MATCH REVIEW: BOLTON 1 LIVERPOOL 2

MATCH REVIEW: BOLTON 1 LIVERPOOL 2

WELL we got there in the end. History is written by the winners and stories are changed reflecting results. With five minutes to go in normal time  I was wondering how such a talented squad performing so well couldn’t manage a goal in 175 minutes against a...
LIVERPOOL: COUTINHO READY TO BOSS IT

LIVERPOOL: COUTINHO READY TO BOSS IT

IT’S two years since Philippe Coutinho arrived at Anfield from Inter Milan for £8.5million — the second part of a hugely successful double transfer coup, writes CRAIG RIMMER. It’s a deal that offers significant ammunition for those who refute the...
LIVERPOOL FOUR (4) SWANSEA ONE (1)

LIVERPOOL FOUR (4) SWANSEA ONE (1)

HALF time and it is probably Liverpool’s best Anfield first half of the league campaign. Damning in one sense. Encouraging in another. There is tons of progress here since Sunderland. Tons of football. These footballers look like something approaching...
Liverpool: Get Back To Basics

Liverpool: Get Back To Basics

  NOTHING is irredeemable yet. There is plenty to worry about – that goes without saying – but some of those concerns could be easily remedied with some subtle alterations. It’s time for Brendan Rodgers to turn his ethos of building a team from front to back to...
LIVERPOOL: OPTIONS AT LAST

LIVERPOOL: OPTIONS AT LAST

OPTIONS. Let’s talk options. Options and tactics. Options all over the place, tactics like you wouldn’t believe. Let’s talk about the fact that Liverpool can make three substitutions against a team who are supposedly, according to Brad Friedel on...
LIVERPOOL: THE RETURN OF THE DIAMOND?

LIVERPOOL: THE RETURN OF THE DIAMOND?

I PRESUMED that we’d seen the last of it. When Luis Suarez departed for pastures new, the chances of Liverpool regularly starting matches with two strikers simultaneously appeared remote. They looked remoter still when you factored in the the £20m acquisition of Lazar...
LFC’S PRE-SEASON: THOUGHTS SO FAR

LFC’S PRE-SEASON: THOUGHTS SO FAR

AFTER a few late nights spent staring at my TV and tablet screens as Liverpool do their best to entertain the American masses, a few things have stood out in my mind. I thought I’d share some of my own pre-season thoughts with you: Seb Coates may deserve a stay of...
THE SEASON THAT WAS: SOME FORGOTTEN GEMS

THE SEASON THAT WAS: SOME FORGOTTEN GEMS

ARE you missing them yet? I know I am. Life isn’t quite the same without a Liverpool game to look forward to at the weekend. This imminent World Cup can’t come – and go – quickly enough as far as I’m concerned. Forget Roy Hodgson and the Three Lions, I...

Trips, Tension and Toilets

IN 1990, I went on my first ever holiday abroad, aged 17. It was a roller coaster ride. I went to Toronto with my sister and her husband, to meet for the first time the Canadian branch of our family. I saw The Simpsons for the first time. I ate Tim Horton’s donuts for...

Liverpool 3 (THREE) Manchester City 2 (TWO)

WALKING out the ground there is loads of singing. Loads of harassed faces. I bump into Ben Jono.  Collapse on to his shoulder. This is overwhelming. Everyone is exhausted and exhuberant. This is the essence of tired and emotional. I was terrified for Arsenal. A wreck....