LAST night on BT Sport, Michael Owen told the story of the collapse of his dream return to Liverpool in the summer of 2009. It was the tale of promises — both kept and broken — and the unfortunate concatenation of circumstances which saw him unable to return to the...
LOOK, I’m not falling for this again. An almost fully fit Liverpool squad, battering all and sundry in pre-season, major acquisitions made and no one of note leaving (sorry, Emre) and things look rosier than ever. I’m still not buying it though. As The Charlatans once...
THERE was a moment in the England v Colombia match last week which really got under my ribs. It was one of those moments where you sense an inevitable doom which will colour the coming months in a very negative light. My stomach fell away like an open lift shaft and,...
THE hardest thing to take about the final was that it seems to be a wasted opportunity. We’ll never know if our starting 11 would be good enough to claim the European crown. We’ll never know what we could have done had the game ended at 1-1 and gone into extra time. A...
A FEW years ago a few newly promoted clubs adopted the song “we’re not really here” to the tune of Knees Up Mother Brown. This was also the case with a side who found themselves at the top of the league but knew it couldn’t last. The significance was that they...
DEFENDING things like this always come with a caveat so here it is. Throwing bottles in the street is not a good thing. I’m dead against it. Presumably apart from the lads who were doing it, we all are. I’m less concerned about the safety of the Manchester City coach...
WHEN you’re growing up, footballers are magical. That hasn’t changed regardless of generation. One day, when I was 17, I was at Anfield buying a ticket to a game when I spotted Craig Johnston in the car park. At that age you’re far too aloof to do the whole fan thing,...
NOWADAYS it’s virtually impossible for a Liverpool manager to make a shock exit from the club. Instead, if a manager is in trouble, the pressure and momentum build until the inevitable occurs. Maybe over the past weeks the press will speculate that whoever’s time it...
LAST weekend, just days after the high of the derby, Liverpool sold our best player and, not unnaturally, people are concerned about how we replace him — be it in the next few weeks or in the summer. There’s always a sadness when moments like this come. When...
A Happy New Year to you all. A new year is a time for renewal, of reflection. It gives us an opportunity to draw a line in the sand and announce that from now on we will either stop doing foolish things (over-drinking, over-eating, binge-watching Netflix instead of...
The Anfield Wrap’s midweek free podcast after Liverpool have been crowned champions.
Joining John Gibbons for a chat about what Liverpool might look like next season, what the rest of this season should look like and a chat about Chelsea are Ali Gunn, Mo Stewart and James Sutton.
Also in the show, John chats to Lewis Steele about the Reds and what they could do over the summer.
