“AS flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods, they kill us for their sport.” King Lear. As ever, this may not seem, initially at least, to be about football in general or Liverpool in particular but we’ll get there. First we need to talk about Shakespeare. At some...
EVER since Adam Lallana signed for Liverpool I’ve considered him to be a decent player. I wasn’t blown away by him initially, believing that he was ‘feeling the weight of the shirt’ and considering him to be a little like another Joe Allen. He was good,...
Host John Gibbons is joined by Charlie Christian, Kev Sampson and Neil Docking. They get stuck into your hot topics, including where they see Liverpool in 5 years, the legacy of Graeme Souness, Rafa v Klopp and The new Kenny Dalglish Stand All that and much much more...
“BOBBY Firmino” rang the now familiar chant from the Smethwick End at The Hawthorns last Sunday after another vital winning goal from the Brazilian. I’ve got to be honest, I’m not that fussed with the “Bobby” moniker, not solely down to the fact I’m a...
WHEN I was a kid we seemed to be exposed to quite a bit of Ancient Greek mythology. I think whatever passed for the national curriculum in the 70s was still rooted in the basic disciplines of an Empire education. Those Greeks. All their stuff seemed so long ago. Where...
BEFORE this season began I speculated that Liverpool would challenge for the title. My logic was that Arsenal always finish fourth, Tottenham would be heartbroken at not taking Leicester to the wire last season — much as we were in 2014-2015 — and...
USUALLY in a two-sided scenario people have an opinion one way or the other. Often, someone is plain wrong, and someone completely right — such as when someone tells you that the earth is flat. Other situations aren’t so clear. Such as when people go to...
THERE was a time, a moment, when all that money Liverpool shipped off to Newcastle for Andy Carroll, suddenly made sense, writes GREG STANLEY. In the sheer euphoria that followed not just his thunderous long-range strike that almost took Joe Hart into the net with it,...
ROBERTO Firmino’s thunderous half-volley to secure all three points away at Stoke prompted wild celebrations from the Liverpool supporters, the players and the man himself — whipping his shirt off and launching it up in the air in front of a flare-lit away...
JUST pick your strongest team. That’s what they always say, isn’t it? Why aren’t you picking your strongest team? It’s the FA Cup / Stoke away / [insert the most recent game here]. If you don’t pick your strongest team you’re disrespecting the competition / don’t know...
