Rafa, Chelsea, and the Big Poo Panzerotti

SO Xavi Valero has gone and gone to London, taking his merry band of hired coaching guns with him in his wake, with the little matter of one Rafael Benitez Maudes nestling his prodigious footballing cojones in the blue plastic Recaro Chaise Longue of the Chelsea...

INTERVIEW: GUILLEM BALAGUE

In an Anfield Wrap special Andy Heaton chats to Guillem Balague about his take on Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers, FSG, the origins of Tiki-Taka, Rafa at Chelsea and his new book Pep Guardiola: Another Way Of Winning Pep Guardiola: Another Way Of Winning can be purchased...

INTERVIEWS: SHELVEY AND COLE

Joe Cole and Jonjo Shelvey spoke to the media in the mixed zone after Liverpool”s 2-2 Europa League draw at Anfield against Switzerland”s BSC Young Boys, listen to it using one of the methods below: Podcast RSS feed iTunes

A LAND FIT FOR HEROES

(or the further adventures of Martin Samuel, old right wingers, and a Uruguayan centre forward) Good art however “immoral” is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise....

GIG OF THE WEEK: THE RAVEONETTES ON TOUR

CHRIS MOYLES has never heard of the Raveonettes. Or should I say had never heard of them. A number of years ago he was interviewing a nondescript indie band, lets say The Kaizer Chiefs, who had just been in New York. He asked them if they had seen anyone famous, as...

JOE COLE: A VICTIM OF AGE, POLITICS AND CIRCUMSTANCE

By Karl Coppack SOMETIMES great players have graceless exits. Robbie Fowler ended his first tenure by being substituted at half time thanks to Didi Hamann being sent off at Sunderland, Fernando Torres skulked off with two goals at Molineux but without a smile and...

SUAREZ V STATISTICS

Statistics should, on the face of things, offer neutrality. Start with the facts, you would have thought, and logical conclusions will follow. The seemingly undefinable can be codified, explained, nicely tucked away in tables. Are Liverpool good at football? A...

PODCAST: BAFFLING

Neil, Rob, Jim, Mike Nevin, Sean Rogers are joined by Stephanie Till, Jay McKenna and Jonathan Northcroft in the big room in Parr St as they chat DIY, Jose Enrique, Luis Suarez, Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling and some Young Boys. Direct link to PODCAST: BAFFLING...

CITYTALK: EAR WIGAN

Neil is joined in the tower by Paul Cope and Jim Boardman as they go through the week’s events, City’s reported interest in Suarez and the visit of Dave Whelan’s Wigan. Music this week from Ste Hedley and Sally Pepper. Direct link to CITYTALK: EAR...