by John Gibbons | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
A STRANGE day. A lot of lads turned up in “I’ve been to Dortmund” caps and a lot of lads turned up with “I’ve been the National” hangovers. A few lads didn’t turn up at all. Those still feeling the effects of Germany and...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S most comfortable league home performance of the season did everything Rob Gutmann told you it would. It announced one young talent, reaffirmed another and allowed the manager to experiment. Liverpool played as many shapes as they scored goals and...
by Rob Gutmann | Apr 9, 2016 | Footie
STOKE at home. Nothing to play for. Only Stoke at home. Nothing to play for. Might as well not go. When I was 12, I went to my first match at Anfield. It was a League Cup game on a midweek night against Portsmouth. They were then, as now, mired somewhere in football’s...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
WE see things they’ll never see. Here we are again, the Reds after a proper European night, writes CHARLIE CHRISTIAN. It feels good, doesn’t it? For all we endlessly talk about winning the league, I think these nights mean the most to us — the nights which make...
by John Gibbons | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
TACTICAL games are tough to score. Liverpool set up solid and went about their business well. They knew what they needed to do and largely did it. For that they all deserve credit. That said, you wouldn’t say anyone was outstanding. When everyone is a cog,...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 8, 2016 | Footie
THERE is a period of time between Dortmund’s equaliser and the pinball in their penalty area finishing where Philippe Coutinho has the ball in their area for what seems like forever. In that period of time the big bang happens, galaxies are born, dust becomes matter,...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 8, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player
NEIL ATKINSON is joined in Hotel Gildenhof for a post match ‘Pink’ by Andy Heaton and John Gibbons as they reflect on a UEFA Cup first leg score draw against Borussia Dortmund. Have the Reds done enough to get themselves through to the next round against...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 7, 2016 | Footie
FOR this game versus Dortmund John’s gone with the facts. Done it excellently as per. Shall we do the feelings? The emotions? I like the reported German approach and response to football. I like it. The game as event. The game as a thing to look forward to and...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 7, 2016 | Podcast, TAW Player, TAW Special
Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons speak to Stefan Buczko about Liverpool’s away first leg last eight Europa League encounter against Borussia Dortmund. How good are this Dortmund side? What should be worrying The Reds? And could the emotion of the occasion get to...
by Michael Nevin | Apr 7, 2016 | Footie
WELL, they’re all away. The Anfield Wrap crew have decamped to Dortmund, via Amsterdam, on what Neil Atkinson described to me the other day as a “work experiment”. No further insight was proffered, leaving me to ponder if said experiment was to see if anyone can get...
