THIS is the greatest day of our lives. There will be analysis and there will be chat, and there will be talk. But this is the greatest day of our lives. There is a piece. It is the only piece I have written in advance. I wrote it three years ago. The piece is 800...
THE Blues. The fucking Blues. And I guess that’s why they call them The Blues. I just cannot be arsed with them right now. And annoyingly, inevitably, they will be so invested in this weekend’s derby. Blues, blue men, blue people, you may well get your win, that win,...
THE 1986 FA Cup final may just be the biggest football match I ever commentated on. It certainly seemed like it at the time. Yes, there was Istanbul — and didn’t someone else win the Champions League in dramatic circumstances a few seasons before? Just this...
I’VE often pondered what constitutes a captain’s performance in football. There are some which instantly spring to mind, Steven Gerrard in the 2006 FA Cup final, Roy Keane away to Juventus in 1999 and Tony Adams against Everton on the final day of 1997-98. All of them...
GETTING beat is rubbish. Yes it is. The fact is that Liverpool are a good team. No wait, a great team. But still, even a great team gets beat. From back to front there is effort. As discussed after the match, the goalkeeper is probably the man of the match. The...
MY only real gripe with The Reds there is that they are too soft. Marco Verratti, twat of a tackle, wants fucking bladdering and standing over. No one touches him. Neymar, flicking the ball over people’s heads, diving, cheating, moaning and no one lands a...
DESPITE a seemingly unstoppable march towards predictability at the top level of the game, it’s the unknown that keeps us interested. We might see eye-popping odds offered by bookies that say a team has next to no chance of achieving a result, or winning a trophy, yet...
THE away end going bananas. Away ends are good at doing that, and it was the third time this particular away end had done so on Saturday afternoon. While Roberto Firmino was confirming with the assistant referee that he was allowed to celebrate a legitimate goal, and...
IT’S a bigger game than we’d budgeted for. Yes, when the draw was made it was appreciated that a bum hand had been dealt, but still. Liverpool are often careless in Champions League group stage games, but now is not a time for regrets as we approach the decisive...
THEY fucking love getting their hair cut in Watford, you know. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so many barbers in one gaff in my life. About 10, in a row, all of them chocker. Mad that, isn’t it? Alisson: 7 Tried to pass one to Firmino at centre half first half but fucked...
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast reflecting on the demoralising draw against Burnley at Anfield where Liverpool continue to frustrate at home against promoted opposition.
In a performance which has elicited some very strong reactions from Liverpool supporters, Neil Atkinson is joined by Kieran Molynuex, Ian Salmon and Ian Ryan to make sense of Liverpool’s struggles and how they once again emerged without three points.
