Kopology

2015-10-09

Supporters of Liverpool’s greatest foes have long labelled Kopites a deluded, sentimental breed stuck in the past and unable to come to terms with the...

2015-10-07

In the end, even Brendan Rodgers’ most ardent supporters – myself included – were relieved to see him go. The young manager who had arrived armed with...

2015-04-21

Joy. Outrage. Hope. Despair. There isn’t a football fan alive who could claim they haven’t felt all these emotions. Whether it is the elation felt seeing...

2015-01-11

‘He built a team like Shankly did’. Just over six months ago this was the anthem Liverpool fans sang in praise of a young manager who had allowed them...

2014-10-04

Just six games into the Premier League season Brendan Rodgers must find his way through a perfect footballing storm. Already facing a confluence of issues...

2014-09-22

Two years into his reign as Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers is facing pressure for the first time. It took some of the fanbase six months to embrace...

2014-08-19

Lucas and Gerrard Should Never Happen Again Most Liverpool fans think Lucas should be sold, or at the very least, kept as a back-up back-up behind Gerrard...

2014-08-10

Another season, another set of cliched soundbites in place of nuanced analysis explaining why Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers won’t be good enough. Last...

2014-06-15

In his book by the same name, Mark Fisher defines ‘Capitalist Realism’ as “the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political...

2014-04-09

This piece was written for the Anfield Index website. From the first moment Brendan Rodgers was appointed as the new manager of Liverpool Football Club...