IT has been a very long time since we’ve been able to talk about Liverpool fixtures being meaningless. The title was secured three games ago and in near absolute terms, the remaining games have very little tangible worth. Obviously, it is not quite this simple, as...
I WANT to live to be 103, like Vera Lynn. I’m going to live my life like that’s a done deal. I’ve survived a 30-year Liverpool title drought and I reckon I’ve got it in me to survive two more lengthy famines. I used to fret that I may never see The Reds at the top of...
LIVERPOOL supporters have been truly spoiled this season. We’ve gorged on a diet of wins and goals and have been league champions in all but name for months. Wrapping up league titles early is not a new phenomenon. Just two seasons ago, Pep Guardiola’s 100-point Man...
IT sounds beyond a cliche to categorise supporting Liverpool Football Club as a rollercoaster ride. We seem to all but constantly be at the mercies of the extremities of fate. Our relationship with the team is not a normal one. The average ‘sports fan’ does not go...
AT this stage of the European Cup, a year ago, Liverpool eliminated Bayern Munich in exhilarating style. It was the performance that set Liverpool on course for Champions League glory, at a moment in which a hitherto majestic league campaign had begun to slightly...
THE blip became a jolt. That morphed into a slump, and could come to be viewed as a full-blown, old-school ‘crisis’ if Liverpool fail to beat both Bournemouth and Atlético in the next five days. Hey, don’t talk like that man. Stay positive, stay grateful. Liverpool,...
ANOTHER season that’s taking its toll. I’m nearly getting nostalgic for mid-90s oblivion. Those halcyon days when the League Cup was still a big deal. As stark a contrast from today’s adventures as could’ve been imagined. Success is harder work than failure. Rattling...
THE European Cup is a strange old thing. In its autumn phase it’s more irritation than objective. Then, spring looms, and it blossoms. Our hugely complacent but justified taking of the league title for granted in turn casts the possibilities in the Champions League...
SIX wins from a heaven so eased towards, it defies description. “What just happened”, as the kids say. Let’s spell it out. Liverpool topped a 97-point season with a 24 wins from 25 streak and stand on the precipice of immortality. Manchester City, reprised...
I’M really looking forward to this. Nothing like watching The Reds disrespect the world’s oldest cup competition, at Anfield, under the lights. Many were surprised by Jürgen Klopp’s decision to rest his entire senior squad for this replay. I’m not sure he made the...
