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3 POINTS...BUT ONLY JUST

AFTER last season's catastrophic start to our Champions League campaign, which left us playing desperate catch-up football for the last three matches, an early three points was the most crucial requirement form last night's visit to Marseille. It was...

Posted by Luke Traynor on September 17, 2008 10:21 AM

FAREWELL FINNAN

IT'S always an entertaining madcap ride counting down the last few hours to transfer deadline. Tracking the live text on the BBC website from 9pm to midnight has become a 'must-do' activity as the rumours get sillier and the...

Posted by Luke Traynor on September 2, 2008 9:10 AM

Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 1

STEVEN GERRARD scored a spectacular injury-time winner as Liverpool secured an unlikely Premier League victory over Middlesbrough at Anfield. Rafael Benitez's side were on their way to a deserved defeat as they trailed to Mido's 70th-minute goal with four minutes...

Posted by Dan Kay on August 23, 2008 7:51 PM

Why Liverpool were so keen on Keane

So Robbie Keane has made the northwards journey to his childhood favourite football team Liverpool for a credit crunch-busting £20.8 million, and at first I was dumbstruck by this piece of business. Don't get me wrong. Having watched the Irishman...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on July 29, 2008 5:31 PM

Robbie Keane £20m Transfer: A Big Gamble for Rafa Benitez and Liverpool FC. Is He Worth the Money?

LIVERPOOL fans are holding their breath over the signing of Robbie Keane. He's a good player, possibly a very good player. The former Crumlin United (Dublin) striker may even blossom into a world class player alongside Steven Gerrard and Fernando...

Posted by Peter Harvey on July 29, 2008 11:17 AM

Sorry to see Xabi go

Xabi Alonso appears to be on the verge of a move to Juventus meaning that his Liverpool career looks all but over and I for one will be sorry to see the Spaniard go....

Posted by Shankly Gates on June 4, 2008 7:38 PM

Top Ten Finish in Fantasy Football

LIKE Rafa Benitez my fantasy football season was pretty much over by Christmas. In the hurry to get my team registered in August, I'd picked some donkeys including Gary Speed, John Terry, Micah Richards and Didier Zokora (where did that...

Posted by Peter Harvey on May 13, 2008 7:15 AM

FORMATION, FORMATION, FORMATION

AS time rumbles on until the day of reckoning, Rafa has a few selection headaches on his hands. That last minute blunder at Anfield suddenly changed the Spaniard's thinking for the second leg, and ultimately, how the Reds might now...

Posted by Luke Traynor on April 26, 2008 5:56 PM

Did We Beat West Ham, Dad?

TOMORROW morning, before his eyes are fully open, Jack will ask how the Reds got on against the Hammers tonight. I'll stand on the botton rung of his bunk bed ladder and explain to him that despite the euphoric victory...

Posted by Peter Harvey on January 30, 2008 9:55 PM

Liverpool FC: Excuses Wearing Thin

RAFA feels he's a victim of unfriendly fire from the Yanks. The Yanks clearly don't rate Rafa. Not surprising, the way he's behaved. Now, the players are blaming off-the-pitch distractions for poor performances and poor results. Of course, there's...

Posted by Peter Harvey on January 22, 2008 8:02 AM

Rafa: Dead Man Walking?

THERE was a time when Liverpool FC washed its laundry in private. Now, the club's bosses do it in the most public way imaginable. It's difficult to choose the worst culprit out of Hicks, Gillett and Benitez. The Yanks...

Posted by Peter Harvey on January 14, 2008 12:12 PM

Fantasy Rafa: Newcastle

FORGET England, let's get on with the Premier League. Who's Rafa going to pick this weekend against Newcastle? Well, after a relatively poor 7 out of 11 against Fulham the other week, I'm feeling more confident with my predicted line-up...

Posted by Peter Harvey on November 22, 2007 2:41 PM

Fantasy Rafa: Can You Work Him Out?

RAFA Benitez is about as predictable as Sven Goran Eriksson's next celebrity conquest. I logged on to fantasyrafa.com to see if I could outfox the Spanish enigma and correctly predict his team for the Fulham match at Anfield....

Posted by Peter Harvey on November 11, 2007 5:34 PM

Season Predictions: November Update

TOUCHLINE Dad turned pundit at the start of the season with previews for both Liverpool and Everton. Of course, making predictions is a surefire way of making a fool of yourself. So, how are the predictions doing? Alternatively, how...

Posted by Peter Harvey on November 5, 2007 9:46 AM

Rafa Right or Rafa Wrong?

RAFA Benitez couldn't lose tonight's League Cup clash against Reading. After resting, dropping or simply not picking Fernando Torres for Saturday's 0-0 draw against Birmingham at Anfield, the Reds manager got some flak. Quite right. It was a bad mistake...

Posted by Peter Harvey on September 25, 2007 9:59 PM

Rafa the Rapper?

THE word on the street is that Rafa is getting into gangster rap. The new goatee is the first part of his image transformation. By the kick-off to the new season he will be donning a yellow shellsuit (there's plenty...

Posted by Peter Harvey on July 13, 2007 3:29 PM

Tears at Bedtime

AC Milan 2, Liverpool 1 Champions League Final, Athens I SCURRIED back from the pub on the stroke of full time to see Jack. He had been crying. Mostly, I think, because he wanted Liverpool to win for his...

Posted by Peter Harvey on May 23, 2007 9:58 PM