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Mihail Vladimirov
Fulham 2 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. After the good showing at Old Trafford, Meulensteen rather logically kept the same starting formation and personnel…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 5 Arsenal 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers kept the same XI and formation from the previous two games. The only changes were in…
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Mihail Vladimirov
W.B.Albion 1 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Pepe Mel made a host of changes for this game following the defeat in the derby against…
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Daniel Rhodes
Shopping for Right-Backs (and a Midfield Bonus)
in Exclusive, Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, Transfer Debate / / 22 commentsBy Ted Knutson (Editor of Stats Bomb). This was going to be a search for left-backs, but after thinking about…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Sakho was once again deemed unfit to feature, so the Toure-Skrtel pair continued. As Sturridge was ready…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Stoke 3 Liverpool 5: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Mark Hughes opted for the expected starting XI. Sorensen was only fit for the bench, so Butland…
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Mihail Vladimirov
A Question of Tactics – January 2014
By Mihail Vladimirov. Here’s the latest in our monthly series where Mihail answers some of the tactical questions he is…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 2 Hull 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool’s previously threadbare squad took another hit for this game as Sakho and Allen were injured and…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. With Mikel presumably jaded after playing 180 minutes against Arsenal and Swansea over the Christmas period, it…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Man City 2 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. As anticipated Pellegrini solidified his midfield by both switching to a 4-2-3-1 formation and having Silva as…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 3 Cardiff 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Unsurprisingly Rodgers kept the same XI, continuing with what was a cross between a lopsided 4-1-2-3 and…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Tottenham 0 Liverpool 5: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers started with the expected XIs and team shapes. Villas-Boas continued with the 4-2-3-1 that looks…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 4 West Ham 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers has a habit of keeping the Liverpool side unchanged after a good result; here it was…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 5 Norwich 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool made three changes from the Hull game, but two of them were enforced. Toure had some…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Hull City 3 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. As expected, Steve Bruce opted for a very defensive-minded system of play. But instead of going with…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Everton 3 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both teams had to make one or two changes to their usual starting eleven. For Everton, the…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 4 Fulham 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers made the expected switch and returned to a back four system. Sakho and Toure were replaced…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Ten-Game Brief Tactical Assessment
By Mihail Vladimirov. The first ten league games are over, so it’s time for me to share my thoughts on…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Arsenal 2 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both teams would have started with the expected shape and starting XI if it hadn’t been for…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 4 West Brom 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. The teams lined up largely as expected, due to both managers making minimal tweaks in their starting…
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Andrew Beasley
Better With The Ball? It’s Just A Shot Away
in Book Extract, Editor's Pick, Exclusive, Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 35 commentsBy Andrew Beasley. The original version of this article appeared in These Turbulent Times, and the stats (sourced from EPLIndex) were…
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Chris Rowland
Investigating Fixture Difficulty
By Steven Bentley (TTT Subscriber Stretch). This is another of those articles that began life as a splendid post. Encouraged…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Newcastle 2 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers made two changes to their starting XI – one each enforced by injuries (Coloccini, Enrique)…
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Daniel Rhodes
In Football, Everybody Hurts Sometimes (Part Two)
By Jane Falconer (TTT Subscriber -‘Falkie71’) The first half of this article set the scene by looking at the scale of…
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Daniel Rhodes
In Football, Everybody Hurts Sometimes (Part One)
By Jane Falconer (TTT Subscriber -‘Falkie71’) In 2002, Drawer and Fuller published some research in the British Journal of Sports…