I’VE just had a look at the weekend’s fixtures. I already knew Chelsea were at Crystal Palace, but seeing their early Saturday kick-off time heard an expletive trip off my lips. Potentially, that means Chelsea could be nine points clear before the weekend and...
INTERNATIONAL breaks are good for pretty much nothing, but sometimes you’ll find positives out of them. From a personal point of view I put in a full weekend in work which always looks good to do from time to time, well in to the great lads at Sky who are letting me...
THINK back to Tottenham away last season, it’s a huge compliment to Jürgen Klopp that his aura and reputation went before him and had such a positive impact on the players. It’s easy to take that for granted when a new manager comes in. It took him so little time...
DID you listen to The Pink — TAW’s post-match reaction show — immediately after the Borussia Dortmund match at Anfield? If you did, you probably remember hearing that John Gibbons took his top off and started whirling it over his head (if you...
The countdown to the weekend starts here – it’s Friday! Listen to the lowdown on Liverpool’s weekend opponents plus another couple of games out of the calendar that jump out as interesting. It’s the perfect preview, it’s that Friday feeling,...
The Anfield Wrap on Radio Citytalk. It’s our free magazine show we put together for Radio Citytalk every week – it’s a show that can come at you from any angle; from a look at books to the most recent game; from a question around an issue to a...
WEDNESDAY’S win over Manchester City was a tonic after the disappointment of Wembley, but as we left Anfield some long held concerns came to mind. A grinning Jürgen Klopp — clearly buoyed by the best home performance of the season — was on the pitch...
I DON’T have heroes. I’m 52 — I’m too old for heroes now. I can see the faults in most people — that they’re just people with the same faults as the rest of us and the same ability to be pretty decent or a bit of a knob depending on...
“WE made it clear from the first second that it will be very difficult for City.” Park the scoreline for a second. Wait a minute with the goals. Just hold off on the fact it could have been more. Breathe in the dominance. Stretch in the dominance. Shake...
YOU trudge out of Wembley. You have a face on. The face on. The face of yours that your loved ones know. It’s the football. It was more than that though, you know. It was the feeling you were part of an eternally losing battle. Against the system. Against the...
