WELL, it’s rather nice to be writing the first of my Friday columns on the eve of Liverpool’s Wembley weekend. I wrote earlier this week about attending my first FA Cup semi-final in 1980 and I’ve done the sums to calculate this is my tenth. Despite my advancing...
CAN I start with an aside? Is it actually even possible to start with an aside? Surely it simply becomes preamble? Whichever. This: in the comments after Neil’s review of the Burnley game (can we pretend that was the last one we played please? Just accept that...
NEIL ATKINSON, Gareth Roberts, Paul Cope and Steve Graves are in for this week’s podcast, reflecting on an encouraging victory over Crystal Palace as the Reds march on in the FA Cup. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – All Pard Of the Dance...
NEIL Atkinson, Rob Gutmann, Martin Fitzgerald and Steve Graves are in for this week’s podcast, albeit, at least, in body if not in spirit after Liverpool comprehensively dispatched West Ham and Daniel Sturridge made a goalscoring return for the Mighty Reds. MAMA...
AND suddenly Liverpool look rampant. Ish. For five minutes. But it is enough. Play well for five minutes a half against a ton of these sides, you win. This is especially true if you have an actual centre forward. An actual centre forward. Walk around him. In fact...
I’VE no desire to tempt fate or anything but, unless he sprains a wrist rehearsing his goal celebration or arm-wrestling Jose Enrique, we will soon welcome Daniel Sturridge back into the Liverpool first team. God, it’s been a long time. As eagerly-awaited returns go,...
CRYSTAL Palace, Ludogorets, Stoke City, Leicester City, Sunderland and Basel. When you’re managing a team in desperate need of victories, you can’t ask for a more appealing set of fixtures than that. Those six are the opponents Liverpool face before a trip to Old...
THAT title was, quite frankly, a ludicrous thing to type after what should have been a straight forward game. But nothing is easy this season, nothing straight forward it seems. Even a home cup tie against a Championship team leaves you pulling your hair out and...
OPTIONS. Let’s talk options. Options and tactics. Options all over the place, tactics like you wouldn’t believe. Let’s talk about the fact that Liverpool can make three substitutions against a team who are supposedly, according to Brad Friedel on...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Ben Johnson, Gareth Roberts and Adam Smith after Liverpool’s first away defeat of the calender year. Download Issue 11 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy us a pint!...
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Liverpool 5 & Brentford Preview: TAW Midweek Extra
With Liverpool returning to winning ways on the road in Germany, we reflect on the Reds victory over Eintracht Frankfurt before looking ahead to a weekend trip to Brentford.Also in the show, John is joined by Brian Nash of Frankie Goes To Hollywood about the imminent release of their new deluxe edition box set, which includes previously unheard tracks.John Gibbons is joined by Emila Bona, Mo Stewart and Ali Gunn.
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