FSG have caused some PR disasters since they’ve been at the club, but letting Trent Alexander-Arnold walk for free would be a legacy-defining gaffe… WHEN thinking about football’s greatest PR gaffes, I’m left ruing the decrepit millennial I am fast...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 5 West Ham United 1 in the 2024-2025 League Cup third round… THE delight on the pitch when Cody Gakpo makes it four somewhat dwarves the context he makes it four in. League Cup, third...
With the reinvention of Ryan Gravenberch, the continued ascension of Alexis Mac Allister and more, Arne Slot has revived Liverpool’s midfield machine… IN March 2019, I was stranded in Paris. I was there on my way back from Bordeaux with my mate...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 3 Bournemouth 0 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… THE way Bournemouth want to go about their business helps. Of course it does. They want to be so intensely front foot,...
People have always left matches early, and for a number of reasons. Blaming those who do after a bad result makes little sense… EVERY home game, in the early stages of time added on, I’ll usually get a tap on my shoulder. My seat is on the stairwell of...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after AC Milan 1-3 Liverpool in the 2024-2025 Champions League… A Liverpool side starts poorly but cruises to victory, showing its class along the way. The whole thing was very 2023 and that is,...
Supporting Liverpool and suffering defeat can be emotionally charged, but you can’t learn anything without losing … Damian Kavanagh is the most patient and optimistic man I know. I did the Post Match show with Kav, Ben Johnno and Gibbo on Saturday....
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 0 Nottingham Forest 1 in the 2024-2025 Premier League season… It’s the poorest Liverpool performance at Anfield in the league since October 2022 against Leeds Utd. It takes...
Mikel Arteta’s journey from head coach to manager is nothing new for England’s elite but Arne Slot seems likely to follow a different path… IN THE SLOWEST of news weeks, something gripped me about Mikel Arteta’s new deal at Arsenal. Among the...
Celebrating Ron Yeats’s life and contributions to Liverpool Football Club after it was announced he has passed away at the age of 86… TIMES change. Time moves on. The old order changeth, yielding place to new. (That’s Tennyson but I got it from...
