REMEMBER the Burnley game on Boxing Day? Remember when Simon Mignolet played chicken with a backpass heading out for a corner and lost? Remember how everyone’s head exploded because the only other credible alternative for the position of Liverpool goalkeeper was a man...
IN the summer of 2012 Jordan Henderson was at the Liverpool exit door after a difficult first season under Kenny Dalglish following a move from Sunderland reported to be worth £20million. That Brendan Rodgers was prepared to offload the then 22-year-old midfielder...
YAYA Toure. It’s funny how the brain works sometimes, writes PAUL COPE. The TAW lads asked me to do a piece on James Milner for the new season, and the first thing that popped into my head was Yaya Toure. I’ve probably already lost some of you with that,...
IT’S hard not to feel paternal towards ‘our Divock’. Hard not to worry about a big year ahead for a big kid in a big city. The city has consumed lesser men. Tested the best. Swallowed the rest. For starters, can he survive the local fetish for name...
SINCE the dark stormy days of May — and in particular May 24th and the 6-1 reverse to Stoke — the tone of debate on Liverpool’s fortunes for the coming season has gradually grown brighter. Many will now happily tell you the winds have changed, and...
FOOTBALL dredges up extreme views from some fans, and Liverpool supporters are no exception, writes PAUL McCABE. We are guilty of overreacting to events, underestimating the abilities of some talents at the club and generally being irrational. Maybe it is the age of...
IF I was to attempt to describe Jose Enrique’s influence over the last couple of seasons in one word, it would be ‘peripheral’, writes ANNA WALSH. I feel like I’ve seen him more in pictures on Instagram and Twitter in recent years than I have on the pitch,...
THIS is how it works then. Or, at least, how it worked in this case. Don’t think I’m giving away any great secrets here, not exactly ‘pulling back the curtains on the Great and Mighty Oz’. There was a list. A ‘could you write about this...
“COUTINHO is the future of Inter.” Massimo Moratti said that. That’s dangerous, isn’t it? The unnecessary risk of the bold statement that can be used out of context to embarrass later. Very dangerous indeed. Philippe Coutinho is the future of Inter. He...
LET’S start with the things Adam Lallana can’t do. I’m happy to mention those things. Adam Lallana can’t run really fast. Adam Lallana can’t win endless physical battles with giant centre-backs. Adam Lallana can’t… no,...
