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Daniel Rhodes

17/18 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 9 | Tottenham Hotspur (A)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 365 commentsBy Chris Rowland and Daniel Rhodes. Liverpool travel to Wembley on Sunday – 16.00 kick off UK time – to face Mauricio…
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Chris Rowland

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…
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Paul Tomkins

LFC In A Storm of Fixtures – Toughest Start For 25+ Years
Note: This in-depth article (as TTT editor Chris Rowland can attest to) was written before the 7-0 demolition of Maribor,…
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Daniel Rhodes

Champions League Post-Match Analysis: Maribor (A)
in Post Match Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 38 commentsA) One of those close tactical away battles in Europe where we dominate, create plenty, but can’t find a breakthrough?…
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Andrew Beasley

Revisiting Klopp’s Past For Reassurance?
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 15 commentsI don’t check the hit stats on my blog too often anymore, but for some reason recently I did. My…
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Daniel Rhodes

Champions League Preview | NK Maribor (A) | Gameweek 3
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 202 commentsBy Daniel Rhodes and Chris Rowland. Liverpool resume their Champions League group-stage campaign with a trip to Maribor on Tuesday…
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Chris Rowland

My Day at the Match – Man Utd (H), Sat. Oct.14th 2017
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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Paul Tomkins

All Hail The Genius Mourinho! For He Turns Wine Into Water
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 86 commentsOf course, Jose Mourinho loves a 0-0 at Anfield. He’s a genius because he can take a team costing…
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Daniel Rhodes

Post-Match Analysis: Manchester United (H)
in Post Match Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 59 commentsWhile 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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Daniel Rhodes

Free Friday: xPected Goals, Non-Shots and M-argh-ne
in Free, Free Friday / / 5 commentsThis 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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Gary Fulcher

17/18 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 8 | Manchester Utd (H)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 303 commentsBy Gary Fulcher & Daniel Rhodes. After a promising start to the season, Liverpool’s fortunes have nosedived recently and right…
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Daniel Rhodes

The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators: Part Six: “That’s Something They’ve Practised on the Training Ground”
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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Daniel Rhodes

Liverpool’s Squad: What Should We xPect?
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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Andrew Beasley

Shot vs. Non-Shot Expected Goals – How Many Goals SHOULD a Team Have Scored?
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 11 commentsThe expansion, development and wider acceptance of expected goals (‘xG’) continues to grow apace. As much as it’s great to…
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Andrew Beasley

Post-Match Analysis: Liverpool 5 Nottingham Forest 0, April 13th 1988
These stats are 100% unofficial. I have had no formal training in how to collate them, but from years of…
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Paul Tomkins

From Excess To Success: Neymar, Inflation, and the Price of an EPL Title
This article – written by Manchester United fan Laurie Shaw, who completed his doctorate at Cambridge ten years ago –…
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Andrew Beasley

Liverpool’s Post-Match Radar Round-Up: Week 7
Although the title suggests these articles are weekly, it actually indicates how far through the season we are at the…
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Paul Tomkins

Why Liverpool Fans Are Miserable 83% of the Time
Why Liverpool Fans Are Miserable 83%* of the Time (*May be fatuous statistic) Football is a loser’s game. Or…
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Daniel Rhodes

Post-Match Analysis: Newcastle United (A)
in Post Match Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 72 commentsShelvey plays a throughball right between both our centre-backs, that much is standard for us, but to watch Matip make…
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Daniel Rhodes

Free Friday: Perspective, Luck & Red Herrings
in Free, Free Friday / / 7 commentsPosts selected by Daniel Rhodes. 1 – Jeff with some perspective on the Reds’ position after the Leicester City game:…
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Gary Fulcher

17/18 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 7 | Newcastle Utd (A)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 343 commentsBy Gary Fulcher. Liverpool travel to St James’ Park on Sunday – 4.30pm kick off UK time – to face…
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Daniel Rhodes

Steve McManaman, Nuclear Reactors and Tiresome Narratives
in Behind The Paywall, Free / / 32 commentsThis article was originally a comment behind the paywall by poster ‘ab248’ yesterday, and worthy of releasing in full to…
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Daniel Rhodes

Champions League Post-Match Analysis: Spartak Moscow (A)
Professional European away performance. Tactical masterclass. This team is learning fast. Three statements that should be the narrative today, instead…
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Chris Rowland

The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators Part 5: “He Can Do That.”
By our Secret Correspondent P. Dantic. That’s a fashionable phrase with the commentators now. The main commentator tells us that…
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Paul Tomkins

Liverpool And Klopp Ruin Media Narrative
Read The Article, Not The Headline First, a quick explanation about my article from the end of last week, “Why…