THIRTY ONE years ago today. The 1985 FA Cup semi-final. Probably the most raw, intense atmosphere and drama I have ever experienced. I doubt it will ever be beaten. I’m not sure I even want it surpassed for it belongs in a different age when, pre-Heysel and...
WELL, they’re all away. The Anfield Wrap crew have decamped to Dortmund, via Amsterdam, on what Neil Atkinson described to me the other day as a “work experiment”. No further insight was proffered, leaving me to ponder if said experiment was to see if anyone can get...
WHILE idling away another evening of international football boredom this week, I noticed The Anfield Wrap Twitter account asking fans which players had improved their reputations most under Jürgen Klopp. Some noted the stark improvement of the hitherto error prone...
INTERNATIONAL football used to be good. There were times when it wasn’t even that bad being a bit of an England fan. It’s a shame that a once-integral part of the football calendar, with an altogether different flavour is deemed so boring; so much of an inconvenience....
I’M writing this with a headache. A pain in the head brought on not just by last night’s booze, but the also the cacophony of Anfield at its best. Prior to the match against Manchester United, I was thinking about an angle on the game because by the time this...
WEDNESDAY’S win over Manchester City was a tonic after the disappointment of Wembley, but as we left Anfield some long held concerns came to mind. A grinning Jürgen Klopp — clearly buoyed by the best home performance of the season — was on the pitch...
SUNDAY’S Capital One Cup final feels a bit of a weird one. A one-off showpiece occasion, with Liverpool slight underdogs against the financial might of moneybags Manchester City. And yet, it lacks the edge of a clash with more traditional rivals; the existence...
THE recent furore over FSG’s proposed ticket price increases has died down a little in the wake of their almost immediate climbdown and apology, but when we take a step back it is easy to remain cynical about their view of supporters. Let’s face it we were given a...
IS it time, yet again, to reprise our thinking on Daniel Sturridge? There were plenty of positives that came from Tuesday’s FA Cup exit at West Ham — none more so than the striker’s 60-minute cameo from the bench. Sturridge’s unreliability is well-documented and...
THE midweek defeat at Leicester underlined the myriad problems facing Jürgen Klopp. Liverpool continue to languish in eighth place in the Premier League, 11 points adrift of Champions League football. With each passing week, and every uninspiring performance, it...
