by Gareth Roberts | Sep 19, 2016 | Footie
AFTER a wonder goal that was greeted with little more than a grunt by the Liverpool-indifferent Martin Tyler and with a Marko Grujic-style open mouth by everyone else, it’s easy to praise Jordan Henderson today. After the passion that poured from his celebration as he...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 17, 2016 | Footie, Match Review
LIVERPOOL in London for the third time this season already and for the third time they are clearly the better football team; for the second time they pick up the points, their superiority deserved. It’s fast becoming a season where that looks like it will be the test....
by Sean Rogers | Sep 16, 2016 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp never goes into any football game accepting a point. You’ve seen that in the performances at Manchester City, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund last season. Even when we’re pinned back, it’s not the way he wants to play. He wants to come out and be on the...
by Michael Nevin | Sep 16, 2016 | Footie
IN the summer, I chronicled that one of Jürgen Klopp’s prime tasks this season was to eradicate the fear factor that has held The Reds back in recent seasons. It could also be argued an issue with players’ mentality at Liverpool stretches back much further — the...
by Adam Smith | Sep 15, 2016 | Footie
DID you listen to The Pink — TAW’s post-match reaction show — immediately after the Borussia Dortmund match at Anfield? If you did, you probably remember hearing that John Gibbons took his top off and started whirling it over his head (if you...
by Rob Gutmann | Sep 15, 2016 | Footie
“CHELSEA. Are a bunch of wankers.” My oldest best mate, from my days growing up in London, Giulio, always used to be very clear about this. “We’ve got Chelsea. Ah, yeah. Chelsea. Bunch o’ wankers.” I’d nod approvingly. Silently. No words....
by Josh Sexton | Sep 13, 2016 | Footie
ONCE upon a time not very long ago, many fans questioned the worth of Roberto Firmino. Now, after a flurry of goals and a string of performances packed with tricks and turns, few would suggest he doesn’t have the quality to play for Liverpool. In the summer,...
by Sean Rogers | Sep 9, 2016 | Footie
JÜRGEN Klopp has a massive decision to make ahead of tomorrow’s game against Leicester City, a really difficult one for any manager. The Foxes, so far, look like they are setting up exactly the same way they did last season — a 4-4-2 formation, which when they...
by Adam Smith | Sep 8, 2016 | Footie
JUDGING by the reaction on Twitter, Liverpool’s local ticket sale, a plan first announced in February to distribute a limited number of tickets for home games to members with an ‘L’ postcode, hasn’t pleased everyone. Do those upset by the idea...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 7, 2016 | Footie
CAMERON Brannagan has been at Liverpool since the age of five. Fifteen years on, after making his breakthrough into the first team and making nine appearances last season, the question around the midfielder now is: What next? The Manchester-born 20-year-old was...