Author Archives: Jim Boardman

Wisdom: I didn’t speak to Klopp, but he’s got a lot on his plate

Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom has spoken about his decision to move to Austria for his latest season long loan – and says he didn’t actually speak to manager Jurgen Klopp over the summer. Wisdom, 23, made his Reds debut as a teenager, drafted in to play at right back by former manager Brendan Rodgers. A centre-back by trade, Wisdom has […]

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Klopp: LFC’s opponents Swansea better than league table suggests

Liverpool travel to South Wales on Saturday for a lunch-time kick-off against Swansea City in the Premier League. It’s a top four v bottom four clash based on the current table but manager Jürgen Klopp has had a good look at the opponents and believes the league table does not reflect Swansea’s performances so far this season. The Welsh side currently […]

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Karius set to start – is the door still open for Mignolet return?

Loris Karius is set to take over from Liverpool’s long-term first-choice goalkeeper Simon Mignolet in today’s game against Hull at Anfield. Despite Jürgen Klopp saying last week that he doesn’t have a No1 keeper, it seems the German boss has promoted his new signing after all. Karius missed the start of the season through injury having featured heavily in Liverpool’s […]

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Sakho challenges Klopp, suggests fitness claims are a “lie”

Mamadou Sakho has almost certainly brought the end of his Liverpool career even closer, unless he has a good explanation he can give to Jürgen Klopp for a 3am rant on social media referring to “the lie” about his fitness. Ignoring the friendly advice to “behave himself” from his predecessor at centre-back, Jamie Carragher, Sakho seems to have opened up […]

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Klopp: “We weren’t perfect but we deserved our win”

Derby County 0 Liverpool 3 Liverpool overcame Derby County in the EFL Cup last night – also known as the League Cup, the competition the Reds have won more than any other club – and are into the fourth round draw. Manager Jurgen Klopp was satisfied, but admitted his side could have played even better. Players got debuts, others got […]

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Derby v Liverpool: Confirmed LFC Team

Liverpool play Derby County tonight at the iPro Stadium in the EFL Cup (aka League Cup) and Jurgen Klopp has handed first competitive starts to two of the summer’s new arrivals. Loris Karius comes in for Simon Mignolet in goal, it’s the former Mainz keeper’s long-awaited Liverpool debut, his introduction to Klopp’s first XI delayed by injury during pre-season There’s also a first competitive start for […]

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EFL Cup: Derby v LFC – Debut for Karius, Firmino to return?

Liverpool face Derby County tonight in the EFL Cup – or the League Cup as we used to call it, and in some cases still do. It will be a chance for one or two players on the fringes of the first XI to show the manager what they can do, but don’t expect manager Jurgen Klopp to field a […]

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OPINION: LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB SHOULD BE DEEPLY ASHAMED OF HILLSBOROUGH SNUB

LFC SNUB HILLSBOROUGH FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS AGAIN There probably isn’t much to add to this, maybe other than some background that doesn’t really cover the issues in detail.  The Hillsborough Justice Campaign have today issued a statement – reluctantly – about Liverpool Football Club’s decision to snub their request to acknowledge the passing of a man who did an immeasurable amount of […]

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Anfield’s extended Main Stand officially opens

Finally, Liverpool have the bigger ground promised so long ago – will it be large enough? Getting on for two decades after first announcing Liverpool must have a bigger ground if it is to be successful, the club today declared it had finally happened. To be fair to the current owners it’s just 643 days since work started on this […]

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Agent: “Milner is a quick learner and will play wherever the manager asks him to”

Milner moved to Anfield to play more games and wants to help bring silverware to Anfield Daniel Sturridge is apparently fed up at, amongst other things, being played out wide instead of in his favoured centre-forward position. “I’m a centre-forward” he says. His team mate James Milner also finds himself playing out of position, in a role that is new […]

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