BALOTELLI CRITICS ARE JUST SO LAZY

BALOTELLI CRITICS ARE JUST SO LAZY

GRAEME SOUNESS, Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and that no mark troll Adrian Durham are just some of the public figures who have thrown their hats into the public ring this week. Plenty of others have already had their say. Criticism is rife and it’s anything but...

MUSIC: THE RIDER – MELIA OR NO MELIA

WE’RE against the clock with the studio booked out and three quarters of The Rider leaving on a jet plane, but we still manage to play a game that explores the depths of Adam’s soul. We also have 10 belting tracks and lots of very fast talking. Ride on...
BASEL 1 LIVERPOOL 0

BASEL 1 LIVERPOOL 0

FINISHING second last season meant Liverpool were back in the Champions League. We’d been out of it five years and now we were back. That great tournament that makes everything else seem a bit rubbish. It doesn’t really sink in then though. Especially when...

LIVERPOOL: IS ALLEN THE KEY?

WITH the sun beaming on a hot August day in 2012, the future looked bright as Brendan Rodgers took charge of his first Premier League game as Liverpool manager against West Bromwich Albion, writes MATT KENNY. Much of the pre-season talk had focused on how quickly...
MIGNOLET: WAS GARY NEVILLE RIGHT?

MIGNOLET: WAS GARY NEVILLE RIGHT?

By David Preece CRITICISMS are to goalkeepers what cricket balls are to batsmen. You’re constantly fending them off. Sometimes the criticisms hit hard and leave a bruise on your confidence that can take a while to disperse, only massaged away by a combination of...
LIVERPOOL: PATIENCE IS BITTER BUT ITS FRUIT IS SWEET

LIVERPOOL: PATIENCE IS BITTER BUT ITS FRUIT IS SWEET

CATCHING one like that so late in a game always reminds me of that punch Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham took against Julian Jackson, in a WBA World Middleweight Title fight in Benalmadena, late 1990. The one where he was spark out before he hit the floor totally planked out,...
PODCAST: DEVVOED

PODCAST: DEVVOED

ANDY HEATON was joined by John Gibbons. Chris Maguire and Mike Girling as they reflect on a derby day draw with Everton and look towards Basel away in The Champions League Download Issue 12 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices....

LIVERPOOL ONE EVERTON ONE

TWO dropped. Two dropped. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. The equaliser is a magnificent strike from a player whose underrated ability and commitment to the cause means he deserves a moment to dine out on. This is that moment. But that moment doesn’t...
PODCAST: DERBY BELLY II

PODCAST: DERBY BELLY II

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by John Gibbons, David Downie, Andy Heaton and ex Liverpool left back Stephen Warnock on the eve of the first Derby of the season Download Issue 12 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy...

MUSIC: THE RIDER – MINOGUE

NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia are displaced by Kylie and joined by Adrian Cooke from Norwich Sound And Vision. Expect East Anglian talk, loads of jokes and ten great songs. Direct link to The Rider – Minogue Podcast RSS feed...