‘YESTERDAY I got so old I thought that I would die…’ (In Between Days – The Cure, 1985) There are abiding clichés in football about “regret”. Usually trotted about before cup finals by managers and pundits. There’s always talk of “leaving nothing in...
HOPE can do funny things to a football fan. You hope that you will go into every game asserting the superiority you have made yourself believe your side has, regardless of who they’re up against. You eternally hope that you will support by far the greatest team…...
IT’S the nightmare so many Reds have been whispering about. The idea that this Liverpool side – which has been showing for 12 months or more now that it can clock up consistent results and compete at the top of the Premier League – ends up with a record points total...
IT’S dead hard playing centre mid for Liverpool. Been saying it for a while and today that hopefully has been made crystal clear. I say “hopefully” because there have been people refusing to accept this for an astonishing length of time. I say...
Alisson: 7 The save in the first minute is really good, you know. Like, really good. Doesn’t do anything wrong for their goal. Trent: 5 Struggled like fuck. Touch was off, legs were off, head was off. Off. That said, their whole tactical plan first half was to get...
THEY say consistency breeds success. In a footballing sense, this is not always the case. To be consistently shit will result in a broad sense of negativity, and destroy every grain of hope and enjoyment that you aspire to achieve, from giving your time and energy to...
THERE are good times to play teams. When they’ve won 10 on the spin isn’t one of them. When they’ve ended that run, regardless of the manner in which it ground to halt, that is the sweet spot moment. Arsenal conceded late and drew at Crystal Palace last weekend. They...
MO SALAH scores. Gambles and scores. Cardiff City have thrown their bodies on the line, done everything they can to stop the goal and yet the ball is in the back of the net, Anfield is in raptures, Cardiff in shreds and there isn’t yet 10 minutes on the clock....
WASN’T the prettiest at times that, was it? Still, there was nothing better than sticking it to Cardiff’s weird support — completely obsessed with libraries, the employment rate in Liverpool and a Steven Gerrard mistake that cost Liverpool the...
“I COULD hear the distant drums, “The sounds of bugles were coming from afar, “Can you hear the drums, Fernando?” (Andersson, 1975) Mo Salah could hear them. Sadio Mane could hear them. Bobby Firmino too. Three hearts beating as one. Once...
