This Is Brendan Rodgers
IT'S ONLY a press conference. But as press conferences go, this was mightily impressive from Brendan Rodgers. Can he handle the pressure? Deal with the expectations? Handle the egos? Is he experienced enough? Is he the right man? Only time will tell – and it will be...
EURO 2012: A GREEK RIDDLE
By Andrew Thomas Giorgios SAMARAS is wandering through a desert. SAMARAS: Does everybody think so? CHORUS: They do. SAMARAS: It looks okay, on the replay. CHORUS: It does. But still, they suspect. SAMARAS: I reckon they were all mis-hits, you know? Van Basten was...
City Talk Phone-In Agenda 31/05/2012
The Anfield Wrap has an agenda. It does. It has an agenda. Every Monday and every Wednesday me, Andy Heaton or Jim Boardman write an agenda for the panel to talk about. That’s the agenda. So in the spirit of inclusivity, I want you to have an agenda for our phone-ins...
For those of you watching on telly, Liverpool are the ones with the ball
AND so it would appear (time of writing 2.15pm, Wed 30th May 2012) that Brendan 'B-Rod' Rodgers will be the new manager of Liverpool Football Club. Jorge Valdano will be pleased. "I remember a wonderful banner in the Liverpool stands from the days when TV was in black...
BRAVERY OR FOLLY? A DEFINING SUMMER FOR FSG
IT started how it finished. It ended how it began. It has done so for 23 years. Kenny Dalglish's second coming came after a cancelled holiday, with his first day back at work an FA Cup defeat. 18 months later, an FA Cup defeat preceded a holiday cancelled in what...
This Is Brendan Rodgers
IT'S ONLY a press conference. But as press conferences go, this was mightily impressive from Brendan Rodgers. Can he handle the pressure? Deal with the expectations? Handle the egos? Is he experienced enough? Is he the right man? Only time will tell – and it will be...
EURO 2012: A GREEK RIDDLE
By Andrew Thomas Giorgios SAMARAS is wandering through a desert. SAMARAS: Does everybody think so? CHORUS: They do. SAMARAS: It looks okay, on the replay. CHORUS: It does. But still, they suspect. SAMARAS: I reckon they were all mis-hits, you know? Van Basten was...
City Talk Phone-In Agenda 31/05/2012
The Anfield Wrap has an agenda. It does. It has an agenda. Every Monday and every Wednesday me, Andy Heaton or Jim Boardman write an agenda for the panel to talk about. That’s the agenda. So in the spirit of inclusivity, I want you to have an agenda for our phone-ins...
For those of you watching on telly, Liverpool are the ones with the ball
AND so it would appear (time of writing 2.15pm, Wed 30th May 2012) that Brendan 'B-Rod' Rodgers will be the new manager of Liverpool Football Club. Jorge Valdano will be pleased. "I remember a wonderful banner in the Liverpool stands from the days when TV was in black...
BRAVERY OR FOLLY? A DEFINING SUMMER FOR FSG
IT started how it finished. It ended how it began. It has done so for 23 years. Kenny Dalglish's second coming came after a cancelled holiday, with his first day back at work an FA Cup defeat. 18 months later, an FA Cup defeat preceded a holiday cancelled in what...