Liverpool’s ‘Luck’ With Injuries & Jürgen Klopp’s Careful Management
THERE is an old Japanese proverb about luck, along the lines of: “To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.” Be they little or big, moments of luck are all around. On the football pitch, it can range from a fortunate throw in, to having a ball ricochet off a...



Klopp’s Kids Show That ‘The Liverpool Way’ Is Alive And Kicking
THIS is a season that promises so much. A league title wrapped up in our red bows for the first time in 30 years. A tilt at defending the Champions League. Who knows, maybe even the traditional treble to put alongside the two cups already in the bag. There’s talk too...



Why Liverpool Supporters Have Every Right To Soak Up Their Success
THE arrival of the winter break in the calendar this year has coincided with my own getaway, and I’m remaining as true to it as Jürgen Klopp and his players. I’m currently in Costa Rica, staying with family in a lovely town called Atenas. We’re seven hours behind GMT...



The Reds’ Unthinkable Run & Talk Of A ‘Devalued’ League Title
YEARS ago, on the old Through the Wind & Rain forum - a collection of match-going Reds with a penchant towards grumpiness and cynicism - it was popular to have a weekly predictions thread about the upcoming game. Those things are largely ridiculous, so it wasn’t long...



Liverpool 1 Shrewsbury Town 0: The Match Review
THERE is a variant of this piece which is just 1,000 words on everything Pedro Chirivella did after the final whistle. A thousand words on his every move, his every word. Who he hugged, when, what he was thinking and feeling. I was in the Upper Kemlyn. The final...



Liverpool’s ‘Luck’ With Injuries & Jürgen Klopp’s Careful Management
THERE is an old Japanese proverb about luck, along the lines of: “To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.” Be they little or big, moments of luck are all around. On the football pitch, it can range from a fortunate throw in, to having a ball ricochet off a...



Klopp’s Kids Show That ‘The Liverpool Way’ Is Alive And Kicking
THIS is a season that promises so much. A league title wrapped up in our red bows for the first time in 30 years. A tilt at defending the Champions League. Who knows, maybe even the traditional treble to put alongside the two cups already in the bag. There’s talk too...



Why Liverpool Supporters Have Every Right To Soak Up Their Success
THE arrival of the winter break in the calendar this year has coincided with my own getaway, and I’m remaining as true to it as Jürgen Klopp and his players. I’m currently in Costa Rica, staying with family in a lovely town called Atenas. We’re seven hours behind GMT...



The Reds’ Unthinkable Run & Talk Of A ‘Devalued’ League Title
YEARS ago, on the old Through the Wind & Rain forum - a collection of match-going Reds with a penchant towards grumpiness and cynicism - it was popular to have a weekly predictions thread about the upcoming game. Those things are largely ridiculous, so it wasn’t long...



Liverpool 1 Shrewsbury Town 0: The Match Review
THERE is a variant of this piece which is just 1,000 words on everything Pedro Chirivella did after the final whistle. A thousand words on his every move, his every word. Who he hugged, when, what he was thinking and feeling. I was in the Upper Kemlyn. The final...









