It’s not losing games that terrifies fans. It’s not even relegation; not at clubs like Liverpool.
It’s ‘going backwards’ that frightens the life out of supporters. It’s what makes them crazy. Fans have no real control, and some can’t handle that. Some of them send their crazy my way (gee, thanks for that).
Usual format: subscribers can discuss the game, before, during and after, using the comments boxes below. Massive match for both teams, although only one manager seems to be under pressure. Both clubs have had a lot of injury problems this season, which no doubt accounts for each being below par. Personally, I think it’d be [...]
Liverpool can’t afford to win the league. And Liverpool can’t afford not to win the league.
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Only four men in the history of European football have more victories in the European Cup/Champions League than Rafa Benítez. Victory against Debrecen was his 50th in the competition.
So, can the Reds do it? Personally speaking, the performance, and a win, is more important than qualifying, which is out of our hands. Next priority, no more injuries! And a chance to see Aquilani from the start?
Stan Collymore and Jamie Redknapp – two Reds I used to stick up for in the ‘90s, but who are now beyond a joke. To be honest, the cream suits debacle deserves to be their legacy. They failed to deliver enough on the pitch, now they put the boot in, week after week.
This is the ‘team’ that Liverpool failed to sign, going back to 2003. The interesting thing is that none of these players was especially expensive, but often too expensive for Liverpool all the same. In other cases, the powers that be at the club either vetoed or dallied over the deal.
The 13 players City used cost £162.5m; the 14 Liverpool used cost £71.4m. That’s well below half of the visitor’s line up. It shows how Liverpool are already well behind City in terms of squad strength, due to the fact that their spending has not been as a result of selling good players first.
As the 50th anniversary of the great man’s appointment looms, I thought I’d cobble together a selection of sample pieces from the book, for those who haven’t yet read it.
