by Ben Johnson | Oct 9, 2017 | Footie
LAST week, after Newcastle, I would have paid close to five figures to have a couple of weeks break from watching the Mighty Reds. The international break, for once, seemed like something I could really get behind; not that I would spend it watching England or...
by Ben Johnson | Oct 2, 2017 | Footie
SO, what are you going to do now that we have all given up footie? I mean, it’s a bit of a blow and that, seen as we talk about it, think about it, tweet about it, sing about it and play it for probably 80 per cent of our miserable fucking lives but you know, we...
by Neil Atkinson | Oct 1, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
THERE are days when it just gnaws and gnaws and then suddenly kills. There have been existential masterpieces which cannot match the sheer profound sense of desolation that last 10 minutes had for Liverpool and the worldwide diaspora of supporters. Feeling both young...
by David Segar | Oct 1, 2017 | Footie, Match Ratings
ANOTHER day, another game and another 90 minutes where you couldn’t relax for a second. Coming a day after Tottenham comfortably won 4-0, and Manchester United comfortably won 4-0, Manchester City won away at Chelsea, and on the same day that Arsenal gained an easy...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 1, 2017 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
Liverpool yet again fair to cash in on their own dominance and yet again fail to win a game they should win in all senses. It is fast becoming a theme of the season and something which feels all to reminiscent of seasons gone by to far too many Reds. That Liverpool...
by Josh Sexton | Oct 1, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL travelled to St James’ Park knowing that Rafa Benitez’s side would be set up to frustrate. That is a fact. The problem is Liverpool never seem to have a plan in these sort of games to break down sides that play in such a way and then a very familiar pattern...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 1, 2017 | Footie
THE Reds have got us on repeat at the moment. It’s hard to keep repeating the same criticisms over again but when the same problems are happening week in, week out, it’s hard to see it any other way. Anyway, here’s how Anfield Wrap contributors saw...
by Rob Gutmann | Sep 29, 2017 | Footie
I’M not sure I can quite recall a spell like this. The performances from the start of the season up until now have been fairly consistent. 10 games that Liverpool have dominated, bar one (at Manchester City where we had to play with 10 men for most of the...
by Ben Johnson | Sep 25, 2017 | Footie
FOOTBALL has a way, every now and again, of conjuring up a defining match out of an otherwise routine game. A rhetoric builds, a pressure is exerted and all of a sudden, a precipice is presented with a couple of obvious options. Take your chance, leap into the unknown...
by The Anfield Wrap | Sep 24, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
Everyone is still a bit giddy after Liverpool’s fantastic 2-3 win over Leicester full of fight and character and no little quality. The Anfield Wrap’s free show gets into all aspects of the game. There is an elongated discussion about Simon Mignolet, how...
