WHAT are the qualities that make somebody the ideal candidate to captain a football team? Leadership is the first that springs to mind, but what’s the best way to demonstrate leadership on a football pitch? Is it being vocal, barking orders at teammates, letting them...
JAMIE RUSSELL STEVEN Gerrard’s presence is being felt in more ways than one at Liverpool’s Kirkby Academy, the new under-23s coach Neil Critchley has revealed. On top of his vast knowledge of the game, the former captain has brought an aura and an energy to his new...
EIGHTY-FOUR days. That’s the time between the last game of last season when we beat Middlesbrough at home and the first fixture of next season when the Reds head for Watford. It’s a long time that isn’t it? And with no major footie tournament to distract attention...
PICTURE the scene. Liverpool go big and go early on a young talent to bolster the forward line, the African Player of the Year no less. A big money deal is signed, sealed and delivered on the first day of June. No messing about. Said player — who is headed for...
I WATCHED a film a few weeks ago that I absolutely loved. The Founder was the story of McDonald’s and its founder, Ray Kroc. Throughout the movie, Ray Kroc was portrayed listening to a motivational record that repeated a theme over and over again: “Nothing in this...
ROBERTO Firmino’s thunderous half-volley to secure all three points away at Stoke prompted wild celebrations from the Liverpool supporters, the players and the man himself — whipping his shirt off and launching it up in the air in front of a flare-lit away...
IT’S the game everyone’s been talking about this week. A “did you see it last night?” moment in work. Barcelona’s unlikely comeback in Europe had grown men leaping around TV studios like overwhelmed children unwrapping the present of their dreams on Christmas Day...
MONDAY night at the King Power underlined the current Liverpool team’s plight as they were deservedly dispatched 3-1 by a Leicester City side galvanised by the sacking of Claudio Ranieri, writes JOE HAGAN-DUCKERS. Within the first five minutes it didn’t take an expert...
LET me take you back to a painful day in our recent history. Sunday April 27, 2014. Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2. That one. I was low down on The Kop that day with my mate Tony. Front row, corner flag. We were so close to the action that we could have tapped Iago Aspas on...
LIKE anything in life, so much of football is played out in the head. We expect miracles from players every time they take to the pitch but there are a million and one reasons why that can’t always be the case. Top of the list: footballers are human. Just like...
