by Andy Heaton | Oct 22, 2017 | Footie
THE only surprising thing about Liverpool conceding comical goals is that people are still surprised. The manager can bang on all he wants about defending as a team and opportunities to defend situations before they hit the back four but sometimes bad defending is...
by The Anfield Wrap | Oct 20, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
Liverpool travel to Wembley this weekend looking to build momentum off the back of a 7-0 win in midweek. Joining Josh Sexton to preview the game and react to Jürgen Klopp’s press conference are Gareth Roberts, Ian Ryan and Craig Hannan. Also on the show, Neil Atkinson...
by Rob Gutmann | Oct 20, 2017 | Footie
CONFIDENCE is a funny thing, isn’t it? We’ve just turned a Slovenian team over by seven goals and now everything seems possible again. Even the bony-arsed cynics can start to use their imaginations again a bit now. Anybody saying The Reds can’t go to Wembley and knock...
by Neil Atkinson | Feb 20, 2017 | Footie
THERE has been something distorting about what Chelsea have done so far this season. Something which has damaged perceptions across the division, especially within the other sides in the top six. The rate they have notched points up has left everyone else searching...
by John Gibbons | Feb 14, 2017 | Footie
I woke up at 7.50am on Saturday. Annoying that, isn’t it? You moan about getting up early all week for work and then you wake up on a Saturday at the same time anyway. Now I know what you might be thinking. “7.50am isn’t early, I’m up at 6am...
by David Segar | Feb 14, 2017 | Footie
THIS is one of those articles that will definitely be retweeted back to me when Liverpool finish sixth. There, I’ve acknowledged the fact. That should take care of any risk of jinx… but hang on, by acknowledging it does it now become re-jinxed? Can you even re-jinx...
by Ben Johnson | Feb 13, 2017 | Footie
OH, the Reds. Where do we start with the Reds? The unplayable, unstoppable, aggressive, run your legs off, schizophrenic, frustrating, we will beat anyone apart from if they are shite (blue aside) Reds. We are one of the hardest teams to play in the world if you are...
by Neil Atkinson | Feb 11, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
A FOOTBALL match, a tale of two teams, profoundly decided by one half. This isn’t to say the second half isn’t important. This isn’t to undo those efforts. Those necessary efforts. This isn’t to act like all that running round was irrelevant....
by Andy Heaton | Feb 11, 2017 | Footie
BOSS that. Funny how you know a game is likely to pan out after 10 minutes, isn’t it? Simon Mignolet: 8 Massive stop one v one when it mattered, needs to keep backing himself. Nathaniel Clyne: 7 Back to his overlapping best, looked far more dangerous than of...
by The Anfield Wrap | Feb 11, 2017 | Footie
AHEAD of Liverpool’s clash with Tottenham at Anfield, TAW contributors look back on eight times the Reds were too hot for Spurs. Liverpool 6 Tottenham Hotspur 2 – May 8, 1993 THE 6-2 thrashing of Spurs in May 1993 was memorable for more than being the day...