Analysis Archive

Sometimes I feel as though I’m kicking a puppy when I’m critical of Liverpool, especially in the wake of a 4-0 win over a side that took points off Manchester City earlier in the season. Even so, I was surprised to see the overwhelming ...Read More

I very much understand why some Liverpool supporters don’t like it when we have sung about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being ‘at the wheel’ of Manchester United during matches not involving the Red Devils. At the same time, I haven’t minded it because that club ...Read More

It is something of a constant refrain for me that it is ok to hold more than one opinion on something at the same time. It is perfectly fine, for example, to believe that Alisson Becker was fouled for West Ham’s opening goal and ...Read More

I was briefly toying with writing an article about Liverpool’s failure to learn from their mistakes of the past for this week’s article. Having sold Dejan Lovren to Zenit Saint Petersburg in the summer of 2020, the Reds didn’t buy a replacement centre-back and ...Read More

Matches between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid are always cagey affairs. The nature of Diego Simeone’s management style is such that his teams tend to win 1-0 more often than not. He favours being defensively minded initially before attacking as a secondary thought. We’ve played ...Read More

As anyone who Liverpool’s rivals are and ninety-nine percent of people will mention either Everton or Manchester United. In a very real sense they would be right, but do either of those answers take into account the modern state of play in football? Obviously ...Read More

When we played Chelsea before the first international break, I was extremely annoyed with Liverpool for not taking advantage of the extra man that we had over the London club. Yes, they are defensively excellent under Thomas Tuchel and the sending off coming just ...Read More