You might be forgiven for thinking that Rafa Benitez is facing the biggest decision of his managerial career according some reports in this morning’s national newspapers, deciding whether Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard should play against Birmingham tonight. They say that as Benitez has only won 1 game in 8…

With financial liabilities of £100m, and a loss last year of 37m, you could forgive Gianfranco Zola for being a bit glum about the prospects of success at West Ham this season. Having to sell some of your best players…

All I can say, is that it’s about time they did something. George Gillett and Tom Hicks are hopefully finally going to put their money where their mouths are by offering a share issue which could raise £100m for the club and reduce their controlling stake to only 35%. Since they came…

What happened to that young lad with that 60s blond hair cut? What happened to that player who reminded everyone of that great city legend Colin Bell with his irrepressible runs, incisive passing and excellent striking of the ball? What became of that potential we all knew he had? All questions…

It seems very rare these days that a red card is overturned by the FA no matter how poor the decision was made by the referee in question. In a lot of cases the FA appears to want to be backing the referees both in fear of damaging their confidence, and…

Who could forget that night in 2005 against Olympiakos, coming from 1-0 down at half time to achieve the three goals needed for qualification, setting us on the way towards destiny and that unforgettable night in Istanbul? Something of equal or perhaps even greater proportions is required of…

Does £300m worth of debt sound good to you? How about £500m worth of bank loans whose interest takes up a large proportion of a wealthy club’s profits? No, it doesn’t sound too appetizing to me either. These are the sum totals of debt that two separate American consortiums have saddled…

Another defeat, another dark day for Rafa Benitez, in more ways than one. All the talk about the necessity of having both Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres fit has really missed the point about Liverpool’s troubles this season. Sub-standard performances and sub-standard stand-in players are the real…