Gary Lineker
A New Dawn: Klopp Senses Evolution as Liverpool Face LASK in Europa League Jurgen Klopp, the mastermind behind Liverpool’s recent successes, senses a new evolution, a ‘Liverpool 2.0’, within his squad as they gear up to face LASK in the Europa League. The air is thick with anticipation and the spirit within the team is […]
Liverpool’s Nunez Earns Praise from Shearer and Lineker In a landscape as ever-evolving as the Premier League, few forwards make an instant impact. Darwin Nunez, Liverpool’s promising Uruguayan talent, has experienced a season that’s both turbulent and promising. Following a stint on the sidelines during Liverpool’s opening salvoes, the gates were opened against Newcastle, a […]
Many years ago in the days when he was a footballer rather than a TV host and the online taunter of phone hackers, Gary Lineker belittled the idea of a glorious pre-season goal. His view was that, given a finite number of goals in any striker’s career, you want your thirty yard volley to be […]
First, an acknowledgement – every game between now and season’s end, the whole baker’s dozen, will be dubbed HUGE. If Jürgen Klopp’s Redmen go on a winning run, the potential for comparative success will drive the hysteria. If they are patchy, the need for players and coach to PROVE THEIR WORTH AND AVOID THE SUMMER […]
“Oh my god…I’m back. I’m home. All the time it was…We finally really did it. You MANIACS! You blew it up! God damn you! GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!” Taylor, Planet of the Apes, 1968 For a bookish and angsty pre-teen in the rural Ireland of the 1980s, the spirit-shocking profundity of the final […]
