“I SUPPOSE it’s your year again, is it?” “Yes.” “Haha, you say that every year and you haven’t won the league for ages.” “We know, we just like to have lots of fun and be optimistic about watching our boss football team.” I could just leave it there this week. I’ve...
FIRSTLY, let’s start by getting them all out of the way… Mo Salah was devastated Liverpool scored an injury time Champions League winner on Tuesday against Paris Saint-Germain, and in his clear repulsion he unmasked his disdain for both his teammates and the...
I’VE developed a new app that’s going to be bigger than Facebook, Instagram and Twitter combined. It was a flash of inspiration during The Anfield Wrap’s weekday video Talking Reds with host Neil Atkinson last week, and I’ve already got investors from around the...
WHAT about that? What about it? Go fuck yourselves, you fucking cowards. They are good, you know. They are good Paris Saint-Germain. Better than good. I will remember watching Angel Di Maria tonight. I will remember being impressed. I will remember being more...
THESE are the European nights they always talked about. Those nights where Anfield rose as The Reds downed Europe’s big boys. Chelsea and Juventus in 2005, Saint Etienne in ’77. Jürgen Klopp and his charges are creating their own. Writing their own...
IT is the return of the UEFA Champions League. All the exciting nights, big games and Gazprom you can consume. What a ride it was last time out. Sure, the ending in Kyiv wasn’t ideal, but personally I wouldn’t swap those experiences with any other set of fans (apart...
WE’RE in the thick of it now, of that there is no denying. If the first four games, coming as they did after an earlier than normal Premier League start following a World Cup, felt like a bit of a phony war, this run of seven games, which started with a 2-1 battering...
I HOPE you used the international break wisely. Got some sleep in, spoke to the family, rested the liver. Because the next period is going to be relentless for us all. There are 13 games in less than two months. Not just games, but big ones too. Massive opponents in...
DURING the Leicester game, a stat popped up on Sky Sports which surprised me more than it should have done. Roberto Firmino has scored more goals than any other player since Jürgen Klopp became manager, netting 51 times. What’s more, he’s contributed to 60 Premier...
THERE are some players you just don’t worry about. From the minute they kick a ball for the club, they project an air of calmness, of reliability in many ways. There are many examples of players down the years who have emanated such an air of placidity. Yet for every...
