April 2008 Archives

REMEMBER when Liverpool paraded around Wembley dressed in those ridiculous white suits before serving up that inept FA Cup final performance in 1996?
Sorry to remind you all.
I think we'd all agree that those days of a guffawing Ruddock in suit and shades trying to look like an Armani model are best left in the past.
However, it looks like that if our new Swiss signing has anything to do with it, the souped up glamour could worryingly be heading back to Anfield.

AS time rumbles on until the day of reckoning, Rafa has a few selection headaches on his hands.
That last minute blunder at Anfield suddenly changed the Spaniard's thinking for the second leg, and ultimately, how the Reds might now line up.

FOOTBALL can be the cruellest of games sometimes.
For 94 minutes the Reds bossed the game against a bullied Chelsea side and looked superior in every department.
Yet somehow, we didn't get the 2-0 that would have been easily deserved.

I GENUINELY believe that Liverpool are only a few top class players short of a title-winning squad.
As the summer break lurches into view (admittedly we've got some huge games before that) our thoughts naturally turn to the kind of talent that could be brought into Anfield to bring that consistency in the Premiership that we all crave.

DESPITE the continuing tensions in the Anfield boardroom following more damaging revelations over the weekend, the side are still performing out on the pitch.
After a turgid first half, the Reds, or Steven Gerrard to put it more accurately, stepped up to put a Blackburn side to the sword who hardly threatened.

ANOTHER sedate European tie at Anfield last night.
Quite what they put in the water in L4 just before big Euro kick-offs is anyone's guess.
Differences aside, both Liverpool and Arsenal should both be applauded for giving the competition one of the most thrilling matches the Champions League has seen for years.

THE great Anfield strikers debate is one of most revisited of the last couple of years.
The events at the Emirates on Saturday added more fuel to a well-trodden argument that still divides Reds everywhere.

STRANGE things happened at the Emirates last night.
Dirk Kuyt put in a barnstormer, we forgot how to defend at corners and we had a Champions League ref who officiated with sense and maturity.
Best of all, we've given ourselves a great chance to once again make the semi-final of the Champions League.

THE postscript to The Friendly Derby continues apace today.
In the aftermath of the game, Benitez chastised Everton fans for their chants towards Steven Gerrard.
It was swiftly followed today by Everton urging police to identify the Kemlyn Road fan who allegedly 'punched' and 'spat at' Phil Neville.
Sadly, it seems that year on year, any lingering hope that Reds and Blues could once again act cordially towards each other is disappearing fast.