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Attacking Midfielders That Could Thrive Under Arne Slot: Wirtz, Palmer, Rodgers, Musiala!

Attacking Midfielders That Could Thrive Under Arne Slot: Wirtz, Palmer, Rodgers, Musiala!

Another podcast preview is as Dave Hendrick dives into the market for attacking midfielders and players who could move to Liverpool if the opportunity arises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DAILY RED: FRIMPONG FEELINGS COMING THROUGH

DAILY RED: FRIMPONG FEELINGS COMING THROUGH

Dave Davis runs through all the latest LFC stories of the Arsenal game and looks at the latest transfer rumours and news around Liverpool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alonso Leaving Leverkusen: Two Footed Extra Time

Alonso Leaving Leverkusen: Two Footed Extra Time

Dave looks at today's news & gossip as Xabi Alonso announced he's leaving Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rival Recon: Liverpool vs Arsenal 24/25

Rival Recon: Liverpool vs Arsenal 24/25

Rival Recon returns as the Reds face Arsenal this weekend. Joining Hari is Kaya Kaynak of TifoFootball to discuss the game and Arsenal's season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan Molby On Adam Wharton's Phenomenal Ability & Arsenal Preview!

Jan Molby On Adam Wharton's Phenomenal Ability & Arsenal Preview!

Molby On The Spot Live: Trev Downey and Jan Molby reflect on Adam Wharton's potential and whether he could be the perfect midfield signing for Liverpool next season. They also preview what to expect against Arsenal on Sunday, with a final conclusion on how Slot and Liverpool will look to close the season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool FC’s Set Pieces for 13-14 Analysed

"Liverpool awarded a free-kick." "Liverpool get a corner." For a split second you are delighted at the chance of setting up a threatening goal opportunity. Then, just as quickly as you think this, you realise you support Liverpool and automatically slump back into your seat and just wait for the inevitable front post clearance from the opposition. I don’t...

A night with Barnes, Aldridge and McAteer in Birmingham – 6th March!

  Fancy attending a gala-dinner event (Curry served at your table!) with Liverpool legends John Barnes, John Aldridge & Jason McAteer? The night will be hosted by BBC Asian Network's Noreen Khan! Listen to the legends speak about their careers and also, if you're lucky, get to ask your own question. Bring along any memorabilia you want...

Liverpool Vs Oldham – Part 3 | FA Cup Preview

The FA Cup returns to Anfield for the first time since Stewart Downing sent the Reds to Wembley scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory over Stoke in March 2012 as you should know Liverpool went on to play in the Final that year unfortunately losing to Chelsea. The Opponents The 3rd Round draw saw Liverpool...

Liverpool FC: It’s all about perspective

With 2013 coming to an end, and as people strive to make New Years Resolutions, I find myself looking at some of the reaction to Liverpool defeats on the various social media outlets and forums that I sometimes wonder when all the common sense went out of being a football fan? Don't get me wrong,...

Is Simon Mignolet Good Enough? Compared to Cech, De Gea, Howard & Szczesny

It was the season to be jolly, until Boxing Day, when Alvaro Negredo's awkward strike was helped into the back of the net by Simon Mignolet's hand and gifted Manchester City three points, prompting mass hysteria on Twitter - as always seems to be the case these days. "He isn't good enough!" and "Bring back...

AI Podcast 7: Christmas Hazard

Episode 7: Christmas Hazard Date: 30th December, 2013 The team focus on reviewing the two losses over Christmas and players that aren't performing tactically and statistically whilst also covering the January Transfer Window! Gags (AnfieldIndex) reviews the away games this season and how different the two Christmas games actually were in comparison to other games this season. Jim Fish...

Brendan Rodgers | Stepping Out of The Shadows

Picture the scene… Liverpool dismisses an iconic club legend from the post as manager. The outrage is at full tilt, and the fractions amongst the support get wider and wider. The new manager is relatively young, he’s fresh faced and full of idea’s and he’s just walked into one of the biggest clubs in the world. He...

Manchester City 2 Liverpool 1 | In-depth Match Review

Trade offs have been mentioned a number of times in this tactical column. That is largely because they are such a key part to football. Teams cannot fully control all areas of a game. If you press high, you leave space behind. If you defend deep, you leave space in front. If you play...

Drop Coutinho? No-No-No!

It wouldn't surprise anyone if defeat at the Etihad was to be the result for all nineteen visiting teams this season. However not many will walk away from facing Manchester City in their home ground with the praise that Liverpool are receiving. Liverpool continued to play the excellent press and counter football that worked...

Liverpool 3-1 Cardiff City | In-depth Tactical Review

It's hard to say what position Liverpool are really in in terms of what they can challenge for at the end of the season. At the time of writing there are 2 points between 1st and 5th. Such is the compactness in points, results and general form within the current top five, it's difficult...

Liverpool FC: Christmas Number 1

First of all I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from myself and the rest of the AI team. I hope you are enjoying reading this on your shiny new devices or on your trusty old ones. Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool have given the fans the best Christmas present that they...

AI Podcast 6: Top Of The League For Christmas!

Episode 6: Top Of The League At Christmas Date: 24th December, 2013 Top of the League for Christmas! The team review the Cardiff game and have stats for Sterling and Henderson's form. Suarez's contract is discussed as well as previewing the two massive games over Christmas with Manchester City and Chelsea. The group finally talk about the...

Liverpool 3 Cardiff City 1 | Review and Match Stats

Liverpool pranced to the top of the Premier League this Saturday as the Reds beat Cardiff City 3-1 to continue the Merseysiders impressive form. The game was one of two halves with Liverpool effectively winning the game inside the first forty-five minutes to set up a rather dull and less energetic second half. The...

