Posted by Nick Mason

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve incited a riot in public, more importantly on twitter. I think it’s now time for us Liverpool fans to begin dreaming, maybe this year could actually be our year. Now, I know that City are two games in hand of us, but hey. We’re second and still have a major say in where the title lands. Could it be with us? Chelsea or City? Maybe Arsenal could stage a late fight back, but don’t get too far ahead of yourself. It’s Arsenal, and they don’t do ‘winning’ that well when it comes to securing trophies!

How have Liverpool changed their ways, so quickly? I still believe that the key to a good season is to have a brilliant pre-season. That’s what happened with us this season, unlike the last. Brendan Rodgers has also made some very brave managerial decisions with Liverpool, and they have actually paid off. I hold confidence now, that if the game comes down to tactics, Liverpool will win.

Posted by Nick Mason

I think Liverpool Fans everywhere would agree with me, our January transfer window was woeful. But, looking forward, that won’t really have much of an effect on the team as a unit. Yes, we missed out on somebody with a massive name, Konoplyanka, but summer is our market, and I think Liverpool management understood that.

Player’s prices are always inflated during January, due to the limited amount of time to find replacements, and I’m glad that Ian Ayre and Brendan Rodgers stuck to their valuations on rumoured players such as Mohamed Salah. Ok, I understand that the Konoplyanka deal wasn’t our fault, it was the fault of Dnipro’s rogue president. Oh yeah, Liverpool will be back for him in the summer!

Liverpool have got the perfect bunch of players right now, who are playing well as a unit, and will continue to learn as part of the team. They are also playing with a broken defence right now, but they’ve managed to find a way to deal with what’s on the horizon.

Talk of the town
A few players have been all the talk of the town recently, but for the wrong reasons. Some boneheaded fans have suggested that neither of the three should be playing in a Liverpool shirt. I kid you not, you can’t make this up; all you have to do is read twitter during a match. We’re talking about Simon Mignolet and Aly Cissokho, with a hint of Iago Aspas thrown in the mix as well.

Summer.  That long period of time that football fans hate.  When the league finishes and it is weeks before another ball is kicked competitively.  Every two years it’s made worse due to there being no World Cup or European Championships to fill that gap.  Well, as of yesterday, it’s finally over and the Barclays Premier League kicked off once again.

The setting for the curtain raiser just so happened to be Anfield this season.  Liverpool would get the chance to kick of the season at home, and their opposition was Stoke.  The glorious green carpet on the field, the red netting in the goals, the Kop End were all ready to start us off again.

Liverpool had spent the summer bringing in a number of new purchases, and the question for most fans would be how those new purchases would fit into the squad, if at all.  Stoke, however, had been ringing the changes from their end too.  Gone was rugby aficionado Tony Pulis, and in his place came Mark Hughes.  Would we see the same bullying Stoke from the last few seasons, or would we see a sudden change  towards attacking football that Mark Hughes seems to favour?  It promised to be an interesting curtain raiser, would it be exciting though?