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FRIDAY COLUMN: LIVERPOOL – BACK IN THE OLD ROUTINE?

I'M never quite ready for the start of a new season. This year especially so, with August barely a week old before the first shots were fired. Something to do with The Euros, I believe, which irks all the more given that Hodgey’s Lions are responsible for getting me...

LUCAS LEIVA: SHOULD HE STAY OR SHOULD HE GO NOW?

LUCAS  has been a Liverpool player who has always had more meaning attached to him than many that he has shared the pitch with. He's a footballer with signifiers. You can probably tell the story of this football club through him over the last 10 years far better than...

LIVERPOOL: THE OPENING OF A NEW CHAPTER?

OPENING day is the best. Anything could happen from here. I always get ridiculously optimistic, but why not? In theory every team has an equal chance before a ball is kicked, no one has lost yet, everyone has the same points. Of course, in practice, some are more...

THURSDAY COLUMN: LIVERPOOL – THE WORK SHY AND THE EXCELLENT

A DUTCH legend once told me that a talented player devoid of discipline is as useful as a phone without a charger. Ability alone would never see you touch greatness, he preached -- pointing to diligence as the power source to succeed. He would look at his squad and...

LIVERPOOL: MILNER’S METTLE MAKES A MIDDLE NOT TO MESS WITH

Of all the indignities suffered by Liverpool fans during the 6-1 defeat at the Britannia Stadium in May, perhaps the most galling was the sight of Charlie Adam swanning around spraying passes at ease, writes NEIL DOCKING. Everything about a gutless surrender of that...

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FRIDAY COLUMN: LIVERPOOL – BACK IN THE OLD ROUTINE?

I'M never quite ready for the start of a new season. This year especially so, with August barely a week old before the first shots were fired. Something to do with The Euros, I believe, which irks all the more given that Hodgey’s Lions are responsible for getting me...

LUCAS LEIVA: SHOULD HE STAY OR SHOULD HE GO NOW?

LUCAS  has been a Liverpool player who has always had more meaning attached to him than many that he has shared the pitch with. He's a footballer with signifiers. You can probably tell the story of this football club through him over the last 10 years far better than...

LIVERPOOL: THE OPENING OF A NEW CHAPTER?

OPENING day is the best. Anything could happen from here. I always get ridiculously optimistic, but why not? In theory every team has an equal chance before a ball is kicked, no one has lost yet, everyone has the same points. Of course, in practice, some are more...

THURSDAY COLUMN: LIVERPOOL – THE WORK SHY AND THE EXCELLENT

A DUTCH legend once told me that a talented player devoid of discipline is as useful as a phone without a charger. Ability alone would never see you touch greatness, he preached -- pointing to diligence as the power source to succeed. He would look at his squad and...

LIVERPOOL: MILNER’S METTLE MAKES A MIDDLE NOT TO MESS WITH

Of all the indignities suffered by Liverpool fans during the 6-1 defeat at the Britannia Stadium in May, perhaps the most galling was the sight of Charlie Adam swanning around spraying passes at ease, writes NEIL DOCKING. Everything about a gutless surrender of that...