THE MORNING AFTER. Insides blackened, sweat cascading, kidneys begging for relief. The morning after and the toll feels too great, the day felt too long. There is a burden. There is a cost. How many more of these have I got left in me? It’s only August the...
THE first game is all about winning. And we did. Winning. Keep winning. Win forever. When the Reds win…. Simon Mignolet 7 Clean sheet. More of them, mate. Not letting goals in is the mission statement. Could have released it quicker but hard to tell if it was...
AT 36 years old I have seen my fair share of Liverpool managers, says STUART WRIGHT: Dalglish in the mid 80’s was the first I was truly aware of and he didn’t really need much assessment. Some however have done, though I pride myself on being able to say that...
AND so to Stoke. To finish what they started. Bad days in football come in all shapes and sizes but proper spankings tend to take familiar forms. The day after you feel like you’re waking up in hospital following a trauma you can’t permit full recall on. What happened...
HERE we are again, says PAUL COPE. After the disastrous end to last season, the calls for the manager’s head, castigation of the players and downright fury at the owners and the behind the scenes management of the club, we’re back within days of another new season and...
IT’S three trophy-less years since Brendan Rodgers was confirmed as Liverpool manager, an appointment that prompted John W Henry – who remains principal owner of the club despite his current disinterest – to say at the time: “We do not expect miracles overnight nor...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Melissa Reddy, Mike Girling and John Gibbons for the last Monday podcast before the big kick off. DE DE DE DER DER DER Direct Link – PODCAST: 6 DAYS TO GO! Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW podcast on...
LUCKY packets. Remember them? Bags of sugary pleasure, pumped full of treats with the added attraction of a surprise. The mystery gift you got made them unmissable; the excitement of the unknown was addictive. As an inquisitive child, I’d tear through at least one a...
JUST four and a half short months ago I wrote a piece on here about the lovable little Spanish scamp who was taking up our left back slot. Albi Moreno was winning me over with his impish smile, his general enthusiasm and his Studge-bot dancing, but it seems that my...
IT IS DIFFICULT to pinpoint exactly when it started. PHILIP GREENE certainly cannot put his finger on it; the moment when the global transfer market shifted just enough towards the very richest clubs in the world that the rest (and unfortunately Liverpool are now part...
