By Andrew Beasley. Following my recent piece on the form of opposition keepers, a comment from jameske piqued my interest. To summarise, he pondered whether the bulk of Liverpool’s chances have been in the first half, and so opposition keepers may be doing well through expecting this. Not only that, but if the Reds tire [...]
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Despite their strong start to the season, Manchester City had only won one of their last 12 league meetings against Liverpool going into this game; and they hadn’t won at Anfield in their last eight attempts. It would prove to be the case again. Starting Strategies Both sides went for their less-attacking formations, as expected. [...]
Without doubt, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher were immense for Liverpool throughout the previous decade; it’s an overused word, but it’s safe to say that the pair are ‘legends’. But during 2011 we’ve seen the Reds make do pretty well without Gerrard, and recent weeks we’ve seen Carragher, for the first time since the ‘90s, [...]
Just 9 days have passed since we last met (and defeated) Chelsea and one has to wonder why the footballing gods look upon our great club so unfavourably. Tuesday night’s visit to Stamford Bridge will be our 10th away match from the 13 cup games we’ve played over the past four seasons. Between 2004/05 and [...]
Beyond the pure mathematics of the table (and the cost of the players), just how far adrift of Liverpool are the runaway leaders? Who from each club would make it into a combined XI? Where are Liverpool falling short overall, and in what areas might they just have the edge? This post is for Subscribers [...]
By Gary Fulcher and Mihail Vladimirov. After Liverpool’s impressive 2-1 victory at Chelsea on Sunday thanks to goals from Maxi and Glen Johnson, we now sit in 6th place, level on points with 7th placed Arsenal and 5th placed Chelsea. Just three points separate us from Spurs in 3rd place and Newcastle in 4th. Sunday’s [...]
By Mihail Vladimirov. Over the past few weeks, there has been some discontent expressed at Dalglish’s tactics. The “lack of control” during matches has led many to wish for a return to the style of play Liverpool executed under Rafa Benitez. In my last piece I explained the differences between these two managers and why [...]
Patrick Barclay and James Lawton remind me of two morbidly obese women, deep in denial, trying to squeeze their ‘arguments’ into size 8 dresses. Never mind that the skimpy garments don’t even come close to fitting; they will hold their breath and hope for the best, as masses of blubber flops and flubbers. Two fat [...]
Before the game on Sunday, Liverpool had conceded the fewest amount of shots of any of the Premier League teams this season (38), as well as a league-high five errors leading to goals. At the same time, Chelsea had failed to score in five of their last seven league games against Liverpool. With this background, [...]
