Klopp’s Wounded Warriors Can Show They’re Mentality Monsters Again
FEW would dispute the importance of psychology and mentality within football, but it is one of the hardest to analyse. It is complicated by the fact there is no quantifiable output, no list of characteristics or designated number that distinguishes between good...



Project Big Picture Rejected – But What Was The Problem?
I’VE just finished reading George Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Set in the 1930s, it concerns a poet called Gordon Comstock who declares war on the ‘money god’ which dominates the world. He refuses a well-paid job writing ludicrous advertising copy and instead...



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...



Liverpool Women Firing On All Cylinders Thanks To Rachel Furness
IF there was any solace to take from Liverpool Women’s relegation from the Women’s Super League, it was the opportunity it offered to regroup, restart and regalvanise the entire atmosphere around the club. Everyone associated with the club has rallied. The recruitment...



Villa Should Hurt The Players – Now They Need To Show It
HOW’S your therapy going? It’s Monday night as I write this so you’re ahead of me. I’m still somewhere between fury, nonchalant acceptance and utter confusion. My state changes every couple of minutes. That might be reflected here. 7-2 though. 7-2! And not to a fully...



Klopp’s Wounded Warriors Can Show They’re Mentality Monsters Again
FEW would dispute the importance of psychology and mentality within football, but it is one of the hardest to analyse. It is complicated by the fact there is no quantifiable output, no list of characteristics or designated number that distinguishes between good...



Project Big Picture Rejected – But What Was The Problem?
I’VE just finished reading George Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Set in the 1930s, it concerns a poet called Gordon Comstock who declares war on the ‘money god’ which dominates the world. He refuses a well-paid job writing ludicrous advertising copy and instead...



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...



Liverpool Women Firing On All Cylinders Thanks To Rachel Furness
IF there was any solace to take from Liverpool Women’s relegation from the Women’s Super League, it was the opportunity it offered to regroup, restart and regalvanise the entire atmosphere around the club. Everyone associated with the club has rallied. The recruitment...



Villa Should Hurt The Players – Now They Need To Show It
HOW’S your therapy going? It’s Monday night as I write this so you’re ahead of me. I’m still somewhere between fury, nonchalant acceptance and utter confusion. My state changes every couple of minutes. That might be reflected here. 7-2 though. 7-2! And not to a fully...









