A QUESTION I often ask myself is how much someone needs to be paid before people in general, and football fans in particular, stop treating them like humans and, instead, act as though they are robots with none of the same weaknesses and flaws that the rest of us...
WHEN talking about the difficulties of dominating English football in the modern era, John O’Shea seems an unusual reference point for my brain to use. However, I find myself thinking about him and mentioning him in conversations about winning far more than I ever...
ON the The Anfield Wrap’s “Review” show after the Southampton game, host Neil Atkinson said a few things that chimed with me. Developments in recent weeks had gotten me thinking, and Neil’s words on that show offered some corroboration. In amongst the...
A FREQUENT debate around Liverpool’s defensive shortcomings is whether The Reds lack quality defensive players or whether there is a fault in Jürgen Klopp’s footballing philosophy, writes EDWARD GINN. Having been linked with a £50million move for Leicester City’s...
What a win for The Reds, what a performance from Liverpool, what a night in Portugal. It’s a great showing from a Liverpool side that looks built to terrify Europe and we discuss the hows, the whys, the wherefores and the fuckinggetins of the contest. Sadio Mane...
In our long look at Liverpool’s win at Southampton we discuss the different phases of the game. Liverpool putting early pressure on the Saints, the home side coming back to donate the ball in the first period but unable to carve Liverpool open, and the Liverpool...
BEFORE taking a break from social media in 2017, I wrote a fair bit on the subject of how Liverpool’s footballing structure seemed to be quietly changing behind the scenes. I started out pissed off, talking about how the club seemed headed for a kind of half-assed...
I LOVE magic. Since I was a young boy I’ve been captivated by someone’s ability to make things disappear or to make something materialise from nowhere. I was always amazed by how even the most hardened of grown ups around me were astounded by these magical moments,...
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...
TICK tock. Tick tock. There’s five days to go until the transfer window shuts again. I feel like we’ve been here before but this time it’s different. In the Januarys of 2009, 2014 and 2017 Liverpool entered the New Year primed for title tilts. On each occasion the...
