‘This is our year.’ It’s been declared year after year by many Liverpool fans and we’ve been on the receiving end of a lot of stick from rival fans, due to the glaring fact we haven’t won the league since 1990, nor any trophy since 2012.
However, in recent weeks I have sensed more pessimism...
With the great players, you can see the moment at which they are about to become genuinely world-class.
With Steven Gerrard, it was 2004/05, when he matured from being one of Europe’s best young midfielders to one of the finest players on the entire planet.
Luis Suarez did it in 2013/14 - it should never forgotten...
In a summer filled with ITK's, unconfirmed reports and general nonsense, concrete news is always appreciated.
Concrete news is even more appreciated when it's positive for your interests, something Liverpool fans had yesterday as news broke of Virgil Van Dijk handing an official transfer request into Southampton.
Yes, Southampton had known of his desire to leave....
Well, the blood really is up, isn’t it?
To be honest, the last few days have been too much for a man of my all too advancing years and, on Saturday, I took the decision to momentarily mute Twitter until this was all over. After all, I’ve (mis)used these pages before to point out that...
Some of Liverpool’s key rivals for the 2017/18 Premiership title have spent a fortune to on new strikers this summer. Arsenal paid £52 million for Alexandre Lacazette, Chelsea spent £60 million on Alvaro Morata and Man Utd splashed out £75 million on Romelu Lukaku. Tottenham already have Harry Kane and Man City can call...
After Liverpool won their final game of pre-season against Athletic Bilbao 3-1, Jürgen Klopp hinted that Alberto Moreno has managed to save his Liverpool future and that as a result, James Milner will be used in his more natural position in midfield this season, allowing Moreno and Robertson to fight over the left back...
With Nathaniel Clyne set to miss Liverpool’s opening Premier League fixture against Watford next Saturday, having failed to feature prominently in pre-season due to hamstring and back injurie, Jurgen Klopp will have a decision to make at the back.
The boss has already confirmed that Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Jon Flanagan are in contention for...
And so it all comes down to Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or 1899 Hoffenheim for short. I might start giving them their full name though. I’m definitely getting a half and half scarf.
Being a relatively new club  on the European stage there isn’t a great deal known about the men from Baden-Wurttemberg...
'Adam Lallana out for four months'
For Liverpool fans, this crushing news could hardly have come at a worse time. Yet there was a sense of inevitability about it all.
Jürgen Klopp's comments regarding Lallana's injury was particularly sombre:
'This is certainly not news we would have wanted.
'Unfortunately, the damage is such that it will likely mean...
With speculation surrounding the Naby Keita transfer appearing to fizzle out, it seems more likely than not the Reds won't get their number one transfer target for this summer. As a result, there has been a lot of debate amongst supporters as to whether the club should turn their attention to signing another winger...
