Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 4 Bournemouth 2 in the 2025-2026 Premier League season… WHEN you need them, The Reds come through for you. For years, honestly years before 2015 this was rarely the case. The Reds...
As the Premier League returns and Liverpool begin at Anfield, the power of football is ready to unite us all in remembering Diogo Jota… LIFE goes on, as they say. This is never more salient than in football. Liverpool are champions, but we all start again...
The Community Shield completes Arne Slot’s new look Liverpool side’s testing stage. Next up is the real thing for the Premier League champions… LAST WEEK I asked if the Community Shield was a serious fixture. The online replies were pretty...
“He will ultimately be a striker who didn’t do the business for Liverpool (except for when he did) and who will be a subjective taste. I loved him and am fine with those who didn’t.” I’M IN A WhatsApp group with Kris Walsh. We were...
Should the Community Shield be seen as a legitimate chance to increase Liverpool’s trophy count, or just to increase fitness?… BACK in May, I was surprised to hear Pep Guardiola’s response to accusations that City had had a poor season. He’d been...
Would selling Alexander Isak to Liverpool for big money usher in a positive new era for Newcastle United, akin to when the Reds sold Coutinho? DID you want to sell Phil Coutinho? Cast your mind back to the heady days of summer 2017. Virgil Van Dijk was flirting...
Liverpool refreshing a championship winning squad is more than exciting – it’s a must if they’re to seek dominance at home and in Europe … I’LL miss Lucho. I know all the arguments. A phenomenal fee for a 28-year-old who doesn’t want to...
Liverpool being maligned for their summer transfer spends: Are we all just hypocrites when it comes to the amount of money in football? A FEW months ago, I got into an argument with my partner. She was watching some reality TV shite where two people who meet at...
With Hugo Ekitike set to sign as Liverpool’s pre-season tour commences, is their transfer business set to continue throughout the summer? … ANOTHER name in then. Possibly. Not sure. There’s no photo of Hugo Ekitike holding up a Liverpool scarf above...
“If Newcastle confirm Ekitike now and Liverpool can meet their price on Isak, it seems a smart move to sell at the top of his market moment.” SO much of this is about timing and control. The Alexander Isak news crashed down yesterday. And my...
