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Paul Tomkins
Big Plans Needed to Replace King Kenny
Featured, Subscribers Only / / 1477 commentsinLiverpool Football Club sacking Kenny Dalglish is “wrong” in almost every conceivable sense. But the only way it can ever…
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Paul Tomkins
King Kenny: To Keep or Not to Keep?
inKing Kenny: to keep or not to keep? – that is the question (I keep getting asked). The joys of…
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Chris Rowland
PR, Communications And LFC
inby Simon Steers. In an era where football is about so much more than the game itself, and in an…
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Paul Tomkins
How Do You Assess a Season Like This?
inIt’s not hard to see why Liverpool dropped so many points, despite generally playing well. The Reds had the worst…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Swansea 1 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
inPre-match stats Swansea have failed to score in their last five games in all competitions against Liverpool. Swansea have won…
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Andrew Beasley
Stewart Drowning In Expectation
inBy Andrew Beasley. Statistics sourced from EPLIndex, and correct up to and including 8th May 2012. Anfield. Tuesday night, at…
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Gary Fulcher
Premier League Preview: Swansea (A)
inThe 2011/12 Premier League season draws to a close on Sunday and Kenny Dalglish’s side will be hoping to sign…
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Paul Tomkins
Rodolfo Borrell, and the Art of Improvement
inBy Paul Grech. Where children are involved, there is a growing reluctance to talk of winners and, particularly, losers. Everyone…
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Gary Fulcher
Premier League Preview: Chelsea (H)
inLiverpool play their final home fixture of the 2011/12 league campaign tonight before travelling to Swansea on the last day…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
inPre-match stats This is the 32nd meeting between Liverpool and Chelsea in the past eight seasons, more than any other…
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Paul Tomkins
Final of Contempt, Season of Discontent
inFamiliarity breeds contempt, and since 2004, Liverpool seem to have played Chelsea four or five times a season. The epic…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
inPre-match stats On all three occasions Liverpool had beatenEverton in an FA Cup semi-final before this season, the Reds went on…
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Paul Tomkins
Dalglish, Transfers and Looking Ahead
Featured, Subscribers Only / / 162 commentsinPerhaps a problem with any temporary managerial appointment is that even when it’s made permanent, it doesn’t feel as secure…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 Fulham 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
inStarting XIs and overall shapes In the light of the forthcoming FA Cup Final, not unexpectedly Dalglish made wholesale changes…
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Gary Fulcher
Premier League Preview: Fulham (H)
inLiverpool face Fulham in their penultimate fixture at Anfield and it will be interesting to see who Dalglish includes in…
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Chris Rowland
The Cultural Complexities Of Liverpool Football Club
Featured, Subscribers Only / / 60 commentsinBy Simon Steers. A definition of culture: The behaviours and beliefs of a particular group. So much of what Liverpool…
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Lee Mooney
Solving Liverpool’s Goalscoring Problems
inby TTT subscriber, Lee Mooney. This season, for me at least, will be remembered as one where Liverpool missed opportunities,…
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Paul Tomkins
Kenny Has To Go! Kenny Has To Stay!
inThere’s no doubt about it. Dalglish has to go. Also, he has to stay. If FSG listen to the fans,…
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Chris Rowland
Why Do I Bother?
inby Alexander Tate Why do I bother to get up at 2 a.m. to watch a game at the weekend,…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 WBA 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
inPre-match stats Liverpool have won all five previous home games against West Brom in the Premier League without conceding a…
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Gary Fulcher
Premier League Preview: W.B.A. (H)
inAfter reaching a second cup final of the season, this time at the expense of Everton, the Reds return to…
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Paul Tomkins
Momentum – Confidence, or Confidence Trick?
inHardly a Match of the Day or a 5Live 'Kicking Off' goes by without someone mentioning ‘momentum’ or ‘success breeding…
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Paul Tomkins
Blood-Letting & Cup-Getting
Featured, Subscribers Only / / 306 commentsinBloody hell. What a week. Blackburn vexed, Director of Football axed, Everton hexed, and all between Tuesday evening and Saturday…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 2 Everton 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
inPre-match stats This was to be the fifth FA Cup semi-final between the two Merseyside giants. Everton won the first…
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Chris Rowland
News, Views and Media Reviews (No.6)
inYou’ve got to be a subscriber to read the weekly News and Media Review