ROBERTO FIRMINO feels like a statement signing, argues CRAIG RIMMER. A risk? Maybe. But a necessary one for sure, and the kind of move that Liverpool needed to make this summer. It’s a signing that achieved the dual purpose of energising the fanbase and catching the...
THIS is what potential looks like, according to REY MASHAYEKHI, 6-feet-2-inches and still growing at 18 years old, a slender frame packed with deceptive strength and a startling turn of pace. Liverpool went out this summer and got themselves one of the most...
WHAT you get out of football is so often about expectations. Thanks to Roman’s numerals and Mourinho’s snide, Chelsea fans now expect to win the league every year. There’s nothing for them to enjoy if they finish second. The arrogant expectation of the nouveau riche...
LIVERPOOL Ladies secured 3 points with 3 goals in a Continental Cup tie away at Doncaster Belles on Thursday night; Natasha Dowie opened the scoring before both Lucy Staniforth and Ashley Hodson netted their first Liverpool goals either side of half-time to complete...
LUCKY packets. Remember them? Bags of sugary pleasure, pumped full of treats with the added attraction of a surprise. The mystery gift you got made them unmissable; the excitement of the unknown was addictive. As an inquisitive child, I’d tear through at least one a...
JUST four and a half short months ago I wrote a piece on here about the lovable little Spanish scamp who was taking up our left back slot. Albi Moreno was winning me over with his impish smile, his general enthusiasm and his Studge-bot dancing, but it seems that my...
IT IS DIFFICULT to pinpoint exactly when it started. PHILIP GREENE certainly cannot put his finger on it; the moment when the global transfer market shifted just enough towards the very richest clubs in the world that the rest (and unfortunately Liverpool are now part...
WE HAVE been haunted in recent seasons by the ghosts of Gerrard past contends PAUL LITTLE. The skipper was like a troubled spirit that couldn’t move on, as in some clichéd poltergeist nonsense. The Anfield Haunting, if you like. Clanking his chains round midfield, a...
REMEMBER the Burnley game on Boxing Day? Remember when Simon Mignolet played chicken with a backpass heading out for a corner and lost? Remember how everyone’s head exploded because the only other credible alternative for the position of Liverpool goalkeeper was a man...
IN the summer of 2012 Jordan Henderson was at the Liverpool exit door after a difficult first season under Kenny Dalglish following a move from Sunderland reported to be worth £20million. That Brendan Rodgers was prepared to offload the then 22-year-old midfielder...
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’.
