by David Segar | May 19, 2017 | Footie
SO here it is. An entire season comes down to this. It may not be the prize we were all dreaming of when Gini Wijnaldum slammed home number six against Watford in November, but it nonetheless represents an advancement of this football team and the next stage in Jürgen...
by John Gibbons | May 18, 2017 | Footie
FRIDAY night I drove to Nottingham with The Shipbuilders. It was fun but I couldn’t drink and it was a late one because Nottingham is always slightly further than you think. I also woke up on Saturday earlier than I wanted to and couldn’t get back to sleep...
by Phil Blundell | May 17, 2017 | Footie
LAST week Jürgen Klopp claimed the gap to Chelsea was not as large as the table suggests, it’s a comment that is always going to be met with howls of derision. I typed words along these lines in to Twitter to gauge the reaction and was met by an Evertonian accusing...
by Gareth Roberts | May 14, 2017 | Footie
“WE’RE the best behaved supporters in the land (when we win),” goes the chant. “We’re a right shower of bastards when we lose,” it adds. Perhaps it’s time for amendment to that last line in 2017. Because that’s been an accurate description of much of the...
by The Anfield Wrap | May 14, 2017 | Footie
TAW contributors with talking points straight from the ground after Liverpool’s crucial 4-0 win away at West Ham. Grounds for Concern Paul Senior: This ground then – I don’t think I have ever been further away from the pitch. I am back row, reckon...
by Neil Atkinson | May 14, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
WE can and will talk about all of it but let’s start with the second half. From the outset, when Liverpool could sit on a one-goal lead, they throw the kitchen sink at West Ham. They demonstrated enormous superiority over West Ham. Liverpool didn’t sit in...
by Andy Heaton | May 14, 2017 | Footie
WELL blimey O’Reilly, might have finished 4-0 but for the most part it was on the sharpest of knife edges. Up the smashing London FC out of their new stadium CAPITAL R Reds. Simon Mignolet: B+ Was taking notes on the hugely improved Liverpool goalkeeper, three...
by Rob Gutmann | May 12, 2017 | Footie
I’M really not enjoying this. It feels like a road much travelled and one that tends not to lead to the happy place. Flashbacks coming at me. Bradford in 2000. A win and we were in the Champions League. We lost and we were not. Stamford Bridge in 2003. Victory...
by Michael Nevin | May 12, 2017 | Footie
ROY Keane has never been shy of courting controversy. Furthermore, it seems his inadequacies as a manager – in contrast to a decorated playing career – convince him of the need to pipe up every now and then to stay relevant. However, his recent observations on...
by Adam Smith | May 11, 2017 | Footie
AT some point between the advent of the Premier League and today, it was decided that footballers in England’s top division weren’t human. Obviously they’re human in the sense that they’re made of flesh and blood, yet somehow they’ve ceased to be seen and judged in...
