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Journeyman Bellamy Finds Anfield Home

Journeyman Bellamy Finds Anfield Home

Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by .

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   For a man who once seemed destined to be remembered for his golf-swing rather than footballing prowess, Craig Bellamy’s Kop idolisation could not be more improbable. In the age of lavish spending on the brightest young talents, the 32 year-old free signing has come to be seen as the ideal weapon with which to [...]

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Responsibility Deficit Remains Dalglish’s Greatest Challenge

Responsibility Deficit Remains Dalglish’s Greatest Challenge

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by .

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As with any classic drama the tale of Liverpool’s increasingly unconvincing season continues to twist and turn; the conclusion to this plot remains entirely unpredictable. At the close of a week of intense theorising around Sherlock Holmes’ apparent BBC One death, a red herring of a very different kind has been exposed. The striker that [...]

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From Rafa’s Rant to Dalglish’s Declamation

From Rafa’s Rant to Dalglish’s Declamation

Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by .

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Three years on from Rafa’s facts and on the back of another frustrating showing against Bolton by a lackluster Liverpool side labeled the “the worst performance since I came back”, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has been quick to lay down the law on his underachieving players. Speaking after the match Dalglish delivered a stern warning [...]

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Stick or Twist?

Stick or Twist?

Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by .

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Many LFC fans have been left frustrated by the club’s current lack of activity in the January transfer window, with a growing number grumbling about a perceived lack of ambition. But with FSG and principal owner John W Henry laying out their stall early regarding transfer policy is this not what should have been expected? [...]

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Education is Everything

Education is Everything

Posted on 05. Jan, 2012 by .

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I’ve had just about enough of every self-serving newspaper journalist, uninformed blogger and part-time pub fan wading into the murky waters of the Luis Suarez debate armed only with headlines and hearsay, expecting their opinion to be taken seriously. It took me the best part of a working week to study, dissect and fully comprehend the FA’s [...]

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Liverpool Fans Should Expect a Long Drawn Out Darren Bent Saga

Liverpool Fans Should Expect a Long Drawn Out Darren Bent Saga

Posted on 02. Jan, 2012 by .

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The date was 01 July 2009. I awoke with a great deal of optimism about the opening of the summer transfer market and was determined that my life for the subsequent weeks would revolve around football, with the internet becoming like a second home to me. However, had I known then what I know now, [...]

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The Kopsource Christmas Review

The Kopsource Christmas Review

Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by .

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‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year’, unless perhaps, you’re on the receiving end of some Christmas-fuelled criticism from one of our writers. That’s right; the obligatory almost-half-way-point review of the season so far is here! Answering the questions that matter (and various others as well) are Liam Tomkins, Dominic Campbell, Umar Khurrum and [...]

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Who Needs Evidence When There Are Scores to be Settled?

Who Needs Evidence When There Are Scores to be Settled?

Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by .

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So now we all know. The FA’s select committee have decided that Luis Suarez is racist. The same fine body have let Liverpool football club know that they don’t think he is racist. Ah but Patrice Evra thinks he’s racist doesn’t he and the FA believed him, right? Well Evra has gone on record to [...]

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Why Culture & Context Are Key to Racism Ruling

Why Culture & Context Are Key to Racism Ruling

Posted on 21. Dec, 2011 by .

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Luis Suarez has been handed an eight-game ban and £40,000 fine for using a word which, in his culture, is completely commonplace and when used in the context he is claiming, far from offensive, let alone racist. But that is the tag he must now wear as the Football Association have adjudged the use of [...]

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In Defence Of Stewart Downing

In Defence Of Stewart Downing

Posted on 17. Dec, 2011 by .

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‘He is s***e’, ‘Overpriced c**t’ and ‘He offers nothing except for crosses’ are some of the phrases used by some sections of the Liverpool fans to describe Stewart Downing.  The £20m winger has indeed found the early part of his life at Anfield a bit difficult, thanks to some of the ‘fans’, and more importantly, [...]

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