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...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 25, 2017 | Footie
TALK of Liverpool being in crisis overstates the current predicament, but there are two things that are true in the aftermath of Sunday’s defeat to Tottenham Hotspur: Liverpool’s domestic season is in danger of slipping away from us all. Jürgen Klopp now...
by Josh Sexton | Oct 25, 2017 | Footie
SOMETIMES players’ performances over a period of time can burn your head out – and from that point onwards the smallest mistake can frustrate the life out of you. Even if they do something good, you feel like the bad is around the corner. And when it comes it merely...
by Gareth Roberts | Oct 24, 2017 | Footie
AFTER the frustrating failure of Liverpool’s efforts to secure Virgil van Dijk’s signature in the summer, Jürgen Klopp’s public stance ever since has been to back the defenders at his disposal. Many supporters, people in the media and pundits alike, doubted his words...
by David Segar | Oct 23, 2017 | Footie
THERE was something almost comforting about Jürgen Klopp’s demeanour on the touchline at Wembley yesterday. As his Liverpool side were getting picked apart by Tottenham Hotspur like a cruel child pulling the legs off a spider in between licks of an ice cream, the...
by Andy Heaton | Oct 22, 2017 | Footie
THE only surprising thing about Liverpool conceding comical goals is that people are still surprised. The manager can bang on all he wants about defending as a team and opportunities to defend situations before they hit the back four but sometimes bad defending is...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 20, 2017 | Footie
WHEN Jürgen Klopp came to Liverpool there was almost a collective idea that started forming across the fan base that the messiah had arrived, and that was clear in the excitement for his first game away at Tottenham Hotspur, writes SIMON STEERS. You could look at what...
