by Neil Atkinson | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
THERE is a period of time between Dortmund’s equaliser and the pinball in their penalty area finishing where Philippe Coutinho has the ball in their area for what seems like forever. In that period of time the big bang happens, galaxies are born, dust becomes matter,...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 7, 2016 | Footie
FOR this game versus Dortmund John’s gone with the facts. Done it excellently as per. Shall we do the feelings? The emotions? I like the reported German approach and response to football. I like it. The game as event. The game as a thing to look forward to and...
by Michael Nevin | Apr 7, 2016 | Footie
WELL, they’re all away. The Anfield Wrap crew have decamped to Dortmund, via Amsterdam, on what Neil Atkinson described to me the other day as a “work experiment”. No further insight was proffered, leaving me to ponder if said experiment was to see if anyone can get...
by Simon Hughes | Apr 6, 2016 | Footie
IN the days after Johan Cruyff’s death, many of the obituaries were decorated with some of his most famous quotes about football. “Choose the best player for every position, and you’ll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong ones,” he said. “In my teams, the...
by John Gibbons | Apr 6, 2016 | Footie
BORUSSIA DORTMUND are currently one of the most popular teams in world football. Five points off the top of the Bundesliga playing an entertaining brand of football, they are often seen as the barometer for how teams without bottomless resources should approach the...
by Karl Coppack | Apr 4, 2016 | Footie
MARILYN Monroe once said: “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” I’m not sure if she employed second sight and an interest in the 2015-16 league season, but her words do seem to...
by Ben Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Footie
I’M not sure if you are aware, but someone writing for The Anfield Wrap last week apparently referred to the current England manager as the Devil. I know, it’s outrageous isn’t it? Whoever it was should be ashamed of themselves. I’m fairly sure they will have...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 2, 2016 | Footie
TONIGHT at Anfield we watched two of the best 20 teams in Europe go head to head. Being honest, being frank, we probably watched two of the sides that would rank fifth to 20th in Europe go head to head. Bayern, Real and Barca a solar system away; Juventus and Atletico...
by John Gibbons | Apr 2, 2016 | Footie
A DRAW was probably a fair result. Tottenham were impressive, the best team to come to Anfield this year by a fair stretch. Yet, despite some careless passing, we actually found it easier to create chances against them than many other teams this year. Because they...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Apr 2, 2016 | Footie
EVENING everyone, Here’s five thoughts on the football match that’s just happened. 1) The Anfield Wrap’s Rob Gutmann is on holiday My normal pre-match routine is to spend about an hour listening to Rob talk about The Human League while his children...
