Some people in football get tarred with a dirty big brush early on, and struggle to rid themselves of the coal-black stain. I have a sneaking suspicion that, for some Liverpool fans (as well as those outsiders who like to criticise), Damien Comolli could be the next Rafa Benítez: foreign, studious and mocked. Above all else, [...]
By Mihail. In the first article I went over the first five reasons to be optimistic for the new season. Were you convinced? If not, here’s five more… 6 – Co-ordinated Pressing They say that attack is the best form of defence. If so, Hodgson’s defence was diabolical. Under Roy, Liverpool played with a very [...]
In 2008/09, having found myself frustrated with the lack of information relating to how goals are scored – and specifically, who contributed to the creation beyond the final two touches – I came up with the concept of Goal Involvement, which looked beyond the simple assist; going back to the point in a move when [...]
Jordan Henderson has yet to kick a football for Liverpool – even in training – and many are already writing him off. If playing poorly – or rather, failing to shine as expected – for England at any level is an indicator, John Barnes and Steven Gerrard would have been totally worthless for Liverpool; little [...]
By Mihail. Well, we all know that the season just passed was a turbulent one for the club, both on and off the pitch. While the boardroom chaos was largely solved by late October, we had to wait until the New Year for a change of coach and an improvement from the playing staff. So [...]
By Paul Wilkes. The signing of Jordan Henderson led Damien Comolli to make these comments regarding Liverpool’s transfer strategy to LFCTV: “It’s not because a player is English and young that we are going to go for him. We go for a player because he ticks all the boxes. It’s what we need at this [...]
While it’s wrong to try and figure out how every new signing will fit into the starting XI – after all, it’s a squad game, and we can’t field 17 players at once – the players Liverpool are looking to buy do raise some interesting questions about how the team will line up next season. [...]
By Andrew Beasley (Beezdog) Fans of smaller clubs like to believe that the big teams get preferential treatment from referees. Whilst this may take many forms, many of which are likely to be immeasurable, an obvious indicator of this would be the awarding of penalties. I have obtained the Premier League penalty stats from 1999-2000 [...]
By Dan Kennett, with expert review and contributions from site members Graeme Riley, Zach Slaton, Taf McDonald, Daniel Geey and Paul Tomkins. UEFA Financial Fair Play. A phrase that has been used in recent times by even the most lay of football fans. But what is it? And does it matter for LFC? This article attempts to [...]
Part One by Raffael Fernandes, Part Two by Paul Tomkins Introduction Barcelona are unique. Right now, everyone seems obsessed with mimicking the Catalan approach, in the hope that similar success will follow. But it’s not about copying everything they do; it’s about clubs finding their own way of doing things, based on some of the same [...]
