IT’S not easy to make sense of the last week at Liverpool Football Club. In about seven days’ time I think we’ll know more. Liverpool have faced significant tests, against Bayern Munich and Manchester United, but reaching firm conclusions on the state of The...
THIS is the end game. Not literally the end game but the beginning of the end game. We could really do with starting the beginning of the end game by winning. It’s fun to bill games as metaphorical cup finals. Often it’s just a dramatic device. On extremely rare...
IS this the least important really important game we’ve played all season? Bear with me. We’re all in for this league title. The Reds may not win it but the attitude has to remain that they’ll die trying. Of course we want to win the league and the Champions League,...
THESE are testing times. I feel I’ve typed that sentence before and will again before the year is out. We aren’t sure if we’re on the cusp of something truly historic or being drawn back into a recurring nightmare. The experiences of the past two weeks have been a new...
I WAS chatting to my nine-year-old lad about the first time I saw Liverpool win the league. It was 1979. I think I could still tell you the result of each and every single game, and probably most of the goalscorers in those matches. I’d even claim I could recall the...
I WOULD like to be looking back on these previews in the summer and laughing at my own childish anxiety and fecklessness in the face of a Liverpool title challenge. I want to be basking in the summer sun and the glow of Liverpool having been crowned champions. I’d...
IT’S nip and fucking tuck time again. We win. They win. But we have the edge. It’s now very clear. Manchester City are very good but Liverpool may just be the more complete football team. In full attacking cry, Pep Guardiola‘s side can look a force of nature, as can...
LIVERPOOL’s 5-1 win at Brighton last winter was one of my favourite games of the Jürgen Klopp era. The Reds were unbelievable that day. It rained goals. So many, that I missed two going for pisses. I didn’t care though. It was a joyous afternoon and an indicator...
I’D like to have ice in my veins. I’d like to be able to say we should just treat this year’s FA cup with total disdain. Many years ago though, that competition was good to me and it was good to Liverpool Football Club. Bill Shankly isn’t Bill Shankly...
THE Reds standing on the edge of a cliff. They daren’t look down. Only look across, to the horizon, to the biggest prize. It’s time for all to show faith. The faith that Liverpool will win the Premier fucking League. That’s how I’d feel if I was a Liverpool player....
Manchester City And The Valois Dukes of Burgundy: Neil & Jonathan Liew
Neil Atkinson is joined by a special guest to discuss a big football talking point, in the latest episode is a discussion about defining legacy and narratives in football.
