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Daniel Rhodes
Post-Match Analysis: Maribor (H)
in Post Match Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 25 commentsA 3-0 win, a missed penalty, 23 shots, barely any conceded, again … we’re really performing like an elite team…
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Andrew Beasley
Tactic Stats: How Liverpool Shape Up with Different Formations
This article uses data from Stratabet, which is different to the Opta stats which you will be familiar with. To…
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Gary Fulcher
17/18 Champions League Preview | Matchday 4 | Maribor (H)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 166 commentsLiverpool play host to Maribor on Wednesday evening – 7.45pm kick off UK time – knowing that a victory would…
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Chris Rowland
My Day at the Match – Huddersfield Town (H) Oct.28th 2017
1 – By Chris Rowland: After last Sunday’s horror show, there’s one bit of good news. Lime Street station is…
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Paul Tomkins
The Liverpool Revival Starts Here (Hopefully)
Four games ago, Liverpool were scoring little over a goal per game (in the run following the thrashing of Arsenal),…
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Daniel Rhodes
Post-Match Analysis: Huddersfield Town (H)
in Post Match Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 14 commentsWhat is the perfect tonic to go with the poisonousness gin we tasted at Wembley last week? The next opposition…
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Andrew Beasley
Post-Match Analysis: Roma 0 Liverpool 2, UEFA Cup, 2001
These stats are 100% unofficial. I have had no formal training in how to collate them, but from years of…
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Daniel Rhodes
17/18 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 10 | Huddersfield Town (H)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 313 commentsBy Chris Rowland and Daniel Rhodes. 23rd October 1971 – it’s 46 years almost to the day since The Terriers…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators: Part 8: “The Referee Could Not Have Been Closer”
By Per Dantic. ‘The referee could not have been closer’ That phrase never seems to go out of fashion with…
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Daniel Rhodes
Grabara, Masterson, Jones & Brewster – the Future Spine?
in Subscribers Only, Youths & Reserves / / 33 comments“Liverpool lack a quality core running through their team” “Average goalkeeper, no centre-backs and a serious lack of leadership and…
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Paul Tomkins
Searching For Hope on the Unfunniest of Days
The other night I watched the documentary “Dying Laughing“, in which is a series of starkly-lit, black-and-white interviews are…
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Daniel Rhodes
Post-Match Analysis: Tottenham (A)
in Post Match Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 157 commentsHard to know how to analyse that one. Once again the decision not to upgrade central defensive areas comes back…
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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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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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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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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
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…