AS a PE teacher I’ve always been interested in sport psychology and how you can mould a winning sports team from the sum of the parts. My particular interest surrounds the concept of team cohesion, a behavioural construct which garnered interest as an academic...
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The Reds appear to have wrapped up their incomings for the summer but there are outgoings to discuss. Mamadou Sakho is on the brink of finally sealing a permanent move away from Anfield, with a £26million fee agreed between Liverpool and Crystal Palace. Gareth Roberts...
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USUALLY in a two-sided scenario people have an opinion one way or the other. Often, someone is plain wrong, and someone completely right — such as when someone tells you that the earth is flat. Other situations aren’t so clear. Such as when people go to...
JAMES Milner was asked by Jamie Redknapp this week whether he likes playing left-back. “Honestly? No, I don’t,” was his frank reply. “It’s what the manager wants and what’s best for the team and if he thinks it’s best for the...
Klopp On Sakho’s Future JÜRGEN Klopp spoke today for the first time since Mamadou Sakho’s loan move to Crystal Palace was confirmed. He said: “First of all, if I should give advice to Sakho it would be to him, not for TV. “Who knows in half a year, we felt already...
Mane A Miss But Not An Excuse JÜRGEN Klopp was once again in front of the press at Melwood today to preview Liverpool’s League Cup semi-final clash with Southampton. Saturday’s defeat to Swansea City left the Reds with just one win so far in 2017, but the German...
YESTERDAY’S news of Dimitri Payet going on strike to get a move away from West Ham felt huge. A tectonic shift in the dullness that has been the January transfer window so far. With that being said, guess who is first in our transfer gossip round up… Reds...
SO it’s the first leg of the League Cup semi-final tonight, but before we get into all that let’s see who Liverpool are being linked with in a bid to boost their hopes of silverware this season. Reds Shelve Plans To Sign Promes HERE is one target that...
Liverpool’s Famous Kop & Man City | The Anfield Wrap
Liverpool face a Manchester City side this weekend, a game which would grab the attention of the nation regardless, with City having been found guilty of cheating by the Premier League facing a side that ran them so close on various occasions, the eyes of the nation will be glued to a fixture that promises a powder keg of an atmosphere – but with so many questions hanging over Manchester City, should this fixture even be played at all and what can we expect when the side found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges levelled at them roll in to Anfield?
To discuss all the above, Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons and also Brian Reade to talk not just about the weekend’s clash, but also his new book ‘The Kop’ which explores how and why the Kop became the globally-renowned stand it is today.
Also on the show, Neil chats to Charles and Andrew Hendy of ‘The Mary Wallopers’ to talk about their James Skelly produced new album ‘Paddywhackery’.
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