singing There She Goes...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Aug 9, 2016 | Footie
IDENTITY. It’s a word which is often tossed around when speaking about football clubs and football managers — and it’s something Liverpool were totally devoid of by the time Brendan Rodgers came to the end of his tenure at the club. No-one really knew what kind...
by Ben Johnson | Aug 9, 2016 | Footie
SHALL we call that a score draw then? As two performances go, you won’t see a bigger contrast all season — or at least I hope so. As good as the Reds played on Saturday against Barcelona, they were just as bad on Sunday against Mainz. If we are going to treat...
