by Andy Heaton | Sep 16, 2016 | Footie
THE gnarly, narky Reds leave London, again, with three points in the back bin. Looking more and more assured every week are Jürgen Klopp’s increasingly street-wise upstarts. Here are your ratings, then: Simon Mignolet: 7 Just doesn’t look comfortable with the ball at...
by Andy Heaton | Sep 10, 2016 | Footie
FEELS a bit churlish to have a moan after beating the champions comfortably, doesn’t it? So I’m not going to. Could’ve been six, though. Simon Mignolet: 7 Nothing of note early on, but flapped at a long throw at the worst possible moment. Great ball for Daniel...
by Andy Heaton | Aug 20, 2016 | Footie
YOU work on a gameplan all week. You prepare as best you can. You know what Burnley are and that you might have to be patient. Then you completely fuck it up within two minutes. Toxic Thunder? Toxic shite more like. Anyway, here are your ratings for Burnley v...
by Andy Heaton | Aug 14, 2016 | Footie
So, Gibbons got fed up with the abuse and Robbo decided he wanted someone vanilla to do the ratings this season who wouldn’t cause murder. So they asked me. Well, erm, how do even start after a game like that? The Reds looking simultaneously irresistible and...
by Andy Heaton | Jul 31, 2016 | Footie
Liverpool celebrated a famous victory in the ICC to put them top of their group. Here are your ratings. Mignolet 6 Had literally nothing to do all game, could have had a deck chair, pipe and slippers. Alexander-Arnold 7 (Sub 45) Another assured performance from the...
by Andy Heaton | Jul 28, 2016 | Footie
ALL a bit moody for a friendly that, wasn’t it? All for friendlies not being glorified training sessions but a couple of the challenges that got lashed in must have had both managers a little bit worried. Anyway, here are your match ratings. Loris Karius: 6 No chance...
by Andy Heaton | Jul 18, 2016 | Footie
IN an interview with German newspaper Die Welt at the weekend, Jürgen Klopp was asked about Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea investing heavily in new players. José Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Antonio Conte “are not known to go shopping at...
by Andy Heaton | Mar 16, 2016 | Footie
“THE Atmosphere tonight, not that I’ll forget it, was absolutely unbelievable. It was really great and I want to say thank you to everyone who was involved in this atmosphere. “It was easy to enjoy from the first until the last second. This was Liverpool how I...
by Andy Heaton | Jan 19, 2016 | Footie
IN a week in when Simon Mignolet invited more questions about his capability as Liverpool’s first-choice goalkeeper, Jürgen Klopp has once again backed the under-fire Belgian, first with words, then with a new, improved contract. But with Danny Ward now back at...
by Andy Heaton | Jan 5, 2016 | Footie
BATTLING Liverpool return from Stoke City and their ASDA price dugouts with bags of character and a precious 1-0 lead after the first leg of the League Cup semi-final. The victory was not without its cost, with both Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren succumbing to...
