So utterly and blindly against Rafa Benítez are men like Martin Samuel and Henry Winter, they’ve gone so far as to defend Graeme Souness’ record as a manager (which, at big clubs in big leagues, is woeful), and even suggest that Benítez’s record, and his side, is no better than the truly abject team of 15-18 years ago.
The one thing I’m finding strange about this season is the switches in momentum for a number of the bigger clubs.
‘Must-win’ has been overused this season, but it’s now starting to ring true.
The most interesting thing for me when doing my Liverpool team of the decade was just how much of it could have belonged to last year’s almost-title-winning squad. In the end, however, in several cases I plumped for alternatives who were every bit as good, but who delivered more throughout the decade.
With the book now sold out, I’ve made it available to all subscribers to The Tomkins Times.
What the Reds badly need is a home win to bring back a sense of optimism around the stadium, and rid the feeling of “here we go again…”.
I loathe the kind of ‘punditry’ that says, just six months on from a 2nd-placed finish, that Liverpool have never looked further away from landing the title. It’s so bereft of logic it’s laughable. It’s pure nonsense.
With very limited amounts of ‘Red Race: A New Bastion’ left in stock, this was the final chance to order the book. I have now updated this post and stopped selling the book.
Once Aquilani gets this game under his belt, he’ll be up and running. He’s a quality player, but cannot be expected to turn the season on his own, especially while adapting to English football while returning to full fitness.
Earlier in the week, I was made aware that someone on RAWK posted that I was ‘allegedly done for benefit fraud in 2007’. This is a total lie.
