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The Gags Tandon Show: Liverpool's Worst Cup Final Performance Ever - Fan Reaction to LFC 1-2 Newcastle

The Gags Tandon Show: Liverpool's Worst Cup Final Performance Ever - Fan Reaction to LFC 1-2 Newcastle

The Gags Tandon Show but without Gags who was at Wembley to witness Liverpool's worst showing under Arne Slot so far. Jack McIndoe is joined by Eddie Gibbs to unpack Liverpool's embarrassing showing the Carabao Cup Final. Did Slot get it wrong? Why was Salah hardly involved? So many players look tired? Is the Premier League title race back on? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Post Match Raw: GALAXY BRAIN

Post Match Raw: GALAXY BRAIN

Guy Drinkel is in the hosting seat, and is joined by Trev Downey & Dave Hendrick to discuss Liverpool's loss and more importantly embarrassing performance against Newcastle in the League Cup final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
David Lynch: NEWCASTLE WANTED IT MORE THAN LIVERPOOL! | Carabao Cup final reaction

David Lynch: NEWCASTLE WANTED IT MORE THAN LIVERPOOL! | Carabao Cup final reaction

Liverpool suffered heartbreak at Wembley as they were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak condemned Arne Slot's side to defeat despite Federico Chiesa's late consolation goal under the arch. But Reds reporter David Lynch has no doubt that this was a deserved result for both sides. In this post-match analysis from Wembley, he highlights a lack of physicality as Liverpool's biggest issue, and suggests Trent Alexander-Arnold could have made a big difference. Check out this review and let us know your thoughts on the match in the comments below. For more Liverpool news, make sure you like and subscribe, and don't forget to follow David on X, Facebook and Bluesky @davidlynchlfc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bring On The International Break  - Gameweek 29: The Final Whistle

Bring On The International Break - Gameweek 29: The Final Whistle

Nina and Ben Pescod are back discussing Gameweek 29 - Arsenal close the gap to 12 points after beating Chelsea 1-0 in a borefest game. Brighton draw to Man City. Spurs lose to Fulham and Nottingham forest continue to impress as Liverpool lose to Newcastle in the Carabao Cup. All this and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Arne Slot Post-Match Press Conference | Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle | Carabao Cup Final

Arne Slot Post-Match Press Conference | Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle | Carabao Cup Final

Arne Slot speaks to the media following Liverpool's League Cup Final against Newcastle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Case for the Liverpool Defence Part 2: ‘Midfield and Beyond’

In Part I, I looked at the individual members of the back ‘5’ (including the GK), and the most likely rotational or still to return individuals, each with their own pluses and minuses. In Part II, I want to look at the midfield options and striker responsibilities relative to defence, the overall strategy and...

Value For Money Signings – Premier League Infographic

Is it possible to buy success in the Premier League? TonyBet has collected the data from each transfer window over the past five seasons - only including ever-present clubs - trying to find the team with the best (and worst) value for money, by comparing the average net spend with their average finishing position in...

Does Rodgers Know Liverpool’s Best Eleven?

Three games in six days represents a tough week for any team, even Liverpool. A midweek date with Ancelotti's "Galacticos Mark II" was never going to be plain sailing, and the distraction (albeit a welcome one) of playing the planet's biggest club, made team selection for Saturday's league match (against Hull) all the more...

Istanbul Re-Union from 5Times!

PRESS RELEASE October 28th 2014 COME AND CELEBRATE THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST NIGHT IN LIVERPOOLS HISTORY WITH THE MEN THAT MADE IT HAPPEN. Ask any Liverpool fan to name the greatest match in the club’s illustrious history and the chances are they’ll say ‘Istanbul’. Well Istanbul comes to the Echo Arena Liverpool for an...

Rodgers vs The Committee – Is It Only A Matter Of Time?

We’re all experts when it comes to transfers aren’t we? Whether you are an armchair scout who watches hours of football or a more casual fan who relies on YouTube clips, the chances are you have an opinion on who you think the club should buy. As a result, you simply can’t understand why...

