by Joel Rabinowitz | Jun 15, 2016 | Footie
THE dust has settled on England’s 1-1 draw in their Euro 2016 opener versus Russia. That all-too-familiar sense of deflation and disillusion with the national side has resurfaced in the wake of Vasili Berezutski’s 92nd-minute equaliser to earn the Russians a point...
by Phil Blundell | Jun 15, 2016 | Footie
LAST week was like a never-ending Gonzalo Higuaín-athon. We had El Pipita apparently saying he wanted to come and play for us, we had Jürgen Klopp turning up at a Copa America game between Argentina and Chile and getting off one minute after Higuaín was substituted,...
by The Anfield Wrap | May 2, 2016 | Footie
“I AM someone who wants to play every minute of every match. I am so ambitious, so hungry for success that it is hard to put it into words.” These sound like the words of a player who is driven, motivated and determined, writes JOEL RABINOWITZ. These are...
by The Anfield Wrap | Apr 22, 2016 | Footie
HOW bright the sky looks. How green the grass. Smell that warming spring air. I think I might go outside and sit on my stoop and drink some lemonade. The Reds are coming up the hill boys. Like a threshing machine sything through the corn fields of the premier league....
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 17, 2016 | Footie
BOURNEMOUTH — the most obliging away in a long time. On the pitch today and in the bars last night. Bournemouth delightful. A delightful series of wins, crowned by a 10-man changed Liverpool eking out three deserved points. It’s a lovely place determined...
by Craig Hannan | Apr 13, 2016 | Footie
DEMAND outweighs supply when we consider a certain kind of striker. The type sought after by all but who usually gravitates towards Europe’s elite. The sort of forward whose presence will instantly elevate others around him, and who has the ability to illuminate any...
by Neil Atkinson | Apr 10, 2016 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S most comfortable league home performance of the season did everything Rob Gutmann told you it would. It announced one young talent, reaffirmed another and allowed the manager to experiment. Liverpool played as many shapes as they scored goals and...
by Ben Johnson | Apr 4, 2016 | Footie
I’M not sure if you are aware, but someone writing for The Anfield Wrap last week apparently referred to the current England manager as the Devil. I know, it’s outrageous isn’t it? Whoever it was should be ashamed of themselves. I’m fairly sure they will have...
by The Anfield Wrap | Mar 31, 2016 | Footie
I WAS as glad as everyone else to see the back of Raheem Sterling last summer, writes CHARLIE CHRISTIAN. After months of distracted performances, shameless attention-seeking and general poor conduct all round, it was time for the club and Sterling to part ways and at...
by Martin Fitzgerald | Mar 20, 2016 | Footie
AFTERNOON, everyone. I’ve got loads of thoughts on Southampton v Liverpool but here are five that don’t involve me setting fire to myself. 1) Southampton is so far away it’s basically in the sea. Someone told me my remit here is to convey the...
