by Paul Cope | Nov 15, 2017 | Footie
FOOTBALL does many things to our emotions, but it very rarely makes us laugh out loud. Prior to a couple of weeks ago, the last time I remember actually belly laughing in reference to Liverpool was when we demolished Arsenal at home under Brendan Rodgers and, as the...
by Andy Heaton | Nov 4, 2017 | Footie
IT’S no big secret, but for those that don’t know, I’m a massive advocate of the Rafael Benitez school of just winning games without having a nervous breakdown. That said, no one was happier when Liverpool appointed Jürgen Klopp. It was a line in the sand, a marker, a...
by Michael Nevin | Nov 3, 2017 | Footie
IF, for once, the “European night” atmosphere was lacking on Wednesday it was because there was a strong whiff of déjà vu mixing with pre-Bommie Night sulphur in the November air. There was a sense, predominantly in the crowd, that the evening – despite a whole 12...
by Dan Morgan | Nov 2, 2017 | Footie
EVERY game I’m watching him, glancing over at him with some adolescent yearning for approval. Every time the collective angst in Anfield rises through a slightly sideways Jordan Henderson pass or a Simon Mignolet lob-wedged attempt at a clearance, I find myself...
by Paul Cope | Nov 1, 2017 | Footie
WE discussed briefly on the TAW Player Review show this week one of the mysteries of watching football from the stands, when we can’t be sure whether something did or did not happen on the pitch because the players took it upon themselves to do it in the heat of...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 1, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, TAW Special
Neil Atkinson talks to David about his book ‘Kloppite: One Man’s Quest To Turn Doubters Into Believers’, the story of Jurgen Klopp’s arrival at Liverpool and quest to return Liverpool to Europe’s top table. You can buy Michael’s...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 31, 2017 | Footie
WE’RE nearly there. Can you feel it? The weather getting colder, the clocks have gone back. Not Christmas, but madness. Fixture madness. It comes ever closer. Within 37 days ending on January 1st, every Premier League team is playing 10 league games....
by Michael Nevin | Oct 27, 2017 | Footie
“WHO are you giving the job to? No, let me tell you. It’s Graeme fucking Souness, isn’t it?” Phil Thompson and Souness never really saw eye to eye and here was ruthless Bob Paisley bestowing the gnarly Scot with the Liverpool captaincy so cherished by Kirkby’s finest....
by Karl Coppack | Oct 26, 2017 | Footie
EVERY defeat comes with a list of extenuating circumstances. Sometimes, it’s the personnel who are to blame or maybe the system. At others it can be the prospect of an upcoming game which has priority. For example, there were some dire games at the end of Jürgen...
by Paul Cope | Oct 25, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S a strange phenomenon occurring around the fields of Anfield Road at the moment. It’s something I noticed months ago and have been watching with fascination as it’s developed, while not being entirely sure what I think about the whole thing. As the performances...
