With the news that the Premier League is set to return on June 17, James Bagby looks at the impact of Covid-19 on the beautiful game and what there is left to play for this season.
Liverpool FC
“Allez! Allez! Allez!” – Delving into the origins of this new chanting craze
“We’ve conquered all of Europe, we’re never gonna stop…” – and they haven’t. The defeat to Real Madrid in Kyiv may have ended Liverpool’s Champions League dream, but it did very little to quell they’re love of the chant they coined during their sensational run to the final. Now it seems every set of fans […]
Top of the League? You’re having a laugh!
If you had told a Liverpool fan on the date of Klopp’s appointment as Liverpool manager that “just over a year from now Liverpool would be sitting atop the Premier League” they would’ve laughed at you. To most, just securing Champions League football with a top 4 finish would have been more than enough. Particularly […]
ECFC earn Anfield replay in stunning 2-2 draw
With the Reds blighted by key injuries to star players, only two of their starting eleven had appeared over four times for Liverpool. Seven full debuts were made, with the likes of Stewart and Kent crossing the whitewash for the first time. In expected fashion, the Grecians flew out the traps emphatically, making their presence known […]
Jürgen Klopp: “Liverpool Must Believe”
On the 8th October, a mere 4 days after the sacking of Brendan Rodgers by FSG, Jürgen Klopp was appointed as the new manager of Liverpool Football Club. The charismatic predecessor to Rodgers has already become a cult hero in the Kop, with a furore unmatched perhaps even by the arrival of Jose Mourinho at […]
Brendan Rodgers: The victim of a media conspiracy?
Last Monday, the legendary football commentator John Motson broke his usually calm demeanour on BBC Radio 5 Live to argue, “there is some kind of conspiracy going on against Brendan Rodgers”. Pressure is quickly mounting on the manager in question as his team’s performances are described by the media as “underwhelming”, “rudderless” and most recently […]