by The Anfield Wrap | Feb 21, 2017 | Footie
HAVING guided Swansea City to the Premier League, and the unexpected safety of a mid-table finish, Brendan Rodgers got his move to the next level when Fenway Sports Group selected him as the face of their project. This modern, innovative manager represented everything...
by Paul Cope | Feb 21, 2017 | Footie
I CHANGED my mind on something this week. I know it’s not the done thing these days to think about something then change your mind. The trend seems to be that we should all pick an opinion on something then stick to it rigidly, closing our eyes and sticking our...
by James Dutton | Feb 21, 2017 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp’s decision to take Liverpool on a mid-season training camp to La Manga last week conjured up memories of past winter breaks abroad. Leicester have given the Spanish resort an air of notoriety for all the wrong reasons, once when Stan Collymore let off a...
by Neil Atkinson | Feb 20, 2017 | Footie
THERE has been something distorting about what Chelsea have done so far this season. Something which has damaged perceptions across the division, especially within the other sides in the top six. The rate they have notched points up has left everyone else searching...
by Ian Salmon | Feb 20, 2017 | Footie
ON Monday February 13, I received an email from Neil Atkinson; could I do the second ever recording of the new AFQ Football podcast at 5pm that night? Obviously I said yes, I’ll say yes to anything that sounds like it’s going to be interesting and enjoyable. And then...
by Karl Coppack | Feb 20, 2017 | Footie
PHIL Neal is Liverpool’s greatest ever full-back. He just is. In any discussion of our finest Liverpool 11s his name is usually cemented into the number two shirt, even by those who didn’t see him play. It’s just a truism. If you’re tempted to compile a list, write...
by Ben Johnson | Feb 20, 2017 | Footie
SO the Reds are on holiday and literally nothing has happened of any note aside from a couple of the players having to jump in a cold pool because they got beat by the ressies and Jürgen Klopp making the players share rooms with each other. That’s it. Imagine having...
by Josh Sexton | Feb 17, 2017 | Footie
WITH no Liverpool game scheduled this weekend, rather than sitting watching the FA Cup fifth round games thinking what could have been, get down to a local non-league game. Fate has handed you the chance to go the game without the emotional trauma of getting...
by Josh Sexton | Feb 17, 2017 | Footie
IT’S a question often asked when comparing the way top foreign clubs are run to the Premier League’s elite, and it reared its head again in the form of Henry Winter’s Twitter account after Arsenal’s 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich. Sir Chips Keswick, Ivan Gazidis,...
by Michael Nevin | Feb 17, 2017 | Footie
LAST week’s triumph over Spurs was a mighty relief; finally an end to a barren run in the league and for once, no tiresome post-match inquisition surrounding Liverpool’s inadequacies. Previously, results at Sunderland and Hull and at home to Swansea brought the...
