By Rob McDonald COLOMBIA What We Know: While the loss of Radamel Falcao is hardly ideal, it’s not necessarily a hammer blow Colombia’s chances for a strong showing. In a competitive but not overwhelming group and with a strong squad, Colombia are one of the teams that...
By Clare Newstead OKAY, FIRST THINGS FIRST: I know very little about football. The actual game. The actual players. I mean it. I pick up a bit here and there about Liverpool. It’s hard not to, living with Martin Fitzgerald and watching Kop Kids on LFCTV at tea-time (I...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Rob Gutmann, Dave Downey, Phil Blundell, James Dutton and Hari Sethi in another TAW World Cup Special Download Issue 10 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST – A PODCAST FOR...
By Rob McDonald SPAIN What We Know: Needlessly good. Preposterously good. You don’t win three major trophies on the bounce at international level, it’s ridiculous. Will they win a fourth? Well, they’re older (you can’t stop THAT, Fuentes) and while there are newer –...
By Dave Downie I COULDN’T THINK of a more colourful team to be given in this World Cup preview thing. I didn’t know who to write about – the Netherlands, Holland or the Dutch. Greedy bastards seem to have everything in abundance that anyone from...
NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Adam Melia and Stephanie Heneghan batter through the week’s ten songs, leaving no stone unturned. Ten great songs in fact. Splendid Rider work.’ Buying tickets before you go the show, CDs on the walls and fashion magazine barbeques....
By Rob McDonald BRAZIL What We Know: We don’t know what they are; really, they’ve not played in a proper competition since 2011 (not having the Confederations Cup). Actually, scratch that: they’re a team whose main centre forward is either Fred or Jo. They’re also a...
NEIL SCOTT had his doubts when the current Liverpool manager was appointed two years ago but now he’s a believer THERE will be a time, and it won’t be too long coming, when they will make a film about Liverpool’s 2013/14 season. Some kind of fantasy action adventure...
With less than a week to go until the 2014 World Cup gets under way in Brazil, J-League expert Dave Phillips has an in-depth at look Group C hopefuls Japan, analysing the squad in detail in all areas of the pitch as well as taking a look at likely tactics and the...
By Hari Sethi INJUSTICE INJUSTICE is rife throughout the history of professional football; the best team doesn’t always win, the best players don’t always get what they deserve. Yet whilst injustice initially results in an enveloping sense of despair and anger, it can...
