IT IS a question that many were asking themselves as recently as the New Year. Admittedly, it’s rather a misleading headline as Bobby Firmino was always for me, as this previous TAW article will confirm. FIRMINO: NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT, LIVERPOOL The loudest...
AWAY games actually start two or three weeks before when you decide whether you are going or not. Tickets need buying, transport needs arranging and, in some cases, passes are needed from home. For most, the whole thing is a complex decision-making process based on...
PICTURE the scene. Dawn breaks. A naked man lies alone on a heavily distressed bed — the duvet and pillows seem to be at once entwined with and yet almost scrambling to escape his clutches. Through the untouched, gaping curtains an inquisitive beam of light...
I’M writing this with a headache. A pain in the head brought on not just by last night’s booze, but the also the cacophony of Anfield at its best. Prior to the match against Manchester United, I was thinking about an angle on the game because by the time this...
WITH the paperback version of Men In White Suits released this week, The Anfield Wrap has an exclusive full chapter extract from the book, where Graeme Souness speaks candidly to Simon Hughes, admitting where he got it wrong during his turbulent time as Liverpool...
THERE are three pieces here. Maybe four. Which one should we have? There’s one which slaughters: “The Sun was right, you’re murderers.” I like that one because I like Manchester. Manchester is better than that. Manchester is a working-class...
EVENING, everyone. You should know how this works now – a football match takes place, we win, and I have five thoughts. So make a cup of tea, or even better a milkshake, and give me four minutes of your time. 1) The day got off to a weird start when a fella next...
ABSOLUTELY battered them 2-0. First to the ball, and better with it. If it wasn’t for their goalkeeper they’d be writing new records. Instead we go to Old Trafford without a tie-winning lead at this stage but with a commanding one nevertheless. Also with...
LIVERPOOL versus Manchester United. In Europe. For the first time in history. In the 195th meeting between the giants. Steven Gerrard will be gutted he is not lacing up for it. Jamie Carragher will provide analysis on the game, but that is no substitute for getting...
I CAN barely function. I need this tie in my life. I need this tie out of my life. Manchester United. In Europe. The gods have dragged us out to have a laugh at us. Days like these define seasons. They define years in our lives. Remember that year we did Real Madrid?...