The Case for the Defence: Part 1, ‘The back 5 of Liverpool’

Last week, on the 'Jumpers for Goalposts' pod in one of our more serious moments, we took a look at the travails of the Liverpool defence...notice please, I specifically say 'defence', not 'back four', 'central pairing' or other, more targeted breakdown. There is a reason for this, and one that surprisingly perhaps, when having...

Liverpool’s Catch-22 Season

One of the Webster definition’s for Catch-22 goes like this ‘a difficult situation for which there is no easy or possible solution’. Does it sound vague?  Let’s just make that simple by invoking Liverpool FC 2014/15. After all, the team this season is riddled with Catch-22 situations. Let’s start with the building block of the...

Liverpool FC’s Need For Speed

After the past few weeks... well, for the majority of this season so far, actually, Liverpool's performances from the 13/14 season seem like a lifetime ago. The qualities going forward that overwhelmed every defence they came up against have dramatically fallen. The defence has obviously been the talking point over the past few weeks. With...

Me, My Opinions about Liverpool and My Rear End

Opinions eh! They are like.... You know the rest and yes, we all have them. Especially those of us who crave the attention enough to write or talk about Liverpool on the many wonderful websites and podcasts there are at the moment. I'm one of them, of course I am, here I am writing about my...

Liverpool’s Defensive Shambles – Who is to Blame?

Fabio Aurelio, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher and Alvaro Arbeloa. Now that was a solid back four. You felt confident going into games under Benitez with those four at the back. Well organised by Carragher, and Hyypia read the game magnificently. Time to stop drooling folks and wipe that smile of your face as that...

Defending Mario Balotelli

Apparently the time it takes for a player to be completely written off is getting smaller. Balotelli has made just eight appearances for Liverpool since his summer time switch from AC Milan and already the lively Italian is a flop, a failure, garbage to be jettisoned as quickly as possible. We’ve been here before...

PODCAST: QPR 2 Liverpool 3 | Post Match Fan Call In

The Nina Kauser Show - Post Match Fan Call In for QPR 2 Liverpool 3 Date: 19th October 2014 Brand New show where Nina Kauser, of Liverbirds fame, hosts a post-match call in for listeners as they share their views in the aftermath of the QPR Vs Liverpool game. She is joined by Gags Tandon and James...

Liverpool v Real Madrid Preview – Opposition Scouting Report

From Champions League group stage debutants Ludogorets Razgrad, to the most successful team in the history of the competition, Real Madrid; Liverpool’s return to the European elite has thrown up a mixed bag of a group which will see the defending champions roll up at Anfield on Wednesday evening. It should be one of those...

Liverpool vs QPR Preview | Lallana vs Fer Stats Comparison

Sturridge has been Hodged, Sterling has been Hodged and well we've all be Hodged in recent months. Regrettably the Hodging has yet to finish this year with one more international break to come in November.  Liverpool have 7 vital games before then including a double-header against European Champions Real Madrid and Chelsea at home....

Progressing at Pace : Sterling must be Praised and Protected

Raheem Sterling’s rise to prominence over the past 12 months will likely see the young talent sign a lucrative new contract at LFC in the coming weeks, however, the pace of the forward’s progression has also seen him burdened with great responsibility at the age of just 19. Having suffered a disjointed start to the...

Skrtel: Taking control – Lovren’s Injury Heaps Pressure on Slovakian

This Summer's transfer window was all about improving our defence. We learned first hand, and harshly, last year that our defence had to be worked on, and dramatically. There were numerous incidents where our mistakes at the back left us with memories that we really don't want to recollect or repeat. And even when we...

In-Depth Analysis: What’s Wrong with Liverpool FC this Season?

What a difference a summer break makes. Brendan Rodgers had Liverpool playing some of the best attacking football the Premier League had ever seen during the latter stages of last season, but now the Northern Irishman is facing question marks over his credentials and player signing policy. Seemingly, Liverpool have morphed into an ugly...

Stock-Taking: Liverpool’s Welcome Break

Seven games into the season and we've arrived at the second international break already. Ordinarily, I have no time for these most unwelcome of interuptions to weekend life. Like most Reds, and fans of other clubs I'm sure, the highlight of my weekend is watching club football. It's what we look forward to, what...

