by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 6, 2012 | Footie
By Konrad Kay WITH Platini carrying on about possible experimentation with the Euros (while simultaneously ignoring the parts of the game which need urgent experimentation) these Euros may be the last of their kind. When asked the motivation for a 24 team-tournament...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jul 4, 2012 | Footie
By Andy Gargett LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB have the quality to compete for top four but not to expect it. Theoretically they could go further if we can get some heroic performances from Suarez and Gerrard in particular. However, the cold hard truth is that over the...
by Steve Graves | Jun 19, 2012 | Footie
AS Euro 2012 prepares to move from all-you-can-eat buffet to its haute cuisine phase, the top table has a somewhat lopsided look about it. A system which places host nations – two host nations – among the top seeds is always likely to skew proceedings, and...
by Kristian Walsh | Jun 11, 2012 | Footie
AND it had started so well. The brown seats as you walk in – frayed, fretted, frowned upon – give confirmation of their popularity. The indent created by the last person becomes yours; it is half-perturbing, half-welcoming knowing how many have come before you and how...
by Andy Heaton | Jun 9, 2012 | Footie
CASILLAS, Ramos, Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Silva, Mata, Torres. Just reading those names aloud is just beautiful isn’t it? But can they do it? Can Vicente Del Bosque’s men triumph Euro 2012 and achieve what no team in history has before by winning...
by Kristian Walsh | Jun 8, 2012 | Footie
ANDY BRASSELL is a wonderful man with a fine CV: he is European Football Correspondent for Fox Soccer, BBC Worldwide and ESPN Soccernet, as well as appearing on BBC Five Live. But more importantly for us, he’s with Portugal at their training camp throughout Euro...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 7, 2012 | Footie
By Rob McDonald — Group C Italy Going into a tournament amid a match-fixing scandal for the second time in a decade, Italy will be hoping that 2012 will prove to be a repeat of 2006 even if they’ve only gone past the quarter-finals once in the last four...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 7, 2012 | Footie
By Chris McDonald — Poland The co-hosts will be looking to improve on their last and only appearance at a European Championship four years ago, when they crashed out in the first round after two defeats and a draw. Player Match Of The Day pundits have heard of:...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 6, 2012 | Footie
By Sean Rogers YOU’D expect a manager to be lauded after leading a nation to a World Cup final, then cruising to European Championships qualification with one defeat and a goal difference of plus 29 (albeit in an “easy” group). But that’s not the case for...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 6, 2012 | Footie
By Phil Blundell WORLD Cup winners in 1998, European Champions in 2000, World Cup runners-up in 2006. It seems strange to think that despite having played a part in the other tournaments between 1998 and now, France haven’t actually won a single knockout game outside...
