Category "Analysis"

Ready to Go: Why Do Liverpool’s Opening Day Fixtures Have So Many Goals In Them?

Admin - August 3, 2023 - Analysis

The new football season is a time for fresh hope, unrelenting optimism – misguided or otherwise – and dreams of trophies and major glory. The success, or otherwise, of the last campaign is long forgotten.

Of course, not every team can win on the opening day of the season, and so for some the pre-term excitement and anticipation is extinguished rather quickly to be replaced by those old feelings of ‘oh, here we go again’. Hello darkness, my old friend.

Over the past decade, Liverpool have enjoyed a rather charmed life on the opening day of the Premier League campaign – in fact, prior to the 2023/24 season, you have to go back to 2012 to find the last time that the Reds lost their first game of the term.

Will the Premier League Season Be Voided Or Will Liverpool Have Their Moment of Glory?

Admin - March 23, 2020 - Analysis

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.” Those were the words of the great Bill Shankly, and while said with tongue firmly in cheek there is a resonance of truth in the statement.

Real Madrid Scout Report: The Key Players and Battles to Watch During the Champions League Final

Admin - May 18, 2018 - Analysis

We are just over a week away from the Champions League final in Kiev, and all eyes will be on the continental showpiece on Saturday May 26. Liverpool are the underdogs with the bookmakers, and yet there is a feeling that our vibrant attacking play could cause the shaky Real Madrid defenders plenty of headaches in the Ukraine.

Klopp to Stop the Rot: Four Goalkeeping Options Liverpool Could Sign in the Summer

Admin - February 16, 2018 - Analysis

This is a sentiment that will be agreed with and dissented in equal measure, but for our money the goalkeeper is the most important player in any football team.

Liverpool’s Half Term Report: Bags of Potential, But Lads Must Do Better

Admin - November 9, 2017 - Analysis

The international break is a good time to take stock, look back at what has happened so far and see where we’re heading as the run-up to Christmas and the New Year intensifies.

Does Klopp Need to Switch to a Three-Man Defence to Save Liverpool’s Season?

Admin - October 26, 2017 - Analysis

Despite the brilliance of their opponents on Sunday, a club of Liverpool’s stature should not be losing 1-4 to anybody. But we were well and truly ripped to shreds by Tottenham at Wembley, and once again the root cause of the defeat were basic defensive errors.

Strength in Numbers: Are Liverpool’s Fringe Players Up to the Job?

Admin - September 20, 2017 - Analysis

The cup competitions in England are one way for a club to get their hands on some silverware where otherwise they might not have the chance. They are also a great opportunity for beleaguered managers to ‘trick’ their team’s owners into thinking they are doing a decent job – it has worked for Arsene Wenger for the past decade after all!

Transfer Deadline Day: What Will The Ox Bring to the Reds?

Admin - August 31, 2017 - Analysis

Why do clubs wait until transfer deadline day before conducting major business? It’s hard to say with any clarity, and realistically there is no logical explanation for it.

Whisper It….But Do the Reds Really Need Coutinho?

Admin - August 24, 2017 - Analysis

For anybody who witnessed it, Liverpool’s 4-2 win over Hoffenheim on Wednesday evening was memorable for a couple of reasons, and while qualification for the Champions League proper was the obvious highlight it has to be said that the Reds’ attacking play was as exciting as it has been in decades.