MUSIC: THE RIDER – THE DISEASES OF FOAM

NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia talk about everything and nothing. Foam, genres and when it acceptable to send a song all come up. Why wouldn’t they? The Rider, ten great songs, all sorts of nonsense.   Direct link to The...
THE CURIOUS CASE OF FABIO BORINI

THE CURIOUS CASE OF FABIO BORINI

THE REPORTS are as follows: QPR agreed a fee with Liverpool for Fabio Borini that is approximately ten million pounds. They offered him a salary in the vicinity of double his current money. This was rejected. Borini has said to QPR that it would take triple his money...
DANIEL AGGER: THE GREAT SHAME

DANIEL AGGER: THE GREAT SHAME

WATCH it. It was a thing of beauty. Eight years ago last week, a young Liverpool centre-back strode forward from the centre circle. Taking a couple of touches, the pitch opened out in front of him. The opposition stood off, beckoning him forwards. There was nothing...
MARIO BALOTELLI: JUST STOP TALKING, BRENDAN

MARIO BALOTELLI: JUST STOP TALKING, BRENDAN

BRENDAN RODGERS likes to talk. He loves reciting a story with a happy ending. Especially if he stars in it. It’s safe to say that right now the Liverpool manager has built up plenty of goodwill with the club’s fanbase and the media at large. He deserves it. He’s done...
LIVERPOOL ON SKY WITH DIAMONDS

LIVERPOOL ON SKY WITH DIAMONDS

BIG BEN struck 11, the transfer window ‘slammed’ shut. Jim White made a noise that sounded like he enjoys deadline day a little too much. Reporters were getting it in the ear, so to speak, and Liverpool ended the day without any new players coming through...
LIVERPOOL: OPTIONS AT LAST

LIVERPOOL: OPTIONS AT LAST

OPTIONS. Let’s talk options. Options and tactics. Options all over the place, tactics like you wouldn’t believe. Let’s talk about the fact that Liverpool can make three substitutions against a team who are supposedly, according to Brad Friedel on...
PODCAST: WE HAVE LIFT OFF

PODCAST: WE HAVE LIFT OFF

NEIL ATKINSON was joined on this week’s podcast by Chris Maguire, Steve Graves and Mike Nevin in the happy afterglow of another away thumping of Tottenham. Download Issue 11 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we...
LIVERPOOL: SWEET FOOTBALL IS BACK

LIVERPOOL: SWEET FOOTBALL IS BACK

“Ambassador, with these Rocher you are really spoiling us!” FERRERO Rocher football – this at times was Ferrero Rocher football. Brendan Rodgers is ‘the ambassador’ and when we play like we did a White Hart Lane then he is indeed “spoiling us”. Daniel Sturridge....
NEIL ATKINSON’S MATCH REVIEW: SPURS 0 LIVERPOOL 3

NEIL ATKINSON’S MATCH REVIEW: SPURS 0 LIVERPOOL 3

PAUL COPE is insistent. Put it in context. Put this in context. So let’s put it in context. A side that has just lost at Manchester City, has never played this back four before, three of whom are new signings, giving Balotelli his debut have just dominated the...