// THE TUESDAY COLUMN
Harriet Prior’s take on a topical issue in the world of Liverpool Football Club…

Adrian, Expectation And The Problem With Backup Keepers
THERE is an old cliché that goalkeepers are like drummers. They sit at the back, keep everything in check and go largely underappreciated by fans. They’re also usually a bit weird. I mean, you’d have to be. Trying to find weird people isn’t usually a problem, not for...



Why Are We Seeing So Many Defensive Deficiencies This Season?
IT is not particularly original to say that 2020 has been a strange year. However, it’s no wonder that football in particular has been told that it needs to go home because it’s drunk, as seemingly after every new bizarre score, the next game requests that you hold...



Sadio’s Setting The Standard As Liverpool Attack The League Title
I FELT tremendously guilty yesterday. There was a wasp in my kitchen. I opened the windows in the hope he’d fly out, but despite about 20 per cent of the room being open windows, he managed to miss every time and an hour later, was still there. As he sat on the...



Thiago’s Instant Impact Is A Lift To All At Liverpool
BEFORE the win over Chelsea on Sunday, Jürgen Klopp was asked if new signing Thiago Alcantara would be starting. The German dismissed the idea as laughable. The player had only just arrived from Bayern Munich, who play a completely different system, and he had barely...



Are The Record-Breaking Reds Getting The Respect They Deserve?
"PREDICTION is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." This quote from Danish physicist Niels Bohr feels particularly pertinent at this time of year (I know that’s a bit highbrow but don’t worry, there’ll be a smutty joke along in a minute). Despite...
// THE TUESDAY COLUMN
Harriet Prior’s take on a topical issue in the world of Liverpool Football Club…



Adrian, Expectation And The Problem With Backup Keepers
THERE is an old cliché that goalkeepers are like drummers. They sit at the back, keep everything in check and go largely underappreciated by fans. They’re also usually a bit weird. I mean, you’d have to be. Trying to find weird people isn’t usually a problem, not for...



Why Are We Seeing So Many Defensive Deficiencies This Season?
IT is not particularly original to say that 2020 has been a strange year. However, it’s no wonder that football in particular has been told that it needs to go home because it’s drunk, as seemingly after every new bizarre score, the next game requests that you hold...



Sadio’s Setting The Standard As Liverpool Attack The League Title
I FELT tremendously guilty yesterday. There was a wasp in my kitchen. I opened the windows in the hope he’d fly out, but despite about 20 per cent of the room being open windows, he managed to miss every time and an hour later, was still there. As he sat on the...



Thiago’s Instant Impact Is A Lift To All At Liverpool
BEFORE the win over Chelsea on Sunday, Jürgen Klopp was asked if new signing Thiago Alcantara would be starting. The German dismissed the idea as laughable. The player had only just arrived from Bayern Munich, who play a completely different system, and he had barely...



Are The Record-Breaking Reds Getting The Respect They Deserve?
"PREDICTION is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." This quote from Danish physicist Niels Bohr feels particularly pertinent at this time of year (I know that’s a bit highbrow but don’t worry, there’ll be a smutty joke along in a minute). Despite...