THERE we go then on the Newstalk website. Philippe Coutinho. Too lightweight and like a schoolboy. It’s immediately tiring, but it does need to be said that the diminutive Brazilian isn’t above criticism and that he was both poor and a dope — a big,...
SOMETIMES you write because you think something and you want to put it over to other people. Sometimes you write because you are trying to work something out and you just don’t know. Below is most definitely the latter. It’s about transfers, net spend and...
AS the old cliché goes, home is where the heart is. And there’s nothing more heart-breaking than humiliation on your own doorstep. When Liverpool play at Anfield — our patch, our city, our ground — we expect to win the match. No matter who the...
FINAL whistle goes and I’m furious. Furious with Liverpool, furious with them for losing when there’s a big Saturday night planned, for placing that in jeopardy. I’m furious with them because Basement Jaxx are playing in Sefton Park and they...
WASN’T expecting that. Maybe a different approach was needed for a home game. Either way, it doesn’t help if you concede after a couple of minutes. Two weeks to have a think for Brendan. Need to figure out how we score goals. Simon Mignolet 6 Didn’t...
NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Mike Nevin and the Liverpool Echo’s Andy Kelly discuss Mario Balotelli, Lazar Markovic’s loan move to Fenerbahce and the Europa League draw before they are joined by West Ham fan Andy Middleton to discuss the visit of Slaven...
“HE must be a f***ing winner. We expect those qualities in a player but he must be a winner.” I was told years ago that the above was a response from Joe Fagan to a young scout when he asked what Liverpool looked for in a player. Fagan responded saying,...
BLUENOSE Bilic rocks up at our manor. Gives it the bollocks about wanting to smash our heads in. We’re having none. The Reds kick his happy Hammers until their claret turns blue and send them yelping like piggies back to whence they came. Winston. Brand. Alf Garnett....
MONDAY night football — the scourge of the away supporter. Not for me this week though as Liverpool took on Arsenal. One perk of my current day job is that I get a chunk of summer time off. An inflexible arrangement at best for football throughout the season, my...
“I put big demands on players and sometimes that takes a bit of time to get used to.” – Brendan Rodgers, April 2013 _____ ON Wednesday night, I was on a flight from Frankfurt to Johannesburg. Translation: Just over 10 hours of manoeuvring your body to locate maximum...
