by Rob Gutmann | Dec 29, 2017 | Footie
“TAKE a walk around my centre half, gentlemen, he’s a colossus.” Jürgen Klopp presenting Virgil van Dijk to the press pack on January 1, 2018. Well, not actually, Klopp, and not actually van Dijk. These were of course Bill Shankly’s introductory words when...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 21, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Coach Home
Comings and goings on this weeks Coach Home as John and Neil chat to Pete Selby about Claude Puel’s start as Leicester boss before chatting to Dan Hewitt about Tony Pulis’ departure from West Bromwich Albion.
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 25, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Review
The manager should be overjoyed by that performance against Leicester City and that of his substitutes and it is that which Sean Rogers and Paul Cope find themselves also delighted. Why did it go so well for the manager? There was a shift in attitude and approach from...
by Ben Johnson | Sep 25, 2017 | Footie
FOOTBALL has a way, every now and again, of conjuring up a defining match out of an otherwise routine game. A rhetoric builds, a pressure is exerted and all of a sudden, a precipice is presented with a couple of obvious options. Take your chance, leap into the unknown...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 24, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
Everyone is still a bit giddy after Liverpool’s fantastic 2-3 win over Leicester full of fight and character and no little quality. The Anfield Wrap’s free show gets into all aspects of the game. There is an elongated discussion about Simon Mignolet, how...
by Neil Atkinson | Sep 23, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
THAT. The Lads. They are The Lads. Getting to be The Lads. It’s something that happens to a football team, something that happens to any decent enterprise, ignore the gendered language or anything else you like, you’ve knocked round here long enough and...
by Andy Heaton | Sep 23, 2017 | Footie
I’M hoping by the time I get to the end of this that I’m feeling a little better, that you, dear reader can be my therapy because I’m not going to lie my current state is one of absolute discombobulation. The Reds have won their first game away from home in the league...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 23, 2017 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
A massive win for The Reds and an immediate bit of joy from The Anfield Wrap. That was some win from Liverpool and Neil Atkinson, Steve Graves and John Gibbons are revelling in that victory. What a gang of lads. Click here to subscribe to love for The...
by David Segar | Sep 23, 2017 | Footie, Match Ratings
I DIDN’T see the game on Tuesday night. I was otherwise engaged, but as ever when I can’t watch the game live, I spend 90 minutes constantly refreshing Twitter to see how things are going. The first 65 minutes went like this: “Liverpool have started brightly.” “The...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 23, 2017 | Footie
ANOTHER win in which Liverpool put you through the wringer but when they do it’s massive. A really important three points after the way results have gone today and the nature of it should give confidence to a side that have looked like they desperately need it....
