MIKE WATKINSON would be happy to see a Lancashire team largely composed of home-grown cricketers take on counties whose line-ups may feature a substantial contingent of Kolpak players.Read
FOR someone who marked no less a talent than Lionel Messi out of the game on his full Liverpool debut, recognition has been a long time coming for Alvaro Arbeloa.Read
RAFAEL BENITEZ is determined to get to the bottom of Fernando Torres’s hamstring crisis and avoid the sort of long-term problem that disrupted Michael Owen’s Anfield career.Read
DAVID MOYES has reiterated his concerns about the size of his squad – and fears that he won’t be able to improve the situation in the January transfer window.Read
DAVID MOYES had a first-hand view of Harry Redknapp’s legacy on Thursday night – just in time to prepare him for his next meeting with the Spurs manager tomorrow.Read
THERE’S been much debate and division over whether Liverpool’s goalless draw with Fulham on Saturday represents a freakish one-off or a severe blow to title hopes.Read
I WAS in Berlin on Wednesday night and must admit I felt myself turning into a Premier League manager for a minute there – wondering what the point of it all was.Read
IT’S a conundrum that even Jeff Stelling might have to pause for breath to ponder. Is it a sigh of relief that Chelsea also dropped two home points that were theirs for the taking?Read
TIM CAHILL will be reassessed ahead of Everton’s trip to Wigan Athletic on Monday after his appearance for Australia in yesterday’s World Cup qualifier in Bahrain.Read
IT’S one of the more banal entries in the footballing phrasebook – a striker going through a barren spell “just needs one to go in off his shin or his backside.”Read
IT’S around this time last year that Liverpool’s internal fighting escalated into a full-on brawl when Tom Hicks admitted he had sounded out Jurgen Klinsmann about the manager’s job.Read
JOLEON LESCOTT reckons Everton have shaken off their over-reliance on Yakubu – and more players chipping in with the goals has been key to their recent resurgence.Read
Nick Smith has covered Liverpool and Everton football clubs - as well as Blackburn Rovers! - at home and abroad during his 10 years as a sports writer.
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