by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 24, 2015 | Footie
SO I wrote something on Roberto Firmino back in August, writes CRAIG RIMMER. To summarise, it was more or less an attempt to brand our new Brazilian idol-in-waiting as something of an exciting, if unknown, quantity — an expensive, statement signing but one with...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 24, 2015 | Footie
“JAYSUS. Is that a nipple?” As I’m trying to work out whether we can get away with “nipple” on the BBC, I nod at the man I’ve thrust a microphone under the nose of, writes LAURA BROWN. Yes, I explain, it’s an artwork by Yoko Ono called My Mommy is Beautiful,...
by John Gibbons | Nov 24, 2015 | Footie
FAVOURITE moment from Saturday? For many of the 3,000 lucky enough to be there, it would have been this one. Martin Skrtel, having just slid on his knees towards the away fans, holds his arms aloft in front of the delirious crowd joined by team-mates so keen to join...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 23, 2015 | Basic, Podcast, TAW Player, What We Call History
A FINAL! Somehow a final. A final is a final and Liverpool win it against Manchester United. What else? A corner of sorts is finally turned and Liverpool go to Celtic Park. The final part of 02/03 with Mike Nevin and Craig Rimmer, hosted by Neil Atkinson. And the...
by Craig Hannan | Nov 23, 2015 | Footie
IT’S back again. The exuberance by virtue of another win. The restoration of hope, over-optimism and delusion. The revitalisation brought by a new manager who pleads with his players to have fun, and to have fun winning. And I’m having fun. Still smiling through...
by Gareth Roberts | Nov 23, 2015 | Footie
WHAT a day. What a glorious day. A day that’s left husks of Liverpool fans wearily smiling in work today after celebrating the unlikely to the max ever since. Well that’s the scene in our office anyway. As anyone who listened to Friday’s show on CityTalk can attest, I...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 22, 2015 | Podcast
THE CALM after the storm. Sort of… What a win for Liverpool. The Reds vanquished Manchester City in their ground by four goals to one and here is The Anfield Wrap’s take on the performance. How good was Adam Lallana’s dummy? How much is Simon...
by John Gibbons | Nov 21, 2015 | Footie
THE best nights are the unexpected ones. This is what you are in it for. Turn up at the best team in the country after getting beat at home last time out, and absolutely whallop them. Joe Hart their best player and we still score four. Show them the way to go home....
by Neil Atkinson | Nov 21, 2015 | Footie
“SHOW them the way to go home. They’re tired and they want to go to bed. They’re only half a football team, Compared to the boys in Red.” Few stanzas as beautiful as that. Before a ball was kicked there was talk of City’s strength. On our...
by Rob Gutmann | Nov 20, 2015 | Footie
“THERE used to be a football club over there,” said departing Tottenham Hotspur manager and newly-crowned UEFA cup winner, Keith Burkinshaw, as he left his job amid standard 1970-80s acrimony with his board of directors in May 1984. It’s a thoroughly...
