by David Segar | Oct 29, 2015 | Footie
WHENEVER you hear stories of a person’s first game. they usually follow a similar pattern. Dad/uncle/older brother took you along after you’d been nagging at them to do so for ages; you got a programme as a souvenir; a half-time pie that reached temperatures you...
by Melissa Reddy | Oct 29, 2015 | Footie
FUN. Have it. Loads and loads of it. This is one of Jürgen Klopp’s daily reminders to his players and staff. Football should be about enjoyment, and if you’re lucky enough to work in the game, the German believes F.U.N should be tattooed all over your face. He can be...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 29, 2015 | Footie
ONE to us and nil to them. Not one to them. One to us and nil to them. Astonishing scenes, these. The youngish Reds doing the business. The youngish Reds hugely buttressed by Lucas Leiva second half and constantly lit up by Roberto Firmino. Firmino had a ton of...
by John Gibbons | Oct 29, 2015 | Footie
A WIN! Not the best, or prettiest, but we’ll take it. We weren’t great in the middle of the park, but in the final third we looked more alive than we have for a while, and could actually have scored more than one goal. But that utopia will wait for another...
by Phil Greene | Oct 28, 2015 | Footie
In the final instalment of our TAW Unwrapped examination of Liverpool’s attacking options and what we’ve seen from Klopp so far, Phil Greene looks at the team’s nerves – and how we steady them. 101. The number of league goals scored by...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 28, 2015 | Footie
As TAW Unwrapped examines what we’ve seen from Klopp so far, we take an in-depth look at some of LFC’s future attacking options. Here’s Neil Docking’s take. IN THE wake of a barren 2014/15, The Anfield Wrap’s Neil Atkinson spent the...
by Phil Blundell | Oct 28, 2015 | Footie
As TAW Unwrapped examines what we’ve seen from Klopp so far, we take an in-depth look at some of LFC’s future attacking options. Phil Blundell kicks us off. GOALS. It’s what we all love, isn’t it? Liverpool score and you go mental. Defending is great and...
by Simon Hughes | Oct 28, 2015 | Footie
IF YOU haven’t read Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano, you should – particularly if you happen to be a football manager. It acts as an essential survival guide for those attempting to operate in the most perilous of sporting environments in the year 2015....
by John Gibbons | Oct 27, 2015 | Footie
BIT of background first. My season ticket is in the Upper Centenary Stand. It has been since it opened in 1992. My dad took the opportunity to buy two when the new tickets were released, and luckily we’ve had them ever since. They’ve shoved us back a few...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 27, 2015 | Footie
“REPORTS that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But...