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With real football on hold until another international break gets itself out of the way, Jim Boardman and Jay Reid have a chance to go into a bit of detail on their love of the England national team. That doesn’t take long, at all, so the talk moves instead to a recently retired former Red best remembered for one kick and the joke that is social media player analysis by random training ground clip. There’s also a look ahead to the storm that follows all this calm and, as always, time for a quick laugh at goings on across the park.

On the latest Anfield Index Podcast Trev Downey, Lisa Marie Hanahan and Karl Coppack reflect on the derby's ups and downs, assess the transfer window and honestly evaluate their levels of optimism for the season ahead. Also, there's LSD chat, mountain climbing discourse and footwear analysis.

Dan Rhodes hosts Simon Brundish and Phil Barter to discuss the Reds' home draw with Crystal Palace. Topics include: Brief injury summary; tactics and line-ups; match summary; big chances and goals; basic pressing analysis; sending off and penalty shouts. cold streak in front of goal? In a performance which can only be described as a shambles, the team go through the line ups, game plans and match summary from tactical and statistical view point. They then split the game up into two: Until LFC subs: * Problems on both sides of the ball * LFC buildup * Problems off ball, Fulham right vs our left After first LFC subs: * Impact of Darwin * Change of approach All this and a lot more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast!

Dan Kennett hosts Simon Brundish and Daniel Rhodes, as well as some pre-recorded inserts from Phil Barter. Part one focuses on Liverpool, whereas the second part is all about the main ‘rivals’ for the title this season, topics include: 1) The unique nature of the season. How do we approach it? 2) Squad analysis. Do we have enough depth across the squad? What about our midfield? 3) How repeatable is last season? * Injuries. Volume and severity * VAR * Team level performance. Any red flags? Anything running hot and unsustainable? Where can we expect natural improvements? Where will we need positive skews to win the league? * Player level performance

Darth hosts Rhodesy, Barts and new signing Richard Cole to discuss what's new in football analytics and what you might be seeing and hearing about on social media next season. The lads discuss * Team Shape, including out of possession! * xT * Statsbomb upgrades * Opta upgrades * Goalkeeping analytics https://www.statsperform.com/opta-vision/ https://www.statsperform.com/resource/shape-analysis-automatically-detecting-formations/ https://statsbomb.com/articles/soccer/upgrading-expected-goals/ https://statsbomb.com/articles/soccer/statsbomb-360-exploring-line-breaking-passes/ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/04/evolving-expected-goals-xg/ https://goalkeeper.com/news-and-media/exclusives/post/shot-stopping-vs-shot-prevention

On this special RAW RETRO, Trev Downey, Dave Hendrick and Jim Boardman look back at the 1977 European Cup final in which The Reds beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 to bring Big Ears to Anfield for the very first time. A fun chat and analysis, this show revealed as many similarities with the modern Klopp era as it did cultural differences.

Daniel Rhodes hosts Dr Phil Barter for this one-off special ahead of the Champions League Final in Paris on Saturday evening. Topics include: Their stats record in the Champions League knockout stages How to exploit any potential flaws in their system Attacking and defensive performances, with detailed statistical analysis, of Real’s recent form Their trends for set pieces and where they will look to target Tactical breakdown of their likely approach and line-ups Liverpool’s likely line-ups, and how we manage the game based on various scenarios