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Oct19

The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators: Part 7: “In and Around”

By Professor Per Dantic. That’s a fashionable phrase with the commentators now. ‘In and around’ has become very popular. What does it mean? What does it mean? Let’s take a moment to examine what the two words, ‘in’ and ‘around’, are describing. ‘In’ gives a boundary…

Oct18

LFC In A Storm of Fixtures – Toughest Start For 25+ Years

By Paul Tomkins / 24 Comments

Oct18

Champions League Post-Match Analysis: Maribor (A)

By Daniel Rhodes / 36 Comments

Oct172017
Revisiting Klopp’s Past For Reassurance?
By Andrew Beasley
I don’t check the hit stats on my blog too often anymore, but for some reason recently I did. My…
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Oct162017
Champions League Preview | NK Maribor (A) | Gameweek 3
By Daniel Rhodes
By Daniel Rhodes and Chris Rowland. Liverpool resume their Champions League group-stage campaign with a trip to Maribor on Tuesday…
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Oct162017
My Day at the Match – Man Utd (H), Sat. Oct.14th 2017
By Chris Rowland
Anyone who’s read my My Day At The Match articles will know that the pincer movement of the uncertainties of…
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Oct142017
All Hail The Genius Mourinho! For He Turns Wine Into Water
By Paul Tomkins
Of course, Jose Mourinho loves a 0-0 at Anfield. He’s a genius because he can take a team costing…
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Oct142017
Post-Match Analysis: Manchester United (H)
By Daniel Rhodes
While it’s difficult to enjoy facing a plucky six-at-the-back bargain basement team who are fighting relegation and playing for their…
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Oct132017
Free Friday: xPected Goals, Non-Shots and M-argh-ne
By Daniel Rhodes
This week’s posts selected by Chris Rowland and Daniel Rhodes. 1 – Dan Kennett responding to Andrew Beasley’s Non-Shot Expected…
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Oct122017
17/18 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 8 | Manchester Utd (H)
By Gary Fulcher
By Gary Fulcher & Daniel Rhodes. After a promising start to the season, Liverpool’s fortunes have nosedived recently and right…
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Oct112017
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators: Part Six: “That’s Something They’ve Practised on the Training Ground”
By Daniel Rhodes
By The Secret Pundit Per Dantic ‘That’s something they’ve practised on the training ground’ That’s one of the ‘go-to’ phrases…
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Oct102017
Liverpool’s Squad: What Should We xPect?
By Daniel Rhodes
At the beginning of this season, a website popped up out of nowhere called Understat.com. This meant, for the first…
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Oct092017
Shot vs. Non-Shot Expected Goals – How Many Goals SHOULD a Team Have Scored?
By Andrew Beasley
The expansion, development and wider acceptance of expected goals (‘xG’) continues to grow apace. As much as it’s great to…
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Oct062017
Post-Match Analysis: Liverpool 5 Nottingham Forest 0, April 13th 1988
By Andrew Beasley
These stats are 100% unofficial. I have had no formal training in how to collate them, but from years of…
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Oct052017
From Excess To Success: Neymar, Inflation, and the Price of an EPL Title
By Paul Tomkins
This article – written by Manchester United fan Laurie Shaw, who completed his doctorate at Cambridge ten years ago –…
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