It's showtime...

To my fellow Reds: welcome to my blog - thanks for stopping by.

I won't get precious or go on here about how long I've wanted to do this and why you should bother reading as everyone and his mother blogs these days. But as I'm a fairly opinionated sort whose constant thoughts on things LFC seem of the slightly "old school" variety and tinged with more than just a little bit of Noo Yawk moxie ("whaddya mean you think that, are ya stupid?"), I figured I might as well give it a bash.

The main reason for doing this is my undying love for a football club far away and the city that gave rise to it. Its fanbase continues to grow worldwide with each passing season but with that comes the risk of wiping out what attracted those of us from outside the city to it in the first place. So while I will have talk on here about a specific Liverpool match or players, the manager or the fans, I also want to pose questions looking at where we're going and what signposts we as supporters should try to keep sight of while speeding forward in the quest for nos. 19, 6 and beyond. We all want success but not at the expense of "The Liverpool Way" becoming a catchphrase with no more hold on supporters than "Coke is it" has.

This club is the way it is and adored because of whence it came, so I will touch on that as well - 2008 European Capital of Culture, the birthplace of the best band ever and home to some of the finest folks it's ever been my pleasure to meet. There'll also be random bits and bobs on anything I'm particularly pleased or annoyed with in the football world to round it all out (so get ready).

So with all that said, let's get this party started! Welcome again and thanks for reading.