by Adam Melia | Mar 7, 2017 | Footie
CARDS on the table, I don’t rate Fenway Sports Group. They’ve been in my Si Mignolet category for a while now, where it’s miles too late for the occasional good thing they do to make an impact on the memory bank of previous gaffes, howlers, and...
by Rob Gutmann | Mar 7, 2017 | Footie
THE reporting of Liverpool’s renewed interest in Mario Gotze (by the unimpeachable Melissa Reddy) was roundly greeted with a consensus of eye rolling and head shaking by the Liverpool FC nation. Why do we want he who didn’t want us, and has turned out to be a dreadful...
by Michael Nevin | Mar 3, 2017 | Footie
IT becomes increasingly difficult to make sense of Liverpool’s season as the lurch continues from title contenders at New Year to current outsiders for a spot in the top four. The commonly held current consensus is that the Reds can beat the good teams and not the...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Mar 1, 2017 | Footie
IN the wake of Liverpool’s 4-0 hammering of Barcelona at Wembley in pre-season, I wrote a piece for The Anfield Wrap about Jürgen Klopp’s tactical blueprint for the new season and how this 4-3-3 shape with a fluid, interchanging front three and a dynamic, energetic...
by Dan Morgan | Mar 1, 2017 | Footie
“WE are all trying to improve. Improvement sometimes means to change something; sometimes it just means to wait.” Jürgen Klopp has spoken a lot about young players and their development during his time as Liverpool manager. The quote above from October 2016 when...
by David Segar | Feb 28, 2017 | Footie
SEVEN minutes in and Leicester have a corner. Mark Albrighton swings it in and it doesn’t come to anything, but that was when I started to mentally turn off from the game. Liverpool were going to lose. It wasn’t based on an incident or a goal, but it was a repeat, a...
by Paul Cope | Feb 28, 2017 | Footie
“IF he was not good and a few others were not good then we could not win against Tottenham.” The words of Jürgen Klopp during his pre-match press conference for the Leicester game when answering a question about Gini Wijnaldum and how well he had played against Spurs....
by Josh Sexton | Feb 22, 2017 | LFC News
Lallana Signs THE club have today officially confirmed that Adam Lallana has signed a new three-year deal with the option of an additional 12 months which will see him earn £110,000-a-week. The England international has seven goals and seven assists this season and...
by Paul Cope | Feb 21, 2017 | Footie
I CHANGED my mind on something this week. I know it’s not the done thing these days to think about something then change your mind. The trend seems to be that we should all pick an opinion on something then stick to it rigidly, closing our eyes and sticking our...
by Phil Blundell | Feb 15, 2017 | Footie
THE season isn’t yet finished but I’ll be honest, I’m already eyeing up the summer and beyond. It’s pretty difficult to downgrade myself to a challenge for a Champions League place because, ultimately, it just isn’t that exciting and the overall goal doesn’t make you...
