“WE’RE building something here, detective. We’re building it from scratch. All the pieces matter.” A line from the nonpareil Clarke Peters character Lester Freamon in The Wire, talking about his investigation into a spiralling drug conspiracy case in West Baltimore at...
AS I write this it’s 9.30am on Wednesday. The Liverpool team and coaching staff will be on their way to Plymouth for tonight’s match, but I don’t care. I know loads of people do and that’s fine. I didn’t want us to actively lose, I just didn’t care one way or the...
SATURDAY night I was DJing with Steve Graves for The Cheap Thrills EP Launch at The Shipping Forecast. It was a brilliant night, not least because of the wonderful DJs on show. It was rammed and boisterous and everyone wanted to celebrate after. I was encouraged by...
I FAIL to see it as being up for debate in any way, shape, or form but the current Liverpool side is not performing at anywhere near the level of the Liverpool side of the Autumn. This Liverpool side hasn’t quite got its edge, it isn’t attacking with the same fluency,...
I STARTED writing this when I got back from the pub on Sunday night. I was drunk. I greeted my wife and went straight in with an “I’m bevvied” admission. It’s a tactic I’ll often use in those situations, when I’ve arrived home...
AT what point will I calm down? It is 9pm as I write this, the game finished over three hours ago and I still feel like I want to walk to Manchester with a ‘The Stone Roses are shit’ banner in one hand and a taser in the other. That might be a bit of an exaggeration...
CAN I tell your congregation how a resurrection almost feels? There was something about that little cup run combined with Sunderland combined with everyone else winning football matches for what felt like forever which hurt. Which dented. Which made you wake nights...
THE match ratings from Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford. Simon Mignolet: 10 What a performance, three moments when you think ‘goal’ and he gets something in the way. The stop from Henrikh Mkhitaryan was especially good....
AT Old Trafford they’re talking about this being the day they re-join the title race. It’s a bigger game for them than it is for us. If we win in Manchester our chests are puffed, but the league will be far from won. A defeat would see heads go, but it is a far from...
AHEAD of Liverpool’s crucial clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford, we spoke to our mate Ste Armstrong from United We Stand to get an opposing view on the game. Firstly, what are your personal best and worst moments of Liverpool visiting Old Trafford? You’ve...
Getting stuck into the big talking points in football finance, this time looking at Gianni Infantino and his plans to sell off the beautiful game to the highest bidder.
John Gibbons hosts football business journalist Dave Powell.
