by Adam Smith | Dec 29, 2016 | Footie
AFTER significant cameos against Everton and Stoke resulting in an assist and a goal, a fit and firing Daniel Sturridge is again a topic of conversation among Liverpool fans. For a variety of reasons, it’s clear that the Reds’ number 15, signed from Chelsea for...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 29, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
No Sean Rogers this week. Instead Neil Atkinson and Paul Cope talk through Liverpool’s 4-1 against Stoke City and focus on what went well for Stoke and poorly for Liverpool in the opening stages. They then expand upon what that means going forward, can other...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Dec 28, 2016 | Footie
AS we approach the halfway mark of the Premier League season with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City next up at Anfield on New Year’s Eve, Liverpool have recorded their joint highest ever points total from the first 18 matches of the season, already hitting the 40-point...
by Phil Blundell | Dec 28, 2016 | Footie
HAVING to win to stand still is what we had to do. And it’s demoralising. At kick-off at Anfield yesterday Liverpool trailed Chelsea by nine points at the top of the league. The timing of the fixtures meant there had been no opportunity closing what was a six-point...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 28, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
‘The Gutter is back – Rob Gutmann is ruling his domain with a rod of iron and he is demanding that we talk transfers with him and get all dirty. Which players come under his mucky microscope? Inevitably there is Pulisic, the Dortmund Wing Wonder. There is Brandt...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 28, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Anfield Wrap
‘Neil Atkinson is joined by Melissa Reddy, Phil Blundell and Rob Gutmann to look back on Liverpool’s 4-1 over Stoke City and begin to look forward towards Manchester City and beyond. Stoke went at Liverpool early and put The Reds under pressure but Liverpool...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 27, 2016 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
This post match show comes after Liverpool beat Stoke City 4-1 and has Philippa Smallwood, Gareth Roberts and Cathy Long talking through Liverpool’s slow start in the game not for the first time this season. Stoke started quickly but Liverpool grew into the game...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 27, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
CHELSEA played. And won. Merry Christmas. Manchester City played. And won. Merry Christmas. Arsenal played. And won. Merry Christmas. For those of you still mildly concerned Manchester United played and won. Merry Christmas. (Quietly United are genuinely playing very...
by Andy Heaton | Dec 27, 2016 | Footie
Simon Mignolet 8 Very unlucky with the goal, had no right to get anything on it and going backwards — was always a hard ask. His kicking was sound and made a very good, and match changing, stop with his feet that would’ve made it 2-0. Nathaniel Clyne 6...
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 26, 2016 | Footie
I’M penning this note on Boxing Day 2016. George Michael is dead. Rick Parfitt is dead. And Bobby Firmino’s been busted on a DUI. To put a top hat on it all, there’s no game today. It feels like the end of days. It’s been over a fortnight since Anfield was last...
