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Mihail Vladimirov
Brendan Rodgers, The Tactician
By Mihail Vladimirov. Most are familiar, I’m sure, with Rodgers’ coaching background. He retired aged just 20 and has worked…
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Tony Mckenna (Macattack)
In Search of the Bigger Picture
By TTT subscriber Macattack. Losing to Chelsea in a Final, at the end of the season, compounds much of what…
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Chris Rowland
Is The League Table Being Economical With The Truth?
By Chris Rowland. So how many points should we have got this season? If results had matched performances and we…
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Paul Tomkins
How Do You Assess a Season Like This?
It’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
Pre-match stats Swansea have failed to score in their last five games in all competitions against Liverpool. Swansea have won…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre-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
Familiarity 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
Pre-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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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 Fulham 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Starting XIs and overall shapes In the light of the forthcoming FA Cup Final, not unexpectedly Dalglish made wholesale changes…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Norwich 0 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre-match stats These two sides mustered 16 shots on target between them in the reverse fixture which ended as a…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 0 WBA 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre-match stats Liverpool have won all five previous home games against West Brom in the Premier League without conceding a…
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Paul Tomkins
Momentum – Confidence, or Confidence Trick?
Hardly a Match of the Day or a 5Live 'Kicking Off' goes by without someone mentioning ‘momentum’ or ‘success breeding…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 2 Everton 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre-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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Paul Tomkins
Questions, Questions
in In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 264 commentsI’ve been asked a lot of questions in the past few weeks, some of which have been easier to answer…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre-match stats Aston Villa have won just two of their last 20 Premier League games against Liverpool (W2 D6 L12).…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Blackburn 2 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Starting XIs and Overall Shapes As expected, Blackburn kept the 4-4-1-1 from their previous game against West Bromwich Albion. There…
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Paul Tomkins
Dazed and Confused: A Liverpool Nosedive
I’ve been saying for many months that I don’t quite know what to make of this Liverpool side. And it…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Newcastle 2 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Some pre-match stats Liverpool have drawn 99 Premier League games away from home and scored 498 goals on the road.…
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Paul Tomkins
Point By Point – Liverpool FC Health Check
After my last piece (access here), this is a slightly simplified – but not simplistic – breakdown of what’s working,…
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Paul Tomkins
In-Depth: Why Are Liverpool Struggling?
in Free, In-Depth Analysis / / 297 commentsWith Liverpool’s season proving to be an archetypal rollercoaster ride – ups, downs, adrenaline and nausea – I will now…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 Wigan 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre match stats Liverpool have won none of the last four league meetings with Wigan, with the last three in…
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Dan Kennett
Luis Suarez: 9 or 10?
By Dan Kennett. All data in this article is courtesy of Infostrada Statistics, part of the Infostrada Sports Group. Infostrada…
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Mihail Vladimirov
QPR 3 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Pre match stats Liverpool have drawn 99 games away from home in the Premier League era. The Reds have netted…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 2 Stoke 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Starting XIs and Overall Shapes Stoke didn’t spring any surprises. Their starting line up was arguably their best eleven, and…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 3 Everton 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. “This left an interesting tactical battle as both sides were playing with pretty much the same shape.…