IN the Boxing Day edition of The Independent, looking ahead to that day’s fixture against top-of-the-table Leicester City, Danny Higginbotham wrote an article asking why “the Klopp bubble had burst”. I disagreed with much of it. Firstly, was the idea...
IT’S a time of year when you naturally reflect on things; where you’ve been, where you’re heading, where you’re at. This time last year, the Reds were tenth in the Premier League. With 18 games played, Liverpool, under the management of Brendan Rodgers, had won seven,...
THIS isn’t going to prove popular because Jürgen Klopp is universally loved by Liverpool fans young old and new. For the majority of supporters; desperate that Liverpool become successful again, and in particular successful under this magnetic, “cool” personality, he...
WE locked Neil Atkinson and Sean Rodgers in a studio and told them they couldn’t come out until they’d sorted out the current mess that is Liverpool. They analyse what Jurgen Klopp might have been trying to do, and why it went wrong. They talked about what...
SO there you are. Jürgen Klopp can’t work miracles. He isn’t Jesus and he can’t walk on water. He hasn’t got magic dust. Liverpool aren’t title contenders right now. All the stuff he’d already told the world on his arrival at Anfield two weeks and two months ago. He...
IN the wake of Watford 3 Liverpool 0, Neil Atkinson is joined by Gareth Roberts and Melissa Reddy to pick the bones out of another disappointing defeat. Neil and Robbo have a heated argument about the character, or lack of, in the team and how much it’s...
WATFORD THREE LIVERPOOL NIL Just keep saying it to yourself. Watford three goals. Three of the goals. Neil Atkinson just about managed to do more than that. John Gibbons the same. But Phil Blundell and Martin Fitzgerald are on the phone and they have been there and...
LIVE on Thursdays for the first time overlooking a festive night-time Merseyside, Neil Atkinson, NOT in a Christmas jumper is joined by Jay “Silent Night” McKenna, Joe “Away in a Manger” Connolly and John “Little Donkey” Gibbons....
IT’S a Gutter show, but not as we know it. Jurgen’s been on, and says we’re not likely to sign anyone. He wants to have a look at what he’s got. But do we believe him? Is it even up to him? What would the people in the room do if they were in...
ON the opening day of the Premier League football season, three quarters of the pitch at Goodison Park was bathed in sunshine while the remainder rested in shade, such is brooding presence of the Main Stand. I was on duty for The Sunday Telegraph, covering the game...
