Crystal Palace v Liverpool: Going for goals
CRYSTAL Palace -- the team of the 80s. That become the media’s billing for Terry Venables' bright young Cockney things who went from promotion to the top flight to being considered the fresh new dynamic face of modern football in a short space of time, at the turn of...
Liverpool: Leaving Klopp to walk alone (again)
WEDNESDAY'S win over Manchester City was a tonic after the disappointment of Wembley, but as we left Anfield some long held concerns came to mind. A grinning Jürgen Klopp -- clearly buoyed by the best home performance of the season -- was on the pitch embracing his...
The return of Raheem Sterling: No more heroes any more?
I DON'T have heroes. I'm 52 -- I'm too old for heroes now. I can see the faults in most people -- that they're just people with the same faults as the rest of us and the same ability to be pretty decent or a bit of a knob depending on circumstances. They're as capable...
Boom! Angry Liverpool is the best Liverpool
"WE made it clear from the first second that it will be very difficult for City." Park the scoreline for a second. Wait a minute with the goals. Just hold off on the fact it could have been more. Breathe in the dominance. Stretch in the dominance. Shake in the...
Liverpool 3 Manchester City 0: Match review
YOU trudge out of Wembley. You have a face on. The face on. The face of yours that your loved ones know. It's the football. It was more than that though, you know. It was the feeling you were part of an eternally losing battle. Against the system. Against the...
Crystal Palace v Liverpool: Going for goals
CRYSTAL Palace -- the team of the 80s. That become the media’s billing for Terry Venables' bright young Cockney things who went from promotion to the top flight to being considered the fresh new dynamic face of modern football in a short space of time, at the turn of...
Liverpool: Leaving Klopp to walk alone (again)
WEDNESDAY'S win over Manchester City was a tonic after the disappointment of Wembley, but as we left Anfield some long held concerns came to mind. A grinning Jürgen Klopp -- clearly buoyed by the best home performance of the season -- was on the pitch embracing his...
The return of Raheem Sterling: No more heroes any more?
I DON'T have heroes. I'm 52 -- I'm too old for heroes now. I can see the faults in most people -- that they're just people with the same faults as the rest of us and the same ability to be pretty decent or a bit of a knob depending on circumstances. They're as capable...
Boom! Angry Liverpool is the best Liverpool
"WE made it clear from the first second that it will be very difficult for City." Park the scoreline for a second. Wait a minute with the goals. Just hold off on the fact it could have been more. Breathe in the dominance. Stretch in the dominance. Shake in the...
Liverpool 3 Manchester City 0: Match review
YOU trudge out of Wembley. You have a face on. The face on. The face of yours that your loved ones know. It's the football. It was more than that though, you know. It was the feeling you were part of an eternally losing battle. Against the system. Against the...









