by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 26, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Coach Home
Three teams with reasons to be cheerful on this week’s Coach Home. First up Bradley Hayden talks about a Watford side which looks more than strong enough to challenge for seventh this season so far bar one blip against Manchester City. Alan Wares is delighted...
by Neil Scott | Sep 13, 2017 | Footie
FIRST things first, Liverpool don’t make a habit of conceding five goals in a game. Prior to Saturday’s capitulation at the Etihad, you could count on one hand the number of times it’s occurred in the last half century. At a stretch, you could point out the mitigating...
by Paul Cope | Sep 13, 2017 | Footie
WHAT do you think of Michael Owen? It’s a question that has been popping into my head pretty frequently over the past couple of weeks for various reasons. I’ve noticed myself subconsciously referencing him on multiple occasions and, when I do, the collective reaction...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Sep 12, 2017 | Footie
IN the aftermath of the shambles that unfolded at the Etihad on Saturday, the positive vibe around Liverpool after a highly encouraging start to the season ground to a halt, replaced by swathes of criticism and inquests into the culprits behind the 5-0 drubbing. Much...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 11, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Review
The final look at a game a lot of us will not want to look at again – Liverpool’s 5-0 defeat away at Manchester City. What about the game will have annoyed the manager? What could he have done differently? What can you hope to improve on? Sean Rogers, Paul...
by Karl Coppack | Sep 11, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S a scene I love in The Simpsons where Mr Burns hosts a meeting with his highly-paid lawyers in his enormous office. He’s been informed that Homer has a low sperm count due his daily dealings with nuclear contaminants and they need to act quickly to cheat him...
by Ben Johnson | Sep 11, 2017 | Footie
SATURDAY was good fun, wasn’t it? They say a rolling stone gathers no moss. Well I wish it fucking would. I wish it would roll like fuck and clatter into auld Jonny Moss, gather him up like a trodden-on snail and dump him right in the river. That said, it would...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 9, 2017 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
A devastating and heavy loss for The Reds as they go 5-0 down away at Manchester City. Neil Atkinson is back from holiday… …and hasn’t seen a minute of the match. There is a story. But Paul Senior and Rob Gutmann talk him through it while playing...
by Andy Heaton | Sep 9, 2017 | Footie
AS far as sucker punches go, that’s up there. Liverpool were absolutely undressed by Manchester City in a manner that demands an immediate response. But fuck the result. Having been clearly the better side for most of the opening period the game was taken away...
by Gareth Roberts | Sep 9, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
DON’T know where to start, don’t know what to say. A result like that hurts — and so it should. On the fourth Emre Can was punching the turf in frustration. And so he should. Many of the travelling support had long since left and headed for home. And...
