by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 11, 2015 | Footie
BEING away on holiday with limited internet access while Liverpool Football Club sacked Brendan Rodgers and appointed Jurgen Klopp was a strange experience, writes NEIL DOCKING. Admittedly our villa in Menorca had a pretty good wi-fi signal. But then I used up the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 11, 2015 | Footie
EMOTION isn’t much of a buzzword in modern football, writes LIAM BLAKE. It can’t be quantified or measured. You won’t find an entry for it in Opta stats, and football hipsters don’t turn to Squawka for a breakdown. But that’s not to say...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 11, 2015 | Basic, Podcast, TAW Player, What We Call History
ONE of Liverpool’s most historic seasons is 1985/86. Dalglish taking over after Heysel as player manager and guiding Liverpool to glory. In the final part of the 85/86 edition, joining Neil Atkinson are Mike Nevin, Gary Shaw and the brothers Keith and Ian Salmon as...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 10, 2015 | Footie
I’LL be honest, we missed the kick off. I was still in the pub with Big Ian (he’s about seven foot). Thought we had time for one more in the Deanes House and it was 3.05 by the time we clicked through the turnstile at Valerie Park. It’s nice that it doesn’t matter...
by Andy Heaton | Oct 10, 2015 | Footie
IT has been, without doubt, Fenway Sports Group’s boldest move since assuming control of the club five years ago. But even if Jürgen Klopp never wins a game as Liverpool manager (he will), even if his time in charge is an absolute disaster (it won’t be),...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 9, 2015 | Podcast
NEIL ATKINSON was on top of the tower. Possibly on top of the world. And he was joined sky high by Mike Girling, Craig Rimmer and John Gibbons. They have more Jürgen Klopp talk than you can imagine, every aspect of his appointment is addressed. The talk moves from...
by Michael Nevin | Oct 9, 2015 | Footie
SO, he’s finally here. Jürgen Klopp was the obvious choice, but when of late have FSG opted for the obvious thing and actually accomplished it? No hard-luck stories this time about competing with big fat Manchester wage slips or shopping under the bright lights of...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 9, 2015 | Footie
THE Normal One. You absolutely nailed it there, Jurgen, lad. Hit it out the park. A press conference is a game and the new boss won it. The gathered media pack from all around the world had descended on Anfield this morning searching for a line. They got the line....
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 9, 2015 | Footie
GETTING it out the way. Getting it all out the way immediately. You need transfer committees because no one is a genius and knows everything. But I have the first say and the last say and so now you know. That is that. That’s that boxed. This history stuff is...
by John Gibbons | Oct 9, 2015 | Footie
WHAT a strange sensation: setting an alarm to watch an interview with a football manager. This is what Jürgen Klopp has done to us. From people on Twitter talking about dreading the match, to everyone on Twitter bouncing out of bed to talk collectively about a man...
