As I’m going to be away this week, I wondered if anyone else wanted to do their own riposte to this? Or just read and weep at the kind of emails I regularly receive at a time like this.
Earlier in the week I’d promised to take my son to see the new Disney Pixar film, ‘Up’, on Saturday evening. By the time we were in our cinema seats, any hopes I harboured that my mind would be taken off the defeat at Sunderland were swept away; typical, then, that the film should be [...]
Sunderland vs Liverpool, 15:00 Saturday October 17th Of the Sunderland outfield players that started in the 2-2 at Old Trafford, Bardsley, Turner, Ferdinand, Malbranque, Richardson, Cattermole and Bent were not on international duty, while Reid, Cana, Jones may have been, but Reid wasn’t a starter for Ireland. A lot of money has been spent at [...]
Just had some exciting news, which might affect this site for a short period of time. With this in mind, the following is for subscribers.
Watch any episode of The Sunday Supplement involving discussion on Liverpool, and host Brian Woolnough will say “but Benítez cares more about Europe”, adding something about him not understanding the value to Liverpool fans of the domestic league title. He is not alone in regurgitating this view. I find it very patronising. As if any [...]
Here is something every critic of Rafa Benítez should consider. The Spaniard has won 57.38% of his 305 games as Liverpool manager. Quite remarkably, Bob Paisley’s figure over 535 games stands at… 57.38%. It is precisely this kind of statistic – a kind of ‘ultimate stat’, based on winning football matches – that suggests the [...]
First of all, let me say that anything in life has its good and its bad sides. Nothing, and no-one, is perfect. Football is not exempt. Every good player will have bad games, and every system a manager deploys will work sometimes and fail on others. Football relies on skill, and judgement, but also luck, [...]
While I admit to feeling like Liverpool’s hopes were over after three games, I actually feel the opposite now, after a third defeat. Those first two defeats bothered me; this latest one didn’t. The key was to get some wins under the belt after losing two out of the opening three, and that happened; otherwise [...]
This is an excerpt from Above Us Only Sky (2007) for Premium members. The book was withdrawn from print after I felt I could no longer stand by some of the things said in certain chapters relating to the direction in which the club was heading. Buenos Aires, Argentina. A port of passion on the [...]
So when he shakes off his supposed lethargy, just how good will this Torres fella be? His record for Liverpool almost defies belief, especially as he doesn’t take the free shots at goal that are penalties, unlike many other major goalscorers. That, along with his all-round game and the nature of his goals, already elevates [...]
