by Adam Smith | Dec 8, 2016 | Footie
I’M not a fan of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. As disappointing as our loss to Bournemouth was at the weekend, I’m not convinced it merited the reaction it got. There were hugely frustrating aspects to our performance but I’m not sure we need to buy-in an...
by Neil Scott | Dec 7, 2016 | Footie
ONE of the things about a birthday, a thing no-one really warns you about as you surf the waves of youth, is the feeling of existential dread it can trigger. The more birthdays you have, the greater the sense of impending doom. Mortality becomes a series of fading...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 7, 2016 | Footie
LOSSES bring out the worst in a fan base. All kinds of kneejerk reactions and apocalyptic predictions fill social media, writes STEPHEN MCGARTY. “It’s all over.” “We’ve been brought back down to earth.” The more sensible thinkers will, rightly, inform you that things...
by Phil Blundell | Dec 7, 2016 | Footie
PERCENTAGES. People don’t really think about what happens on a football pitch in terms of percentages, when the reality is that they’re in everything. With Liverpool 3-1 up and cruising on Sunday, Bournemouth were 500/1 to win the game of football which is roughly a...
by Josh Sexton | Dec 7, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S second-half collapse at Bournemouth brought out the doom-mongers in force but what the 4-3 sucker punch means to the Reds’ season remains to be seen. Before the slump on the South Coast, Jürgen Klopp’s side were unbeaten for 15 games. The...
by Karl Coppack | Dec 7, 2016 | Footie
THE hours following a defeat are never pleasant, particularly after displays such as those final 15 minutes on Sunday. It’s a terrible thing to watch an inevitable act play out before your very eyes and, as Liverpool’s grip slipped from 2-3 to 3-3 to 4-3, there was an...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 6, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
Neil Atkinson is joined by Sean Rogers and Ian Salmon to try and take some solace from the insanity that was Bournemouth away. The Tuesday Review is a considered in-depth discussion of Liverpool’s last match introducing talk around tactics and selection. It’s just one...
by Josh Sexton | Dec 6, 2016 | LFC News
ROBBIE Fowler insists that Jürgen Klopp and his staff won’t allow Ben Woodburn to get ahead of himself after hitting the headlines recently. Woodburn became Liverpool’s youngest ever goalscorer with his strike in the League Cup win over Leeds United, beating the...
by Paul Cope | Dec 6, 2016 | Footie
YOU’RE all celebrating the wrong things. They were the words of my nephew’s academy side’s coach to all of the kids’ parents. You’re all celebrating the wrong things. I go to watch my nephew play as often as I can and, like with all football, there’s a propensity even...
by John Gibbons | Dec 5, 2016 | Footie
FOUR am alarm clock. Four am. This is a time to get in, not a time to go out. In fact, as I leave my building a fella is coming in and he looks very surprised to see anyone, not least someone dressed to go out for the day. I just say “Bournemouth, mate”...
