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EVERTON, CLIVE THOMAS AND THE 35 YEAR ITCH

By Neil Scott  SERIOUSLY, thirty five years is a long time to hold a grudge. It’s longer than it takes to resolve most wars, to overthrow most corrupt political systems and to win a quintet of shiny European Cups.  Clearly, we’re not just talking about some minor...

ANDY CARROLL – COMOLLI’S BIGGEST TEST?

Most Liverpool fans agree the coming summer will be our most important since, well, the last one. The break between seasons will be a test of many things and many people at the club, from owners to management to playing staff. It’s inconceivable that there will not be...

THE LFC LOVES THAT DARE NOT SPEAK THEIR NAME

An affection for a rival club's player can be a worrying, unsettling feeling. We're not talking about a dalliance with a lower-league cult hero or an obsession with Napoli's latest languid heartthrob here. This is riskier - a penchant for a direct rival, a player who...

The Only True Moneyball Strategy Available

THIS was written in 2010, not long after FSG's takeover of Liverpool Football Club, but having started writing something new along similar lines, I realised - there's no point. The point I'm making hasn't changed one bit. All that's maybe changed is the focus needed...

STICK OR TWIST? A LESSON FROM HISTORY

THERE's a lot of gleeful handrubbing and told-you-sos flying around at the moment. Journalists that said Kenny Dalglish should never have been given a second chance are nodding sagely and grinning with delight...even the one who wanted Jamie Carragher to get the job....

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EVERTON, CLIVE THOMAS AND THE 35 YEAR ITCH

By Neil Scott  SERIOUSLY, thirty five years is a long time to hold a grudge. It’s longer than it takes to resolve most wars, to overthrow most corrupt political systems and to win a quintet of shiny European Cups.  Clearly, we’re not just talking about some minor...

ANDY CARROLL – COMOLLI’S BIGGEST TEST?

Most Liverpool fans agree the coming summer will be our most important since, well, the last one. The break between seasons will be a test of many things and many people at the club, from owners to management to playing staff. It’s inconceivable that there will not be...

THE LFC LOVES THAT DARE NOT SPEAK THEIR NAME

An affection for a rival club's player can be a worrying, unsettling feeling. We're not talking about a dalliance with a lower-league cult hero or an obsession with Napoli's latest languid heartthrob here. This is riskier - a penchant for a direct rival, a player who...

The Only True Moneyball Strategy Available

THIS was written in 2010, not long after FSG's takeover of Liverpool Football Club, but having started writing something new along similar lines, I realised - there's no point. The point I'm making hasn't changed one bit. All that's maybe changed is the focus needed...

STICK OR TWIST? A LESSON FROM HISTORY

THERE's a lot of gleeful handrubbing and told-you-sos flying around at the moment. Journalists that said Kenny Dalglish should never have been given a second chance are nodding sagely and grinning with delight...even the one who wanted Jamie Carragher to get the job....