Author: Dean Mannion
The ‘Every Right to Be an Optimist’
Be honest, at the start of this season you’d have thought that the slightest bit of trouble against this Liverpool side in Europe would have seen us knocked out. It looked like that could be the case when we drew with Sevilla at Anfield and then Spartak Moscow away. Sevilla and Spartak Moscow. One beat […]
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Mohamed Salah: More Than The Best
Mohamed Salah has had many descriptions this season – The Egyptian King, The Pharaoh of Anfield, King of the Kop. These are to name but a few. He deserves them all to be fair, given his record since joining the club. So far he has thirty goals to his name in no less than thirty-six […]
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The ‘more of that, please’ Optimist
Almost a year ago to the day we welcomed Spurs to Anfield. It was an important game towards the back end of our season as it was our first win in seven games and our last win for next four games. There was another thing very special about that game too – it was the […]
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The Bobby and Mo Show
Results elsewhere can sometimes have a negative impact on performance. Knowing a rival has slipped up can put pressure on you, which comes from knowing you have been given a golden chance to capitalise on a slip up. When Manchester United were unexpectedly beaten by Newcastle United in the game that preceded Liverpool’s, that pressure […]
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The ‘there’s still reasons to be optimistic’ Optimist
Last time we played Spurs we were played off the park. We went to Wembley this past October on the back of a 7-0 win in Slovenia against Maribor, full of expectation that Spurs were about to suffer a similar fate. OK, nobody thought the game would end anywhere near that scoreline but there was […]
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Reds scrape draw in Spurs epic
This was never going to be an easy game. Despite the fact we got back on track against Huddersfield on Tuesday night. Despite the fact our home record against Spurs is impeccable since 2011. Despite the fact we are two points clear and have been one of the sides of the season, containing one of […]
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The ‘My Head’s all over the Place’ Optimist
Two games in a week. Two similar teams. Two vastly contrasting results. On Friday night, these two games looked like two wins on paper. You’d have thought nothing else. West Brom in the F.A Cup – sound, let’s look forward to the draw on Monday. Huddersfield in the league – bit trickier but should still […]
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Reds tame Terriers
In the space of five days all the previous work of the past three months for Liverpool was undone. The impressive 4-3 win over Manchester City in our last league outing at home was followed by a disappointing 1-0 defeat in South Wales against Swansea and a sobering 3-2 defeat at the hands of West […]
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Reds by VAR and away the worst side here
A lot of people have tipped Jurgen Klopp’s side for big things this season. Righty so when you consider the performances Liverpool have put in this season. Last Mondays defeat in South Wales was out first in fifteen leagues, seventeen in all competitions. Not only have we battered most teams put in front of us […]
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The disbelieving Optimist
Yep, that was bound to happen. There was no way we could just enjoy beating Manchester City, was there? Like, we couldn’t just beat them and go on a great run between now and the end of the season. No, we had to do the most Liverpool thing ever and get beat the following week […]
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