Liverpool FC is deeply saddened by the passing of former goalkeeper Alex Manninger at the age of 48.
The thoughts of everyone at LFC are with Alex's family and friends at this difficult time.
@tylerdownton6 Not just shite today. Shite for a lot of the year. Bar set pieces. He’s horrible at play making and we seem to play the whole thing through him instead of Wirtz.
🚨 Gregory Van der Wiel's incredible testimony about his career 😳🥺
𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗬 read this 👇
🗣️ “I won 16 trophies. And I felt nothing. No joy, no pride, no relief. Nothing. I couldn’t enjoy a single moment of my career. Because I was too busy… wearing a mask. Pretending to be okay. Avoiding anything that might unsettle me. Showing that I had everything under control.
I wore that mask for so long that I eventually became the mask itself. A robot playing a role without feeling a thing.
If you feel this way, that mask isn’t protecting you. It’s killing you. Take it off.
What would you give to play without fear? To step onto the field and feel totally FREE. No pre-game anxiety. No post-game depression. Just you. Fully present. Fully focused. Fully yourself.
Most athletes will never know that feeling. They’ll spend their entire careers playing in fear. Fear of the coach’s reaction. Fear of the fans’ judgment. Fear of the media headlines. Fear of their own thoughts.
And they’ll call it ‘pressure.’ They’ll say: ‘That’s just football.’
It’s not. It’s a prison. And I lived in it for 15 years.
I played stiffly when I should have played freely. I held back when I should have exploded. I doubted myself when I should have had confidence.
The version of myself I could have been? It still exists, somewhere. It never saw the light of day. It still torments me, it still haunts me.
But you? You still have time.
You have time to develop the mindset that will set you free. You have time to perfect the tools that will make you invincible in every match.
This inner work is demanding. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do in your life. And it’s truly the only thing that changes everything.”
Johnny Kenny turning down Schalke and AGF to join Bolton sums up where we are with Irish lads perceptions of moving to the continent. Aarhus potentially playing Champions League next season but Johnny chose away games at Burton Albion
@DonalOsullivan@CarthyMehall@billy_hedigan@ballsdotie Thought it was a great game tbf, both teams absolutely brilliant. I wouldn’t put OConnor down as greatness though? Kerry have much better midfielders than him.