THE cost of Football is becoming outrageous, writes PHIL BLUNDELL. I say ‘becoming’ but — if we’re being honest — we’re already past that point. I remember us refusing to take the full allocation at Chelsea in 2004 when it was announced they...
JORDAN HENDERSON is expected to officially sign a £100,000-a-week five-year-deal with Liverpool on Thursday, according to The Independent. And the newspaper says Jordon Ibe and Martin Skrtel are also expected to sign new contracts soon. The Liverpool Echo reported...
YOU might think this is knee jerk, an overreaction in the wake of a disappointing FA Cup semi-final defeat. All I can do is assure you that I’d planned to write the exact same thing if Liverpool hadn’t stunk out Wembley against Aston Villa on Sunday. So here...
EIGHTEEN months ago, I wrote a piece titled the The Elephant in Midfield, focussing on Steven Gerrard’s lack of suitability to play a defensive midfield role, writes HAL COHEN. His performances in a deep role, defensively at least, were largely covered up by...
NEIL ATKINSON is joined by Sean Rogers and Ian Salmon to analyse what Liverpool got wrong against Aston Villa and how Tim Sherwood’s men managed to exploit Liverpool’s weaknesses all over the pitch on this week’s ‘Tuesday Review’. DIRECT...
LIVERPOOL’S shambolic sacrifice of a silverware opportunity to a side still threatened by relegation was always going to spark a fresh debate about the future of Brendan Rodgers as manager, particularly with a potential top-class replacement in the shape of Jurgen...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by John Gibbons, Melissa Reddy and Gareth Roberts after Liverpool’s FA Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of Aston Villa. They discuss what went wrong, the problems on and off the pitch that the Reds failed to address and how Brendan Rodgers...
FIRST, a little history lesson, writes REY MASHAYEKHI. Yankee Stadium, October 2003. The Boston Red Sox are playing their hated rivals, the New York Yankees, in the semi-finals of the Major League Baseball playoffs. It’s game seven of a seven-game series to determine...
WE lost didn’t we. I’m not sure how else to start but that. Sean Rogers spoke very eloquently in the week about getting buy in from players. About having a plan they could all believe in. He said a manager risks putting it all on his own head if you change...
RIGHT. Dreadful collectively. A reminder that this is: a) Subjective. And 5 is alright. b) Done in the immediate aftermath of the game and all I’ve seen is in the ground. c) Not a discussion of formation(s) or set up but just the 12 lads who played more than...
