by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 19, 2017 | Footie
ANFIELD Wrap contributors with talking points straight from the ground after Liverpool got their home campaign off to a positive start with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. Pre match 12.42pm: @robbohuyton: Looking forward to this. Love the first game back after the...
by Rob Gutmann | Aug 18, 2017 | Footie
ANFIELD can’t come quickly enough. It’s been a frenetic start to the season, with goals and tension in abundance, but it isn’t a new season until the first ball has been kicked at home. I could go on endlessly about how much and why I love Anfield....
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 18, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
IT’S the first home game of the 2017-18 season and Crystal Palace are the opponents. The Eagles have won the last three meetings at Anfield but that hasn’t dampened the mood at The Anfield Wrap as Josh Sexton is joined by Gareth Roberts, Jamie Russell and...
by Ben Johnson | Aug 14, 2017 | Footie
“IT’S alright, lad, don’t worry about all this transfer bollocks, the Coutinho will, he won’t he, FSG this, that and the other — the footie starts again on Saturday, everything will be sound then…” (Johnson, August 2017, to myself). The human brain...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 12, 2017 | Podcast, Post-Match Show, TAW Player
NEIL Atkinson was joined in an Oxford Hotel room by Mike Nevin, Rob Gutmann and Steve Graves to work through Liverpool’s very frustrating 3-3 draw with Watford. What did they think of Liverpool’s shape? Who was responsible for what was happening in centre...
by Andy Heaton | Aug 12, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL kicked off the campaign with a new look at both ends of the pitch, but while some faces may have changed, much has stayed the same as The Reds turned in a Jekyll and Hyde performance symptomatic of problems that have dogged them for seasons. Poor at...
by Neil Atkinson | Aug 12, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
THERE should be a word for the pain of a draw which feels like a defeat. In fact, there should be a word for the pain of a draw which feels like a defeat, after snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Because that word is the word. That word is the most the...
by David Segar | Aug 12, 2017 | Footie, Match Ratings
NEW season, same old heart attacks, fear, excitement, joy and crushing disappointment. Thanks a lot for coming back Redmen. I was just starting to become a normal human being again. That was poor from Liverpool. Whether it had anything to do with the selfish acts of...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 12, 2017 | Footie
ANFIELD Wrap contributors with talking points straight from the ground after Liverpool’s disappointing 3-3 draw away at Watford. Pre Match 11.31am: I can’t believe Alberto Moreno is still starting games for Liverpool. @johngibbonsblog 11.32am: The big worry...
by Michael Nevin | Aug 11, 2017 | Footie
IF you still love your football, the first weekend of a new season holds a special charm. One of my favourite books, Hunter Davies’ The Glory Game (written about Tottenham Hotspur during 1971-2) brilliantly evokes the pre season sense of renewal; the excited chatter...
