Remembering Lucas Leiva’s roller coaster Liverpool career, after he announced his premature retirement from football due to a heart condition… I WAS in Block 106 of the Kop for much of the 2008-9 season, slightly to the right of the goal and about...
Gary Lineker’s original tweet wasn’t even a political statement, but the BBC made it so and showed we shouldn’t separate that and football… I WISH Jermaine Jenas had shown a bit of solidarity and taken the weekend off too. If Liverpool...
The feelings of Liverpool fans in the aftermath of The Reds putting seven goals past Manchester United in the Premier League at Anfield… SEVEN though. I thought I’d seen it all. I’ve been attending Liverpool-Manchester United games since the 1980s and...
With the passing of John Motson, football loses a commentator who loved the game and whose passion made him relatable to fans… YOU’LL have to excuse me this week. I could lower my hand into the torpor that was Selhurst Park, but I just can’t...
Morale was low at Liverpool after their worst period of the season, but two wins in a week have flipped the mood before a crucial game… AND then everything changes. Only a few short weeks ago I used this column to excoriate a Liverpool team devoid of...
Jürgen Klopp is the man who has to front up to all of Liverpool’s problems at the moment, but he can’t be left to walk alone by the club… I DON’T know. Where are you with all this? Usually, my default position on Liverpool being dreadful is...
After Liverpool’s second loss to Brighton in as many weeks, even with a new-look team, how much has this squad fallen between two stools? WELL, there it is. God knows, frankly. There’s good Liverpool and there’s bad Liverpool, but...
After ‘FSG Out’ protests that were organised ahead of the Chelsea game never took place, just how big is the disconnect between Liverpool fans? THERE was once a time when Liverpool versus Chelsea was the talking point of the week. It seemed like we...
Liverpool were there for the taking against Brighton and it’s clear they’re no longer feared, so what can they take away from the loss? ONE of my favourite episodes of The Simpsons is the one where the new Radioactive Man movie is to be filmed in...
Liverpool have been overtaken by their rivals in the not-too-distant past, and they’re in danger of losing the race against time again… AH, we’re back here again. Grim, isn’t it? I feel sorry for the kids or newer fans who have never seen Liverpool...
