LIVERPOOL: THE IFS AND BUTS

LIVERPOOL: THE IFS AND BUTS

YOU can’t live your life by ifs and buts. So why should your football team be allowed to? If Raheem Sterling scored that chance when the ball broke free for him to the left of the Manchester United penalty area? But United scored their first against the run of play....
MANCHESTER UNITED 3 LIVERPOOL 0

MANCHESTER UNITED 3 LIVERPOOL 0

I AM drenched and broadly speaking lost, trying to get back from Manchester after having discussed Liverpool’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester United live to a nation who would prefer it if I didn’t swear or blaspheme. Bar one shout of “God in heaven”...
PODCAST: BOMBED OUT

PODCAST: BOMBED OUT

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Steve Graves, Paul Cope and Ben Johnson for this week’s podcast in the aftermath of a 3-0 tanking at Old Trafford. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! . Direct Link: Bombed Out Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW podcast on...
WE’VE LOST THAT LOVREN FEELING

WE’VE LOST THAT LOVREN FEELING

WHAT a season 2013-14 was. A rollercoaster of near enough every emotion you can muster, smacking you in the face, in the ear, up the nose, again and again and again. Liverpool’s attacking prowess was largely credited for the relentless excitement of watching...
THE STERLING CONUNDRUM

THE STERLING CONUNDRUM

JUST as democracy is said to be the worst political ideology except for all the others, so Raheem Sterling would currently appear to be Liverpool’s worst player except for – well, you get the picture, writes PAUL CANTWELL. So poor have the Reds been this season,...
PODCAST: BEST OF ENEMIES?

PODCAST: BEST OF ENEMIES?

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Rob Gutmann, Peter Hooton, John Gibbons and United We Stand’s Steve Armstrong to review Liverpool’s meek exit from the Champions League and preview a potential season changer at Old Trafford. Book a Land Rover Experience This...
EURO TRASH: THE INQUEST #3

EURO TRASH: THE INQUEST #3

THE Champions League ‘experiment’ didn’t work then, did it? We unconvincingly won the opening game at home to the weakest team and went on to collect just two more points from the remaining five. In all honesty we were pretty lucky to head into the...
EURO TRASH: THE INQUEST #2

EURO TRASH: THE INQUEST #2

I’M getting bored of the recriminations. It’s easy to talk about whose fault this season is. It’s easy to talk about fixing it with knee-jerk sackings and ‘I never thought he was any good anyway’ tirades. Easy to point out the positions...
EURO TRASH: THE INQUEST #1

EURO TRASH: THE INQUEST #1

THE last time I cracked my fingers and wrote a little piece for The Anfield Wrap I was defending Brendan Rodgers’ team selection and the Reds’ performance in Madrid. It was a positive article backing the manager and trying to silence the naysayers. This...
LIVERPOOL 1 BASEL 1

LIVERPOOL 1 BASEL 1

MUCH of the talk before the game was of Olympiakos and the Road to Istanbul. That team too had stumbled through the group and early season consistencies to see the season explode into life with a swing of Gerrard’s right boot. I’m not sure how the night...