MONDAY COLUMN: DRESSING ROOM ROWS – SO WHAT?

MONDAY COLUMN: DRESSING ROOM ROWS – SO WHAT?

ACCORDING to the back page of The Mirror today, there has been a falling out. Grown men have disagreed about how and why the wheels fell off in the last couple of games involving Liverpool, it is alleged. The newspaper describes the apparent incident as “a major...

PODCAST: GUTLESS

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Gareth Roberts, Mike Girling and James Sutton in the aftermath of an embarrassing 4-1 defeat to Arsenal at The Emirates which all but ended The Reds’ hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. Direct Link: PODCAST...
ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL: *DO* LOOK BACK WITH ANGER

ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL: *DO* LOOK BACK WITH ANGER

IT seems like something’s been triggered by yesterday’s game. Buckets of pent-up frustration, simmering nicely since August, have been kicked over and the consequences are thrashing around like fish dumped on the pavement. It feels like a tipping point. I’m in...
LIVERPOOL: PRESSURE? RODGERS SHOULD RELISH IT

LIVERPOOL: PRESSURE? RODGERS SHOULD RELISH IT

I DID one of those personality tests at work once. You know, where you answer loads of innocuous questions on what seem like loads of innocuous topics and, at the end of it, someone tells you EXACTLY what you’re like. So what am I like? Well it turns out I like...
LIVERPOOL NEED TO FIND BIG GAME BOTTLE

LIVERPOOL NEED TO FIND BIG GAME BOTTLE

THEY look like they’d given up. Heads had gone. Fate was accepted. The tactics, the choices, the set up and the changes — all that will be assessed here, there and elsewhere in the hours and days to come. The manager, the owner and the transfer policy; you can...
THE PINK – POST MATCH ARSENAL

THE PINK – POST MATCH ARSENAL

Neil Atkinson is joined by Ian Salmon, Chris Maguire and, latterly, Mike Nevin, to discuss Liverpool’s 4-1 defeat to Arsenal. Expect a very frank exchange of views. Very frank. Listen, if Liverpool want to do it this way then we have to do it this way.’ Direct...
MATCH REVIEW: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL

MATCH REVIEW: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL

THERE are times when I strongly hate the way I write about football. People think you are messing round rather than committing to the subject matter. All season, the essence of why I discuss goals has been ignored because of the *way* I discuss goals. Here’s...