AS we all celebrate Liverpool’s 6-1 win over Watford, the realisation is starting to creep in that we won’t be seeing the Reds play until just under two weeks’ time. Twelve of the current crop will be joining up with their respective national teams...
I’VE been writing a regular Thursday column for TAW for a few months now. Because Robbo needs the piece early enough to give it the once over and I like to give myself enough time to re-write bits if need be, I tend to write it on a Wednesday. This week that means...
45, 43, 13, 17, 17, 54, 20, 16, 27. ELEVEN games in, nine games in which Liverpool have scored, and eight times we have scored before half-time. Thirty goals at 2.72 per game, Jürgen Klopp’s Reds have been relentless and ruthless in their push to the summit of the...
I WROTE a piece during the last international break saying I’d be excited if we were within six points of Manchester City. Well we can go back and read that and laugh at my pessimism, can’t we? What a shame that we’re a full seven points better off than I’d have been...
WITH several of Liverpool’s stars leaving to join their compatriots on international duty, Jürgen Klopp has made the decision to give those remaining at Melwood a well deserved break. Sunday’s 6-1 demolition of Watford saw the Reds go top of the Premier...
LUCK and randomness. I’ve been thinking a lot about both lately. I used to be very much in the camp that followed the maxim “the harder you work, the luckier you get”. Life rewards those who work hard and those who keep going when others might have long since given...
Philippa Smallwood I HAVE struggled with motivation. I have struggled with anxiety. I have struggled with nerves. I have struggled just to get in my car and drive to Anfield on a match day. It is fair to say that I probably fell out of love with the game for the best...
Before we start this, I’ll caveat with the following: I knew exactly where this piece was going; I’d been thinking about it for a while. But, then, as I was waiting for my brother after the sheer joy of Watford, the 2:15pm kick off meaning that we were meeting in...
JÜRGEN Klopp is excited by the confirmation of contract extensions for Kevin Stewart, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ben Woodburn. The young trio have put pen to paper on new long-term deals at the club, a further statement of the faith the manager is showing in the youth...
Liverpool smashed Watford by SIX goals to ONE to put the Reds top of the table and joining Neil Atkinson to talk through the glory on a heavy headed Monday are Rob Gutmann, Melissa Reddy and Karl Coppack on this week’s FREE podcast. Direct: The Anfield Wrap...