by John Gibbons | Jan 2, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL have scored more than one goal in a league game once since that game at the Etihad which has proved to be the falsest of dawns. That one occasion was a home game against West Brom, a match which required a 95th-minute deflected equaliser. Fact is,...
by Rob Gutmann | Jan 1, 2016 | Footie
WEST Ham are having a very ‘West Ham-my’ season aren’t they? They’re eighth in the league. They’ve more or less stopped winning matches (one win in their last nine). They’ve had some big results and some shockers. Their season reaches its usual January...
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 29, 2015 | Footie
IT was 1998. They had torn down the century-old Roker Park and built a shiny new arena for the townsfolk of Sunderland. The desecration and rebuild was one of the first of a wave that became a tsunami as Victorian stadium after Edwardian football ground was razed to...
by Gareth Roberts | Dec 28, 2015 | Footie
IT’S a time of year when you naturally reflect on things; where you’ve been, where you’re heading, where you’re at. This time last year, the Reds were tenth in the Premier League. With 18 games played, Liverpool, under the management of Brendan Rodgers, had won seven,...
by Phil Blundell | Dec 26, 2015 | Footie
ON The Anfield Wrap’s Tuesday Review, Sean Rogers often talks about watching games of football back and then seeing things really differently. There was loads of anxiety around me today in the ground but never really anything to worry about was there? Anfield...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 26, 2015 | Footie
HOW much fun was that? Just about the most fun we’ve had at Anfield for some time. Liverpool showed tactical nous and passed the ball quickly with real tempo. The atmosphere was terrific as well, a Boxing Day crowd rising to the performance of the players....
by Rob Gutmann | Dec 26, 2015 | Footie
IT’S going to be a rushed job, this. Who previews Liverpool at home to Leicester at Christmas? There’s stuff to do. It’s a busy time. I gave myself a Christmas break, in honour of Jürgen Klopp and his people. They love a mid-season break in central Europe. My...
by The Anfield Wrap | Dec 21, 2015 | Podcast
IN the wake of Watford 3 Liverpool 0, Neil Atkinson is joined by Gareth Roberts and Melissa Reddy to pick the bones out of another disappointing defeat. Neil and Robbo have a heated argument about the character, or lack of, in the team and how much it’s...
by John Gibbons | Dec 20, 2015 | Footie
VERY poor wasn’t it? From back to front. A keeper who can’t catch, a defence who can’t clear, a midfield who can’t pass and a forward line that can’t even stand onside. Baffling how clueless they were. How easily they were dragged down to...
by Neil Atkinson | Dec 20, 2015 | Footie
WHO do you get in touch with? Liverpool abject. Watford excellent. Softest opener, though let me see lads around the ref. Softest second, Martin Skrtel bullied into obsolescence, the finish from Odion Igahlo divine. Softest third, Emre Can making it too easy and then...
