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 [...]
By Chris Rowland. “Let us know your assessments of every player this season, one by one, with a mark out of 10″, we asked our ever-growing Symposium panel. Every player whose made 10 or more appearances (which ruled out Kelly) and is still at the club (which ruled out Sahin and Cole). Knowing they’ve got [...]
By Mihail Vladimirov. Neither manager made big changes either in terms of formation or personnel, based on their previous games. Liverpool were unchanged from the last game at Newcastle. For the visitors, Moyes made only one change, welcoming back Gibson to play alongside Osman in midfield. With Fellaini pushed forward, Jelavic had to make way [...]
By Paul Tomkins Of late a few people have accused me of being anti-Rodgers; even going so far as to say that I hate him. Even remarking on Twitter a few weeks ago about Jupp Heynckes being a free agent this summer despite possibly leading Bayern to a remarkable treble was translated as “advocating that [...]
By Arnar Steinsson: “The day after we won our first European Cup, we were back in Melwood at 9:45 in the morning talking about how we would do it again, working right from that moment. Nobody has the right to win anything they haven’t earned.” Sir Bob Paisley. I think these words should be the [...]
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 Paul Tomkins. With the season drawing to a close, we at TTT Towers (plus those we keep locked in the dungeon) have a long list of articles lined up for your delectation. Ahead of this, we are offering Subscribers the chance to recommend a friend, who can enjoy a month’s free subscription to the [...]
By Gary Fulcher. Liverpool host Everton on Sunday – 1.30pm kick off UK time – in what will be the 188thMerseyside derby in the league. The Reds are fresh from hammering Newcastle Utd 6-0 – our biggest league win since we thrashed Derby County by the same scoreline back in September 2007 – while Everton’s [...]
By Bob Pearce. It was Copernicus who, just before his death in 1543, first proposed the ‘Heliocentric’ model. Simply said, the Sun does not go around the Earth, but the Earth is orbiting the Sun. We now ‘know’ and ‘understand’ that the Sun does not go around and around the Earth. We now ‘know’ and [...]
By Chris Rowland. Here’s the next instalment of T6 – The Tomkins Times Transfer Talk Tracker – our monthly trip around the land of make-believe that is the media’s transfer gossip. It’s just thinking that the occasional one may just turn out to be true that makes us suspend our disbelief and keep coming back [...]
By Chris Rowland. … and who would they replace in our XI? That’s what we asked the Symposium panel this week. This is what they had to say: By Daniel Rhodes: Bale for Downing. Kompany for Carragher. Yaya Toure for Gerrard. Bale: a bit one-footed, with a daft celebration and a reputation for flamboyant dives [...]
By Lee Mooney. I’ve been invited to Tableau Software’s ‘2013 European Customer Conference’, as a writer for TTT, to talk about life as a ‘fanalyst’ and to show how I’ve been able to make an impact on UK football analysis, albeit a small one so far, using publicly available data and technology. The audience will be journalists and [...]
By Mihail Vladimirov. Pardew surprised with his selection of players and also their positioning. Tiote came back into the side alongside Perch in midfield. Gouffran was replaced by Sissoko down the right flank, with Cabaye replacing Sissoko closer to Cisse. Hence the shape was more like a 4-2-1-3 than the recently used 4-2-3-1. The back [...]
