From the moment Jean-Marc Bosman won his case which allowed players to move to clubs in different countries football has been ruled by the players.
Players and agents collude with one another looking for that one big payday and it often means their current clubs either lose the player on a free transfer, have to...
There have been many shouts for Liverpool to make a big dip into the January transfer window and pull out some real quality during Jurgen Klopp’s first attempt to strengthen the team. Several positions have been cited as “needed” in the immediate future, with a right-sided centre-back on the list for quite some time.
But...
Liverpool's three game run without a win was finally halted as Christian Benteke's goal gave the Reds a 1-0 win over the league leaders Leicester City.
In truth, the scoreline could have been much more overwhelming in our favour, but our profligacy in front of goal meant that there were a few nails being bitten...
The great American poet, Eminem, once said in his sweeping, modernist, self-biopic poem song, “Lose Yourself”:
“Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity,”
And for many Liverpool fans, that’s where we find ourselves this week. After floating in the ethereal clouds of what-could-be, following epic wins versus Chelsea, Man City and Southampton, we're now plummeting...
First choice Liverpool 'keeper misses a game and his understudy fails to perform in his absence. Strong sense of Deja vu here isn't there?
December 2014, Brendan Rodgers "indefinitely" drops Simon Mignolet after a string of errors and is replaced by Brad Jones. The Australian comes into the side and aids United as they defeat...
As soon as the third goal went in, I changed channels and since then have not had anything to do with football. Twitter had already been logged off by then; notifications on WhoScored, LiveScore, Fourfourtwo all turned off. I was not having anything to do with football till Saturday. These were not expressions of...
Many years ago, In a galaxy far, far away there was a prophecy spoken about a normal one. The prophecy of the normal one was that foretold the coming of a being who would bring balance to the Liverpool fans.
Jurgen was the normal one. Anfield was at it's lowest ebb for many years and the force...
The blueprint for Brendan Rodgers' successful Liverpool side in 2013/14 is being used by a few teams that are surprising the Premier League this season. Two mobile strikers who combine pace and power.
It's not a revelation of course, the two man strike force is something we're accustomed to seeing in the Premier League. However...
"A Jedi Knight? Jeez, I'm out of it for a little while, everyone gets delusions of grandeur!"
Deal with it Han Solo, he’s definitely a Jedi!
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, Everton thought they were striking back. They almost did. They had the 1984/85 season where they amassed 90 points and...
When re-watching The Empire Strikes Back recently in preparation for the AI Movie Night Podcast Star Wars episodes, I was struck by how similar some of the messages in the film are to the messages given to Liverpool players and the fans by Klopp.
Warning: Spoilers for the original Star Wars Trilogy to follow
My favourite...