The Ghost of Christmas Past | From Hodgson to Rodgers

'Tis the season to be jolly. Jolly that the Brendan Rodgers era is starting to move through the gears. Jolly that the cynicism that has plagued Liverpool over the past 3 years is starting to eradicate. Jolly that we have a set of owners who put their neck on the line for a striker that...

Jekyll, Hyde and Liverpool FC | An Analysis of Two Performances

When the fixture list was revealed at the start of the season, December was always going to be a difficult month for Liverpool and the plan was clearly to secure points in the preceding weeks allowing the Reds to maybe drop harder ones at Spurs, Man City and Chelsea around Christmas. As we got...

Liverpool Vs Cardiff City | Match Preview

Following a very happy trip to the nation's capital last weekend and Luis Suarez signing a long term contract, Liverpool will host Cardiff City at Anfield in Saturday's lunch time kick off. It will be the first time since 19th December 1959 that the two sides have met in the league at Anfield, which happened...

Mamadou Sakho: Probation is over!

Mamadou Sakho arrived at Liverpool in the summer as a highly rated talent. He had with a decent spell at PSG under his belt (151 Ligue 1 Games) and is now moving back up the pecking order in the French National Team after playing in every age group for U16;. £15 million seems like...

AnfieldIndex PODCAST Episode 5: Death BY Football

Episode 5: Death BY Football Date: 18th December, 2013 This week the AnfieldIndex Podcast welcomed special guests @pauldalglish and @BrianDurand56 as regulars @DanKennett, @DaveHendrickTLW, @AnfieldIndex and host @JohnRitchie84 dissect the fabulous 5-0 drubbing of Spurs! Some analysis was done on Liverpool's brilliant pressing game at the Lane as well as match stats. We also speak about Stevie G's position...

Tottenham 0 Liverpool 5 | Review and Match Stats

Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness all sat in the Sky Sports studio at White Hart Lane with smirks breaking through and praise gushing from their mouths. There were a lot of smiling scousers when the final whistle finally blew to draw the curtain down on what was a devastating show of Anfield...

Midfield the Key on the Road for Liverpool | Stats Analysis

From the very first day we all got our hands on the season’s fixture list, the run of three consecutive away games in December stood out as season defining right from the off: Tottenham (Away), Man City (Away), Chelsea (Away). Now that Liverpool are on the eve of venturing into this testing period, December’s away days status as...

Tottenham Vs Liverpool | Player Watch

This Sunday see’s the Red Men travel down to North London to face Andre Villas-Boas' Tottenham Hotspur. Liverpool have not managed to pick up a single point from White Hart Lane in 5 premier league visits while also losing a league cup tie there during this period.  Liverpool’s last win at the Lane came...

How do the Reds cure their White Hart Pain?

Neil Poole ponders Liverpool’s habit of falling asleep away at Tottenham Hotspurs and how it has led to nightmare displays. I had a bad dream last night. I was being chased by a 30 foot cockerel down the High Road towards Seven Sisters tube station. It had a booming cockney voice and it was mocking me...

Jon Flanagan: Do his performances warrant an extended run in 1st team?

Jon Flanagan has been a regular in the Liverpool side ever since starting at right wing-back in the Premier League game against Arsenal in early November. Since then, Flanagan has been swapped over to the left due to Jose Enrique being ruled out after picking up an injury. The Liverpool-born full back has been...

‘SCS’ Suarez-Coutinho-Sturridge | Permutations and combinations

(Please note that the article revolves around Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge and Phillipe Coutinho. Whenever I refer a group of players as ‘the trio’ or ‘the three’ I am referring to those three players. ) No matter which part of the world you’re in or what time of the day it is, an hour prior...

The many facets of Rodgers’ Liverpool Managerial journey thus far

Brendan Rodgers is now coming close to the midway point of his second season as the manager of Liverpool Football Club. It's fair to say that this duration should suffice for most of the club's supporters, if not all, to ascertain what his strengths are and conversely what traits of his that haven't strengthened...

#AIPodcast – An apology

It has been brought to our attention that, during a recent episode of the Anfield Index Podcast, one of our opposition guests made reference to a certain "newspaper" during the preview section for the West Ham game. The Anfield Index in no way condones any mention of said "newspaper" and we sincerely apologise for the...

AnfieldIndex PODCAST Episode 4: The Future is Bright The Future is RED

Episode 4: The Future is Bright The Future is RED Date: 11th December, 2013 This week we are joined by special guest @DJSpoony to talk all things Liverpool FC. The team wax lyrical over Luis Suarez, discuss Joe Allen's performances and have all the fall out from Steven Gerrard's lengthy spell on the sidelines. @AnalyseSport debuts on the show...

Joe Allen | One for the future, as well as right now

Wednesday 4th December 2013 was a great night for Liverpool Football Club and in particular for Luis Suarez. Four wonderful goals from the Uruguayan wizard and a very solid and professional job done by the whole team. Quite rightly, Luis Suarez went home with the Man of the Match award and all the plaudits. However,...

Suso | A Complete Stats Analysis of his loan so far

“I think that he has everything needed to succeed there. He can dribble well and does have great vision. He could be effective playing in the middle. "He can score goals. He likes to go into the area as part of the second wave. I think they have signed a jewel.”  Former Cadiz youth team...

Sterling silver or another dull show piece?

After bursting onto the Premier League scene last season, a year on Raheem Sterling seems to have slipped under the radar a little bit. He's only made three starting appearances so far in the premier league and has come off the bench six times to accumulate a grand total of 370 minutes played. This...