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Post Match Raw: Squad Player Problems

Post Match Raw: Squad Player Problems

On the latest RAW Trev Downey, Dave Hendrick and Hari react to Liverpool's loss to Chelsea as the rotated side failed to perform, and some players especially missed their opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Gags Tandon Show: DRUNK CHAMPS

The Gags Tandon Show: DRUNK CHAMPS

Gags and Jack are back to discuss Liverpool’s loss to Chelsea but to be honest they don’t talk about it much and instead talk about how great it is to be PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DAVID LYNCH:  ELLIOTT & QUANSAH MISSED THEIR CHANCE | Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool reaction

DAVID LYNCH: ELLIOTT & QUANSAH MISSED THEIR CHANCE | Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool reaction

ELLIOTT & QUANSAH MISSED THEIR CHANCE | Chelsea 3-1 Liverpool reaction Liverpool's reign as Premier League champions started with a 3-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. A game that meant little to Arne Slot's men saw a much-changed team beaten by their Champions League-chasing hosts. But Reds reporter David Lynch believes the result should be an easy one for supporters to get over given the wider context. Here, he reflects on that, as well as the performances of the fringe players given a rare chance to impress. Check out this review of the game and make sure to leave your thoughts in the comment section below. For more Liverpool news, make sure you like and subscribe, and don't forget to follow David on X, Facebook and Bluesky @davidlynchlfc. You can also now find regular Liverpool updates, including exclusive transfer news, match analysis and more at Substack here: https://davidlynchlfc.co.uk#liverpool #lfc #premierleague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Palmer For The Ballon d'Or- Gameweek 35: The Final Whistle

Palmer For The Ballon d'Or- Gameweek 35: The Final Whistle

Nina is going solo to discuss gameweek 35 as Ben is sick. Liverpool lose to Champions league contenders, City are back in business and Arsenal have both eyes on PSG as they lose to Bournemouth. Ipswich and Leicester are playing for pride and United continue their poor form in the league. All this and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Arne Slot Post-Match Press Conference | Chelsea 3 - 1 Liverpool

Arne Slot Post-Match Press Conference | Chelsea 3 - 1 Liverpool

LFC Head Coach Arne Slot was speaking to the media about Liverpool's 3-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anfield Index Podcast Episode 15: Great Expectations

Episode 15: Great Expectations! Date: 24th February, 2014 Finally the #AIPodcast returns after a week off! This week we have the host @JohnRitchie84, @DaveHendrick_AI, @Jay82_LFC & @AnalyseSport analysing Liverpool's dramatic 4-3 win over Swansea! The Panel also analyse Liverpool's strike force and their defence as both are at the opposite ends of the spectrum! Optimism is running high but...

Attention Liverpool Fans, It’s time to Support & Believe

Gerrard is the reason we’re conceding so many goals… No, Johnson is the reason we’re conceding so many goals… No, Agger is the issue… Nope, it’s definitely Jon Flanagan’s fault… It’s definitely Kolo Toure being useless isn’t it. That’s the reason… Just listen to yourselves for a moment. Liverpool won a seven goal thriller to...

I’m on the Rodgers 12 point plan to Redemption

Are you with me? We are 12 league games away from something remarkable. The door to the riches of the Champions League is firmly open to us, it’s beckoning us in like the hostess of our favourite bar or nightclub. We would be foolish not to take up the offer, after all, who knows when...

Simon Mignolet: A potential problem averted

Summer signing Simon Mignolet slotted straight into the Liverpool setup, and has been one of the key players for the Reds so far this season. For goalkeepers, they're usually a commonly-used scapegoat for a lot of mishaps that go wrong in a campaign, especially those chasing the top places. As mentioned previously, not being in the...

Reject, Rewards & Rodgers

Whilst I appreciate that the title may be somewhat provocative if you look through the current Liverpool team, you will see many players who, at one point or another have been classed as rejects. In fact, from the team that played Fulham in the last Barclays Premier League game then there are only 3...

