* Up to May 24. By Chris Rowland. In Transfer Talk World, it’s always Groundhog Day!So anyone who’s waded through March and April’s T6s will recognise many of these names. Let’s start May’s marathon off with … well, an old link with a new twist, and included not least for the headline: ‘Reds set to beat [...]
By Chris Rowland. As with several of our players this season, it seems a mix of good and not so good with Dan Agger. Good that his fitness seems to have been managed superbly. But his form seems to have wavered – maybe as a result of the new style leaving him more exposed, or simply lapses [...]
By Jagdesh Singh (TTT subscriber Aquaman) and Andrew Beasley. As we approach the end of Rodgers’ first full season as Liverpool Football Club manager, Jagdesh came up with the idea of this Report Card to assess how Brendan’s done in his first year, and asked for Beez’s and Paul’s support and involvement. We’re using TTT as the platform [...]
By Paul Tomkins. What follows is an article detailing my thoughts on the season, with a heavily edited-down version sent to the official website for publication at some point this week. The full, in-depth version will appear only on this website, for Subscribers.
By Chris Rowland. Is Glen another of our conundrums? Is he good or isn’t he? Is he criminally under-rated (as some think) or a bit over-rated? Or have we got him about right? Let’s see what our panel think …. This article is for Subscribers only.
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers reverted back to the usual 4-2-3-1 formation, leading to few subsequent changes. Skrtel (fit again after his illness) and Enrique replaced Coates and Wisdom in the back four. Elsewhere, Shelvey was replaced by Ibe, who was making his first team debut. For the visitors, Taarabt and Samba were unavailable. Surprisingly, Redknapp [...]
By Chris Rowland. With Barca seemingly keen on bringing Pepe back to his roots, how did our No 1 fare this season? A game of two halves seems to be the general consensus, with the error-strewn, non-saving, waving-the-shot-by-without-moving version of the past few seasons replaced by something more recognisable as the old Pepe in the [...]
By TTT subscriber Lee Mooney. Before we get started… I was recently asked by someone, I’ll not say who, to give some time to thinking about KPI frameworks that could be used to support various player-centric decisions. For example: how much should a player be paid based on their performance? are there undervalued players out there that could [...]
By Chris Rowland. Well here’s one where there should be no shortage of material discussion. But it’s not keep him or sell him – that’s for our usual ‘Should They Stay or Should They Go?’ series which will follow shortly. This is about rating the player’s contribution this season. This post is for Subscribers only.
Welcome to TTT’s regular statistical round-up of Liverpool FC for 2012/13. We’ll be looking at some important metrics (Clear Cut Chances, Total Shots Ratio and Final Third Passing Accuracy) and some that might be of interest in a Brendan Rodgers team (Average Passing Streak). The stats will cover the match Liverpool have just played (all being [...]
By Gary Fulcher, Daniel Rhodes and Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool bring the 2012/13 campaign to an end with a visit to Anfield of relegated Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, 3pm kick off UK time. The Reds secured a comfortable 3-0 victory in the reverse fixture back in December, thanks to a brace from Luis Suarez and [...]
By Lee Mooney. I was recently involved in an interesting debate on Twitter about the usefulness of data to clubs looking to buy and sell players. I thought I’d produce a response that outlines what I see as the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities inherent in using data to assist player recruitment. Criticisms that arose included: [...]
This is an updated version of a piece that featured in the ‘TTT Top 20 Players’ series. By Andrew Beasley. On the 8th of January 1997, Liverpool went out of the League Cup with a whimper, losing 2-1 away at Middlesbrough. Three weeks before his 19th birthday, Jamie Carragher made his Liverpool debut as a [...]
By Mihail Vladimirov. After last week’s debacle against Reading, Martin Jol refreshed the team with a couple of changes. Hughes replaced Senderos at the back, with Richardson stepping in to replace Riise at left back. After his impressive cameo, Kacaniklic was handed a start here, with Emanuelson benched. Karagounis was fit, so he continued in [...]
By Chris Rowland. On we go – and it’s the turn of the enigmatic Slovak under the Symposium team’s microscope. This article is for Subscribers only.
By Si Steers. Following on from the recent piece on TTT ‘A Club Caught Between Ideals‘, I asked Jay McKenna, one of the founding members and the current Chairman of the Spirit of Shankly (SOS) Liverpool Supporters Union, to take part in a Q&A to expand on some of the issues raised. Jay kindly agreed [...]
Welcome to TTT’s regular statistical round-up of Liverpool FC for 2012/13. We’ll be looking at some important metrics (Clear Cut Chances, Total Shots Ratio and Final Third Passing Accuracy) and some that might be of interest in a Brendan Rodgers team (Average Passing Streak). The stats will cover the match Liverpool have just played (all being [...]
By Chris Rowland and Jamie Mclaughlin. There’s been a bit of debate lately about the greatest football manager ever. No, let me re-phrase that. There hasn’t been any debate at all. The media has gone into some sort of interstellar overdrive about Sir Alex – ‘The greatest manager ever”, “the most successful manager ever, anywhere”. [...]
By Chris Rowland. The series marches on with another player we don’t expect to see again this season – although after the news about Agger’s op, who knows? Anyway, here’s what our Symposium panel think about our Other Uruguayan, with marks out of 10: This post is for Subscribers only.
By Gary Fulcher, Daniel Rhodes and Mihail Vladimirov. Our penultimate game of the season sees us travel to Craven Cottage to face 12th placed Fulham on Sunday – 3pm kick off UK time. Fulham just need a single point from their two remaining games to all but guarantee their Premier League survival for another year, due [...]
