Monthly Archives: May 2012

Pepe Reina: Rafa Benitez is the coach who made me

LIVERPOOL goalkeeper Pepe Reina has called for a return to Anfield for former boss Rafa Benitez. Before news broke that Liverpool had offered Brendan Rodgers a three-year contract to become the Reds’ manager, Reina told Spanish radio that he felt Rafa Benitez was the “ideal” choice for the role. Speaking to Radio Marca, Reina said: “The truth is that they […]

Read more

Brendan Rodgers, welcome to Anfield.

ONE day Liverpool won the league. It was the eighteenth time they’d done it. The reaction was the same as always – delight but perhaps too much of a sense of it all being the norm. Liverpool always won something, give or take a couple of seasons, and the something was usually that trophy or that great big one that […]

Read more

We have to accept FSG’s way of thinking, it’s the least they deserve.

Since the sacking of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager by Fenway Sports Group debate between supporters has been often heated as stories circulate about what happens next for the club in terms not only of manager but also in structure, with concerns raised at the continued lack of any visible progress on the stadium. Not all fans trust FSG to […]

Read more

We have to accept FSG's way of thinking, it's the least they deserve.

Since the sacking of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager by Fenway Sports Group debate between supporters has been often heated as stories circulate about what happens next for the club in terms not only of manager but also in structure, with concerns raised at the continued lack of any visible progress on the stadium. Not all fans trust FSG to […]

Read more

Martinez in Miami – with John Henry

EIGHT days after flying Kenny Dalglish to Boston to sack him John W Henry has flown Roberto Martinez to Miami to, presumably, offer him the Liverpool manager’s job. On a day that saw Liverpool officially confirm previously leaked appointments for Jen Chang (corporate relations and communications director) and Billy Hogan (chief commercial officer) Henry looks to have settled for the Wigan […]

Read more

Two years too late, Purslow sees Rafa as Reds boss

THE NEWS last night that Kenny Dalglish had, officially, been sacked by FSG was big news. If Liverpool’s place in the football world is diminishing nobody seems to have told the news outlets. It wasn’t just sports pages, sports bulletins or local radio talking about the end of Kenny’s second stint as boss and views were sought from ex-players, reporters […]

Read more

Kenny Dalglish leaves a rudderless Liverpool

Liverpool football club are looking for a new manager after Kenny Dalglish left the club for the second time. The manager didn’t leave by mutual consent and didn’t resign, he was sacked. In a statement, current owners FSG said: Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Liverpool Football Club announced that Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as Manager after […]

Read more

Would it hurt LFC to consult all Hillsborough families? #LFCKIT

AT midnight last night the deal that saw Adidas as official kit supplier to Liverpool FC came to an end as the new contract with Warrior Sports kicked-in. After much build-up and expectation the new home shirt for the 2012-13 season was revealed by the club. The contract is lucrative for the club – and includes for the first time […]

Read more

A glimpse of “Our Liverpool: Never Walk Alone”

THE latest accounts from Liverpool FC show how important the commercial side of the club’s operations are to the club’s future, with a new stadium still as far away from being reality as it’s ever been following what looks to have been little more than a confidence trick from the club’s former owners. The club have binned the plans for […]

Read more

A glimpse of "Our Liverpool: Never Walk Alone"

THE latest accounts from Liverpool FC show how important the commercial side of the club’s operations are to the club’s future, with a new stadium still as far away from being reality as it’s ever been following what looks to have been little more than a confidence trick from the club’s former owners. The club have binned the plans for […]

Read more