“WE have to think about what he [Mourinho] did against us with Man United, but they are different games, a different opponent. “We have to analyse, and our analysis usually ends quite a way from the truth because we don’t know 100 per cent. “It’s the same for us. We...
ANYONE who was at Leicester on Boxing Day will tell you that there was great joy in bloodying the noses of Jamie Vardy and his mates. On top of that though, there was also the opportunity to inform their merry band of (literally) Middle Englanders that we are...
IF the Leicester City game was a masterpiece, Wolves was a hastily drawn map to the Post Office scratched on the back of a ciggy packet. While one game had wit and verve, the other was a war of attrition as both sides faced an in-form Anthony Taylor. Despite the...
“DO not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention.” (L. R. Knost) “When the call came in autumn 2015, I felt we were perfect for each other. If anything, now I feel I...
THERE’S a scene in the film The Commitments where Joey ‘the Lips’ Fagan, the elderly trumpet player with ‘the hardest working band in the world’, finally loses patience with his saxophonist Dean Fay. Over the past weeks Dean has refused to don the regulation tuxedo...
ONE of the complaints levelled against Liverpool of late is that they haven’t had the injuries of the other title contenders. Like many blanket accusations, this isn’t entirely true. You can look at Joel Matip, Mo Salah (still not 100 per cent), Naby Keita and, of...
SOME people really don’t like us, do they? I don’t mean just fans, but media outlets, pundits, the rent-a-quote Mersons and phone ins. You expect the odd bit of abuse to head our way – it comes with the territory – but it’s more marked and darker since we...
DECEMBER is the cruellest month. Not everyone likes Christmas. Some love it, but for many it’s a painful time to negotiate. Maybe it’s like the final frames of It’s A Wonderful Life for you. I hope so, but I prefer to compare it to the main section of the film where...
THERE’S been a subtle narrative in the football media of late. I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but there’s been a decided turn of events over the past few weeks. Such is the nuance that you’d be forgiven for missing it such is the delicate way it has seeped into...
THIS is all about small margins. With the clock ticking down to a disappointing climax on Saturday, Manchester City finally took the lead against Southampton. Meanwhile, 70 miles south on the M6, Liverpool were behind and struggling to overturn a 1-0 deficit. A...
