by John Gibbons | Mar 14, 2017 | Footie
I WAKE up in Brixton. I was meant to be there, like. This isn’t another lost weekend that has involved me waking up 200 miles away with no money, phone or memory. I’m just staying with a mate. Saturday I’m in Essex. I have a family memorial service...
by Ben Johnson | Mar 13, 2017 | Footie
I’M fairly sure I have never celebrated a goal as little as I did yesterday. When Liverpool’s equaliser went in I stood and clapped four times. Four times. One clap, two claps, three claps, four claps. No joy, no relief, no nothing. The only feeling knocking about was...
by Neil Atkinson | Mar 12, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
MARCH 12. Write it down. March 12, 2017. The last time Liverpool played poorly and won. They played so, so poorly. It is hard to put over how poorly they played. Poorly has a scale. Winning doesn’t. Football matches end and you get three points, one point or no...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 12, 2017 | Footie
TAW contributors with talking points straight from the ground after Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Burnley. Can’s Role Emre Can’s second good game in a row there, think Jürgen Klopp is getting the best out of him in that six role. @jsexton24 Game was low on...
by Andy Heaton | Mar 12, 2017 | Footie
THE grinding it out Reds, who knew, who are these people, playing shite and winning, who are we? Manchester United? Lesson worth learning, though… Simon Mignolet: 7 Doesn’t make a save, has little chance with the goal, makes a couple of proactive decisions...
by Rob Gutmann | Mar 10, 2017 | Footie
‘I WAS in a car crash — or was it the war? — well, I’ve never been quite the same’ (G.Numan, ‘Down in the Park’, 1979) Melissa Reddy of Goal.com and The Anfield Wrap posited this week that the Liverpool players were still...
by Josh Sexton | Mar 10, 2017 | Footie
AHEAD of Liverpool’s clash with Burnley at Anfield we spoke to Tyrone Marshall, Burnley FC reporter at the Lancashire Telegraph, to gauge the opposition opinion. Burnley currently sit 12th, nine points above the relegation zone, do you think fans will be pleased...
by Gareth Roberts | Mar 10, 2017 | Footie
IT’S the game everyone’s been talking about this week. A “did you see it last night?” moment in work. Barcelona’s unlikely comeback in Europe had grown men leaping around TV studios like overwhelmed children unwrapping the present of their dreams on Christmas Day...
by Michael Nevin | Mar 10, 2017 | Footie
WHEN recalling that glorious treble year of 2001 under Gerard Houllier, few voices will celebrate the contribution of Emile Heskey, who signed for the Reds from Leicester City for a record £11 million 17 years ago this week. Instead, the successive League, FA and UEFA...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 10, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
John Gibbons is joined by Gareth Roberts, Andy Heaton and Eric Anderton to discuss Liverpool’s upcoming game against Burnley at Anfield on Sunday. We analyse anything interesting to come out of Jurgen Klopp’s press conference, any wider issues regarding...
