Liverpool: Will the Reds be fine with just a new spine?

IT has been 113 days since Steven Gerrard posted an image of the Liverpool starting line-up that scorched Real Madrid 4-0 at Anfield in March 2009 on Instagram, simply captioned “spine.” It was clumsily cropped and of low quality, but the picture smacked you square in...

LIVERPOOL v CRYSTAL PALACE: PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW

GHOSTS roam the stadium in Anfield. I see them every game. I see a Kenny Dalglish-shaped apparition: arms aloft, teeth, hair, smiling like a kid. Running towards The Kop. I see Bill Shankly: be-scarfed, arms aloft, teeth clenched, jaw proud.  Striding towards The Kop....

LIVERPOOL: THE CAPTAIN QUESTION

THE return to Merseyside this week of former skipper Steven Gerrard, at first sparking speculation that a Reds reunion of some sort was on the cards, brought some thoughts to mind of the short and long-term issue of the Liverpool captaincy. The idea that Gerrard would...

STEVEN GERRARD: WRITING LIVERPOOL’S WRONGS

VERSION three. I keep starting this and it comes out all wrong. I’ve tried my usual tricks of starting with a point that seems unrelated to football and then revealing the direction that I was always going in, in a frankly smart-arsed manner. I wrote a whole...
STEVEN GERRARD TALKS TO RED TOUCH MEDIA

STEVEN GERRARD TALKS TO RED TOUCH MEDIA

“I’ve got my UEFA B & C licences, will get A license after leaving Galaxy, enjoy coaching but favour being a manager, have to be good enough you don’t just get those jobs from being a great player, but it is the end goal (to be a manager)” FORMER...