A Pause For Thought | What Liverpool FC and the Supporters Need To Do

Unwelcome though international breaks usually are for many Liverpool supporters, this time may be different. While it may be argued that  the momentum of a much welcome win against West Brom may be lost as a result of the break, this will be more than offset by the benefits of recuperation time and hopefully...

Is there still time & energy for an advanced role in Steven Gerrard?

When you think of the best moments in Steven Gerrard's career, you think of a few years ago, and back towards the Istanbul days. The further forward, higher up the pitch, scoring goals, getting in good positions, type of role that he took on so well, and made him one of the most legendary...

The Mario Balotelli Argument | A Bipolar View

Now I’m not the biggest Mario Balotelli fangirl, you only have to listen to my debut on the AnfieldIndex podcast to know my sentiments on ‘Super Mario’ (by the way I’d never call him that). I couldn’t quite understand the mass hysteria around this signing from our fans. Yeah he’s a big name in...

Will England Damage Liverpool’s Goods?

'Woy' Hodgson named another England squad today in front of the less-than-excited media, as the up-coming European qualifiers against San Marino and Estonia approach. I awaited the news - not particularly eagerly - and rather typically, sighed when I read Raheem Sterling's name on the team sheet. Following Sturridge's injury whilst on international duty, it's...

Coutinho: The Future of Liverpool’s Number Ten

Liverpool's number 1o may not be best suited for the role of his number. The performance of Stewart Downing in the number ‘10’ position against Liverpool made a few people take note of how the personnel tasked with making that position work is forever changing in the Premier League. Examples of teams playing a quicker...

Liverpool vs West Brom including and Mignolet vs Foster Comparison

A new month and hopefully a new start for Liverpool in the Premier League, as West Bromwich Albion travel to Anfield for Liverpool’s first 3 o’clock kick off of the season on Saturday. September should have been a month to remember for Liverpool as they re-entered the UEFA Champions League after a 5 year...

A Matter of Patience | Liverpool FC

Patience is a virtue and we want everything instantly - not in a minute, not in a day or so, we want it now. Or at least it appears to be that way. It is true the season has not got off to the best of starts and Liverpool's Champions League return didn't start overly...

Jumpers For Goalposts Podcast: What’s Going On? Remembering Shankly

Jumpers For Goalposts: Episode 1 Date: 30th September, 2014 Welcome to another new Podcast from anfieldindex.com this time with the older generation. Jan Gorski-Mescir and Brian Durand bring to you the first ever Jumpers For Goalposts with guests Micahel von Herff and, Football Editor of The Times, Tony Evans. They discuss what's going on at Liverpool FC right...

“We Are…Liverpool?”: Tactical Analysis of 2014/15 So Far

May 11th, 2014. A dejected, defeated side trundled around Anfield. A side emotionally drained, physically battered, and wallowing in their failed bid for glory. Liverpool had defeated Newcastle United that day 2-1, going behind from a Martin Skrtel own-goal in the first half which was rectified by a successive goals from two Daniels; Agger...

Liverpool FC: A Case For The Defence?

If ever there was a good time (and there are many) to cut off contact with Twitter it was on the final whistle after Liverpool’s defeat to West Ham. The post-defeat staple diet of hysterical over reaction, scape-goating and abuse aimed at players was served up in super-size helpings. A comment that ‘Brendan Rodgers...

Anfield Index PODCAST Episode 46: Attacking The Attack!

Episode 46 - Attacking The Attack Date: 30th September, 2014 There's never any shortage of drama in the Merseyside Derby and this weekend's didn't fail to disappoint. What looked like another winning goal in the derby from Captain Fantastic was quashed with a Bolt From The Blue. Joining Gags Tandon today are Jim Fishlock, Daniel Rhodes and Ryan McTernan....

Adam Lallana Showing the Signs of Successfully Slotting into Liverpool

A Merseyside derby win would have been the perfect catalyst for Liverpool to get going on winning run, especially when the performance was better than what is has been in recent weeks. However, no one can be blamed for the uncharacteristic goal that Phil Jagielka pulled out the hat. 99 times out of 100, that...