Home Sick: Why Liverpool Are Less Dominant Away From Anfield

Liverpool are remaking Anfield into a house of horrors for their rivals, losing only once at home this season. However, the club's away performances have lacked the same sort of conviction at times, especially against lesser sides, and as a result, Liverpool have a subpar away record that keeps them off the top of...

Rodgers’ Eleven: The Premier League Heist

A short, tanned and toned Northern Irishman sits at his desk looking at the remaining fixtures in front of him. He picks up his red fiber tip pen, and crosses out the latest of victims to fall to his mighty team. "Can we do it?" he thinks to himself, tapping his foot off the...

Is the Smart Money on Liverpool?

Four, long years. Four years of Champions League football wilderness, starting with the capitulation of the Rafa regime, continuing with Hodgeball and the return of the King, and most recently, an investment in what is fast becoming a special managerial talent in Brendan Rodgers. I’m circumventing a key issue in those four years, of course –...

Arsenal Vs Liverpool – FA Cup 5th Round Preview

The FA returns this weekend for the 5th round stage which will see all of the top 4 paired up in the draw with Chelsea travelling to the Etihad to face Manchester City and more importantly Liverpool travelling to the Emirates to face Arsenal for a place in the Quarter Finals and a step...

We’re Gonna Win The League

I have a stat for you… Liverpool, compared with the league table at the same stage in 2008/9, are actually closer to the top of the Premier League now than in that magnificent season. Cast your mind back to 08/09. It was, we thought, the time when most thought Liverpool would once again ascend to the...

Anfield Index Podcast Episode 14.5: Now You’re Gonna Believe Us!

Episode 14.5: Now You're Gonna Believe Us! Date: 12th February, 2014 Gags (@AnfieldIndex) and John Ritchie (@JohnRitchie84) sit down after the last gasp win against Fulham at Craven Cottage. There isn't much analysis, there aren't many stats but there's plenty of chatter about the game and some real belief from the Anfield Index Podcast? Could it be?...

Analysing Philippe Coutinho’s Masterclass vs Arsenal

After an all-action display of midfield dominance versus Everton, it’s fair to say that Philippe Coutinho underperformed in the following game against West Brom, so much so that many wanted him dropped for the game against Arsenal at home. Whilst he was largely anonymous at The Hawthorns he wasn't the only one, and the...

Liverpool’s Magical Attack vs Arsenal

Liverpool's attack is now being recognised as a complete and destroying movement. Although they are still at the heart, it's now not just the SAS who are being praised. As Liverpool power forward, everyone from the defensive midfielders forward are involved in how the Reds are just destroying the defences they come up against. The...

Searching for the Next Asian star | A chat with Ian Barrigan

Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Martin Kelly, Michael Owen. All of these former and current Liverpool players have something in common, they all came through the academy during Ian Barrigan's time at the club. Ian Barrigan is the head of local recruitment at the academy, this basically means he  goes out in Liverpool and the surrounding...

The Wool of Lime Street

Please note that this is a satirical short story, please read it with that in mind. “Seventy seven quid.” Gareth stared blankly at his train ticket lying in front of him, taunting him as he scanned the price over and over until it blurred into one blotch of ink. Lime Street return to Euston Station. Gareth knew...

Anfield Index Podcast 14: Football PORN

Episode 14: Football PORN Date: 10th February, 2014 This week the Anfield Index Podcast Team welcome back Dan Kennett and have a debut for Rebecca Parry to gush over the demolition of Arsenal, although Gags and Dan referred to it as "Football PORN". John Ritchie once again hosts the show whilst Dave Hendrick is a happy camper this...

Liverpool v Arsenal Preview | Key Men & Prediction

It is time for Brendan Rodgers to learn from his mistakes at the Emirates Stadium earlier in the season as Liverpool face Arsenal at Anfield. From the start of the reverse fixture back at the start of November it seemed that the Reds were on the back foot in the 3-5-2 formation they set up...

Joe ‘Welsh Xavi’ Allen: The solution to LFC’s midfield problems?

2013/2014 season, for Liverpool fans, has been a roller-coaster ride with the brilliance of Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez in the goal scoring department while Liverpool’s midfield has been exposed quite a lot this season by teams ranked below us. Joe Allen, playing with Lucas Leiva and Jordan Henderson in the middle 3, dominated the...

