ALL POSTS TAGGED "anfield" - Page 2
Leagues: EPL
/ 823 days agoManchester United face Liverpool with desperation on clubs' minds
Manchester United and Liverpool have a deep rivalry featuring some of the world's best players. In the past, the two had eras of dominating over the Premier League and extending its power into Europe. Likewise, both had eras of relative failure. Seasons where no player looked to be a difference maker and the results never […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 867 days agoLiverpool supporters need to be patient amid high expectations
It seems that no one gets as upset about Liverpool FC as much as some Liverpool supporters themselves do. Of course, this refers to the multitude of those on social media that always find something to complain about. For example, the fan channels on YouTube and their monster followings echo plenty of frustration at the […]
Stadiums
/ 873 days agoWhat is the best soccer stadium in the world?
Everyone has an opinion on what the best soccer stadium in the world is. Some say it is where their favorite club plays, others prefer national stadiums. Frankly, there is good reason to support one or the other in that regard. For instance, club stadiums have an incomparable atmosphere and history. Take a club like […]
FA Cup
/ 924 days agoLiverpool's balancing act ahead of FA Cup Final & Champions League
Liverpool's balancing act is more challenging than most clubs. Injuries, runs of form and matchups are things that each manager deals with. Jurgen Klopp is no different. Only his Liverpool side are well in the running for a quadruple. The true test comes from how Jurgen Klopp balances his side with three trophies to play […]
Arsenal
/ 1086 days agoArsenal's European hopes roll on into winter
Arsenal's European hopes looked bleak at the beginning of the season. Three-consecutive shutout losses in the opening-three games sank the Gunners to the bottom of the table. Of course, Mikel Arteta's squad then pulled off an 10-game unbeaten run in all competitions, ballooning the north London side to fifth in the Premier League. That run […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 4065 days agoWe Are Witnessing the Final Stages of Liverpool’s Revival
“Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.” – John Milton, Paradise Lost Don’t go jumping to any conclusions. Liverpool Football Club still has work to do. However, the light is becoming clearer and stronger for the faithful supporters of the Anfield club. It has been ages since Liverpool […]
General
/ 5286 days agoIs Rafa Benitez About To Walk Alone?
So it seems the end is drawing close for Rafa Benitez at Anfield, with reports all over the place pointing to the Liverpool owners offering Benitez £3 million to leave immediately. Quite what has happened to bring Liverpool lurching in to another crisis so soon after the season has ended is unsure, but for me, […]
General
/ 5315 days agoDo Liverpool Football Club A Favour Rafa: QUIT
All great relationships come to an end, the natural course having run as far as it can. Sometimes they start passionately and brightly and quickly burn away to nothingness. Sometimes, they are a slowly burning and taut affair that consumes all within them in a supernova of passion oblivious to all around them. Occasionally, despite […]
General
/ 5428 days agoHicks And Gillett Regime Continues To Alienate Liverpool Fans
Imagine that you, as a fan, decided to drop your club an e-mail asking about potential signings. You wrote the e-mail in good faith and asked questions about the amount of money the manager had, would it be bolstered by additional monies raised by selling deadwood and the long term investment. You then copy an […]
General
/ 5474 days agoWhy Kirkby Rejection Is Good News For Everton FC
The government's rejection of Everton's plans to move the club from Goodison Park to a stadium outside Liverpool, in Kirkby, is the best thing that could have happened for Everton FC and its supporters. Financially speaking, the rejection of the Kirkby plans is a massive blow to Everton. The club has allegedly spent millions to […]
General
/ 5495 days agoBenitez Cannot Buckle Under Pressure
"It is difficult for us to qualify, but not impossible,We have to win our game and see what happens with Fiorentina and Lyon. Then we will approach the last game." Benitez has certainly fought his corner today after the galling last minute equaliser Liverpool conceded in the Stade Gerland last night. Of course, the nay […]
General
/ 5638 days agoHicks and Gillett Force Benitez To Bargain Hunt
February 2007, the dawning of a great new era in Liverpool's history as Tom Hicks and George Gillett bought the club from the Moore's family. Promising massive investment and the funds for the construction for the new stadium that Liverpool needed, it seemed as if Liverpool were finally about to catch up with Manchester United […]
General
/ 5669 days agoWill Liverpool Play At Carlsberg Stadium?
When did it come to this? As I watch Bolton's Reebok Hunt slide tackle Liverpool's Xabi Carlsberg at Carlsberg Lite Stadium in Liverpool on an overcast Saturday in April, I am filled with an unbearable nostalgia for the past. As Fly Emirates Bennett holds the red card aloft in Hunt's face who begins his long […]
General
/ 5746 days agoRick Parry Is To Leave Liverpool
What on earth is happening at Liverpool this week? There seems to some major leaking going on behind the scenes that seem to point to two camps eager to try and score points against each other. News has begun to circulate this morning that the chief executive, Rick Parry is to leave his position at Liverpool […]
General
/ 5749 days agoHull City To Go Down?
Can anyone remember the last time Hull City won a Premier League game? December 6th at home to Middlesbrough was the last time. Since then, they have been very much in freefall. When Hull first arrived in the Premiership, they were tipped to go straight back down but decided to tear up the script and […]