by Rob Gutmann | Jul 4, 2015 | Footie
I GOT myself into one of those ‘mini-wars’ on Twitter the other day. The type where you spew 140 characters quickly but are then forced to regret at leisure. My ire concerned news of further ‘reforms’ to UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regs, and was fuelled by...
by Roy Henderson | Jul 2, 2015 | Footie
ON Sunday, May 24, Liverpool lost 6-1 to Stoke City. Remember that day? Shortly before that, on the 16th of May, they’d lost 3-1 to Crystal Palace at home. Both games had represented ‘lasts’ for Steven Gerrard, beyond the procession of ‘last...
by Neil Scott | Jul 1, 2015 | Footie
THERE’S an argument in football that certain players belong at certain clubs. It’s a bold concept. I’m not sure but I think it’s something to do with a synchronicity of values, an alignment of shared characteristics. It’s not just about performances or goals or...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 30, 2015 | Footie
SOMETIMES it’s easier to diagnose the illness than find the cure, writes PAUL McCABE. If one dilemma has defined Liverpool Football Club over the last 25 years, it could be boiled down to one question: “stick or twist?” Whether it’s the manager, players,...
by Melissa Reddy | Jun 30, 2015 | Footie
SUMMER. I love it. As much as Kanye adores Kanye. Probably more (if that’s possible). But if heat is the dog’s dingly-danglies, hot air is its diarrhoea that you have to scoop up. And it’s everywhere. Especially on Twitter. You’ll find truck loads of it there. There...
by Michael Nevin | Jun 28, 2015 | Footie
“CITY is a massive club”, was the cry from Mancunians of the blue persuasion, years before Emirates riches were ploughed into the somewhat soulless surrounds of Eastlands, the new council-owned home of Manchester’s hitherto poor relations. The claim — made...
by James Dutton | Jun 28, 2015 | Footie
“I’M not just talking about winning games, but the way we do things and the way we conduct ourselves. The class and dignity this club was renowned for. It’s the way Liverpool used to be seen by people and we should be aiming to recreate that.”...
by Rob Gutmann | Jun 25, 2015 | Footie
IMAGINE there’s this cup. Liverpool FC can go in for it. Liverpool will be the richest club in the competition (at the very least until the last 32 when the third-placed teams in the Champions League groups tumble into it). We’ll have the most valuable squad, by some...
by David Segar | Jun 24, 2015 | Footie
SO it seems Liverpool are on the verge of signing Brazilian attacker Roberto Firmino. As a self-confessed football hipster, I’m punching the air/cat in delight. At the time of writing, Sky Sports News are parading Liverpool’s agreement with Hoffenheim for...
by Ian Salmon | Jun 17, 2015 | Footie
I WOKE up this morning and I’d had enough. Not of life — life’s cool thanks; it wasn’t a general non-specific malaise: I’d had enough of football. We spoke on Monday’s podcast about the way that nobody seems to know when the season...
