Forgiving Andy Carroll will not come easy for most of us. Our natural instinct is to remain uncompromising towards the wrongdoer, in order to protect ourselves from further distress. Yet there comes a time when one must analyse the pros and cons of prolonged sulking and, perhaps, offer that awkward olive branch; because, deep down,…

Last year he was our Player of the Season, this year he looks almost certain to be leaving the club, and it looks like the manager could be keen to see that happen. It's been a funny old season for Martin Skrtel, but I doubt he's laughing much at all.

Hero to zero

Martin started the season…

A peculiar feature of Liverpool's difficult away games under Brendan Rodgers is his tendency to completely change his side's formation at half-time: away at Everton, Chelsea and Manchester United he's dramatically altered his side after an underwhelming first-half performance. Now, especially after the weekend embarrassment at Oldham, he's under pressure to get it right from the start.

Following the arrival of…

A few months back I wrote an article about Raheem Sterling saying he was an exciting talent who deserved to be in the first team set-up, and warned that Liverpool had to be mindful of burning him out by over-playing him.

Although Raheem hasn't suffered any injuries from playing so many games, it does look like some fatigue may…