http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:47:07 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss follow me on Twitter at KBrodieLFC I understand, after hearing from ESPN, that this is my last blog. Sorry to tell you that I did not get sacked as I know many of you were hoping for that...first of all I can't get sacked for something I was not paid for! second of all, espn is moving away from these types of correspondent pages so it wasn't about me (at least that is what I'm telling myself). http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/08/my_last_blogwalk_on.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/08/my_last_blogwalk_on.php Reds talk Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:47:07 +0000 Great to see the lads back on the pitch. It was fantastic to see the travelling kop (and some loud Roma fans) as well decorate a famous baseball stadium. The pitch looked pretty decent considering it's a baseball field, although it did look small on the TV. The Green Monster was a great backdrop for the game. I would have loved to have gone but it was just bad timing and a bit expensive and I would rather only go see games that actually matter. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/07/lfc_at_fenway_park.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/07/lfc_at_fenway_park.php Match Reports Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:01:59 +0000 Brendan Rodgers will be announced as the new Liverpool manager on Friday. I have to say I had barely heard of him until this season. I didn't even know he was with Chelsea under the self-proclaimed Special One until reading up about him. I can't sit and here and tell you I thought he was our top target all along, how I was desperate for LFC to get his signature, how I know he will turn things around for us, because that would all be rubbish. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/the_rodgers_era_starts.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/the_rodgers_era_starts.php Thu, 31 May 2012 17:14:20 +0000 Whether you agree with the decision to part company with Kenny Dalglish or not, I'm pleased with how Liverpool owners FSG are going about the business of finding a replacement manager and new director of football. Ayre did the required (some not required) interviews after the decision was made and said that big managers still fancy us, which I believe to be true. After that it has gone all quiet from FSG, which is the way Liverpool should go about doing this. Ayre said "It's absolutely critical that we get it right and we move forward" before going all quiet. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/the_interview_process.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/the_interview_process.php Reds talk Tue, 22 May 2012 00:10:17 +0000 When Kenny Dalglish got the call from FSG on his holiday he knew he was the only man who could save Liverpool. Of course, Kenny being Kenny he dropped whatever he was doing and jumped at the chance to manage the club that as meant everything to him since 1977. Liverpool's favorite adopted son walked out at Old Trafford a day later knowing that he had to galvanize a squad that had completely lost their way. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/thank_you_sir_kenny.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/thank_you_sir_kenny.php Reds talk Thu, 17 May 2012 18:08:36 +0000 Thank god that is over. That was the worst league campaign in my lifetime (I'm 43) in terms of goals scored and our performance at home. All those supporters who wanted Rafa out, after one year of not making the champions league, should be ashamed of themselves. We were spoiled back then and didn't realize how good we had it. Well now that we have had an additional two years of inept performances we have our previous ownership, Christian Purlsow, the supporters and media who drove Rafa out to blame. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/liverpool_limp_to_the_finish_l.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/liverpool_limp_to_the_finish_l.php Match Reports Mon, 14 May 2012 16:31:07 +0000 Liverpool failed to turn up at for the first hour at Wembley on Saturday and as Kenny said after the match you can't give a team like Chelsea a two goal lead until you start to play. Credit to the lads for fighting back and if you look at it on the balance of clear cut chances no one would have said that 2-2 would have been unfair on us. Liverpool's line-up was a bit of surprise to me but then again probably any starting 11 would have been a surprise. I was shocked that Carroll didn't get on from the start and I just couldn't fathom what Stewart Downing had done to deserve a place on the field but I'm not the manager so I was ready to support the boys from my couch some 6,000 miles away. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/wembley_sorrow.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/05/wembley_sorrow.php Mon, 07 May 2012 17:07:35 +0000 Well they used to say that the only thing certain in life is Death and Taxes but I think they can add a third pillar, Liverpool beat Everton at Wembly. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/how_sweet_it_is.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/how_sweet_it_is.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:49:49 +0000 Today my post does not focus on football, but rather please take a moment to remember that in 1989 96 supporters of Liverpool Football Club went to watch a match and never came home. My heart goes out to their families. YNWA http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/remember_the_96_1.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/remember_the_96_1.php Reds talk Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:48:33 +0000 Sacking's, 3 points and oh yeh, A semi final with the blues Blacburn vs Liverpool wasone of the weirdest football games I have a seen in a good long. The game was not really coming to life over the first 15 minutes with both sets of players feeling the game out. Liverpool had provided the game with much live besides for some clever passes by Shelvey and lots of good running by Bellamy. Other then that this had all the makings of a tight 0-0 affair. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/sackings_3_points_and_oh_yeh_a.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/sackings_3_points_and_oh_yeh_a.php Match Reports Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:54:11 +0000 If supporters want to understand why we have fallen so abruptly from one of Europe's elite to one of the Premier League’s upper mid table teams just look at our two centre midfielders on display on Saturday. Both Henderson and Shelvey had decent games, both want the ball and have a good engine on them. One of them, Henderson, is terrified in the final third and the other one is only playing in his 5th or 6th league start. Just a few years ago Liverpool boasted about Mascherano and Alonso and now we have Shelvey and Henderson. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/this_is_getting_ridiculous.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/this_is_getting_ridiculous.php Match Reports Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:44:38 +0000 I just couldn't bear to write my thoughts after the Wigan game. We played reasonably well for a period of time during that match, got the equalizer, and a goal that should have stood, which probably would have seen us go on and win. Once the ref disallowed it we lost our way. Then Wigan went ahead and we never really looked liked getting back into the match. We completely lost the fight. Sunday’s game against Newcastle was on odd one. I thought we played quite well at times, looking more dangerous than our hosts, especially in the first half. Our passing was decent, and Shelvey was very lively. He wanted the ball, got his head up, beat a few people and we looked up for it. Gerrard was not his normal self, however it was great to have Craig Bellamy back in the side. Craig was creating problems but his final pass let him down a few times. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/post.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/04/post.php Match Reports Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:11:17 +0000 It has taken me just over 24 hours to calm down enough to write this little blog. 12 kids between the ages of 4-6 had the unfortunate experience to have me as their baseball coach 2 hours after this match. It's safe to say the red mist had fully descended and those little guys did their fair share of running last night. Dinner was forced down and frankly I just couldn't wait to get to bed such was the mood that LFC's collapse had put me in. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/03/a_complete_shambles_at_loftus.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/03/a_complete_shambles_at_loftus.php Match Reports Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:47:47 +0000 It was not a great game of football on Sunday but Liverpool did enough to win the match by taking their chances. We started quite brightly in this match but Stoke did so as well. At times they were passing the ball quite quickly and looked dangerous. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/03/semifinals_here_we_come.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/03/semifinals_here_we_come.php Match Reports Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:16:34 +0000 After the depressing performance at Sunderland, where "Liverpool did not turn up" according to our captain this was exactly the tonic the players, staff and supporters needed. To win any game 3-0 at home was a welcome sight but to batter our neighbors from start to finish, capped up by a fantastic hatrick by one of our greatest ever players made it even sweeter. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/03/hatrick_hero.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/03/hatrick_hero.php Match Reports Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0000