ALL goalies are crazy. That’s what we’ve always been told; reading the books by Rob Childs as a kid, growing up with curtain-sporting keepers wearing tops that looked like that mad rug in your nan’s. Perhaps that’s why a large number of football fans are prepared to...
CAN you say the past few weeks have been a rollercoaster? I mean, things started off slow with the Merseyside Derby and I was genuinely worried for at least a moment that we may just watch The Reds slowly stumble over the line towards a first title in 30 years, all...
I FEEL as though I’ve written this piece before. Last time, though, it was about Alberto Moreno and how he was a player that could be flawless for a whole season, but the minute he made a mistake he’d be vilified. You’d be well within your rights to say Moreno wasn’t...
FIRST things first: Happy Birthday, Mo Salah. I can imagine all the lads led by his bezzie Degsy Lovren and the manager gathered round at a social distance singing a song for our Egyptian King today. I can imagine his beaming smile and the shy hands-in-the-sleeves...
‘THESE are unprecedented times.’ Perhaps the most overused phrase during this global pandemic, but it definitely holds merit when it comes to the position Liverpool Football Club are in. At least in my lifetime. The Liverpool teams I’ve known have mostly been nearly...
MEMORIES are such a strange concept. I saw a meme recently which pointed out that sometimes your brain can remember that it’s forgotten something, but can’t actually remember what that thing was. It makes you think, doesn’t it? There are millions of moments throughout...
IT was like Christmas Day morning… Well, Christmas Day morning if it had been postponed for two months. And it wasn’t the real Father Crimbo, just some random old fella with a beer belly and some grey stubble. And instead of the latest games console with all the best...
SO the time has come. Well, sort of at least. Football is set to make its grand return this weekend as the Bundesliga gets back underway, just this time without a single fan in attendance, as we all watch on from our respective ‘isolation stations’ with baited breath....
I’VE loved writing for The Anfield Wrap while in lockdown. I love it at the best of times, but it has given me a release during these times which has been so welcome. The chance to revisit every facet of what made me fall in love with football. It has given us a...
AGAINST modern football? Not really mate, no. However, there are a long list of things about the coverage football gets now that has become tiresome over time. Much of that list has become a problem off the back of the introduction of social media and the fact...
Midweek Extra Gutter Special: Winky Wirtz’s Nod Of Approval
It’s another Midweek Extra Gutter Special packed full with even more noise and feverish speculation surrounding the potential arrival of Florian Wirtz, with the German International himself adding further fuel to the transfer flames.
Rob Gutmann is joined by Ali Gunn, Craig Hannan and Adam Melia.
