A Meditation on Xabi Alonso

by | Feb 27, 2013 | Footie

You’ve probably seen that video on the BBC website where Xabi Alonso, in his dreamy Basque-English accent, wistfully reflects on Liverpool, a club he still feels ‘attached to’ and one which he still claims to support: “I still feel really attached to Liverpool and I...

COUTINHO IS NOT THE NEW LUCAS

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Footie

YOU can’t fail to get excited by the signing of a 20-year old Brazilian prodigy wearing the iconic no. 10. Some will feel that it is inevitably all downhill from here for Philippe Coutinho; every first touch will be forensically examined, every impartial observer will...