IT’S the end of the world as we know it. Liverpool falling. Falling, tumbling, spiralling, falling from grace. We’re marching on Melwood, Anfield and Boston. The torches are lit. We’re not doing it for ourselves, but for future generations. Is it just us? Or do all...
THAT was a kick in the nuts, wasn’t it? Never mind, eh? Up the reality checking Reds. It’s not for us to just disappear into the sunset. No need for a scrappy narrow victory when we’re having an off day. Liverpool descended on the bottom-placed team Swansea, the...
IT’S always grounds for concern when my excitement about The Reds begins to go off the register. I was getting silly on the back of all of those wins over Christmas. I was developing a nervous twitch and smiling so much that people were worried I’d had a stroke. After...
IT must be a strange lot being a professional footballer. Particularly at the high end. I’m always intrigued to know what they really mean and think when they sign for new teams and ubiquitously proclaim that they want “to win trophies and titles” in their...
WE should only be looking on the bright side. Four wins in five Christmas period games, 15 goals for, just five against. Mo Salah scoring, having fun, Virgil van Dijk signing for £75million. Then very suddenly it all gets a bit murky. From the togetherness in victory...
“TAKE a walk around my centre half, gentlemen, he’s a colossus.” Jürgen Klopp presenting Virgil van Dijk to the press pack on January 1, 2018. Well, not actually, Klopp, and not actually van Dijk. These were of course Bill Shankly’s introductory words when...
IT’S the mid 1980s and Arsenal are playing Liverpool at home at Highbury. It’s a night game, midweek, and I think it’s finished as a draw. I think. We’ve been penned in at their Clock End. No cover from the rain. That ground adequately covered every stand except the...
IF I live to be 95 years old (gotta have ambition) then I’ve got about 2,300 weeks left. Never thought I’d hear myself say this but, I hope none of them are as long as this past one has been. A week ago The Reds were the six wins in eight games Reds. We were the...
I’M keeping myself ticking over between games. Just doing as little as I can in real life so that I’m sharp and fresh for these tests that are coming every three days. Jürgen Klopp’s not rotating me. I’m there for him, each and every time. The derby took it out of me,...
THE derby is an inconvenience right now. We’re having a party and the neighbours have knocked round to see what’s going on. Fuck off ya nosey meffs, no one invited you. Everton aren’t our business and we’re none of theirs. Social mores dictate we have to let them in...
