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The Justification For Mo’s Contract Extension
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / July 4, 2022 / 6 comments
As the players return to work, Mohamed Salah’s contract extension till 2025 has been a source of great joy…
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Scouting Darwin Núñez – Pace, Power & Plenty of Promise
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Liverpool FC, Player In Focus, Scouting, Subscribers Only / June 9, 2022 / 106 comments
According to multiple reports, especially from journalists in Portugal, Liverpool are one step away from signing Benfica and Uruguay striker…
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Calvin Ramsay – An Ideal Understudy to Trent Alexander-Arnold?
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, Liverpool FC, Player In Focus, Scouting, Subscribers Only / June 8, 2022 / 35 comments
According to Liverpool journalist Paul Joyce, the Reds are closing in on signing Aberdeen right-back Calvin Ramsay. The club…
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Scouting Real Madrid – Champions League Final Opposition Watch
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / May 23, 2022 / 20 comments
Real Madrid it is then for Liverpool in the final of the Champions League in Paris. The two teams…
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Scouting Liverpool’s Champions League Semi-Final Opponents: Villareal
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only / April 26, 2022 / 13 comments
When the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals draws were made, the expectation was that if Liverpool beat Benfica they…
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Are We Underestimating Mané’s Season?
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Free, Player In Focus / April 14, 2022 / 16 comments
There has been a mixed response to the way Sadio Mané has played his season for Liverpool so far.…
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Mizgan Masani
Liverpool vs. The Rest: Premier League Key Metrics Ahead of the Final Sprint
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / April 7, 2022 / 14 comments
The final phase of the Premier League season is here with most teams left with seven or eight games to…
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Mizgan Masani
Scouting Benfica, Liverpool’s Champions League Quarter-Final Opponents
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Liverpool FC, Subscribers Only / April 5, 2022 / 20 comments
When Liverpool drew Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals, it may have felt like just about the least challenging…
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How Liverpool’s Defensive Numbers This Season Compare With Recent Seasons
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / March 2, 2022 / 31 comments
Much has been made of how Jürgen Klopp’s men always give teams chances and how they are not defensively…
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Alisson Becker – Liverpool’s Big Moment Man
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Player In Focus, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / February 25, 2022 / 5 comments
With all the attacking power Liverpool have at their disposal, scoring goals has rarely been a problem for them.…
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Andy Robertson – Not Someone To Doubt!
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only / February 16, 2022 / 9 comments
Since his arrival at Liverpool in 2017, there haven’t been many players whose stock has been on such a…
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Mizgan Masani
Diogo Jota – a Player of Growing Quality, Stature and Importance at Liverpool
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / January 26, 2022 / 8 comments
Diogo Jota’s addition to this Liverpool squad has been nothing short of a revelation. Since his debut appearance off…
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Mizgan Masani
Liverpool FC’s “FSG Boy” – My Life As A Shameless Apologist
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, The Big read, Transfer Price Index © / January 6, 2022 / 49 comments
I try to insulate myself from idiots these days. But there are different types of idiots, of course. I’m…
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Is Jarrod Bowen the Type of Player Klopp Would Love?
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only / December 8, 2021 / 8 comments
Not a bad time to write about Jarrod Bowen, is it! He scored and assisted a goal in West…
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Mizgan Masani
Divock Origi! Divock Origi!
By Paul Tomkins in Book Extract, By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Free, LFC Finances, LFC History, Post Match Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Talking Tactics / December 4, 2021 / 114 comments
(Originally published many, many times 😉 ) Deja vu! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi!…
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Scouting Raphinha – Versatility in Midfield and Attack
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only / November 24, 2021 / 22 comments
Raphinha has been widely linked with a move to Liverpool over the past six or so months. There was…
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Mizgan Masani
Scouting Karim Adeyemi – Do Liverpool Need a New Jota?
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only / November 18, 2021 / 18 comments
As per multiple reports, Red Bull Salzburg forward Karim Adeyemi has been on Liverpool’s radar for some time now.…
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Mizgan Masani
Scouting Jude Bellingham – An Ideal Number 8 for Liverpool (Apart From the Likely Cost?)?
By Mizgan Masani in Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Player In Focus, Subscribers Only / November 15, 2021 / 28 comments
It’s fair to say Jude Bellingham has been attracting some interest of late. The 18-year-old former Birmingham City starlet…
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Liverpool’s Attacking Numbers This Season – Heading for the Hundred in the Premier League Alone!
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, In-Depth Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / November 10, 2021 / 14 comments
Stats taken in this article are after the West Ham game (9th November 2021). In their recent game against…
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Joël Matip Analysis: One of the Most Underrated Defenders in European Football?
By Mizgan Masani in Data Viz, Deep Dive, Player In Focus, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / October 21, 2021 / 18 comments
When Liverpool signed Joël Matip on a free transfer from Schalke in the summer of 2016, not many were sure…
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Mizgan Masani
Why We Should Be Grateful For FSG In Age of Sportswashing
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Subscribers Only / October 15, 2021 / 34 comments
You Don’t Have To Like Them, But Why We Should Be Grateful For FSG In Age of Sportswashing I…
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Fixing the Broken Trinity? The Big 2021/22 Premier League Preview
By Mark Cohen in Deep Dive, Subscribers Only, Talking Point, The Big read / August 11, 2021 / 27 comments
By Mark Cohen. When Alisson stormed up the pitch in the dying seconds of a season which had needed…
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Total Madness At Barça and Inter Show Why FSG Are Running Liverpool Properly
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Free, In-Depth Analysis / August 9, 2021 / 76 comments
This in-depth free article – warning: contains ideas – appears on here (TTT), and on the TTT Substack newsletter…
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Time For Liverpool’s Youth Revolution? & Secret Teenage Ninja Superstar
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Subscribers Only, Youths & Reserves / July 26, 2021 / 23 comments
Something is bubbling under at Liverpool – or rather, several things are. While people are expecting big signings, for…
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Transfers, Dickheads, Superstars, Egos, Mbappé and Liverpool’s Wise Faith In Konaté
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Subscribers Only / June 27, 2021 / 52 comments
One of the few things I find myself having to repeatedly clarify on this site is the “no dickheads”…
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