Author: Dean Mannion
One shot, one goal – Swansea City 1-0 Liverpool
Last week saw Liverpool fans across the globe incur a rollercoaster of emotions. We were in complete control against a team most people are tipping to be the champions in waiting, until the last five minutes when we did the most Liverpool thing ever – nearly throw away three points from a comfortable position. After […]
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The Optimist who still hasn’t found his head
This could have went so badly wrong. I mean, It was Manchester City – unbeaten in 22 league games, only 2 of which were draws, full of superstars, and top of the league without anyone else coming close to them all season. This was a massive test. They had swept aside all before them. They […]
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Ruthless Reds end City streak
The first game after the sale of Philippe Coutinho was always going to be an important one. All eyes will have been on Liverpool, rightly or wrongly, to see how we would cope without undoubtedly our star man for the past few seasons. With that game being the visit of league leaders Manchester City, it […]
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Farewell to the ‘Flying Pig’
Upon signing for Liverpool on 1st December 1959 not many people could have foreseen the success that Bill Shankly would bring to Liverpool. Fifteen years and eleven major trophies later, Shankly retired as probably the greatest manager in the clubs storied history and maybe even one of the best ever. For all of the trophies […]
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Match Preview: Liverpool vs. Manchester City
Fifty four weeks ago we welcomed Pep Guardiola to Anfield for his first visit as Manchester City boss. It was an unhappy one for the new City manager, who was in charge of a side clearly in a state of flux, and they were sent home with a 1-0 defeat ringing in their ears thanks […]
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The ’75 million reasons to be optimistic’ Optimist
It had to be, didn’t it? For all the moaning and bitching I have done over the past six months about how he wasn’t the man to fix all of our problems, how he was only going to add to them, how he was going to be a colossal waste of money, it had to […]
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van Dijk caps dream debut with late Derby winner
The F.A Cup is a chance to take a break from league action and to switch focus to a different competition. This tie was never going to be that. When Everton were drawn out of the hat at the beginning of December it meant that there be a big difference in intensity from the two […]
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F.A Cup 3rd Round Match Preview: Liverpool vs. Everton
The return of the oldest club competition in the world usually means a lovely opportunity to see all of those kids play again that started the third round of the League Cup game back in September. It usually means a break from the rigours of league football and an opportunity to set ourselves for a […]
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The “once again excited” Optimist
Burnley. Leicester City. Everton. Last season that wouldn’t have ended as well as it has over the past seven days. In fact, in the corresponding fixtures from last season, we were comfortably beaten 2-0 at Turf Moor by Burnley. Yes, we did batter Leicester at home but we were well beaten at the King Power […]
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Reds leave it late to beat Burnley
To play three games in six days was always going to be a big task. It’s never easy to find time to recover ready for the next games, especially when the next game is only forty eight hours away. When you take into account our opponents for those games – Leicester City, Burnley and Everton […]
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