Ajax 5 Liverpool 1: Fifty Years On From Bill Shankly’s Lesson In Europe
ONE of the things about a birthday, a thing no-one really warns you about as you surf the waves of youth, is the feeling of existential dread it can trigger. The more birthdays you have, the greater the sense of impending doom. Mortality becomes a series of fading...
Liverpool: Academy Progress Provides Plenty Of Reasons To Be Cheerful
LOSSES bring out the worst in a fan base. All kinds of kneejerk reactions and apocalyptic predictions fill social media, writes STEPHEN MCGARTY. “It’s all over.” “We’ve been brought back down to earth.” The more sensible thinkers will, rightly, inform you that things...
Liverpool: How Likely Is A Repeat Of The Bournemouth Defeat?
PERCENTAGES. People don’t really think about what happens on a football pitch in terms of percentages, when the reality is that they’re in everything. With Liverpool 3-1 up and cruising on Sunday, Bournemouth were 500/1 to win the game of football which is roughly a...
Liverpool: What’s Jürgen Klopp’s Record Of Bouncebackability Like?
LIVERPOOL'S second-half collapse at Bournemouth brought out the doom-mongers in force but what the 4-3 sucker punch means to the Reds' season remains to be seen. Before the slump on the South Coast, Jürgen Klopp's side were unbeaten for 15 games. The German has been...
Liverpool: Bring Back Sakho? The Madness Of The Mamadou Shout
THE hours following a defeat are never pleasant, particularly after displays such as those final 15 minutes on Sunday. It’s a terrible thing to watch an inevitable act play out before your very eyes and, as Liverpool’s grip slipped from 2-3 to 3-3 to 4-3, there was an...
Ajax 5 Liverpool 1: Fifty Years On From Bill Shankly’s Lesson In Europe
ONE of the things about a birthday, a thing no-one really warns you about as you surf the waves of youth, is the feeling of existential dread it can trigger. The more birthdays you have, the greater the sense of impending doom. Mortality becomes a series of fading...
Liverpool: Academy Progress Provides Plenty Of Reasons To Be Cheerful
LOSSES bring out the worst in a fan base. All kinds of kneejerk reactions and apocalyptic predictions fill social media, writes STEPHEN MCGARTY. “It’s all over.” “We’ve been brought back down to earth.” The more sensible thinkers will, rightly, inform you that things...
Liverpool: How Likely Is A Repeat Of The Bournemouth Defeat?
PERCENTAGES. People don’t really think about what happens on a football pitch in terms of percentages, when the reality is that they’re in everything. With Liverpool 3-1 up and cruising on Sunday, Bournemouth were 500/1 to win the game of football which is roughly a...
Liverpool: What’s Jürgen Klopp’s Record Of Bouncebackability Like?
LIVERPOOL'S second-half collapse at Bournemouth brought out the doom-mongers in force but what the 4-3 sucker punch means to the Reds' season remains to be seen. Before the slump on the South Coast, Jürgen Klopp's side were unbeaten for 15 games. The German has been...
Liverpool: Bring Back Sakho? The Madness Of The Mamadou Shout
THE hours following a defeat are never pleasant, particularly after displays such as those final 15 minutes on Sunday. It’s a terrible thing to watch an inevitable act play out before your very eyes and, as Liverpool’s grip slipped from 2-3 to 3-3 to 4-3, there was an...









