LUCKY packets. Remember them? Bags of sugary pleasure, pumped full of treats with the added attraction of a surprise. The mystery gift you got made them unmissable; the excitement of the unknown was addictive. As an inquisitive child, I’d tear through at least one a...
LET’S take it back. It is relatively quiet in the Melwood reception area, with training long finished and the players going through their post-session routines of refuelling, ice baths and — for the really brave — a table tennis battle with Jose...
QUESTION marks. To the left, to the right. Underneath Jordan Henderson’s bed, in the front seat of his car. From the age of eight, the punctuation point has followed the midfielder around, naggingly querying his every skill and effort. It has almost placed itself...
SUMMER. I love it. As much as Kanye adores Kanye. Probably more (if that’s possible). But if heat is the dog’s dingly-danglies, hot air is its diarrhoea that you have to scoop up. And it’s everywhere. Especially on Twitter. You’ll find truck loads of it there. There...
“OUR faith is the weapon most feared by our enemies.” A week ago, approximately 15 minutes after the Premier League fixtures for 2015-16 were announced, my phone beeped away. A former work colleague, who is a Manchester United enthusiast, texted me the...
LIVERPOOL FC, please buy some belief. Sensible. That’s what Liverpool’s transfer business has been termed thus far. Sensible. Let me get this out the way: I’m a James Milner disciple and thoroughly looking forward to following his ‘whatever it takes’ ethos. He is...
Silly season. I detest it. Practically every little inch of it. The false links to leave publications sat back, feet up, feeling the clicks. The faux outrage at anyone rumoured to be joining Liverpool who doesn’t have some touch of the exotic. The opportunistic hordes...
GET ready to drink Raheem Sterling with your daily morning coffee and drag him with you to bed every night. We’ve been here so many times before, we may as well pull up a deck chair, pull out a case of lager and set up camp. It’s going to be another long summer folks,...
Press Conference Extra looks at the wider context around Arne Slot’s media briefing before Liverpool’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid at Anfield.
