IT’S that time of year again. Hope springs eternal. A nine-month journey that starts in summer brilliance, ploughs through the dark, mist, wind and rain, and the bite of winter frost before the onset of spring. The title run-in coincides with the return of...
THAT’S it then. All of the summer preparation has been building to this. Arsenal. Sunday. 4pm. The season begins. What kind of year will it be? A brilliant one, obviously. Liverpool’s league form left a lot to be desired last time out but, much like under Rafa...
IT’S fairly unique to play two games back-to-back in pre-season. It’s even more unique to have it a week before you’re due to kick-off the season proper — that puts a huge amount of pressure on the club. In fairness, you’re not going to be able to...
THE last time I was in a football ground I walked out before the match had finished in a huff. I was annoyed. An hour earlier Liverpool had walked off the pitch in Basel with a 1-0 half time lead, about 85 per cent of the ground spent half-time singing There She Goes...
IDENTITY. It’s a word which is often tossed around when speaking about football clubs and football managers — and it’s something Liverpool were totally devoid of by the time Brendan Rodgers came to the end of his tenure at the club. No-one really knew what kind...
SHALL we call that a score draw then? As two performances go, you won’t see a bigger contrast all season — or at least I hope so. As good as the Reds played on Saturday against Barcelona, they were just as bad on Sunday against Mainz. If we are going to treat...
THERE’S an excellent song on Pacific Street, the first Pale Fountains album. There are, in fairness, many excellent songs on that album; all of them basically, it’s a masterpiece. Mick Head – who the Anfield Wrap interviewed here – is a genius, we hold...
IT has been well-documented in these pages and podcasts that Liverpool seem to be making a conscious effort to buy pace and goals, writes SIMON ALKIN. However, something else that appears evident from all of the club’s signings this summer is a preference for...
LIVERPOOL, as a city and as a football club, has always been proud to be different. Fans wear it as a badge of honour, supporting Liverpool, being a Red, is not like supporting any other team. Not in an arsey “we’ve more history than any of you, we’re special” sort of...
I LOVE Jürgen Klopp. There, I said it. I completely understand those who believe adulation should be saved until he actually wins something with the club. I can absolutely appreciate that there are those who feel he hasn’t done anything yet and that the overt...
