Liverpool 1 Leicester 0: Klopp’s Reds restore festive cheer
My heart wasn’t exactly filled with hope as I prepared to leave for the game against Leicester. While we’d glimpsed the ghosts of Christmas future against Chelsea, Southampton and City, […]
Take a bow Jurgen Klopp
Imagine a Kopite in the dugout. Imagine his every tick, twitch and grimace mirroring every sliding tackle and each kick of the ball. Imagine his internal maelstrom bubbling away throughout […]
Top Five: The Reds’ most resilient players
On Thursday Jurgen Klopp confirmed what every Liverpool fan already suspected, when he suggested that psychology played a significant role in Daniel Sturridge’s injury woes. “He needs to understand […]
Liverpool 2 Bordeaux 1: No vintage red, but rebirth continues
It was a game Liverpool just needed to win. By any means necessary. Still after the sumptuous display dished out at the Etihad, expectation had once again been raised. When […]
Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 2: Forever 8,000 Steps From Heaven
The annoying thing about stereotypes and cliché is that there’s occasionally a morsel of truth in them. On Sunday anyone in or around Anfield would have found it hard to […]
Howard Kendall: A Mersey Great
Howard Kendall May 22nd 1946 – October 17 2015 I have been a Liverpool fanatic for as long as I can remember. As a Red I consider myself blessed. Though […]
From Doubt to Belief: A Week With Jurgen Klopp
It’s been some week. It began with fear and trepidation and it ended with euphoria and triumphalism. The Merseyside Derby is now a faded memory. ‘The County Roader’s Cup Final’ […]
Merseyside Derby Heroes
This is a fixture that can cement a player or a manager’s reputation for better or worse. For a débutante there can be no better way to endear yourself to […]
The Merseyside Derby: The Top Five
It may no longer be the ‘friendly Derby’, but for me it remains the biggest game in Liverpool’s calendar. Some may argue that the games against United have assumed greater […]
Ramblings of an Ordinary Man 