SOMETIMES one of the greatest motivations is being told no. You can’t do that. You won’t do that. You haven’t got the skills. You haven’t got the talent. It will never work. You won’t see it through. We’ve all had it in one way or another during our lives, and...
IT is never the best idea to begin a Anfield Wrap column by talking about Manchester United – but then United are talking lots about Liverpool… Jose Mourinho said it’s about time Jürgen Klopp lifted some silverware, Gary Neville said he believes the German may...
JIMMY Case and Ray Kennedy were best mates. The only time you could separate them was on matchdays when they patrolled opposite flanks of one of the finest midfield quartets ever assembled in English club football. The brilliant bookends to Graeme Souness and Terry...
“IF it is an open game at Anfield, you don’t even have one chance, not even one per cent of a chance. “Up and down I’m pretty sure they are the best team in the world in these transitions, offensive, defensive. It is built for that. In that situation, they are...
I REMEMBER a time when a Liverpool manager suggesting that players within a squad should be rotated was met with incredulity. The masses mocked, the media scorned and the ex-professionals screamed from the hilltops “WE DIDN’T NEED A REST IN OUR DAY”. It seems...
IT HARDLY counts as all that perceptive to point out that there are elements of fickleness when it comes to football analysis. Indeed, as someone who writes a weekly article about one football team, I am reliant on a certain fickleness to continue to produce talking...
IT HAPPENED down at Anfield not so long ago. Well, two years, eight months and 16 days previous to be precise. Liverpool under Jürgen Klopp, trailing to Arsenal 3-2 after some questionable goalkeeping from Simon Mignolet, were desperate to save a point in a game they...
IN a game which felt like a throwback to a decade ago, what a contest between two very modern football teams. Back in those days it was Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho locked in enthralling tactical battles, with players of supreme quality all over the pitch. Chelsea...
THERE was a lovely moment during Jürgen Klopp’s Match of the Day interview last Saturday when he banished his final fear about managing Liverpool. As his team breezed past the club record for season-opening victory runs, Klopp admitted that he liked the idea of...
I’M fascinated by time. Well, space time to be more specific. I recently attended a talk centred around Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity and general musings about string theory and time travel, something that has had me hooked for years. Without becoming too...
Liverpool Face Brighton After European Delight | Friday Live!
We look back at Liverpool’s win over Villarreal before previewing their big match against Brighton.Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons, Steve Graves & Grace Mailey.
Also in the show, Neil chats to Taj Ali about his book ‘Come what may, we’re here to stay’, his book about South Asian resistance in Britain
