Liverpool is a city where anyone can find easy access to mischievous good humor and adult beverages. Most of the male population admits to not realizing their childhood dream to become a football professional with the local teams Liverpool and Everton. Among them are men of letters, rock stars, and a lot more not to be suspected of such limited ambition.
Liverpool’s recent home defeats by Northampton and Blackpool appeared to be further kicking the bottom out of their season and offered little hope to their new owner and Boston Red Sox reviver John W. Henry’s ambitions.
Then, in last week’s Europa League Group K game against Napoli, Steven Gerrard exploded with a startling hat trick, giving all the dreamers new hope.
When Chelsea took the field at Anfield last Sunday riding high atop the league table, the now reawakened Liverpool fans gave voice to a mixture of bawdy tribal banter and a choir with songs that were a little too rich and vulgar for John Henry and wife Linda Puzzuti to appreciate their intent.
And giving further rise to his comment that the English Premier League is like “the wild west” (where anything goes), Henry was further to witness a return to his scintillating best Spanish whiz kid striker Fernando Torres.
Torres gave Chelsea defender John Terry the odd glimpse of his presence in passing to score two masterful goals, signaling that Liverpool, after a long weary spell as also rans, are now escaping the humiliation of the relegation zone.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti’s past reference describing how Steven Gerrard wears his Liverpool shirt “inside him” and his denial of having any interest in either of this pair must have secretly considered that his All-Stars might have marked out this visit to be an easy passage to increase their lead and live up to expectations.
His compliments appeared to enhance Liverpool’s performance and give Roy Hodgson a welcome break from the suspicion of not being up to the task at hand with the pessimism that had engulfed the club in recent months.
Not so long ago, Hodgson had endured the discomfort of hearing the fans chant ominously their discontent during the Blackpool defeat with the name Kenny Dalglish, a one-time manager and Anfield icon. He has yet to win over the fans confidence and achieve the remarkable results he managed at Fulham.
Mark Hughes who replaced Hodgson at Fulham paid compliment to his achievement there with the quality of the squad and the team spirit he has inherited. Hodgson has the qualities and experience to give Liverpool the drive and self-belief, and with the recent upsurge are now only five points behind fourth placed Manchester City.
John W. Henry suggests that he may help restore the Premiership to sanity, but he should be aware that he may be drawn into the Premiership mad house, and like his predecessors George Hicks and Tom Gillett want his sanity and money back.
Liverpool’s recent home defeats by Northampton and Blackpool appeared to be further kicking the bottom out of their season and offered little hope to their new owner and Boston Red Sox reviver John W. Henry’s ambitions.
Then, in last week’s Europa League Group K game against Napoli, Steven Gerrard exploded with a startling hat trick, giving all the dreamers new hope.
When Chelsea took the field at Anfield last Sunday riding high atop the league table, the now reawakened Liverpool fans gave voice to a mixture of bawdy tribal banter and a choir with songs that were a little too rich and vulgar for John Henry and wife Linda Puzzuti to appreciate their intent.
And giving further rise to his comment that the English Premier League is like “the wild west” (where anything goes), Henry was further to witness a return to his scintillating best Spanish whiz kid striker Fernando Torres.
Torres gave Chelsea defender John Terry the odd glimpse of his presence in passing to score two masterful goals, signaling that Liverpool, after a long weary spell as also rans, are now escaping the humiliation of the relegation zone.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti’s past reference describing how Steven Gerrard wears his Liverpool shirt “inside him” and his denial of having any interest in either of this pair must have secretly considered that his All-Stars might have marked out this visit to be an easy passage to increase their lead and live up to expectations.
His compliments appeared to enhance Liverpool’s performance and give Roy Hodgson a welcome break from the suspicion of not being up to the task at hand with the pessimism that had engulfed the club in recent months.
Not so long ago, Hodgson had endured the discomfort of hearing the fans chant ominously their discontent during the Blackpool defeat with the name Kenny Dalglish, a one-time manager and Anfield icon. He has yet to win over the fans confidence and achieve the remarkable results he managed at Fulham.
Mark Hughes who replaced Hodgson at Fulham paid compliment to his achievement there with the quality of the squad and the team spirit he has inherited. Hodgson has the qualities and experience to give Liverpool the drive and self-belief, and with the recent upsurge are now only five points behind fourth placed Manchester City.
John W. Henry suggests that he may help restore the Premiership to sanity, but he should be aware that he may be drawn into the Premiership mad house, and like his predecessors George Hicks and Tom Gillett want his sanity and money back.
