Analysis Archive

Decent on the night but ultimately disappointing. Enough about my Tinder bio, let’s talk about Liverpool and the manner in which our performances against Real Madrid across the two legs of the Champions League quarter-final were something of a microcosm of our season. In ...Read More

I’ve mentioned in previous pieces that I’ve written on this site that the key phrase for this season will be ‘mitigating circumstances’. Whenever pundits or people that are supposed to know about football talk about Liverpool’s campaign, ask ‘what’s gone wrong’ and don’t immediately ...Read More

The vast majority of football fans that I know have their own superstitions when it comes to the match. Some will not wear certain clothes if they have the club crest on or are made up of club colours. Others will only wear specific ...Read More

It’s impossible to think of last night’s win over Wolverhampton Wanderers and not mention what happened to Rui Patricio. The goalkeeper was taken out by his own onrushing defender and the match was stopped for a worrying amount of time. The good news is ...Read More

There was plenty to like about Liverpool’s performance against Sheffield United on Sunday night. Whilst some took to social media to complain that it appeared to be ‘more of the same’ after watching forty-five minute of the Reds dominate possession but go in at ...Read More

There is little doubt that Jürgen Klopp is one of the best managers in the world. When you compare and contrast the resources that he has had available to him with those afforded to Pep Guardiola, it is remarkable that Liverpool achieved what the ...Read More

I was really angry yesterday. Annoyed at the scoreline, yes, but mainly annoyed at the manner in which we’d handed Manchester City a win that I wasn’t convinced that they deserved. Plenty of people on social media were quick to tell me that the ...Read More