In football, we are always searching the past to predict the future. But rather than suggest things definitely can’t happen – “so-and-so will never be good enough”, “Liverpool will never win the league under X manager”, etc – I like to look for examples that show things can change for the better
The Tomkins Times is 6-months old today. Here I discuss some ideas to help improve the site in the coming months.
After 2 good wins, and with players and team starting to perform close to expected levels, the Reds will go to Old Trafford with increased confidence.
The game against Lille will, no doubt, be perceived as yet another vital, must-win game, but with the game against Man Utd coming up 2 days later (and who do we need to thank for that act of scheduling genius), what will Rafa’s approach be ?
It’s not every day you answer a call from a withheld number and it’s Jamie Carragher on the other end. It’s a bit of a shock when you’re putting the dinner in the oven.
Mark Lawrenson has launched a massive broadside at Rafa Benítez in the Daily Mirror. Nothing like sticking together in difficult times, eh?
Following on from other work with Graeme Riley’s Transfer Price Index, this is the list of all of Liverpool’s Premier league signings, and how much they cost in “today’s money”. Subscribers can also download a PDF of the entire TPI database, which contains the signings of every club between 1992 and 2010.
In some ways, the perfect game: at home, and very winnable indeed. The bad news is that the opposition have absolutely nothing left to lose, and they can just go out and enjoy the game; and the crowd will grow impatient quickly if the Reds aren’t leading early on.
No matter how hard to you try to foresee how other people will interpret your work, there will always be surprises in their reactions. Having seen a few conclusions drawn from my most recent piece, I just wanted to clarify a couple of points.
Such is the importance placed on being in the Champions League, the thought of Liverpool missing out on the top four will be treated by many as the same as relegation. Last night’s defeat against Wigan won’t have helped ease such fears.
