ON the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a 5-0 against Swansea. At half time it felt like yet another one of those when The Reds would inevitably pay for their profligacy, but quite the opposite. They ran out in the second half and proceeded to...
WHILE the scoreline might suggest a Boxing Day massacre, for the most part it was a performance that could be described as “professional” by Jürgen Klopp’s hot and cold Reds. It’s something that this side has been craving for far too long, the...
Narrative 1) Liverpool come back from 3-2 down to save a draw at the Emirates thanks to a Roberto Firmino goal. Narrative 2) Liverpool throw away another two goal lead thanks to more lazy defending and questionable goalkeeping. Which one will the lads go for? Have a...
OH fuck off, are you fucking messing, are you deliberately trying to ruin Christmas you soft cunt. “We’re defending really well at the moment, we’ve been solid.” Simon Mignolet has hailed Liverpool’s “solid” recent performances. The...
QUITE the achievement a 3-3 draw against top six rivals where both sides come away disappointed. But Liverpool and Arsenal are second to none in delivering disappointment to their supporters in new and innovative ways. Fair play to them. A Merry Christmas to them and...
Pre Match THE teams have just dropped there and the idea that Liverpool won’t win this game has grown wings and fucked off into the fog. That is a seriously good Liverpool team, up against a team whose Kryptonite seems to be other teams attacking them. Lets hope they...
WHAT makes a good defence? Is it clean sheets? Is it a high tackle percentage? Is it restricting your opponents to as few goalscoring chances as possible? Or is it just the way we feel about it? I spend a lot of time these days paying careful attention to the language...
IT’S the mid 1980s and Arsenal are playing Liverpool at home at Highbury. It’s a night game, midweek, and I think it’s finished as a draw. I think. We’ve been penned in at their Clock End. No cover from the rain. That ground adequately covered every stand except the...
“HE’S been the most professional person I’ve seen all season. “He’s been top quality from the start and every time he gets on the pitch he does his all for the club and that’s the most important thing right now. “It’s not fair to ask those kind of questions I don’t...
TWO weeks ago in this very column, I wrote about how Liverpool seemed to have mastered the art of beating the so-called “lesser” sides. Then they went and drew with Everton and West Brom. Last week in my match ratings for the Merseyside derby I spoke about...
