by Rob Gutmann | Aug 11, 2017 | Footie
MAYBE it’s just me but last season doesn’t feel like it ever really finished. The event that’s about to technically herald the start of the 2017-18 season — Liverpool’s game at Watford on Saturday — feels like a part two for...
by Rob Gutmann | May 19, 2017 | Footie
THE last day of term, then. Always a strange feeling. The sense that something is ending, changing, and that life is going to be a bit different from here on in. I’ll locate the season tickets – cleverly hidden at the back of a drawer no burglar would ever think to...
by Rob Gutmann | May 12, 2017 | Footie
I’M really not enjoying this. It feels like a road much travelled and one that tends not to lead to the happy place. Flashbacks coming at me. Bradford in 2000. A win and we were in the Champions League. We lost and we were not. Stamford Bridge in 2003. Victory...
by Rob Gutmann | May 5, 2017 | Footie
AND we’re back. I’m back. Liverpool are back. This is a status that needs constant updating. From the low of losing grumpily at home to Crystal Palace to the unbridled ecstasy of our thrill ride of a victory over Watford. What a roller coaster ride the...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 30, 2017 | Footie
I HAD the falling dream again last night. The one where I’m grabbing at thin air as I hurtle towards the ground and certain death. It seems to take a surprisingly long time, broken only by vain attempts to break the plummet. I always wake up before I hit the...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 14, 2017 | Footie
A SUNNY Stoke Saturday. An edgy, narrow victory. A league position unaltered by the gaining of the points on offer. The occasion shouldn’t register on any scale in Liverpool FC history. Yet, the final whistle heralded a cue for wild celebration. The clenched...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 7, 2017 | Footie
THIS is going to be a slog. I can’t quite remember when we last had to dog a season out quite like this. There’s lots to play for but the gods are moving against us. It’s tempting to pre-mitigate failure by noting that we’re having to stumble...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 4, 2017 | Footie
THE Reds are teasing us now. They’ve been toying with us all season, truth be told. First day of this campaign — the Emirates stadium. Oh look, there are Jürgen Klopp’s all new Redmen smashing title hopefuls Arsenal in the face in their own back...
by Rob Gutmann | Mar 31, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL FC great Alan Hansen once said that he hated the derby. I hate the derby. We should hang out more, Alan. I can tell you why I hate the prospect of the game itself — the ratcheting up of tension, the strain of watching a match in which you fear the...
by Rob Gutmann | Mar 18, 2017 | Footie
THE notion of loyalty gets a lot of airtime in football. Loyal fans. The loyal servant. The disloyal want-away. The loyalty of the board. The lack of loyalty towards a manager. We’ll support you evermore. You’ll never walk alone. You’re one of our...
