For the 2007/8 season, Sky have redesigned their on-screen graphics and moved the info bar containing the score and time to the bottom left of the screen, from the top left where all other broadcasters have it. The new position in the bottom left of the screen means that part of the playing surface […]
Yes, Rugby Union is a pointless sport but as always, it’s better relative Rugby League can come to the rescue. Scotland have just beaten Wales by 21 points to 9. Not bad, except there was not a single try scored. All points came from penalty conversions. A few years […]
It’s never fun to good to break your leg, especially not when it’s the third time in five years. Sadly this is what happened to Djibril Cisse days before the start of the World Cup. That freak accident has blown any chance of him leaving Liverpool this summer and dented Rafael Benitez’s transfer […]
Having seen the government confiscated 2,000 people’s passports to prevent them from flying to Germany, the BBC then score a *massive* own goal, harming any future bid for the World Cup. I know what you are thinking. Surely it can’t be the UK Home Office that confiscated the passports, the same one that […]
Wigan Warriors are slumped sadly at the bottom of Super League with a measly four points, six points adrift of Les Catalan Dragons and they are immune from relegation! Fortunately, Wakefield Wildcats are also on ten points and with only two points for a win it looks bad for Wigan. However two okay […]
*Before* the FA Cup Final started, legendary defender Alan Hansen said “He [Gerrard] is probably the greatest player to ever wear the red of Liverpool … and I don’t say that lightly as I’ve played with Daglish”. I wonder if he’s changed his mind after the final whistle? Gary Linker said of Gerrard’s […]
As England’s odds lengthen thanks to Wayne Rooney having no working toes (judging by his intelligence you’d have guessed he would have had extra toes), stick a fiver on England to win it. Playing 4-4-1-1 with King or Carrick as a holding midfielder and then in the free role supporting the loan striker you […]
Last week I texted Andy to find out his insider knowledge regarding the Snooker World Championships. He was down in Sheffield as part of the graphics team, his job is to turn the handles to make the scores rotate around. His assessment of the likely winners out of the four semi-finalists was as […]
As predicted Liverpool complete a wonderful FA Cup double triumph in Manchester of all places by beating Chelsea 2-1 to reach the final against either Middlesbrough or West Ham (playing tomorrow). Despite Liverpool, especially Harry Kewell, playing better than Chelsea, the real reason they lost the game was due to asinine tactics to start […]
Brian Noble’s first game in charge of Wigan gets him of to a winning start as they beat Huddersfield Giants 46-14 away from home. Wigan played far better attacking rugby, rather than just going one out they kept the ball alive and swung it out to the wings far quicker. I still think […]
Avid Liverpool fan and FA chief executive Brian Barwick, seen biting his nails during the final 15 minutes, has just presented the much coveted FA Youth Cup trophy to Liverpool in Manchester City’s City of Manchester Stadium. Despite losing by two goals to nil, Miki Roque’s third at Anfield and very sound Hamann-esque defensive […]
Former Hull winger Paul Anderson shined brightest of all tonight as Liverpool’s Under 18 side dominated Manchester City by three goals to nil to virtually lift the FA Youth Cup. Yes, it’s not over yet, there is still a second leg to come. Essentially we at half time in the final and who […]
No fancy amusing title here, just shock (no awe). Ian Millward has been sacked as coach of my team (I own them), the Wigan Warriors after just six months in charge *and* having joined from Wigan’s bitterest of rivals, St Helens. Several new players came in during the winter and Andy Farrell left […]
I was wandering around in cyber space the other day when I came across another great blog. As the title says the author is younger than me, certainly a million times fitter, can speak fluent Spanish (but can he count to ten in Japanese?) and has such a cool first name it even has […]
Before I start, let me say I swear this was written *before* the draw took place, but it’s now been changed to reflect the fact that we are playing Chelsea. Put simply Liverpool have been to two cup finals under Rafa, won one and lost one. First one we played in we lost […]
Just watch a full hour of the Liverpool vs Tottenham game (all the time the ball was in play) and Liverpool played very well against an impressive Spurs. Harry Kewell’s goal was majestic and worthy of winning any game. Anywho, I was looking through my calendar and noticed that twelve out of the […]
21 shots compared to only 4. 17 corners to none. 62% possession compared to just over 37%. A perfectly good goal ruled out incorrectly for offside (Sinama’s goal). They should have been reduced to 10 men for an incredibly dangerous tackle on Gerrard. As has been reported *everywhere*, we were the […]
This evening Liverpool secured top spot in their group with a 0-0 draw against Chelsea (Why is it a “Nil-Nil draw” or a “One-One draw”? Shouldn’t it just be a “Nil draw” or a “One draw”…). In the first half Michael Essien came in with a raised leg and studs showing and went […]
Not much of an exciting title but bear with me. Earlier tonight Eurosport 2 screened Japanese Pro-Wrestling. In Japan pro-wrestling (not amateur as in Olympics) is both real and scripted. The real version involves having 13 points to start with and you lose 1 for every time you grab the ropes to […]
Finally, after 13 (14 for some), the Premiership table finally looks right. Liverpool are playing at Sunderland (our game in hand) on Wednesday evening and, after we win that by two clear goals, and we will, the top four will look like this:
Played Goal Difference Points
1 […]
Beer!
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Erm, okay, that must win the prize for shortest blog entry. On 29th October the first Tri-Nations Test involving Great Britain took place against New Zealand. Britain really needed to win otherwise they’d struggle to stay up with Australia and New Zealand. The game took place at QPR’s […]
“Rampant Chelsea Crush Reds” is the headline the BBC are running with in their sports section. This is unfair and untrue. Yes Chelsea beat Liverpool 4-1 but they simply had good luck on their side rather than being rampant. I’m not bitter about Liverpool not getting either of the two certain penalties […]
Half time, 3-0 down, not even the die-hardest of Liverpool fans believed we had a chance.
Tuesday afternoon after the Echo broke the news nobody could believe the dramatic turn around that would happen. I spent Tuesday evening lying awake wondering if we could get Juanfran or Duff as part of the deal, then […]
Liverpool have announced their first four signings today. Bolo Zenden arrives from Middlesborough, their player of last year. The left (also right) winger Mark Gonzales arrives with the reputation as Chile’s best player even though he’s only 20 (he’s still recovering from ACL surgery and won’t be able to play until early October). […]
Well, we’re back in pre-season training and no new players yet Word is Reina will arrive this week now that Kirkland is out on loan at WBA. Next up is Zenden coming in on a free early next week (replacing Biscan) and that now seems to be a done deal. Now […]
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