EXETER CITY 2 LIVERPOOL 2: MATCH RATINGS

WITH all of our games there was talk that a replay was the worst possible result. But this is fine. Send them out again at Anfield. See if they can learn things apparently they can’t learn in reserve football. Where many of these players find themselves bottom...

EXETER CITY 2 LIVERPOOL 2: MATCH REVIEW

THE expectation and the reality there. Billed as a cup cracker, in theory it seemed at the very least intriguing. Even more so given the Frankenstein’s monster of a Liverpool team, thrown together from a pool of recent loanees, kids and a forgotten man that should...

AFQ Friday: Double Doors

JOHN GIBBONS stepping in for Neil Atkinson is joined by Mike Girling, Gareth Roberts and Ian Salmon for AFQ Friday. The usual nonsense ensues including best Holiday spectacle, European drinking culture, loads of Sam Allardyce, bacon or sausage, and how you’d leather...

LIVERPOOL: FIRMINO – A NICE LITTLE LEARNER?

ROBERTO Firmino is at school. He’s learning that he gets to keep the man-of-the-match champagne after adding his fizz to a game. Learning that he has to pay closer attention to what he posts on social media. Learning about the unabating, unforgiving nature of English...
EXETER CITY v LIVERPOOL: WHEN THE CUP WAS KING

EXETER CITY v LIVERPOOL: WHEN THE CUP WAS KING

THERE has been lots of talk this week of the dilemma facing Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool prepare to face Exeter City in the FA Cup third round tonight. The manager is in an almost impossible position with a squad down to the most calcium-deficient of bare bones. Amid a...

LIVERPOOL: A VIEW TO A THRILL

BLOODY football, eh? Makes complete mugs of us most of the time.  Not to be complaining after the result at Stoke, but this was supposed to be about the lack of excitement generated by Liverpool over the course of the season so far. Then, at the Britannia, that...

UNWRAPPED: LIVERPOOL BACK ON IT

THIS week’s Unwrapped, in a slight change of format, peels the layers off Liverpool’s victorious League Cup Semi Final First Leg win over Stoke City at The Britannia. Ben Smith and Ian Salmon join Rob Gutmann as they discuss a point proven and a result to take back to...

GUTTER: COAT HANGERS

JOINING Rob Gutmann in the transfer sluice of Liverpool speculation for this week’s ‘Gutter’ is Stephen Evans and Adam Smith as the trio attempt to separate the transfer wheat from the tabloid chaff. The burning question on the week’s agenda is whether or not...