by Joel Rabinowitz | Sep 8, 2017 | Footie
AFTER a tedious and drawn-out transfer saga, Philippe Coutinho rejoined his Liverpool teammates in full training at Melwood on Thursday. The Brazilian appeared in high spirits, with Jürgen Klopp confirming he had a very positive chat with the player to clear the air....
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jun 7, 2017 | Footie
AMID all the furor around Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk in recent days, it’s easy to look beyond the players who secured a top four finish to get Liverpool into a position where challenging for these kinds of players is now a possibility. Of course, we all...
by Joel Rabinowitz | May 16, 2017 | Footie
IT feels good watching the Reds scoring goals for fun once more. It feels even better when it comes at a point in the season where the pressure to win is extreme, away from home against a side Liverpool have made a habit of struggling against in recent seasons. After...
by Joel Rabinowitz | May 4, 2017 | Footie
FOLLOWING Liverpool’s gloriously gritty and dogged 1-0 victory at Vicarage Road on Monday night, there was a general sense of immense satisfaction at another major hurdle successfully negotiated in the quest to secure Champions League football. This was the kind...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Apr 25, 2017 | Footie
WE’RE now approaching that stage in the season again where we start to look at the squad and analyse which positions need to be strengthened in the upcoming transfer window. There are several certainties in the current squad whose futures seem very secure under...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Apr 2, 2017 | Footie
WHEN Seamus Coleman had his leg virtually snapped in two by Neil Taylor during the recent international break, the widespread reaction (including from Liverpool fans) was, quite rightly, one of enormous sympathy for Coleman. Not that footballing ability is relevant in...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Mar 21, 2017 | Footie
IN recent weeks there has been growing attention among Liverpool fans over Nathaniel Clyne and his long-term prospects at Liverpool. One of the most steady performers at the club since his £12.5 million arrival from Southampton in the summer of 2015, Clyne’s form has...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Mar 1, 2017 | Footie
IN the wake of Liverpool’s 4-0 hammering of Barcelona at Wembley in pre-season, I wrote a piece for The Anfield Wrap about Jürgen Klopp’s tactical blueprint for the new season and how this 4-3-3 shape with a fluid, interchanging front three and a dynamic, energetic...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Feb 6, 2017 | Footie
THERE are days when football makes you wonder why you bother with it all. The pain, the fury, the anguish, the sheer and utter, sickening disappointment. Liverpool have produced several of those days of late. In football, there are blips and there are crises. While...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jan 24, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S no getting away from it — this weekend was a horrible if you’re a Liverpool fan. Losing for the first time in over a year at Anfield against the side bottom of the table. Then to see Manchester United score a stoppage time equaliser at Stoke, Arsenal...
