By Paul Tomkins. Luis Suarez is still being labelled a ‘racist’, and Liverpool FC are being castigated for supporting said ‘racist’. Never mind that the FA’s findings stated, quite clearly, that they felt that he was not a racist. And never mind that if those at the club truly believe their employee, colleague and friend [...]
Just 9 days have passed since we last met (and defeated) Chelsea and one has to wonder why the footballing gods look upon our great club so unfavourably. Tuesday night’s visit to Stamford Bridge will be our 10th away match from the 13 cup games we’ve played over the past four seasons. Between 2004/05 and [...]
After a disappointing Carling Cup campaign last season which saw the “B” team defeated on penalties by Northampton, Liverpool start this season’s campaign at an earlier stage due to last season’s failure to qualify for European competition. Will this be the opportunity to utilise the squad to its fullest? And how have Liverpool performed against [...]
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Liverpool Football Club’s success in earlier decades drove major growth for the club and the odd cup successes here and there coupled with, in particular, Istanbul has seen enough success to drive on-going growth. But the question has to be – what happens next?
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 ?
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.
