So far, my optimism has proven unwarranted. Yet again, Liverpool failed to click. Yet again, Liverpool gave up big chances to score (and were fortunate that Everton’s goal was offside). Yet again, we are left with questions about Liverpool’s lack of fluency and intensity. Everton are crap. Sure, this was a derby at Everton’s house, and they were always gonna …
After Hillsborough, Authorities Blamed the Victims. Now It’s Happening Again. Shame, Shame, Shame.
We have finally (almost) reached the Champions League Final — which also happens to be the final most important match of the season. The mostest of the most. The biggest game in club football. It’s the game that crowns the best club football team in Europe. Since most of the world’s best footballers play in Europe, this cup serves as …
This is Liverpool Football Club’s biggest game of the season. Again. We start at nil to 2. Almost safe. I believe that if the Reds had managed to parlay their dominance at Anfield into a third goal, we would see a lot of reserves starting this one. But nil to two is quite different from nil to three. Even at nil …
Tomorrow’s match is the most important match of the season. Villarreal. Be careful what you ask for. Both the quarterfinals draw and the actual quarterfinals turned out exactly as LFC supporters would have hoped. First, we drew Benfica, the weakest team remaining. Then, shockingly, the next-weakest team (on paper), Villarreal, somehow scraped an upset over the mighty Bayern Munich. Bayern, …
This is the first half of an actual elimination scenario. Yet it feels to me, as a fan, as one of the LEAST intense matchups that we will see for the rest of this season. Benfica have made their way to the last eight of the Champions League, so they’re obviously good. Indeed, they were in the same group as …
This run-in is already intense. But from here on out, it could go up to 11. Tomorrow when we wake up, we will find out who we face in the Champions League quarter finals. This draw will also determine the bracket for the semis. In other words, this is the last draw. This draw is random — there is no …
A European Night at Anfield. Another ACTUAL elimination game. The most important game of the season. The Reds walk into this one with an almost-safe 2-0 lead. This lead will create a few interesting dynamics for this game. For one, depending on which team scores first, the FEELING of the match will alter in far more dramatic fashion than it …
The Champions League is upon us once again! I watched Inter some today. They press. They like to have the ball and work hard to get it back. When pressed themselves, they try to play out from the back (I hope they stick with that one). Inter are the defending Serie A champs, and currently sit in second place, only …
Most of what I said two weeks ago about Porto applies here. But moreso. We REALLY need to rotate now, and Klopp acknowledged in the presser today that his fitness team would destroy him if he failed to do so. He also said that he couldn’t rotate an entirely new 11. Based on that statement, at least some player(s) will …