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 Adam Smith | Jan 19, 2017 | Footie
AS I write this it’s 9.30am on Wednesday. The Liverpool team and coaching staff will be on their way to Plymouth for tonight’s match, but I don’t care. I know loads of people do and that’s fine. I didn’t want us to actively lose, I just didn’t care one way or the...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
WHERE’S the balance for this? Where is the tone? Because it is the rhetoric which tends to let these affairs down. For all the talk of the magic of the cup, and while acknowledging that tonight was a significant game for Plymouth Argyle and for two or three...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 18, 2017 | LFC News
STEVEN Gerrard believes Daniel Sturridge still has a huge part to play in what could be a special season for Liverpool. The striker endured another forgetful performance in The Reds’ 1-0 FA Cup third round win away to Plymouth Argyle, and his reaction to being subbed...
by Andy Heaton | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie
GOD, I don’t half feel sorry for Gibbons, although I’m sure he’s had a great time. Hard watching that. Anyway, the ratings… Loris Karius: 6 Good, strong hand on a long range effort in the first half that had ‘upset’ written all over...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie
PRETTY dull that, wasn’t it? Liverpool got their goal and then created little else. The senior players didn’t really lead the young lads, in fact Harry Wilson and Sheyi Ojo look the most likely once they came on. Not So Unlucky Lucas Lucas Leiva scored his...
by John Gibbons | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie
SATURDAY night I was DJing with Steve Graves for The Cheap Thrills EP Launch at The Shipping Forecast. It was a brilliant night, not least because of the wonderful DJs on show. It was rammed and boisterous and everyone wanted to celebrate after. I was encouraged by...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie
REPORTS today suggest that Xabi Alonso has told Bayern Munich he plans to retire at the end of the 2016-17 season. The Spaniard has been at the Allianz Arena since 2014, having previously been at Real Madrid and, of course, Liverpool. His stellar career has spanned...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie
AFTER being held to a draw at Anfield in the FA Cup third round, Liverpool have to travel to Home Park to face a Plymouth side fancying themselves to cause another upset. We spoke to Stan Beal from the Argyle Fans’ Trust, once again, to gauge the feeling in the...
by Phil Blundell | Jan 18, 2017 | Footie
I FAIL to see it as being up for debate in any way, shape, or form but the current Liverpool side is not performing at anywhere near the level of the Liverpool side of the Autumn. This Liverpool side hasn’t quite got its edge, it isn’t attacking with the same fluency,...