WE lost didn’t we. I’m not sure how else to start but that. Sean Rogers spoke very eloquently in the week about getting buy in from players. About having a plan they could all believe in. He said a manager risks putting it all on his own head if you change...
RIGHT. Dreadful collectively. A reminder that this is: a) Subjective. And 5 is alright. b) Done in the immediate aftermath of the game and all I’ve seen is in the ground. c) Not a discussion of formation(s) or set up but just the 12 lads who played more than...
PLAYING semi-finals at Wembley is a joke but here we are and stomachs are starting to flutter as the hours tick down to Liverpool’s last four clash with Aston Villa in London. We asked DAVE WOODHALL, editor of Heroes and Villains, a Villa fanzine that has been...
IT’S not eloquent, and it’s not inventive, but sometimes the ‘ooooohs’ and ‘aaahhhhs’ are the only things that suffice, writes MELISSA REDDY. The tap of superlatives runneth dry, and you’re fresh out of smart 140-character odes. You look around the ground, at...
Brendan can bank on a bigger bid for Bolasie — Pardew AFTER Liverpool were linked with a £10million bid for Crystal Palace’s Yannick Bolasie this morning by the Daily Mail, Alan Pardew used his press conference later on to hike up the price for the...
WELL, it’s rather nice to be writing the first of my Friday columns on the eve of Liverpool’s Wembley weekend. I wrote earlier this week about attending my first FA Cup semi-final in 1980 and I’ve done the sums to calculate this is my tenth. Despite my advancing...
LIVERPOOL are watching the situation at Chelsea with midfielder Oscar, according to the Daily Hate. Juventus are also reported to be watching the Brazilian, 23, but Sky Sports have run a story this afternoon saying the £25m signing from Internacional is happy at...
PLAYER contracts: worth the paper they’re written on? In the modern game they are there to serve a triple purpose — remunerate the player, provide him with an exit strategy (release clause) and to help the owning/selling club ‘protect’ the...
THOUSANDS of Reds will head south on Sunday to watch Liverpool take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi final. We asked four Anfield Wrap contributors to write about a memorable past last-four clash in the competition. MIKE NEVIN: LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL 1980 I DOUBT my...
A PICTURE of two Premier League footballers holding (legal) shisha pipes about six months ago pockets you £3,000. Especially when you play one tabloid newspaper off against another. So now you know. In other news, Mario Balotelli — a player Brendan Rodgers wants...
