I LIVE in rural Perthshire at the moment, in a two-horse hamlet with a little pub, and a bus stop, and not much else. The little pub shows the football, so the other night, when Bournemouth came to Anfield, I nipped in for a couple of pints to watch the Liverpool...
HE’S not the worst human being in the world, José Mourinho. There are more despicable characters. Don’t make me list them. Try saying to a fellow Liverpool fan that you wouldn’t have minded José managing our club at some point. A few souls will nod and smile...
DESPITE the initial enthusiasm brought by the arrival of Jürgen Klopp at Anfield, there remains a sense that this is a football season yet to ignite any real passion or excitement. This can be said not just of proceedings at Liverpool, but nationally too, as the...
WHENEVER you hear stories of a person’s first game. they usually follow a similar pattern. Dad/uncle/older brother took you along after you’d been nagging at them to do so for ages; you got a programme as a souvenir; a half-time pie that reached temperatures you...
FUN. Have it. Loads and loads of it. This is one of Jürgen Klopp’s daily reminders to his players and staff. Football should be about enjoyment, and if you’re lucky enough to work in the game, the German believes F.U.N should be tattooed all over your face. He can be...
ONE to us and nil to them. Not one to them. One to us and nil to them. Astonishing scenes, these. The youngish Reds doing the business. The youngish Reds hugely buttressed by Lucas Leiva second half and constantly lit up by Roberto Firmino. Firmino had a ton of...
In the final instalment of our TAW Unwrapped examination of Liverpool’s attacking options and what we’ve seen from Klopp so far, Phil Greene looks at the team’s nerves – and how we steady them. 101. The number of league goals scored by...
As TAW Unwrapped examines what we’ve seen from Klopp so far, we take an in-depth look at some of LFC’s future attacking options. Here’s Neil Docking’s take. IN THE wake of a barren 2014/15, The Anfield Wrap’s Neil Atkinson spent the...
As TAW Unwrapped examines what we’ve seen from Klopp so far, we take an in-depth look at some of LFC’s future attacking options. Phil Blundell kicks us off. GOALS. It’s what we all love, isn’t it? Liverpool score and you go mental. Defending is great and...
IF YOU haven’t read Michael Calvin’s Living on the Volcano, you should – particularly if you happen to be a football manager. It acts as an essential survival guide for those attempting to operate in the most perilous of sporting environments in the year 2015....
