KEVIN KEEGAN: THE UNSUNG HERO?

KEVIN KEEGAN: THE UNSUNG HERO?

IT’S Kevin Keegan’s birthday today. He’s 64. A quick question for you: What’s the first thing that comes into your head when you hear the name, Kevin Keegan? I’m guessing that, for some, the first image springing to mind is of a rain-lashed England...
EMRE CAN: I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS BUT I LOVE IT

EMRE CAN: I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS BUT I LOVE IT

VERSATILITY can be a bit of a dirty word in football, especially in England. Multi functional players who can fill a variety of roles within a team are seldom elevated to hero status among fan bases or celebrated in the media. Take James Milner. He has played at full...
PODCAST: THE NOTHING DERBY

PODCAST: THE NOTHING DERBY

NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Paul Johnson, John Gibbons and Rob Gutmann on this week’s podcast after the worst Derby in living memory. The lads also talk Spurs with Paul Duhaney from Africa Oye. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – The Nothing...
LIVERPOOL: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?

LIVERPOOL: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?

WITH February looming, Liverpool sit in eighth place in the Premier League table. They are out of the Champions League, face a tricky fourth round replay at Bolton in the FA Cup next week and were eliminated by Jose Mourinho’s latest band of not so merry men in the...
MATCH REVIEW: LIVERPOOL 0 BOLTON 0

MATCH REVIEW: LIVERPOOL 0 BOLTON 0

NEIL writes the match reports. Neil or Gareth or Gibbo. But Gibbo’s living the life fantastic in Utah and Neil and Gareth are on a stag do, so they asked for volunteers and here we are. Not long after I said I’d do it a mate of mine offered me his tickets....
BORINI AND LAMBERT: JOB DONE

BORINI AND LAMBERT: JOB DONE

Well I’m not really worried about this But can some one please answer me this Apart from on commentary Where else on earth Can you hear the word ‘aplomb’ being used?  – Half Man Half Biscuit, Keeping Two Chevrons Apart. TWO strikers spearheaded Liverpool’s...
MATCH REVIEW: ASTON VILLA 0 LIVERPOOL 2

MATCH REVIEW: ASTON VILLA 0 LIVERPOOL 2

TWO nil. Rickie Lambert. And the Travelling Reds are in rapture. It is going bananas, a rush to the front. Pulled up a row. Back down a row. Look up, see a red face going mental. It looks like Lucas Leiva.It is. It is Lucas Leiva. He, and half the Liverpool side are...
PODCAST: UP THE REDS

PODCAST: UP THE REDS

NEIL ATKINSON, John Gibbons and Gareth Roberts are in the studio for this week’s CityTalk podcast as the lads look forward to this weekend’s trip to Villa Park. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – UP THE REDS Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW...
LUCAS LEIVA: DEFENDING THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER

LUCAS LEIVA: DEFENDING THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER

IT all started in October 2013. I’m doing an Anfield Wrap podcast the day after our 3-1 home win against Crystal Palace. The game marked the return of Luis Suarez, a gem of a goal by Daniel Sturrridge which, due to there being so many last season, has been lost...
DANIEL STURRIDGE: RETURN OF THE DEAD-EYE

DANIEL STURRIDGE: RETURN OF THE DEAD-EYE

I’VE no desire to tempt fate or anything but, unless he sprains a wrist rehearsing his goal celebration or arm-wrestling Jose Enrique, we will soon welcome Daniel Sturridge back into the Liverpool first team. God, it’s been a long time.  As eagerly-awaited returns go,...