JÜRGEN Klopp’s post-Newcastle debacle press conference made for an interesting watch for a number of reasons. First, it was clear he was absolutely fuming and in no mood for bullshit after Liverpool undid much of their recent good work in front of the watching...
BACK down to earth with an almighty bump. It’s rather worrying that we didn’t seem to have any answers to a team working quite hard. Concerning that the only shot on target was a limp Dejan Lovren header (Albie’s offside-not-offside worldie aside)....
LIVERPOOL were not at the races. Liverpool looked at times like they had forgotten about the races. They weren’t complacent. They were off the pace all over the pitch. There are very few whose mind and body were what they needed to be. Joe Allen, perhaps, was...
NEWCASTLE. Like a bizarro world Liverpool. Geordies. Like Scousers, and yet totally different. They’re a lot nearer Scotland for a start. That changes things. An old mate, a Merseysider born and bred, once worked among the North Easterners (actually he was in the jug...
IN writing about Swansea City you are also writing about Bordeaux. Which is hugely convenient as there wasn’t a review of Bordeaux. There wasn’t a review of Bordeaux because pretty suddenly I wasn’t at all well. Aching joints, sweating profusely,...
ON a blustery day that was tough to watch football in, never mind play in, Liverpool had just enough to get past a disappointingly spirited Swansea side. The Reds started well, but found it harder to create chances as it went on and Swansea bedded in. The goal came at...
A FEW years ago I went to see a shrink about my fear of flying. It was becoming too big of a problem for me. I wanted to take my wife to New York for a big anniversary, but the prospect of long-haul flights was keeping me reticent. I didn’t like myself for feeling...
WHAT a day. What a glorious day. A day that’s left husks of Liverpool fans wearily smiling in work today after celebrating the unlikely to the max ever since. Well that’s the scene in our office anyway. As anyone who listened to Friday’s show on CityTalk can attest, I...
THE best nights are the unexpected ones. This is what you are in it for. Turn up at the best team in the country after getting beat at home last time out, and absolutely whallop them. Joe Hart their best player and we still score four. Show them the way to go home....
“SHOW them the way to go home. They’re tired and they want to go to bed. They’re only half a football team, Compared to the boys in Red.” Few stanzas as beautiful as that. Before a ball was kicked there was talk of City’s strength. On our...
