“HE must be a f***ing winner. We expect those qualities in a player but he must be a winner.” I was told years ago that the above was a response from Joe Fagan to a young scout when he asked what Liverpool looked for in a player. Fagan responded saying,...
AND so to Stoke. To finish what they started. Bad days in football come in all shapes and sizes but proper spankings tend to take familiar forms. The day after you feel like you’re waking up in hospital following a trauma you can’t permit full recall on. What happened...
HERE we are again, says PAUL COPE. After the disastrous end to last season, the calls for the manager’s head, castigation of the players and downright fury at the owners and the behind the scenes management of the club, we’re back within days of another new season and...
IN the summer of 2012 Jordan Henderson was at the Liverpool exit door after a difficult first season under Kenny Dalglish following a move from Sunderland reported to be worth £20million. That Brendan Rodgers was prepared to offload the then 22-year-old midfielder...
QUESTION marks. To the left, to the right. Underneath Jordan Henderson’s bed, in the front seat of his car. From the age of eight, the punctuation point has followed the midfielder around, naggingly querying his every skill and effort. It has almost placed itself...
IT’S getting sorted in the summer. They’ll talk about it in the summer. What if the summer is too late? Hands up, I don’t know anything about negotiating contracts. I haven’t sat in a room with an agent and a player and got down to the nitty gritty of salaries,...
listen to ‘Raheem Sterling: TAW discuss his treatment by fans at Anfield against Manchester United’ on audioBoom IT’S felt like a season like no other for contract talks dominating back pages. No sooner was the Gerrard saga ‘resolved’ than attentions...
RUMOURS, rumours, rumours. Contracts, contracts, contracts. Does anybody know for certain what is going on with Raheem Sterling’s and Jordan Henderson’s contract negotiations? Well, obviously *they* know, writes OWEN REID. Brendan Rodgers probably knows, too. Their...
AFTER Liverpool’s terrific 2-1 home victory against Manchester City a somewhat hoarse Neil Atkinson is joined on this week’s podcast by Steve Graves, Jay McKenna and Phil Blundell to talk about how good Joe Allen was and how odd Manchester City...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Paul Cope and Sean Rogers in a pre FA Cup podcast to look back on a steely performance against Chelsea and the visit of Bolton in the FA Cup Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – JORDANS GIANTS Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW...
