“FUCKING hell mate, your full backs are good.” A text message sent to me from my Spurs-supporting friend at full time last Sunday. I initially took it as a general pleasantry, until I put myself in his depleted shoes following a torrid last-minute defeat. What had he...
MIGNOLET, Clyne, Skrtel, Sakho, Moreno, Leiva, Can, Milner, Lallana, Coutinho, Origi. As Liverpool ready themselves for a mammoth fixture in the title race against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield this Sunday, a look at Jürgen Klopp’s team selection in his first game as...
SOMEBODY once asked me what my biggest gripe about Liverpool city centre was on an Anfield Wrap episode of AFQ. I could have mentioned the newly built “haunted house” eyesore that had opened on Dale Street which looked completely out of place. Or the fact that I...
“WE don’t draw up a season and say the best way to go through it is to go out of all the cup competitions early. “Now it is closer to the end of the season and it is allowed to go out of the Champions League without even trying to go through? That’s really mad.”...
I’M always surprised when a footballer answers back. I’ve only experienced it a couple of times. Whether that was an ex-Liverpool player who muttered the word “prick” to a disgruntled and annoying Paddock regular who felt the need to constantly tell him he wasn’t very...
SO, them again this Sunday. Them. The chance to gather such galvanising momentum, which only victory over a rival can give, presents itself after the disappointing display at Old Trafford last Sunday. They are the worst of us as much as we are the worst of them. The...
THEY call Anfield, “Juanfield”, you know. In reference to Juan Mata’s brace in a 2-1 Manchester United victory at Anfield back in March 2015. I’m completely fine with it, as I generally always have been with the Man United rivalry if I’m being honest. As a millennial,...
WHAT’S the first image that comes into your head when you think of May 25, 2005? Liverpool Football Club’s finest recent triumph, the hazy Ataturk night which witnessed a footballing miracle so spectacular none of us can barely comprehend it’s reality to this day. Do...
LIVERPOOL defender Nathaniel Clyne has had a very good week. The defenders emergence as an indispensable missing link following draws against Leicester City and West Ham United has coincided with levels of sheer panic being displayed by some supporters. Meanwhile,...
BOTTLE. They love goading you with bottle. There are many things you learn when you find yourself setting the pace. The empathy you feel for those who become so invested in your club’s fate due to their own lack of stimulation being one. They make it all about bottle....