by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 26, 2017 | Footie
SAM JONES AT the time of writing it’s January 26, five days before the end of the transfer window and the Reds’ solitary move that we’re aware of was to go for Julian Draxler, only to back off when it became apparent that the key factor in any move for him was going...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jan 24, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S no getting away from it — this weekend was a horrible if you’re a Liverpool fan. Losing for the first time in over a year at Anfield against the side bottom of the table. Then to see Manchester United score a stoppage time equaliser at Stoke, Arsenal...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 23, 2017 | LFC News
Mane A Miss But Not An Excuse JÜRGEN Klopp was once again in front of the press at Melwood today to preview Liverpool’s League Cup semi-final clash with Southampton. Saturday’s defeat to Swansea City left the Reds with just one win so far in 2017, but the German...
by Gareth Roberts | Jan 22, 2017 | Footie
A SHITE weekend then, all told. The Reds doing what they did in a manner that seemed all so preventable. A must-win, had-to-win, surely-will-win…lost. A real sickener. A gut punch. A game lost twice. The pain has been predictably piled on today. Arsenal winning with a...
by Dan Morgan | Jan 19, 2017 | Footie
“WE’RE building something here, detective. We’re building it from scratch. All the pieces matter.” A line from the nonpareil Clarke Peters character Lester Freamon in The Wire, talking about his investigation into a spiralling drug conspiracy case in West Baltimore at...
by Gareth Roberts | Jan 17, 2017 | Footie
IT was one of those moments when a stadium falls silent and the action seems to unfold in front of your eyes in slow motion. An understrength Liverpool side had battled and fought in a game that always demands those qualities by the bucketload. Manchester United v...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 17, 2017 | LFC News
FREE signings can really go one way or the other, as with any signing in this day and age. For the most part, they are non-descript. A player past the peak of his powers, looking for a new direction or the chance to prove he still has it at a new club. Rarely do they...
by Josh Sexton | Jan 16, 2017 | LFC News
IT’S the day after Liverpool drew 1-1 with Manchester United and the fallout continues — particularly where referees and Joel Matip are concerned, but more on that later… The Matip Saga Rumbles On FAST becoming a shambles this. As you’ll...
by Adam Smith | Jan 12, 2017 | Footie
‘LIVERPOOL Football Club exists to win trophies’. That’s the old adage, first espoused by Bill Shankly back in the 1960s. I completely agree. I also agree with a lot of what Phil Blundell wrote in his piece yesterday. Jürgen Klopp was right to go with a strong line-up...
by Ian Salmon | Jan 9, 2017 | Footie
SHALL I tell you how I’ve spent the last half-hour? Searching for the true, accurate origin of a quote; I need this detail as I want to start this with the very highest standards. I want literature, I want specifics, I want relevance. I had what I thought was a...