West Brom 1 Liverpool 1 | Review and Match Stats

West Brom took points off yet another top of the table rival as Liverpool were held to a lacklustre 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns. The visitors went ahead midway into the first half through Daniel Sturridge only for veteran defender Kolo Touré to gift an equaliser to West Brom via a powerful Victor Anichebe...

Anfield Index Podcast 13: Opportunity Lost

Episode 13: Opportunity Lost Date: 3rd February, 2014 This week the Anfield Index Podcast Team welcome Jay The Red from City Talk 1059 FM Radio (Jay Riley) to talk about the transfer window and Liverpool's poor performance against West Brom. John Ritchie once again hosts the show whilst Dave Hendrick goes off of a rant about the transfer...

The Curious Case of Luis Alberto

The Rules of Luis Alberto: "1st RULE: You do not play Luis Alberto. 2nd RULE: You DO NOT play Luis Alberto."   Okay, so maybe that is a bit harsh on Liverpool’s number 6, but in light of recent injuries, fans have been calling out for Brendan Rodgers to hand Luis Alberto Romero his first Premier League start...

Philippe Coutinho’s Touch of Class Dominated the Derby

There’s nothing like an intense derby match to separate the wheat from the chaff. An evening kick-off which stirred memories of those famous Anfield occasions under the lights, and a battle for bragging rights on the pitch, on the streets, in the pub, and most importantly, in the league table. The clichés rolled off...

Liverpool’s Best and Worst January Transfers

Transfer deadline day has just gone and I have decided to look back at Liverpool’s transfer dealing since the January window became compulsory in 2002/2003 picking my 5 worst deals followed by my 5 best deals made by Liverpool Football Club. The Worst 5: Mark Gonzalez Mark Gonzalez was regard as one of Chile’s brightest young talents...

West Brom vs Liverpool Preview | Sterling Vs Amalfitano Stats

Liverpool travel down to the West Midlands for a Super Sunday match against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns. The two teams head into this game after very different results in their local derbies last time out. Liverpool demolished local rivals Everton 4-0 at Anfield on Tuesday night,with Daniel Sturridge scoring 2 goals in the...

Martin Kelly: Recovery

Martin Kelly has returned from injury at the perfect time for Liverpool. Liverpool are currently experiencing a defensive crisis, with Mamadou Sakho, Daniel Agger, Jose Enrique, Glen Johnson and Sebastian Coates all out injured. This leaves Liverpool with just five fit regular first team defenders. Without Kelly, this number would fall to four. His return from...

Is it time to re-open the case for the defence?

Editors Note: This article was written before the thumping of Everton and does not include numbers from that game. Back in September I wrote a piece about Liverpool’s defence and how we were blessed with some excellent defenders. How were were able to almost mix and match our defenders if required and how, even with...

Liverpool 4 Everton 0 | In-depth Tactical Analysis

A fantastic result at home, matched by a superb performance that could and should have been rewarded with more goals. Game plan One of the main changes Rodgers made in this match was to shift his focus to an area of the pitch he has often left open this season - midfield. Rodgers, significantly in certain...

Liverpool 4 Everton 0 | Review and Match Stats

Liverpool took a giant leap towards the top four as they downed local rivals Everton 4-0 under a floodlit Anfield. Goals from Gerrard, Sturridge (x2) and Suárez consigned Everton to the worst Merseyside derby defeat since 1982. Lining up with almost the same personnel who started the Aston Villa game - replacing Glen Johnson with...

Anfield Index Podcast Episode 12: Owned

Episode 12: Owned Date: 29th January, 2014 The Anfield Index crew are buzzing after Liverpool defeat Merseyside rivals 4-0! John Ritchie is joined by Gags Tandon, Jim Fishlock and Dan Shephard as they express their amazement and go through the major statistics of the game. Download on iTunes (Only subscribers will receive new episodes immediately) Host: John Ritchie Guests: Dan Shephard, Gags Tandon...