“HE’S fast establishing himself as the main man for England. He’s always on the move, he’s always available and he’s tricky on the ball. It’s hard to get the ball off him.” It’s pretty nice to hear those words about one of your players,...
JUDGING the collective psyche of thousands of people is always a dangerous game. And yet, it happens every day. Especially in football, or more specifically in football supporter culture. Take the derby this coming weekend. Anfield will be a sellout for the visit of...
IF I asked you which is the biggest football club in the city of Liverpool, would you say it’s Liverpool or Everton? Easy, that one, isn’t it? What if I then asked which football club contributes more to the local community, what would be your instinctive reply? I...
FOLLOWING the Taylor Report in 1990, Liverpool’s impetuous arch rivals Manchester United found themselves in a situation of ponderous limbo in relation to their Old Trafford home. United’s all-standing home had seen its capacity steadily decline since the Second World...
THE Reds are on holiday again. Say what you want about Jürgen Klopp but he mustn’t half love a bevy by the pool in the afternoon. There is about three fellas not on international duty in the Liverpool team and yet big Jürgen still manages to cobble together a squad to...
IT’S been a while since Phil Coutinho has been serenaded by The Kop after witnessing one of his Anfield exhibitions. Of late, the Ole’s for the Brazilian conjurer have been in short supply. Coutinho is clearly still struggling in the wake of his ill-timed, mid-season...
THERE was an interesting moment in Jürgen Klopp’s press conference last week when he was asked why – as he had predicted would happen 12 months earlier – Pep Guardiola was finding it hard in England. “A lot of teams have a lot of money and a lot of teams have a lot of...
WELCOME to a new occasional feature on TAW, Talking Reds, where we talk to supporters about their love of Liverpool Football Club, current issues and whatever else takes our fancy. First up is BBC Five Live presenter and Metro football columnist COLIN MURRAY. Hi...
EMRE Can divides opinion more than any other Liverpool player and his form this season has led to an even bigger split in opinion, writes DOMINIC CLIFF. In the first half against Burnley a few weeks ago some would have been happy for the Reds to cash in, with contract...
I’M 34-years-old. I’ve been a Liverpool supporter since the day I was born, even if I didn’t exactly know it back then. As I’ve said on these pages in the past, my dad’s a Liverpool supporter, as was his dad and as was his dad. It wasn’t a matter of choice for...
Neil Atkinson is joined by Ian Ryan, Phil Blundell and Kev Reilly to reflect on another insipid Anfield display from Liverpool after a weekend 1-1 stalemate at Anfield against Chelsea.
Also in the show, John Gibbons has a chat with Liverpool FC director of impact Rishi Jain.
