by Joel Rabinowitz | Jan 24, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S no getting away from it — this weekend was a horrible if you’re a Liverpool fan. Losing for the first time in over a year at Anfield against the side bottom of the table. Then to see Manchester United score a stoppage time equaliser at Stoke, Arsenal...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 23, 2017 | LFC News
Mane A Miss But Not An Excuse JÜRGEN Klopp was once again in front of the press at Melwood today to preview Liverpool’s League Cup semi-final clash with Southampton. Saturday’s defeat to Swansea City left the Reds with just one win so far in 2017, but the German...
by Gareth Roberts | Jan 22, 2017 | Footie
A SHITE weekend then, all told. The Reds doing what they did in a manner that seemed all so preventable. A must-win, had-to-win, surely-will-win…lost. A real sickener. A gut punch. A game lost twice. The pain has been predictably piled on today. Arsenal winning with a...
by Dan Morgan | Jan 19, 2017 | Footie
“WE’RE building something here, detective. We’re building it from scratch. All the pieces matter.” A line from the nonpareil Clarke Peters character Lester Freamon in The Wire, talking about his investigation into a spiralling drug conspiracy case in West Baltimore at...
by Gareth Roberts | Jan 17, 2017 | Footie
IT was one of those moments when a stadium falls silent and the action seems to unfold in front of your eyes in slow motion. An understrength Liverpool side had battled and fought in a game that always demands those qualities by the bucketload. Manchester United v...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 17, 2017 | LFC News
FREE signings can really go one way or the other, as with any signing in this day and age. For the most part, they are non-descript. A player past the peak of his powers, looking for a new direction or the chance to prove he still has it at a new club. Rarely do they...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 16, 2017 | LFC News
IT’S the day after Liverpool drew 1-1 with Manchester United and the fallout continues — particularly where referees and Joel Matip are concerned, but more on that later… The Matip Saga Rumbles On FAST becoming a shambles this. As you’ll...
by Adam Smith | Jan 12, 2017 | Footie
‘LIVERPOOL Football Club exists to win trophies’. That’s the old adage, first espoused by Bill Shankly back in the 1960s. I completely agree. I also agree with a lot of what Phil Blundell wrote in his piece yesterday. Jürgen Klopp was right to go with a strong line-up...
by Ian Salmon | Jan 9, 2017 | Footie
SHALL I tell you how I’ve spent the last half-hour? Searching for the true, accurate origin of a quote; I need this detail as I want to start this with the very highest standards. I want literature, I want specifics, I want relevance. I had what I thought was a...
by Adam Smith | Jan 5, 2017 | Footie
THESE days, there seems to be a common tendency to want something to go a certain way just so people can say they were right, even if it has a negative impact elsewhere. Anybody waiting to be proven right ‘when’ Liverpool ‘inevitably’ miss out on the league title, for...