by John Gibbons | Oct 27, 2015 | Footie
BIT of background first. My season ticket is in the Upper Centenary Stand. It has been since it opened in 1992. My dad took the opportunity to buy two when the new tickets were released, and luckily we’ve had them ever since. They’ve shoved us back a few...
by John Gibbons | Oct 25, 2015 | Footie
LIVERPOOL 1 Someone Else 1 — it’s quickly becoming the bet of the week. We really need to find a way to create more chances — be that through getting more attacking players on the pitch, or finding a greater understanding among those Jurgen Klopp is...
by John Gibbons | Oct 22, 2015 | Footie
ANOTHER frustrating Anfield night. Even if they are still getting to know the manager, and for many each other, the team should have had enough to beat the 12th best team in Russia playing for so long with 10 men. Could do with a win Sunday. Simon Mignolet: 7...
by John Gibbons | Oct 21, 2015 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S third Europa League Group B game is a first look at Rubin Kazan — and Klopp’s first look at The Kop, or at least one that is singing to his tune. In fact, he will have a whole stadium of Liverpool fans to eye up and down, if he so...
by John Gibbons | Oct 20, 2015 | Footie
WE now know more about what a Liverpool side managed by Jürgen Klopp looks like. It runs a lot. Yesterday on The Tuesday Review (on Monday) Sean Rogers and Paul Cope talked at length about the work the Liverpool players got through at White Hart Lane, in particular...
by John Gibbons | Oct 17, 2015 | Footie
A DIFFICULT game to rate, really. In that we collectively looked good for periods, and collectively didn’t for others. But no-one ever said it was going to be easy. And sometimes a hero just needs to rise. Simon Mignolet 8 Clean sheet. Couple of great saves....
by John Gibbons | Oct 13, 2015 | Footie
A MANAGERIAL change is never just a managerial change. Collateral damage is high. When the manager clears his desk, everyone from his coaches to the tea lady worries they will soon be doing the same. Assistant manager Sean O’Driscoll, Head of Performance Glen...
by John Gibbons | Oct 12, 2015 | Featured Writing, Footie
AFTER a morning at the Liverpool Academy in Kirkby watching the Under-18s with Jürgen Klopp (well, ok, not WITH Jürgen Klopp) it was a short drive through the West Lancashire countryside to sunny Southport and the catchily-titled Merseyrail Community Stadium. I even...
by John Gibbons | Oct 9, 2015 | Footie
WHAT a strange sensation: setting an alarm to watch an interview with a football manager. This is what Jürgen Klopp has done to us. From people on Twitter talking about dreading the match, to everyone on Twitter bouncing out of bed to talk collectively about a man...
by John Gibbons | Oct 6, 2015 | Footie
A DAY is a long time in football. Two days an eternity. It seems strange that approximately 48 hours before I am writing this Brendan Rodgers was preparing a Liverpool team for a Merseyside Derby. Since then a lot has happened. A manager has been sacked and gone on...
