Si is away so Darth hosts Hamzah and Dr Barts to review the Premier League games at Everton and West Ham. They also discuss the appointment of Arne Slot as new LFC manager
Part 1) Everton
* Team Selections and Gameplans
* Match summary and key stats: Possession, XG, XT, Big Chances, Shots, Shot Quality, Win%.
* Duels, Fouls and Set Piece analysis
* Analysing the LFC performance betweeen the goals
* LFC Game State analysis. Context with City/Arsenal.
* Why so little time spent winning? Defensive performance and scoring when tied discussion
Part 2) West Ham
* That LFC team selection
* Match Summary
* Where were the goals in that XI?
* Another opening goal conceded
* Better 2nd half?
* Klopp v Salah
Part 3) Arne Slot
* Reactions
* Style and tactics
* LFC use of data in the recruitment process. Team Strength models. Comparing apples with apples
Stats packs:
Everton: https://drbarts.quarto.pub/match-day-34/
West Hame: https://drbarts.quarto.pub/match-day-35/
Dave & Karl look at the Champions League with the semi-finals starting tonight & Wednesday. They also look at the Championship with the promotion picture being very interesting, and one club self sabotaging their season in a very strange manner.
Trev Downey and Dave Davis look at the facts and rumours circulating in the transfer market of both players and managers as it’s shaping up to be a mad summer!
A Liverbirds special as Gse Amy Kate and Randi try to get to grips with Klopp's shock announcement that he will leave LFC at the end of the season. They're not ready, but they try to look at some of the key moments of his tenure, highs & lows, what his legacy is likely to be, and focusing on the remaining games of the season.
On today's episode Dave doesn't reflect on the West Ham game! Because why would he? He looks at the Mo Salah news with the Egyptian star reportedly staying.
Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back and feeling a little bit bruised after an event that hasn’t happened since Paul Konchesky was the star of Roy Hodgson’s version of LFC. Meanwhile, as what has been an amazing ride under Jurgen Klopp stutters towards the end, it sounds like Liverpool have lined up his successor.
There are mixed feelings from fans about Arne Slot as the next boss of Liverpool but as Jay and Jim discuss, all they have been hearing – from people who know Dutch football and know Liverpool – points to him being exactly who the Reds need.
It certainly feels like there’s something to look forward to after a few weeks no Reds want to look back at. A rare derby defeat at Goodison Park has left the blue quarter of Liverpool parading around like they’ve won a trophy and the rest of us feeling like we’ve lost three.
Everton invited their neighbours to their now traditional just-avoided-relegation party this year, and Liverpool brought gifts. The neighbours will say they ended the Reds’ title hopes, but Liverpool were already done.
All good things must come to an end and in football they often end before they are mathematically impossible, so whilst at the time of recording there was still a theoretical chance of the title, the miracles required were way too far-fetched. Especially when one of them was for Liverpool to find their form again.
So Klopp wasn’t to get his fairy-tale ending, but maybe now the pressure is off and the players he puts out could try and entertain us instead of everyone else. Next up is a trip to West Ham, and our old mate David Moyes, so the potential is definitely there for the nightmare to continue. Especially if we dwell too much on the fact that there is still a mathematical chance that Liverpool don’t qualify for the Champions League.
It’s not the best of endings to the last season under the German, but it does still end with a trophy, and there is still time to settle some scores on the pitch.
