Liverpool's Andy Carroll fails to convince in defeat by Manchester City
Paul Hayward: striker's heading is improving but, without Luis Suárez, Liverpool remain short
on attacking options.
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Paul Hayward: Liverpool siege mentality misguided over Luis Suarez's racial abuse of
Patrice Evra
Paul Hayward: Club's melodramatic defence of Luis Suarez has failed to face simple fact that
offence was committed.
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Liverpool have good day at the office as owners seek an equitable life | Paul
Hayward
Kenny Dalglish's men have begun to turn the corner in their efforts to rebuild Liverpool's
standing in the market place Until this week there was the sense of it being one long handshake –
one big nod to the Kop tradition – but now Liverpool's new owners are getting down to business,
coveting a larger share of overseas TV rights and bemoaning the cost of modern players.
Kenny Dalglish resolute in pursuing Liverpool's unfinished revolution | Paul
Hayward
There will be no turning back for the Liverpool manager who is convinced his squad are
developing a formidable strength Not all transitions are as smooth as Kenny Dalglish succeeding
Kevin Keegan in the Liverpool sides of the 1970s, as the current manager would have testified after
the 4-0 caning at Tottenham Hotspur last weekend – the heaviest of his two spells as leader.
Craig Noone typifies remarkable rise of Brighton & Hove Albion | Paul
Hayward
Craig Noone is hoping to face Steven Gerrard of Liverpool on Wednesday night but this time as
his opposition not his roofer High on Steven Gerrard's roof, where he was hammering in tiles, Craig
Noone would watch Liverpool's most illustrious player leave for training and think: "I hope I get
the chance to do that one day.
Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll illustrate perils of a striker's lot | Paul
Hayward
Spain and England left out £85m of misfiring striking talent this week but when a
centre-forward is on song it lifts the entire team As any Middlesbrough fan will tell you – just
mention Afonso Alves or Massimo Maccarone as prompts – buying the wrong striker is a peculiarly
calamitous act that invites external derision and internal angst.
Mourinho out of time in Madrid? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Jose Mourinho has many gifts. For organisation, for having team buy into a philosophy, for quick
quips and irritation. It's perhaps fitting that a master of hyperbole has been pilloried by the
more rampant sensationalists in the British media concerning his antics during and after the
Spanish Supercup.
Two decades on from Hillsborough and Liverpool is still in the dark | Paul
Hayward
The stadium tragedy is part of the identity of both club and city, and it is time the government
put the families' pain to rest Slide out of a taxi at Anfield and a figure will hand you a "Don't
buy the Sun " leaflet while a familiar throng chats outside the Hillsborough Justice Campaign shop
on Walton Breck Road.
Arsène Wenger appeals for calm after Liverpool defeat | Paul Hayward
The Arsenal manager needs to dispel the mounting sense that the club are in for the toughest
season of his reign Appealing for calm, Arsène Wenger said: "We live in circumstances where every
defeat is absolutely a disgrace – an earthquake.
As Bashar Al Assad looks on Mourinho scoops dirt out of Tito Vilanova's eye
There has been much talk of a Jose Mourinho return to the Premiership after his Real Madrid
spell. It has been fueled partially by conjecture but mostly by the man himself who has talked of
the emotional pull of his days at Chelsea.
Andy Carroll needs to up his game if he is going to live up to his price tag and be a hit at
Liverpool.
That was the frank view of The Observer's chief sports writer, Paul Hayward, after he watched Kenny
Dalglish's new-look side being held to an opening-day draw by Sunderland.
With new boys Charlie Adam, Luis Enrique, Stewart Downing and Jordan Henderson all on show, it was
a disappointing result for a packed Anfield anticipating a summer of spending to shoot the Reds
straight back into Champions League contention.
Kop mobility
Paul Hayward told the Supplement that Andy Carroll's display was too static for a Liverpool
centre-forward.
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Andy Carroll still looking to let out his inner monster for Liverpool | Paul
Hayward
The striker did not justify his £35m transfer fee with a struggling display against Sunderland
In January's great striker sale, £85m worth of goalscoring talent passed through Anfield.
Guardian experts give their predictions for the 2011-12 season
Manchester United fancied to win their 20th title, while QPR are strongly tipped to go straight
back down Who will win the Premier League? Kevin McCarra A well-equipped and fairly settled
Manchester United, even if Wesley Sneijder never arrives.
American Beauty Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur (30-07-11) Brighton's new stadium is
landmark architecture, designed to inspire. Premier League calibre. Beautiful inside. A mansion for
the homeless. Paul Hayward I didn't actually want to attend this match. I'd waited so long - 14
years to be precise - to see Brighton play in a "proper" home stadium again that I promised myself
one
Kenny Dalglish splashes cash but Liverpool spirits rise | Paul Hayward
Liverpool manager has spent a lot of money on players but it is necessary to compete with
Chelsea and Manchester United The Kop lives in mortal fear of the mediocre buy, the non‑Liverpool
signing: a dread that dates back to Phil Babb, Neil Ruddock, Julian Dicks and Jimmy Carter.
Arsene Wenger's nil by mouth approach as Arsenal head towards major resection this summer has
dominated the discourse as signs point to a club heading towards dysfunctionality and descent into
gradual oblivion.
Paul Scholes writes that Utd's energies are now devoted to fending off Chelsea not Arsenal, Paul
Hayward opines Wenger's experiment is stuffed which only a £80m enema will relieve, Dominic
Fifield blames the club's refusal to go over £90,000 per week in salary for the mass desertion,
Phil McNulty believes Wenger faces his greatest challenge since he was blamed for the demise of
English football.
Natalie Portman's character hallucinates to success
Paul Hayward furthers the Arsenal in crisis trope which is a particular favourite amongst sports
pundits. The central theme revolves around a group of disillusioned players who want to leave
Arsenal because it has consistently defied the usual barometer of success.
It's not often Manchester United go into a game, any game, as underdogs. But that
evening in Rome still lives long in memory (Patrice Evra: "It hurt so much when we lost. We
did the team pictures the following season. We had three trophies. But we were missing the one with
the big ears.
Perhaps it is a sign of the times. No longer are writers and journalists dusty old moaners with
a chip on their shoulders about how the game should be, although there is still a contingent in
some of the more elite press rooms across the land. No, Twitter has done more damage to the image
of the hack than any hatchet job on Gary Linkear's bedroom antics could ever possibly do.
Good interview with Paul Hayward of the Guardian:
"West Bromwich Albion, like Fulham, have a certain appeal and I knew there were some good
football players here, talented people. I thought they had the right attitude – the chairman and
Dan Ashworth, the sporting director. I thought it would be a nicer way to finish the season than
leaving Liverpool and not doing anything for six months.
The byline for Paul Hayward's article runs 'after a week when Real Madrid and Barcelona beat Europe
9-1 the prospect of four
Clásicos in 18 days enters thrilling view'. Hopefully that'll be
the case, rather than a mass of overhype and overkill.
Artistry and anger vie as Real and Barça stage world series
Real Madrid vs. Tottenham
Preview
Dominic Raynor: All pressure on Real Madrid
Sid Lowe: Ronaldo can make Real predictable
Phil Minshull: Can Real win it all?
Paul Hayward: Spurs feed off inferiority complex
Key Battles
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