by Paul Cope | Oct 18, 2017 | Footie
WE all needed that, Reds, didn’t we? It’s typical Liverpool to go from having no one on the end of gilt-edged chances for weeks on end to having players literally running into each other to put the ball in the net and not being able to decide which of them actually...
by Paul Cope | Oct 11, 2017 | Footie
RIVALRY, according to the Oxford English dictionary, is defined as “competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field”. The example it gives for the use of the word in context is “‘there always has been intense rivalry between the clubs”. Quite...
by Paul Cope | Sep 27, 2017 | Footie
“THEY’RE not mutually exclusive.” I’ve found myself saying that phrase over and over again recently. I’ve noticed it tends to happen. I’ll say something once then it becomes my flavour of the month only, this time, I’ve been saying it for so long it’s become one of my...
by Paul Cope | Sep 20, 2017 | Footie
SO, where do we start this week? I was going to begin writing this before the Leicester match but decided to hang fire in case anything of note happened that rendered my article useless before it was published. As it happened, we just got to watch the same match again...
by Paul Cope | Sep 13, 2017 | Footie
WHAT do you think of Michael Owen? It’s a question that has been popping into my head pretty frequently over the past couple of weeks for various reasons. I’ve noticed myself subconsciously referencing him on multiple occasions and, when I do, the collective reaction...
by Paul Cope | Sep 7, 2017 | Footie
SEE if you can spot the difference between these four players: Charles Itandje Luis Suarez Mamadou Sakho Philippe Coutinho Any ideas? For those who don’t remember, or just don’t know, Itandje was a reserve goalkeeper who misbehaved during the Hillsborough memorial...
by Paul Cope | Aug 30, 2017 | Footie
“ARSENAL are still a very good team with very good players. I know they’ll get a lot of criticism, especially after our game, but at the same time we were very good. When we play like that, with that intensity, it’s hard for any team to come and perform really....
by Paul Cope | Aug 23, 2017 | Footie
ARE you in love? It’s a silly question really. I already know that you’re in love because you’re reading this. You’ve clicked on an article written by someone, somewhere just to get another little taste of something. Another little piece of the buildup. Another few...
by Paul Cope | Aug 16, 2017 | Footie
“WE need to scrap this zonal marking nonsense. We’ll never defend a corner while we’re marking zones instead of men.” My uncles were out in force again after the Watford game, leading the “Zonal Marking is Nonsense” (ZMN) brigade around the streets, brandishing...
by Paul Cope | Aug 9, 2017 | Footie
ONE of my best mates in the world is a Sheffield United supporter. We should all have a mate who’s a Sheffield United supporter. Well, not them in particular, there aren’t enough to go around us all and I’m not sharing mine, but a team like them. It...
