by Michael Nevin | Dec 2, 2016 | Footie
HE doesn’t give a shit does he, old Kloppo? There he is going nuts on the touchline against Sunderland; first berating one moaning, negative dickhead, then offering the whole of the Main Stand out. After the game, my Dad — who loved Jürgen Klopp much earlier...
by Michael Nevin | Nov 25, 2016 | Footie
APRIL 14, 2016, was a terrible day for me. Driven to the point of insanity with toothache, I’m lying in bed when I get a text which reveals Borussia Dortmund, who we play tonight, are secretly training about 400 yards from my house — at Marine AFC in Crosby. For...
by Michael Nevin | Nov 18, 2016 | Footie
REMEMBER Stevi Ritchie off the X Factor? No? Me neither, until he sang You’ll Never Walk Alone at half-time at the riotous FBA awards last night. Not for the first time in his career, he emptied the room in seconds. But, not because he’s terrible, or that he came...
by Michael Nevin | Nov 11, 2016 | Footie
YET another international break and heightened irritation at not seeing the Mighty Reds light up our weekend. Of course, we’ve been here before – being the third occasion already this season – but in the wake of Liverpool’s dazzling, free-scoring shows since the last...
by Michael Nevin | Nov 4, 2016 | Footie
ALTHOUGH I’ve had a week off, I was scratching my head to find something to write for today’s column. There’s only so many times you can debate the merits of our goalkeeper, why Daniel Sturridge isn’t universally loved, why Joel Matip is so cool but above all, say...
by Michael Nevin | Oct 21, 2016 | Footie
WITH every passing day, the point from Monday’s literal stalemate against a dogged, ultra-conservative but supremely well-drilled Manchester United looks better and better to me. In the wake of the 0-0 draw there was an eagerness; a desperation to put thoughts of the...
by Michael Nevin | Oct 14, 2016 | Footie
IT’S been a while, hasn’t it? And apparently we’ve still got the weekend to negotiate before we get our Reds fix at home to Manchester United on Monday. This notion of another blank weekend is one of several strange observations I’ve made during this period of...
by Michael Nevin | Oct 7, 2016 | Footie
AS a child, one of the first football books I read was Goalkeepers are Different, Brian Glanville’s superb novel about the life of a professional goalkeeper. The story follows Ronnie Blake, a rising star, through from apprentice to first teamer, cheating...
by Michael Nevin | Sep 30, 2016 | Footie
NO point going on about how the Reds are flying and we’re going to win the league this week? So, for today’s column I thought I’d cover something different and discuss the evolution of the singing of You’ll Never Walk Alone, which is the subject of an upcoming...
by Michael Nevin | Sep 23, 2016 | Footie
I HAVE experienced a bit of a turnaround. When the Reds consolidated a slightly disappointing return of four points from the first nine by not investing further in the transfer market at the end of August, I was left somewhat frustrated. I felt Jürgen Klopp was being...
