THE concluding part of 08/09. Atkinson, Nevin, Graves, Gibbons. Rotation needed when it is as intense as this. The four are all in as Liverpool thump everyone.
What We Call History: 2008/9 – Part Four
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 23, 2015 | Basic, Podcast, TAW Player, What We Call History | 8 comments
Not going to make me fall off my bike again are you Mike?
Cathartic bittersweet stuff. If ever the ups and downs of a season deserved to be captured in a book it was this one (possibly in the form of a novel with names changed), and I nominate the team that put together these shows, which capture perfectly the emotional, roller coaster nature of it all. Everything about that time was so against all odds and it still feels unfair that Liverpool didn’t have the satisfaction/vindication of a title win, but it wasn’t to be; the stars just weren’t aligned that way.
Wonderful “series”. Brought back a lot of great memories but also that sense of frustration with the anti-Benitez brigade. Yossi B was immense that season. And, boy, this show made me realise I still haven’t gotten over Rafa’s departure.
Have loved this WWCH series. Remember driving from Belfast to my folks house through the countryside listening to the last 15 minutes of the Fulham game. Nearly drove off the road when Yossi scored and blared the horn the rest of the way. The missus thought I’d completely lost it. She might have had a point.
This was the show when Mike finally jumped the shark or broke the fourth wall or broke the shark or jumped the wall, or something. His announcement that this was his show has been coming for a while, and was very, very funny indeed.
So many great points, but I am so glad that somebody else remembered ( and mentioned) the nonsense about Spearing being better than Lucas.
Just read the comments sections of the papers over MAdrid’s away draw in La Liga for their first game under Rafa and you’ll still see all the hatred and bile is still there for Rafa. It is truly shocking.
Can’t remember who said it, but the point that ‘We didnt realise how good we had it’ is so so true.
And you’ve made me fume all over again about Howard Webb, Spurs and Villa capitulating. Splitters!!!
Great show, great 4 parts, worth every penny of the monthly stipend. Be proud of yourselves TAW, some fantastic podding.
Absolutely loved this series, would have paid a year’s subscription just for these 4 episodes. Worth remembering too that before we went to old trafford, man u were starting to be called the untouchables by their fans and certain media outlets, as a reference to the arsenal invincibles. after we left old trafford, we never heard the untouchables tag again, they were definitely ‘touchable’. Nice also to know that I wasn’t alone in finding that people who had no interest in football were all of a sudden discussing Rafa’s ‘failings’, that was definitely a phenomenon fuelled in part by the cabal of fergie acolytes in the press.
One last thing about Rafa. I think it was the following season when I think we were playing Lyon in the champion’s league, and 5 live lined up Mick McCarthy for an interview about the match. Mick had played for Lyon at one time. The lady interviewer began to talk about Rafa’s position at the club and to McCarthy’s eternal credit, he told her he wasn’t on to talk about another manager’s position and just hung up on her on live radio…legend. keep up the good work lads.
ferd
He’s a good egg is Mick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5qX1Yr-hQ