by Adam Melia | Mar 7, 2017 | Footie
CARDS on the table, I don’t rate Fenway Sports Group. They’ve been in my Si Mignolet category for a while now, where it’s miles too late for the occasional good thing they do to make an impact on the memory bank of previous gaffes, howlers, and...
by Rob Gutmann | Mar 7, 2017 | Footie
THE reporting of Liverpool’s renewed interest in Mario Gotze (by the unimpeachable Melissa Reddy) was roundly greeted with a consensus of eye rolling and head shaking by the Liverpool FC nation. Why do we want he who didn’t want us, and has turned out to be a dreadful...
by John Gibbons | Mar 7, 2017 | Footie
ONE of these days this article won’t start with the morning after the night before. This is not one of those occasions. Although, to be fair, I don’t actually feel hungover — which is entirely because I’m still drunk. It’s around 10am and...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 6, 2017 | Footie
AFTER we played Tottenham at home I wrote an article with the following introduction: “Oh, the Reds. Where do we start with the Reds? The unplayable, unstoppable, aggressive, run your legs off, schizophrenic, frustrating, we will beat anyone apart from if they are...
by Neil Atkinson | Mar 4, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
WATCHING the clock. Counting it down. Calling the minutes out — 83, 85, 87. Then Adam Lallana picks it up, holds it, holds it, holds it. Opens his body. Finds Divock Origi. And Gini Wijnaldum steams forward. Veins in his neck bulging. Lungs bursting. Body crying...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 4, 2017 | Footie
TAW contributors with talking points straight from the ground after Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Arsenal. Lessons Learnt Great win. Decision making the main difference from Saturday. Reckon they’ve watched 100 videos from Monday. @johngibbonsblog Lallana Love...
by Andy Heaton | Mar 4, 2017 | Footie
EVEN more fuming about Leicester now. Bossed that today, even if Arsenal scored a really good goal… Simon Mignolet: 8 Cannot overstate how good a save that was from Olivier Giroud’s header — had to rearrange balance, strong hand and the calmness not to...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 3, 2017 | Footie
AHEAD of this weekend’s clash with Arsenal, TAW contributors look back on nine times Liverpool have slapped ‘the Arse’. August 17, 1985: Liverpool 2 Arsenal 0 “DO you know these men?” The start of a new football season, the traditional warm August...
by Josh Sexton | Mar 3, 2017 | Footie
AHEAD of Saturday’s clash with Arsenal at Anfield we spoke to Kevin Whitcher editor of ‘The Gooner’ fanzine to get the latest on the Gunners and, in particular, Arsene Wenger. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself and the fanzine The Gooner started...
by Rob Gutmann | Mar 3, 2017 | Footie
THAT beating we took on Monday was a real kick in the pants. Let’s downplay nothing. As the manager noted ‘we started badly, it was bad in the middle, and bad in the end’. It’s hard to recall feeling so debilitated by a Liverpool result. What...
