If you ever wanted to beat a dead horse, right here is the perfect place to start. Over a series of posts, we’re going to discuss our shortcomings this season and the glaringly obvious, to us anyways, reasons behind them. Immediately afterwards, we’re going to flip the frown upside down and explore how we can [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Don’t Get Your Hopes Up…..
Posted: 30th May 2010 by steven. in NewsTags: Jamie Carragher, title challenge
The News Desk is now a picnic table and Jamie Carragher is now either the Worlds biggest pessimist or more of a realist than anyone wants to believe. Not one match is yet to kick off in the 2010-2011 EPL season but ole Carra is already saying the title isn’t a realistic goal. Our outspoken [...]
Heysel: 25 Years On
Posted: 29th May 2010 by steven. in EditorialTags: 25 year anniversary, Heysel Stadium Disaster, Juventus
Four years before Hillsborough, there was Heysel. Tragically overlooked on far too many occasions, the events of May 29th, 1985 should continue to stand as a stark reminder of the horrors of humanity. Never completely recognized or apologized for by LFC until the 20th anniversary, it is one of the darkest spots on Football’s undeniably [...]
Who Are Ya? – Arda Turan
Posted: 28th May 2010 by steven. in RumorTags: Arda Turan, budget, Galatasaray, old socks, Tom Hicks, Transfer Rumors
It was hot enough to melt your eyeballs behind the News Desk today so we’ve shut up shop and moved outdoors to watch the pavement sweat and contemplate 23 year old Turkish playmaker Arda Turan. Rumors swirled during the January transfer window that Benitez was going to swoop for the diminutive Left Winger and the [...]
Club Will be Sold by the End of Summer? Try the End of the Year…
Posted: 26th May 2010 by CSD in NewsTags: going to hell, hicks and gillette out!, new investment
Uncle Tom just can’t stay out of the media. Shortly after former owner David Moores offered regret for selling to Hicks and Gillette, current co-owner Tom Hicks has gone on Sky Sports News to defend his tenure as owner. According to Hicks, the club is in better shape that it was three years ago1 . [...]
If Just For One Day…..
Posted: 25th May 2010 by steven. in EditorialTags: 5 Times, AC Milan, Champions League, Gerrard, Hernan Crespo, Jerzy Dudek, May 25th 2005, memories, Paulo Maldini, Shevchenko, turpentine, Vladimer Smicer, We Shall Not Be Moved, Xabi Alonso, You'll Never Walk Alone
Five years ago and now it all seems like a dream. One glorious evening, one never to be forgotten. Legends, each and every one of them. Written into Scouse forklore, memories engraved into the hearts of Kopites everywhere. The utter disbelief of the first half, the awe inspiring feat of the second and the glorious [...]
A Season in Review or: This Epitaph is the Aftermath…
Posted: 23rd May 2010 by steven. in EditorialTags: 7th place, Aquilani, beach ball, Big Four, Carlo Ancelotti, Champions League, Diego Forlan, Dirk Kuyt, Europa League, Europa League qualifier, FA Cup, Global Warming, MONEY, our year?, Pepe Reina, Rafa, Steven Gerrard, Torres
The horrible reality of suddenly being bottom of the barrel is, for some people, too much to take. They just don’t have the stomach for it. It’s one thing when it’s all happy times and smiles all around and a completely different one when your on the outside looking in. The top four. The big [...]
Gerrard: Player/Manager?
Posted: 21st May 2010 by CSD in NewsTags: Ian McCulloch, Liverpool Echo, Scouser Gaffer, The Bunnymen
I stubbed my toe on the News Desk and happened to notice an article laying on top of it. There was an interesting idea brought up in a recent interview with Ian McCulloch done by the Liverpool Echo. The scouse rocker said that Steven Gerrard or Jamie Carragher as a player/manager would be his solution [...]