ON June 2 2014, Rickie Lambert lived every Liverpool fan’s dream. He appeared close to excitement, potentially leading to spontaneous combustion, while signing a contract to play for the Reds. Exactly eight months later, Lambert received word from the club that...
IN the illustrious history of Liverpool Football Club there have been many polarising figures. Those lads who were heroes to one fella and top of the ‘get rid of him’ list of the fella sat behind him. In recent history the likes of Dirk Kuyt, Lucas Leiva...
IT’LL soon be Christmas Eve, you’ll be scrambling around the shops trying to find a Hello Kitty dressing gown, a One Direction Blu-Ray and some ladies underwear, and that only covers Uncle Jack. What to do? Well fear not. The Anfield Wrap’s got you...
WHAT a season 2013-14 was. A rollercoaster of near enough every emotion you can muster, smacking you in the face, in the ear, up the nose, again and again and again. Liverpool’s attacking prowess was largely credited for the relentless excitement of watching...
THE last time I cracked my fingers and wrote a little piece for The Anfield Wrap I was defending Brendan Rodgers’ team selection and the Reds’ performance in Madrid. It was a positive article backing the manager and trying to silence the naysayers. This...
I WAS an angry Red. On Saturday I could barely keep myself from choking on my own rage (ala Moe Szyslak) at the ineptitude of the ‘performance’ against Newcastle. I didn’t think I could get any angrier… and then I saw the starting line-up...
AT his pre-West Ham press conference, Brendan Rodgers suggested that he was rather irked by all the ‘experts’ voicing their opinions on the way his team plays. That is perfectly understandable. However, I am not an expert, so here’s what I think. It...
WORLD-FAMOUS psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud once wrote a book called The Interpretation of Dreams. I’ve leafed through it, but there are very few mentions of football. I had a dream on Friday night and being rather rubbish at being a bloke, I decided to tell...
BIG BEN struck 11, the transfer window ‘slammed’ shut. Jim White made a noise that sounded like he enjoys deadline day a little too much. Reporters were getting it in the ear, so to speak, and Liverpool ended the day without any new players coming through...
WHAT an annoying buzz phrase it is. Having been a civil servant for a large part of my recent history, it has been haunting me, following me everywhere. Constantly being told what we are doing ‘going forward’. In the last year or so, I have noticed it...
