INVERTING THE DIAMOND (AKA LIFE AFTER SUAREZ)

INVERTING THE DIAMOND (AKA LIFE AFTER SUAREZ)

WITH all signs pointing to a Liverpool sans Luis Suarez next season, the tip-tapping of keyboards has been audible around the globe. I felt left out, so here’s my 7.5billion penneth on the matter. This is a headache Brendan Rodgers could have done without. When Suarez...
THE SUMMER OFF (WE GO AGAIN)

THE SUMMER OFF (WE GO AGAIN)

IT WASN’T always this way, but I enjoy the end of a season these days. Maybe it’s age or the effect of non-football life washing over me, but I’m glad of the rest. People often draw the analogy of your club being akin to a high-maintenance girlfriend...
INTERVIEW: ASHWELL PRICE

INTERVIEW: ASHWELL PRICE

SOON the World Cup will be over and the start of the season is still over a month away. So how are we supposed to get our fix of sport in the mean time? Well for those of us based in Liverpool, Lancashire Cricket Club come down the East Lancs to play in Aigburth for a...

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FEEL?

TO thoroughly misquote John Lennon: Last night the wife said…”How do you feel about this whole Suarez thing then?” I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, my wife’s a Blue. A fanatical Blue. Her whole family is. She has an uncle who...
PODCAST – SHOULDERING ON

PODCAST – SHOULDERING ON

NEIL ATKINSON and John Gibbons were joined by Si Steers and and Karl Coppack in another TAW World Cup special with debate also inevitably focusing on Luis Suarez’s ban following his latest biting incident. Podcast also includes last week’s City Talk show....

WHY SHOULD LIVERPOOL SELL LUIS SUAREZ?

IT’S hard to add to the debate on Luis Suarez, if for no other reason than Neil Atkinson boxed it off with a brilliant article the other day. The only thing I’d add to Neil’s piece is that Liverpool should not sell Suarez. Why should they? If Real Madrid, for...
IN REPLY TO THE GUARDIAN’S NONSENSE….

IN REPLY TO THE GUARDIAN’S NONSENSE….

I READ an article on The Guardian’s website this week, writes KATE FORRESTER. I have to do something to while away the long, endless hours until Liverpool play football again.   I’m not going to link to it (because it’s complete nonsense) – <Ed:...

PODCAST – BIGGLES

NEIL ATKINSON, Andy Heaton, Steve Graves and Rob Gutmann discuss England’s early World Cup exit, safe words and Luis Suarez nonsense. Download Issue 10 of #TAW Monthly via iTunes or at app.theanfieldwrap.com for other devices. Like what we do? Buy us a pint!...

WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH SPORT?

By Martin Fitzgerald I watch sport because I want to see people do wonderful things. I watch sport because I want to see people being brilliant, being brilliant at sport. I’ve come a long way in this respect. Let me explain. I used to hate Steve Davis. Bloody hated...