IT’S gonna be a bit all “after the Lord Mayor’s show”, isn’t it? Whatever that actually means. It must have been some spectacle — that show — to induce the comedown it’s credited with. As an expression, it obviously harks back to simpler times. These are...
WHISPER it quietly, but there are shades of 2005 throughout all of this, writes TOM VERGHESE. Remember 2005? Remember that palpable tension? Seeing out a 0-0 against Juventus at their place having gone in 2-1 from the home leg, playing without Xabi Alonso. Remember...
A FEW years ago a few newly promoted clubs adopted the song “we’re not really here” to the tune of Knees Up Mother Brown. This was also the case with a side who found themselves at the top of the league but knew it couldn’t last. The significance was that they...
THERE are so many ways I could have started this, Reds. In my dream world, it’s just a load of swearing and all the mad emojis that you never get to use. That’s what I’m doing in all my WhatsApp groups. All of those ridiculous images that someone somewhere designed...
WHAT the fuck do you write about this game? The manager at the end? My god. My lord. My word. Allez. Class act here — what a 35 they had. What a set of footballers and team. What a force. What a smother, what a plan, what an angle. Everywhere was sky blue on...
“IT ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” Yeah, I know he’s a Blueshite, but your man Sylvester Stallone had a point. For...
A LOT has been said after the game last week about the Manchester City bus. Oh god, the poor bus, like the fucking thing had feelings, like Pinocchio or some shit. Papa, I’m a real bus. No your not lad, you are made of wood, you bellend. Pep Guardiola crying his way...
NINE years we’ve been waiting for this, writes JACK BOOTH. Nine years since Avram Grant’s Chelsea sent The Reds packing out of Europe’s premier competition. Nine years is how long the five times champions of Europe have had to wait for an opportunity to reach the semi...
THERE are games. There are big games. There are iconic games. On Tuesday, Liverpool Football Club takes part in its most iconic game in years. It wasn’t that long ago that people would talk about The Reds as a former force, as a team that was somewhere between the...
WE all offered silent prayers a week ago. Pleas to higher powers not to spoil this for us. We should trust more. I like to keep my expectations modest. A not very wise man once said to me “don’t cry before you’re hurt”. That can fuck right off. I like to...
