SINCE the dark stormy days of May — and in particular May 24th and the 6-1 reverse to Stoke — the tone of debate on Liverpool’s fortunes for the coming season has gradually grown brighter. Many will now happily tell you the winds have changed, and...
BY now I’m sure you’ve read Neil Atkinson’s terrific piece on midfield maestro and genuine Welshman Joe Allen. In it, Neil mentions that Allen divides opinion, and in the interest of backing that up, here’s the other side. If you are a...
ON one of our shows recently, after the Crystal Palace cup game, Steve Graves said that Joe Allen ‘couldn’t Joe Allen himself out of being lightly thought of by many at Anfield’. If Mignolet or Balotelli have a run of nine out of 10 games there will...
VERSATILITY can be a bit of a dirty word in football, especially in England. Multi functional players who can fill a variety of roles within a team are seldom elevated to hero status among fan bases or celebrated in the media. Take James Milner. He has played at full...
WITH the sun beaming on a hot August day in 2012, the future looked bright as Brendan Rodgers took charge of his first Premier League game as Liverpool manager against West Bromwich Albion, writes MATT KENNY. Much of the pre-season talk had focused on how quickly...
ACCENTUATE the positives, eliminate the negatives. That’s exactly what Liverpool did during the second half of last season. Brendan Rodgers’ team was far from perfect during 2013-14 but – crucially – as the season went on he got them focused on what they could do...
By DAVID SEGAR THAT was the January transfer window that wasn’t. At the end of 2013, every Reds fan seemed to be in agreement that Liverpool needed more players. However, that didn’t appear to be the opinion of Brendan Rodgers, or the transfer committee,...
Liverpool 4 Accrington Stanley 0: The Anfield Wrap
The Anfield Wrap’s podcast looking back at Liverpool’s victory over Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup before looking ahead to Liverpool’s trip to Nottingham Forest.
John Gibbons hosts Ian Salmon, Ian Ryan and Josh Williams.
Also in the show, John Gibbons chats to LFC Foundation and GP Simon Bowers about the upcoming LFC Legends fixture against Chelsea.
