Oliver Kay
@oliverkay.bsky.social
Senior Football Writer @theathletic.com @theathleticfc.bsky.social
Author of Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius 📖
Author of Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius 📖
Hate it when that happens. This is the proper link.
“When Title Defences Go Wrong”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
“When Title Defences Go Wrong”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Lessons for Liverpool: Why do so many Premier League title defences go wrong?
Arne Slot's side are not the first team to find the defence of their crown difficult — but does that make them 'bad champions'?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hate it when that happens. This is the proper link.
“When Title Defences Go Wrong”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
“When Title Defences Go Wrong”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
I might have watched this if they’d called it The Flat 😄
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I might have watched this if they’d called it The Flat 😄
Delighted to hear it. Hope you enjoy it. Let us know!
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Delighted to hear it. Hope you enjoy it. Let us know!
That role might not be his favourite but it plays to his strengths while Szoboszlai brings more solidity and stability in the middle. Freedom to roam and so many of those little passes in tight areas carried a real threat. Wirtz’s best performance for Liverpool so far
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
That role might not be his favourite but it plays to his strengths while Szoboszlai brings more solidity and stability in the middle. Freedom to roam and so many of those little passes in tight areas carried a real threat. Wirtz’s best performance for Liverpool so far
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Absolutely. Both of them!
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Absolutely. Both of them!
-season tours etc. A Barcelona game in Miami would sell out — of course it would — but it's not as if the Florida football/soccer market has been starved of the opportunity to see big teams/matches in recent years.
Ultimately, for so many different reasons, it's just an appalling idea.
Ultimately, for so many different reasons, it's just an appalling idea.
October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
-season tours etc. A Barcelona game in Miami would sell out — of course it would — but it's not as if the Florida football/soccer market has been starved of the opportunity to see big teams/matches in recent years.
Ultimately, for so many different reasons, it's just an appalling idea.
Ultimately, for so many different reasons, it's just an appalling idea.