by Gareth Roberts | Nov 10, 2016 | Footie
IT exists to win trophies. A bastion of invincibility, the league its bread and butter. A holy trinity made up of the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors? They don’t come into it. We’re part of a family. People who can hold our heads up high and say,...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 28, 2016 | Footie
THE Liverpool manager has been subject of a series of interviews with a range of media, including The Daily Mail, Goal, FourFourTwo, the BBC’s new Premier League Show with Gary Lineker and, most recently, Monday Night Football on Sky Sports. Jürgen Klopp even took the...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 25, 2016 | LFC News
LORIS Karius knows he cannot afford to be complacent having won the first battle to be Jürgen Klopp’s first-choice goalkeeper. The German was selected ahead of Simon Mignolet, who has not had a worthy rival for the gloves since joining Liverpool three years ago,...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 25, 2016 | LFC News
TWO-goal hero James Milner reckons this Liverpool is “completely different” to the Reds side that struggled for consistency in the last campaign. The vice-captain coolly slotted two penalties in Liverpool’s 5-1 win over Hull City at Anfield on...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 24, 2016 | LFC News
JÜRGEN Klopp was pleased with the 5-1 destruction of Hull City at Anfield today — but was still slightly disappointed the performance fizzled out in the second half. Liverpool cruised into a 3-0 half-time lead through goals from Adam Lallana, James...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 22, 2016 | LFC News
JÜRGEN KLOPP has called on Anfield to create a “special atmosphere” when Liverpool take on Hull City on Saturday. With a narrative growing that the Reds struggle against teams that “park the bus”, Klopp hit back in his pre-match press conference at Melwood today....
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 21, 2016 | LFC News
EMRE CAN admits he faces a fight to force his way back into Jürgen Klopp’s first-team plans. The Germany international, 22, made only his third appearance of an injury-hit start to the season in Tuesday’s League Cup win at Derby County. An ankle injury...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 19, 2016 | Footie
AFTER a wonder goal that was greeted with little more than a grunt by the Liverpool-indifferent Martin Tyler and with a Marko Grujic-style open mouth by everyone else, it’s easy to praise Jordan Henderson today. After the passion that poured from his celebration as he...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 3, 2016 | Footie
I LIKE Non-League Day. I’ve heard cynicism about the concept — people wondering why there is a need to make a special event, even condemnation of those who turn up once a year to their local football club never to be seen again, returning to the bosom of the...
by Gareth Roberts | Aug 24, 2016 | Footie
LIKE every other football piece written at this stage of the season, this comes with the caveats. You know what they are, but here they are anyway — it’s early in the season, Liverpool have only played three games and the subject of this particular piece —...
