WITH Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool career nearing its – fingers-crossed – glorious finale and a youthful looking squad, Liverpool can contemplate an immediate future, not only minus their talisman of more than 15 years, but also a team without any obvious individual...
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...
WALKED in. Told emphatically how I stink of booze. That said the Reggie Watts number from 45:33 reimagined for LCD Soundsystem’s last ever gig was playing. Swings and roundabouts therefore. If that could soundtrack almost everything I ever do that would be...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Mike Girling, John Gibbons and ‘Top Red’ Dave Downie in the tower for this week’s CityTalk podcast as they preview tomorrow’s Merseyside Derby. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – Saturday Night...
STEVEN Gerrard has scored 10 goals for Liverpool against Everton, second only to Ian Rush with 135. He’s also scored five and assisted two in the last six derbies, which should be taken into account when discussing whether he is better starting in the team or on...
IT’S an hour until Liverpool play Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final first leg at Anfield. The team-sheets have just been plastered all over Twitter, writes SAM WILLIAMS. Teamsheets are boring. In this age of social media and 24-hour rolling news, they...
SO now we know. Steven Gerrard will leave Liverpool at the end of the season bringing an end to one of the club’s longest and deepest love affairs, writes STEVE MACLEAN. His departure will leave a gaping hole in the team and will throw the club into crisis. Or will...
I’VE let the dust settle a bit. There have been hundreds of articles, quite understandably so, lamenting the forthcoming departure of Steven Gerrard for the sunnier climes of Los Angeles. The “Hollywood balls” are going home. The “quarterback” is jetting off to...
NEIL ATKINSON was joined by Chris Maguire, Mike Nevin and Craig Rimmer in the aftermath of Liverpool’s 2-1 victory over AFC Wimbledon. Like what we do? Buy us a pint! DIRECT LINK – STITCH THAT LAWRIE SANCHEZ Podcast RSS feed. Get the TAW podcast on...
WE left for Wimbledon at 2pm on Monday. Which is a time most people are normally in work. Lots of Liverpool fans will have had to try to ask for time off, bully workmates into swapping shifts or talk their boss into letting them leave early on what is traditionally...
