LIVERPOOL: THE WORST TEAM IN 50 YEARS?

AMID the prevailing, inexhaustible rage surrounding Liverpool’s patchy start to the season, I’ve seen the current crop of players described as the “worst Liverpool team in 50 years”. We’re all aware of how Twitter condenses the fume, but the same disparaging comments...
WEEKEND PREVIEW: MOURINHO IN A MESS?

WEEKEND PREVIEW: MOURINHO IN A MESS?

A SHOW hosted by Rob Gutmann looking at games this weekend at Chelsea, Swansea, Southampton. Mourinho under pressure, Swansea suffering their first bad result and Southampton not yet looking like last year’s side. And what of Arsenal, Everton and Manchester...

BORDEAUX 1 LIVERPOOL 1 – MATCH REVIEW

LIVERPOOL neither attacked nor defended nor midfielded with conviction against Bordeaux. It was frustrating to watch. There is a pleasure to be taken from the following 1-1s away from home in Europe: a) A swashbuckling side hammer the opposition goal but their...
THE PINK: BORDEAUX 1 LIVERPOOL 1

THE PINK: BORDEAUX 1 LIVERPOOL 1

NEIL ATKINSON, Paul Cope and Paul Johnson talk about Liverpool’s 1-1 draw away at Bordeaux. They talk about Liverpool’s hesitancy, do they attack or defend with enough conviction? How about all the youngsters? What about the goal from Lallana? All of it in...

MATCH RATINGS: BORDEAUX v LIVERPOOL

CAUGHT out by the mad kick off time, Gibbo is busy literally blowing his own trumpet so that left us with no-one to do the ratings. As Twitter has been giving us a bit of stick recently we decided to ask Twitter to do the ratings instead. Then it can give itself some...
AFQ THURSDAY: GREAT OFFICES OF STATE

AFQ THURSDAY: GREAT OFFICES OF STATE

IN a pre-match, slightly rushed, AFQ, host Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons, Gareth Roberts and Paul Cope as they tackle footballers in parliament, conflicts to live in and grass as skin. As always, it’s your questions. So don’t blame us. If you're...

LIVERPOOL MANAGERS: ANFIELD AND THE CULT OF PERSONALITY

I REALLY do not want to be writing this piece. Let me say that first, to get it out of the way. If I had my way — if we all had our way — Liverpool would be cruising at the top of the league and we would all be huddled together talking about the majesty of...
TAW UNWRAPPED: EUROPA SPECIAL

TAW UNWRAPPED: EUROPA SPECIAL

IT’S  a two part Unwrapped, of sorts, all on the merits, or otherwise, of the Europa League. In part one Rob Gutmann was joined by Stuart Wright, Paul Senior and Serafino Ingardia in the TAW den. Then Neil Atkinson spoke to Julien Laurens from BT Sport up the...