LIVERPOOL: THINGS ARE GUNNER GET BETTER (ASK OZIL)

THERE you go. Happy New Year and all that. Feeling positive about the year to come? Looking forward to all the joys that January to May has in store for a start? Nah, me neither. That thing where I come on here and spray around undiluted joy, optimism and positivity?...

SUNDERLAND NIL LIVERPOOL ONE: PLAYER RATINGS

ANOTHER nervy finish but another Liverpool win. I’m not sure we want to become 1-0 specialists. I’m not sure it suits our abilities or my stress levels. But you’ll take it for now. Liverpool actually should have had much more. We’re getting...

LIVERPOOL: IT’S PRETTY CLEAR WE NEED TO WIN UGLY

IT’S a time of year when you naturally reflect on things; where you’ve been, where you’re heading, where you’re at. This time last year, the Reds were tenth in the Premier League. With 18 games played, Liverpool, under the management of Brendan Rodgers, had won seven,...
TUESDAY REVIEW: TWO MEN SORTING IT OUT

TUESDAY REVIEW: TWO MEN SORTING IT OUT

WE locked Neil Atkinson and Sean Rodgers in a studio and told them they couldn’t come out until they’d sorted out the current mess that is Liverpool. They analyse what Jurgen Klopp might have been trying to do, and why it went wrong. They talked about what...

THE ANFIELD WRAP: CHARACTER

IN the wake of Watford 3 Liverpool 0, Neil Atkinson is joined by Gareth Roberts and Melissa Reddy to pick the bones out of another disappointing defeat. Neil and Robbo have a heated argument about the character, or lack of, in the team and how much it’s...
THE PINK: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0

THE PINK: WATFORD 3 LIVERPOOL 0

WATFORD THREE LIVERPOOL NIL Just keep saying it to yourself. Watford three goals. Three of the goals. Neil Atkinson just about managed to do more than that. John Gibbons the same. But Phil Blundell and Martin Fitzgerald are on the phone and they have been there and...