by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 17, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
The Anfield Wrap on Radio Citytalk this week is all excited about Liverpool returning to action after the international break. What can we expect? What will we see? Has the shape changed more than just once? We wonder about that, speculate on the side and imagine the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Nov 17, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
Southampton are the visitors to Anfield this weekend, arriving off the back of fresh talk over Virgil van Dijk’s future — rekindling the faux, one-way rivalry from the south coast. Joining Josh Sexton to discuss that, preview the game and react to Jürgen...
by Rob Gutmann | Nov 16, 2017 | Footie
“FOOTBALL is fantastic when it’s a morning match. Football is fantastic when it’s an evening match. But football, is most fantastic when it’s played in the afternoon.” (Football Is Really Fantastic. Frank Sidebottom, 1984.) I’m unnaturally excited about Saturday. All...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 30, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, TAW Special
Another look at the squad are Liverpool building with Jonathan Northcroft talking about the forthcoming signing of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Liverpool amongst other things. What type of footballer is he? How good is he? Why has he chosen Liverpool? Jon lifts the lid...
by Gareth Roberts | Jul 11, 2017 | Footie
MORE than a month has passed since the bubble of optimism growing over Liverpool’s summer ambition was burst in an instant. Just as it seemed the much-mentioned “statement of intent” was being readied with Virgil van Dijk set to become the world’s most expensive...
by Josh Sexton | Jun 5, 2017 | Footie
REPORTS today suggest that Virgil van Dijk has expressed a desire to join Liverpool despite interest from Manchester City and Chelsea, so we take a look at the Reds’ pursuit of the Southampton defender and what the Dutchman could offer. A brief background The...
by John Gibbons | May 10, 2017 | Footie
SATURDAY I was playing cornet with the brass band at a steam train festival before heading up to the disco festival. That is a funny sentence, isn’t it? I sometimes think my life is wandering from one unusual thing to another. Slightly late. They were both fun,...
by Phil Blundell | May 10, 2017 | Footie
I ALMOST feel it’s often forgotten by many that when Liverpool play there’s another team on the pitch, and by that I mean how that other team approaches the game. Unless Liverpool are able to do something brilliant, such as Emre Can scoring a wonder goal at Watford...
by The Anfield Wrap | May 8, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
After another disappointing home result against Southampton, The Anfield Wrap gets stuck right into the issues beguiling this Liverpool side. Melissa Reddy, Ben Johnson and Gareth Roberts wonder about Divock Origi, contemplate where Gini Wijnaldum disappeared to and...
by Neil Atkinson | May 7, 2017 | Footie, Match Review
DAMN these Reds. Damn them to hell. They love looking a gifthorse in the mouth. They’ve not been short of gifthorses. Gifthorses coming out of their ears. They can’t look at a gifthorse without looking at it in the mouth. Today the most direct. 12 yards....
