Aston Villa v Liverpool: The Big Match Preview
IT shouldn’t matter but it does. It shouldn’t hurt but it does. Liverpool lost their first football match of the season on Thursday night, and it didn’t feel good. First the mitigations: it was ‘only’ the League Cup. The team was full of kids and reserves. It was...



Could Brewster And Shaqiri Set Off A Series Of Goodbyes?
THE leaving of Liverpool, then? There was always going to be an exodus, a balancing of books of some kind. In truth, both Xherdan Shaqiri and Rhian Brewster’s inevitable departures may just be the starting pistol of a weekend of goodbyes. Jürgen Klopp doesn’t like big...



Liverpool 0 Arsenal 0 (4-5 Pens): The Match Review
DOING the HotMic with John Gibbons and post match I say that the next round isn't until December 22. "What? When? Fuck that." I paraphrase but barely. No match is one you want to lose but some are better to lose than others. Liverpool have now failed to win against...



Liverpool 0 Arsenal 0 (4-5 Pens): The Match Ratings
SEE Arsenal brought back that weird Doom Metal font? I’m not saying that Arteta and his big lego head read my match ratings on Monday but someone’s tipped him off. Fucking snide that. I might have to start putting these behind a paywall. Or stop talking about fonts...



Pep Lijnders: The Embodiment Of Liverpool’s New Identity
BEHIND Jürgen Klopp, lies a trusted inner circle. It is best represented by the combination of the manager and his right-hand man, an almost telepathic relationship that lends itself to success. Liverpool’s journey over the past five years has been a collective...



Aston Villa v Liverpool: The Big Match Preview
IT shouldn’t matter but it does. It shouldn’t hurt but it does. Liverpool lost their first football match of the season on Thursday night, and it didn’t feel good. First the mitigations: it was ‘only’ the League Cup. The team was full of kids and reserves. It was...



Could Brewster And Shaqiri Set Off A Series Of Goodbyes?
THE leaving of Liverpool, then? There was always going to be an exodus, a balancing of books of some kind. In truth, both Xherdan Shaqiri and Rhian Brewster’s inevitable departures may just be the starting pistol of a weekend of goodbyes. Jürgen Klopp doesn’t like big...



Liverpool 0 Arsenal 0 (4-5 Pens): The Match Review
DOING the HotMic with John Gibbons and post match I say that the next round isn't until December 22. "What? When? Fuck that." I paraphrase but barely. No match is one you want to lose but some are better to lose than others. Liverpool have now failed to win against...



Liverpool 0 Arsenal 0 (4-5 Pens): The Match Ratings
SEE Arsenal brought back that weird Doom Metal font? I’m not saying that Arteta and his big lego head read my match ratings on Monday but someone’s tipped him off. Fucking snide that. I might have to start putting these behind a paywall. Or stop talking about fonts...



Pep Lijnders: The Embodiment Of Liverpool’s New Identity
BEHIND Jürgen Klopp, lies a trusted inner circle. It is best represented by the combination of the manager and his right-hand man, an almost telepathic relationship that lends itself to success. Liverpool’s journey over the past five years has been a collective...









