by Rob Gutmann | Aug 12, 2016 | Footie
ALRIGHT, kids? Here we are again, Back at the start. Refreshed, renewed, reborn. I can feel it. You can feel it. I’m running on the spot as I type this. It’s Friday. Match isn’t till Sunday. I’ll be staying over in London. Thinking about packing my bag now. Not...
by Craig Hannan | Aug 12, 2016 | Footie
IT’S difficult to decide on what constitutes success this season for a Liverpool side that is now very much in the image of Jürgen Klopp. The realist in you is pragmatic — he’s talking fourth-placed finishes, mulling over net spends and how problem...
by Michael Nevin | Aug 12, 2016 | Footie
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...
by Adam Smith | Aug 11, 2016 | Footie
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...
by Sean Rogers | Aug 10, 2016 | Footie
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...
by Phil Blundell | Aug 10, 2016 | Footie
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...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Aug 9, 2016 | Footie
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...
by Ben Johnson | Aug 9, 2016 | Footie
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...
by Ian Salmon | Aug 8, 2016 | Footie
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...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 7, 2016 | Footie
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...
