Liverpool: Are Jürgen Klopp’s Side Deliberate Slow Starters?
45, 43, 13, 17, 17, 54, 20, 16, 27. ELEVEN games in, nine games in which Liverpool have scored, and eight times we have scored before half-time. Thirty goals at 2.72 per game, Jürgen Klopp’s Reds have been relentless and ruthless in their push to the summit of the...
Liverpool: Being Top Of The Premier League, International Breaks And Donald Trump
I WROTE a piece during the last international break saying I’d be excited if we were within six points of Manchester City. Well we can go back and read that and laugh at my pessimism, can’t we? What a shame that we’re a full seven points better off than I’d have been...
Liverpool: Assessing The Concept Of Luck And Randomness
LUCK and randomness. I’ve been thinking a lot about both lately. I used to be very much in the camp that followed the maxim “the harder you work, the luckier you get”. Life rewards those who work hard and those who keep going when others might have long since given...
Liverpool: How Making Anfield A Fortress Will Win Us The League
Philippa Smallwood I HAVE struggled with motivation. I have struggled with anxiety. I have struggled with nerves. I have struggled just to get in my car and drive to Anfield on a match day. It is fair to say that I probably fell out of love with the game for the best...
The Long Read: Everything Is Different, Nothing Has Changed
Before we start this, I’ll caveat with the following: I knew exactly where this piece was going; I’d been thinking about it for a while. But, then, as I was waiting for my brother after the sheer joy of Watford, the 2:15pm kick off meaning that we were meeting in...
Liverpool: Are Jürgen Klopp’s Side Deliberate Slow Starters?
45, 43, 13, 17, 17, 54, 20, 16, 27. ELEVEN games in, nine games in which Liverpool have scored, and eight times we have scored before half-time. Thirty goals at 2.72 per game, Jürgen Klopp’s Reds have been relentless and ruthless in their push to the summit of the...
Liverpool: Being Top Of The Premier League, International Breaks And Donald Trump
I WROTE a piece during the last international break saying I’d be excited if we were within six points of Manchester City. Well we can go back and read that and laugh at my pessimism, can’t we? What a shame that we’re a full seven points better off than I’d have been...
Liverpool: Assessing The Concept Of Luck And Randomness
LUCK and randomness. I’ve been thinking a lot about both lately. I used to be very much in the camp that followed the maxim “the harder you work, the luckier you get”. Life rewards those who work hard and those who keep going when others might have long since given...
Liverpool: How Making Anfield A Fortress Will Win Us The League
Philippa Smallwood I HAVE struggled with motivation. I have struggled with anxiety. I have struggled with nerves. I have struggled just to get in my car and drive to Anfield on a match day. It is fair to say that I probably fell out of love with the game for the best...
The Long Read: Everything Is Different, Nothing Has Changed
Before we start this, I’ll caveat with the following: I knew exactly where this piece was going; I’d been thinking about it for a while. But, then, as I was waiting for my brother after the sheer joy of Watford, the 2:15pm kick off meaning that we were meeting in...









