Despite romping to the league title last season, Karl Coppack argues that the circumstances this season make another procession an uphill task for Liverpool… IN December 1965, The Beatles released their sixth studio album, ‘Rubber Soul’. It was more...
Karl Coppack writes that while some have used the Millwall incident to argue politics don’t belong in football, anti-racism protests aren’t remotely political… I’VE been reading Liverpool FC: The Premier League Years by Richard de la Riviere....
Karl Coppack writes that while FSG aren’t known to be reactive in the transfer market, it may be time for a change of mentality as injuries continue to stack up… NOBODY’S talking about football anymore. Think about it. How many times have you...
Karl Coppack writes that Liverpool’s ability to just get on with it, in the face of all number of setbacks, is what makes them one of English football’s greats… YOU probably wouldn’t call it a highlight as such, but there was a moment near the...
Ray Clemence’s life and the reaction to his passing reminds us that our Liverpool heroes are humans too, writes Karl Coppack… THE hardest thing about losing another legend is the reminder that they’re only human after all. Of course we know that...
All the best players suffer from bad form, but Karl Coppack asks how we solve it in the case of Roberto Firmino given the current circumstances at Liverpool? FIRSTLY, I’m not calling him ‘Bobby.’ No. My dad was ‘Tommy’ as was his dad before him. He liked it...
Karl Coppack writes that Jürgen Klopp’s home league unbeaten run not only matches a record set by Bob Paisley, it cements him as one of the greatest we’ve seen… ON November 8, 2015, Jürgen Klopp strode out onto the Anfield pitch and stared...
Liverpool have had their fair share of bad luck this season but, as Karl Coppack suggests, The Reds can use that adversity to fuel their fire… THERE’S a scene in an episode of The Simpsons where Mr Burns weighs up the chances of his company’s softball...
I’D forgotten all about anger. The aftermath of the Villa game had nothing to do with being angry. In my house at least it was met with confusion. How did we manage to fail so spectacularly? We’d still have been battered even if we discounted their spawny deflected...
I’VE just finished reading George Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Set in the 1930s, it concerns a poet called Gordon Comstock who declares war on the ‘money god’ which dominates the world. He refuses a well-paid job writing ludicrous advertising copy and instead...
