by Neil Atkinson | Sep 21, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THIS is what dominance looks like. What run of the mill looks like. This is routine. We haven’t seen a lot of it round these parts but I just wonder if we are going to start seeing more. Sorry if you were a little bit bored at times. You weren’t alone....
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 17, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
LIVERPOOL in London for the third time this season already and for the third time they are clearly the better football team; for the second time they pick up the points, their superiority deserved. It’s fast becoming a season where that looks like it will be the test....
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 10, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE goalkeeper battered and bloodied. Our hearts racing. Finally, Liverpool cruising to a 4-1 win. They deserve it after 90-odd minutes of, what felt like, total chaos. When this Liverpool side get it right, at pace and speed, they look irresistible. But so much of...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 27, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
A GOOD one not to go to, I said. A good one to miss, I said. Half twelve, Saturday. Tickets scarce. A good one to miss. I can’t calm down, here. I can’t stop my heart from pounding. I think I could run 10 miles. I am absolutely up the wall because I am not...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 23, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE first four of Liverpool’s goals are finished from inside the six-yard box. There’s an avalanche of caveats that can be applied to a result such as this one but the most pleasing aspect, the one which rises above all of those caveats, is the fact that...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 20, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
THE Reds are abject again. The Reds are abject again and it hurts. I’m very, very fond of this Liverpool team and this manager. I feel they can do a lot this season. But they can’t do that again. They can’t be that blunt. They can’t keep...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 14, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
WE’RE back then. Oh good lord we are back. The sweat is pouring off me. My heart is pounding. My legs are shaking. I have hugged a million strangers. We’ve just won but I might not make it through 37 more. I can’t wait for 37 more. I couldn’t...
