by Phil Blundell | Apr 26, 2017 | Footie
SUNDAY’S bench wasn’t really what you want to see, is it? I’ll be honest, when Alberto Moreno is your oldest and most experienced player, you don’t look at it and get particularly excited. I found it a bit concerning, to be honest. We’re attempting to consolidate a...
by David Segar | Apr 25, 2017 | Footie
AS with the appearance of Christmas pap in the shops in August, and Easter Eggs in January, the start of transfer rumour silly season seems to get earlier and earlier each year. It’s not even May yet and already people seem fairly certain they’ve got Jürgen Klopp’s...
by Paul Cope | Apr 25, 2017 | Footie
ARE people losing their heads again? I’ve been away all weekend getting drunk and missed the match and the reaction to it, but can take an educated guess at what the Internet has been saying about us. It will be the same that was said last time we were beaten by...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Apr 25, 2017 | Footie
WE’RE now approaching that stage in the season again where we start to look at the squad and analyse which positions need to be strengthened in the upcoming transfer window. There are several certainties in the current squad whose futures seem very secure under...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 24, 2017 | Footie
GREG STANLEY WRITING about Steve Finnan is a paradox. How do you pay tribute to a man who simply doesn’t want praise? Much like his performances for Liverpool over the five years he spent at the club, Finnan has kept his head down and stayed out of the limelight since...
by Michael Nevin | Apr 14, 2017 | Footie
“HE’S given me more heart attacks than any player I have ever known.” These were the slightly flippant words of Bob Paisley, describing the adventurous forays of Alan Hansen during the early part of his Liverpool career. In the sometimes brutal, hurly-burly First...
by Paul Cope | Apr 11, 2017 | Footie
JUST pick your strongest team. That’s what they always say, isn’t it? Why aren’t you picking your strongest team? It’s the FA Cup / Stoke away / [insert the most recent game here]. If you don’t pick your strongest team you’re disrespecting the competition / don’t know...
by Michael Nevin | Apr 7, 2017 | Footie
WEDNESDAY’S draw at home to Bournemouth felt like a crushing defeat. A scruffy, late equaliser when three crucial home points were required was just an unnecessary kick in the teeth. For the final 25 minutes, Jürgen Klopp opted to invite pressure; adopting a back five...
by Phil Blundell | Apr 5, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S a video doing the rounds on the internet at the minute showing Lucas Leiva’s absolute joy when greeting Player Liaison Officer Ray Haughan shortly after full-time on Saturday. He’s by an absolute country mile the most enthusiastic of the Liverpool players who...
by Ian Salmon | Apr 3, 2017 | Footie
IT may be the fact that the beginning of each of the last three weeks has been bright and spoken of warmer, sunnier days (other than that pre-derby biblical downpour); it may be because we have been mired in a pointless international break that has, yet again, served...
