http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ Liverpool Daily Post for the latest Liverpool & Merseyside news Liverpool FC news, Everton FC news, sports and entertainment from the European Capital of Culture 2008 en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/07/17/gareth-barry-to-liverpool-nowt-like-a-jolly-transfer-saga-64375-21355660/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/07/17/gareth-barry-to-liverpool-nowt-like-a-jolly-transfer-saga-64375-21355660/ THERE’S no doubting this year’s ‘must have’ for the Big Four. As the Premier League’s commercial giants search for new ways in which they can differentiate their product, widen the gap between themselves and the chasing pack, and stoke the media fires that maintain their brand positioning, there appears to be one essential means to maintain spectator interest and keep the back pages buzzing: The Transfer Saga. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/07/02/red-watch-fernando-torres-give-us-national-glory-64375-21212827/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/07/02/red-watch-fernando-torres-give-us-national-glory-64375-21212827/ ENGLAND’S absence from Euro 2008 may have caused considerable consternation in households up and down the country, but it’s doubtful whether those in Merseyside were among them. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/sport/columnists/columns/2008/07/02/strips-tease-me-64375-21212826/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/sport/columnists/columns/2008/07/02/strips-tease-me-64375-21212826/ ISN’T it funny how, when forming a mental picture of Liverpool playing in a former strip, it’s always a particular player who comes to the front of the mind’s eye? (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please turn over the page and save me any further embarrassment). http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/06/25/red-watch-strategic-transfer-sales-come-at-a-price-64375-21145557/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/06/25/red-watch-strategic-transfer-sales-come-at-a-price-64375-21145557/ THE phoney war is nearly over, and the real business is about to start. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/06/11/redwatch-financial-mire-at-anfield-breeds-mistrust-64375-21054613/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/06/11/redwatch-financial-mire-at-anfield-breeds-mistrust-64375-21054613/ I REMEMBER the days when following a football team was so simple. Before the days of wall-to-wall television coverage; before that interweb thingy was invented; before Radio 5 Live interrupted Sports Report to broadcast live commentary on Portsmouth versus Wigan. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/02/21/red-watch-rafa-s-a-consummate-tactician-on-the-euro-stage-64375-20502766/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/02/21/red-watch-rafa-s-a-consummate-tactician-on-the-euro-stage-64375-20502766/ RAFA BENITEZ had taken so much flak this week that it was a wonder Mohamed Al-Fayed had not accused him of being part of the conspiracy to murder Princess Diana. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/02/14/red-watch-fans-are-now-the-last-consideration-64375-20473424/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/02/14/red-watch-fans-are-now-the-last-consideration-64375-20473424/ IT must have been a busy time for the RSPCA last week. All those camels with broken backs, courtesy of the barrel-load of straws dropped on them by Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/02/07/red-watch-dream-of-lfc-fans-takeover-will-remain-just-that-64375-20444937/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/02/07/red-watch-dream-of-lfc-fans-takeover-will-remain-just-that-64375-20444937/ FAN power is all the rage at the moment, from Anfield to Accrington, but the demands on the individual fan illustrates the gulf between the European elite and a club struggling in the bottom half of League Two. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/01/30/red-watch-proof-we-havant-lost-it-64375-20410956/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:16:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/01/30/red-watch-proof-we-havant-lost-it-64375-20410956/ CALL me an old softy, but last Saturday afternoon was the perfect antidote to the depressing fortnight that had preceded it. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/01/23/red-watch-fans-becoming-problem-rather-than-solution-64375-20382725/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/01/23/red-watch-fans-becoming-problem-rather-than-solution-64375-20382725/ THERE was a time when a crisis at Liverpool was being only two points clear at the top of the table. And actually being in second place was considered such a seismic disturbance that the papers would trumpet ‘what’s gone wrong at Liverpool?’