LIVERPOOL: STILL TIME TO SAVE OUR SEASON

LIVERPOOL: STILL TIME TO SAVE OUR SEASON

IT’S never too late. Well not at the start of February. Football is just a mirror vision of life in general really; defeat can be snatched from the jaws of glory as easily as a hopeless cause can be rescued from the precipice. There will be ups and there will be...

PODCAST: DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK

NEIL Atkinson, Rob Gutmann, Martin Fitzgerald and Steve Graves are in for this week’s podcast, albeit, at least, in body if not in spirit after Liverpool comprehensively dispatched West Ham and Daniel Sturridge made a goalscoring return for the Mighty Reds. MAMA...
MATCH REVIEW: LIVERPOOL 2 WEST HAM UNITED 0

MATCH REVIEW: LIVERPOOL 2 WEST HAM UNITED 0

AND suddenly Liverpool look rampant. Ish. For five minutes. But it is enough. Play well for five minutes a half against a ton of these sides, you win. This is especially true if you have an actual centre forward. An actual centre forward. Walk around him. In fact...
BRENDAN RODGERS AND ANDY CARROLL: THE LYING GAME

BRENDAN RODGERS AND ANDY CARROLL: THE LYING GAME

THERE are plenty of things you can justifiably criticise Brendan Rodgers for, as there are plenty of things you can criticise any manager for — even the very best and the most successful. Every manager buys bad players. Every manager makes the wrong decision....
PODCAST: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

PODCAST: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Sean Rogers, Rob Gutmann and Kevin Sampson to discuss the Reds’ narrow defeat at Stamford Bridge in the League Cup and chat with West Ham fan Andy Middleton about the visit of the Hammers to Anfield tomorrow. Like what we do? Buy us a...
LIVERPOOL: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?

LIVERPOOL: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?

WITH February looming, Liverpool sit in eighth place in the Premier League table. They are out of the Champions League, face a tricky fourth round replay at Bolton in the FA Cup next week and were eliminated by Jose Mourinho’s latest band of not so merry men in the...
MATCH REVIEW: CHELSEA 1 LIVERPOOL 0

MATCH REVIEW: CHELSEA 1 LIVERPOOL 0

EPIC. Epic because it was three and half hours long. Epic because it was a grand, gripping spectacle; a sporting battle of the highest order. Epic because every ounce of effort from every character involved was expended into emerging from the piece victorious; as the...
CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL: WAITING….

CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL: WAITING….

I  CAN’T do anything. There are things that I could be doing, should be doing. I’m a writer; I should be writing. There are actors who will want words putting into their mouths at some point and this novel resolutely refuses to finish itself. It’s...

PODCAST: PLASTIC FLAGS, PLASTIC FANS

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Jim Boardman and Adam Smith on the eve of Liverpool’s visit to Stamford Bridge.  Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – Plastic Flags, Plastic Fans Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW podcast on iTunes....
BOB PAISLEY: #STATUEFORBOB

BOB PAISLEY: #STATUEFORBOB

TO be quite honest, I’m in two minds about statues at football grounds. Of course, in isolation they act as a lasting tribute to a much-loved servant, an acknowledgement of an individual’s impact on a club and, by extension, the wider football community. We have our...