WASN’T expecting that. Maybe a different approach was needed for a home game. Either way, it doesn’t help if you concede after a couple of minutes. Two weeks to have a think for Brendan. Need to figure out how we score goals. Simon Mignolet 6 Didn’t...
“HE must be a f***ing winner. We expect those qualities in a player but he must be a winner.” I was told years ago that the above was a response from Joe Fagan to a young scout when he asked what Liverpool looked for in a player. Fagan responded saying,...
BLUENOSE Bilic rocks up at our manor. Gives it the bollocks about wanting to smash our heads in. We’re having none. The Reds kick his happy Hammers until their claret turns blue and send them yelping like piggies back to whence they came. Winston. Brand. Alf Garnett....
MONDAY night football — the scourge of the away supporter. Not for me this week though as Liverpool took on Arsenal. One perk of my current day job is that I get a chunk of summer time off. An inflexible arrangement at best for football throughout the season, my...
“I put big demands on players and sometimes that takes a bit of time to get used to.” – Brendan Rodgers, April 2013 _____ ON Wednesday night, I was on a flight from Frankfurt to Johannesburg. Translation: Just over 10 hours of manoeuvring your body to locate maximum...
NATASHA Dowie was on the score sheet once again for Liverpool Ladies on Wednesday evening as the Reds booked their place in the Continental Cup quarter-finals, beating Sunderland Ladies 2-0 in Widnes. Dowie also provided the assist for Katrin Omarsdottir’s...
I WENT to Hamburg for my stag do last weekend. The things that happen in Hamburg; the things you see. A drunken mate, for example, managed to fall asleep on a live amplifier in a nightclub, such was the impact of Astra, the local lager. I think Motorhead’s Ace of...
I’M going to let you in on one of my (many, very, very many) idiosyncrasies: I like order. Specifically, I like order in terms of dates, in terms of history. I like things to tie up, to be neat and tidy and…well, orderly. I used to have this history...
AN ARTIST recently approached me on Lark Lane asking me who the next Liverpool legend was. This is actually true, these things happen if you hang around Lark Lane too much. He likes painting cultural icons in a classical style. He’s the fella who did John Lennon...
BEEN nervous about this game for about five days. Bloody Monday night fixtures. Dragging out the torment. But this is what happens when football games matter again. Long may it continue. Must warn you though. A pub quiz has come on in the pub I’m in so I might...
Iraola’s First Press Conference | The Anfield Wrap
This week’s Anfield Wrap is brought to you on the day of Andoni Iraloa’s first press conference as Liverpool manager, in which the Spaniard hit all the right notes in front of a packed press room.
To reflect on the manager comments and look forward to his start at LFC John Gibbons is joined by Jake Nolan, Keifer MacDonald and Ian Salmon.Also in the show, Neil Atkinson talks to Dan Hewitt about his new book ‘Left to Rot’.
