MATCH REVIEW: LIVERPOOL 1 BESIKTAS 0

MATCH REVIEW: LIVERPOOL 1 BESIKTAS 0

BEFORE the game Besiktas fans tried to set North John Street on fire. Perhaps an early sign that if Liverpool thought they were going to have everything their own way they should think again.  Once the game had settled, it was clear the opposition were well drilled...
MARIO BALOTELLI: I AM THE RESURRECTION

MARIO BALOTELLI: I AM THE RESURRECTION

IT’S been an odd sort of season. With over £100million of new players, a team coming off a genuine title challenge and the return of Champions League football, there was a decent amount of optimism about the place, even sans Suarez. However, we were all soon...
PODCAST: ALL PARD OF THE DANCE

PODCAST: ALL PARD OF THE DANCE

NEIL ATKINSON, Gareth Roberts, Paul Cope and Steve Graves are in for this week’s podcast, reflecting on an encouraging victory over Crystal Palace as the Reds march on in the FA Cup. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – All Pard Of the Dance...
WHY ALWAYS ME? ASK YOURSELF, MARIO

WHY ALWAYS ME? ASK YOURSELF, MARIO

HE’S not so much the story that keeps on giving, as the story that insists it keeps on giving, writes LIAM BLAKE. We reached a point not long ago when the weight of comment — much of it vapid — generated by Mario Balotelli’s arrival or...
LIVERPOOL: WHO ARE YOU? I REALLY WANNA KNOW

LIVERPOOL: WHO ARE YOU? I REALLY WANNA KNOW

CONFUSION rules my mind when I think of my football team these days. This Liverpool team confuses me. Brendan Rodgers confuses me. Question marks are everywhere and never more so than now in the aftermath of defeat to Real Madrid and prior to the impending visit of...
MARIO BALOTELLI: THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT

MARIO BALOTELLI: THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT

EARLIER in the week, Brendan Rodgers described how Mario Balotelli had worked ‘like a lion’ in training during the international break, writes KAMURAN KULAVUZ. I’ve looked into some of the traits associated with the lion and have picked out several holes in the...
BALOTELLI: SUPER MARIO BLAND?

BALOTELLI: SUPER MARIO BLAND?

IT’S not the Mario Show we were promised before the sadly still unique demolition of Spurs, memories of which are quickly becoming as distant as the summer weather the match was played in, writes LIAM BLAKE. But for as long as he remains unfathomable the show goes on,...
LIVERPOOL: MOJO RISING?

LIVERPOOL: MOJO RISING?

TWO thoughts are spinning around my head about Liverpool’s slow start. One the more positive, the other my inbuilt negativity, born from years of watching Liverpool get so close, yet remain so far. The positive looks to last season. We didn’t start well....