by Neil Atkinson | Jan 17, 2016 | Footie
THIS Liverpool side has to work harder than any I can remember to score a goal. The stint it has to put in just to see the ball go over the line is ridiculous. When did we get the last cheap one? Firmino scored a belter against Arsenal. It’s either unbelievable...
by John Gibbons | Jan 17, 2016 | Footie
OVER the years a few tidy teams have turned up to Anfield. You think “how are these 10th, they look really good”. Then they don’t score, and someone like Fernando Torres knocks a couple in and we all go home. Liverpool have become that team. Often...
by Rob Gutmann | Jan 16, 2016 | Footie
THIS Liverpool team still feels like a bit of a stranger. Our sides usually reveal themselves in a few familiar guises. Time tested shapes. The balance between good, bad and average, just so. A compelling midfielder here, a top goalscorer there. A rock at the back, a...
by Michael Nevin | Jan 15, 2016 | Footie
I WAS going to write about the January transfer window this week, but as Monday rolled into Tuesday, I became progressively more underwhelmed by the prospect. Let’s face it — it’s all a bit boring and nothing much happens. Then Wednesday night and the thriller...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jan 14, 2016 | Footie, Podcast
NEIL ATKINSON takes TAW Player to Radio Citytalk. After Liverpool’s thriller against Arsenal Neil Atkinson and Sean Rogers are joined by Phil Blundell to do a Tuesday Review style show on the radio and get into the issues and questions around Jurgen...
by Melissa Reddy | Jan 14, 2016 | Footie
FOR the most part, this felt like a throwback. A sublime South American acting as the catalyst for his side’s offensive domination. Bending the ball to his will. Straining every sinew in his body to track back and turn his team around. Always there, pressing. Always...
by Neil Atkinson | Jan 14, 2016 | Footie
FOOTBALL is always just about to prove you wrong. This is the most important thing it can do. Picture the scene: Rob Gutmann: I’d do Allen for Can here. Neil Atkinson: Nah. Rob Gutmann: This is a bit of a role reversal. Neil Atkinson: I just think Emre Can is...
by John Gibbons | Jan 14, 2016 | Footie
WASN’T expecting that! Liverpool came out of the blocks with some sublime attacking play and took the game to the rightful league leaders. But we really should have been able to cope a bit better with what they had to throw back in return, regardless of the...
by John Gibbons | Jan 12, 2016 | Footie
JANUARY was always going to be a month when loan moves were evaluated and assessed. While some moves for the likes of Lazar Markovic and Mario Balotelli were a year long with no backsies, for many of the youngsters the deals only took them to January — sensible...
by Rob Gutmann | Jan 12, 2016 | Footie
THE death of hope. The January-February requiem for a season. So often the case. The ground hog campaign. It’s a very familiar cycle. August’s boundless optimism, yielding to September’s anxiety, making way to an October-November of expectation ebb...
