Daniel Rhodes and Paul Dalglish have a detailed look at a day in the life of a football manager - with topics including: early morning preparation and meetings with the coaching staff; adjusting sessions to suit individuals; video analysis of the previous match with players; picking the team the day before a match; and the nervous wait when playing on the evening of a gameday.
It's the international break and that always seems to be a good time to take a look at the state of the squad, what their chronic loads are and how many minutes each have played. Gags Tandon speaks to Simon Brundish about Liverpool's Crunch Time... the next five games being so important in their quest to qualify for the Champions League next season and the huge quarter-final games against Manchester City this season.
Subscribers also sent in questions about:
- Managing the front three in the next five games
- Mona Nemmer's nutritional work at the club
- The difference made by the new physiotherapy and sports science teams
- How VVD's fitness is doing
- A look at the right-backs
- The effect on the squad if Emre Can is out injured
Get all of this and more on the latest AI Pro + Podcast.
In the concluding part of this double episode of The Interview, Trev Downey talks to Ronnie Whelan about the rebuilding of Liverpool in the late 80s under Kenny Dalglish. Ronnie talks about the great side of that era, the similarities between them and the current Liverpool set-up under Jürgen Klopp and has some fantastic stories about the trophies won, and lost, in that era, culminating in the last league title to come to Anfield, in 1990. The conversation continues with a look at how injury impaired his remaining years at the club and the painful and somewhat shabby way in which his days at LFC ended. There’s also a very entertaining discussion about Ronnie’s time in the most successful Ireland sides in history.
On this week’s Media Matters, Gags Tandon & Nina Kauser speak with Ali Khaled, editor of Four Four Two Arabia and a Liverpool supporter too. Ali gives his expert take on the impact Mo Salah has made at Liverpool from the Arabian point of view.
Having followed Salah's career Ali talks about what his expectations of the Egyptian were at Anfield, how significant his success so far has been for the Arab nations and how Liverpool FC's profile can grow in the Middle East. Ali then talks about other talents that could follow in Salah's footsteps as well as whether or not the Premier League's top-scorer should be in line for the major awards this season.
All this and more on Media Matters.
On this episode of Molby On The Spot, The Great Dane returns and is in great form as he and host, Trev Downey, reflect on the recent demolition of Watford and the contribution of Mo Salah. Needless to say, the looming Champions League quarter-final gets discussed, as does the baffling controversy around Reds fans creating an atmosphere. As promised, Jan has the inside track on the Reds’ potential move for Alisson and there’s even a bit of time for a quick chuckle at Jose Mourinho’s expense.
Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team of Dan Kennett, Simon Brundish and Daniel Rhodes onto another edition of AI Under Pressure Podcast. This week they discuss Mohamed Salah's exploits in front of goal after another record-breaking performance where he scored four of Liverpool's five goals against Watford.
They discuss the on-ball stats highlights including xG analysis. A lengthy discussion on Mo Salah's goals and Si compares Mo Salah's goal scoring to brilliant strikers of the past for context on how good he actually is. Dan Kennett also has some analysis on the improvement in defence since Van Dijk joined.
Plenty of analysis on the off-ball side too with Roberto Firmino dominating once again!
In the first part of this double-episode of The Interview, Trev Downey speaks to Ronnie Whelan about his early days as a serial triallist, the influence of his father, the move to Bob Paisley’s Liverpool and those initial Merseyside days of digs and loneliness. Ronnie talks about his very sudden and permanent move into the first team alongside the likes of Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness, winning the league at his first attempt and scoring TWICE in the League Cup final victory of that campaign. The chat continues as Trev asks Ronnie to document those remarkably successful early seasons up to The Double-winning campaign of ’85/’86 and including a remarkable European Cup win in Rome in 1984.
Tonight’s celebratory St. Patrick’s Day RAW has two extra-happy Irishmen basking in Grand Slam rugby glory and a Reds performance that left them purring. Trev Downey, Dave Hendrick and Hari Sethi had the very pleasant job of picking apart the 5-0 Anfield win against Watford that sent Liverpool into the international break in great form, thanks in major part to the goalscoring exploits of Mo Salah, whose forth strike on the night was his 33rd in only 41 games. As ever. the lads analyse the individual performances, key moments and goals, as Trev waited patiently for his first pint of Ireland’s national holiday.
Jurgen Klopp was in fiery form at his Melwood Press Conference today; Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon were on-hand for AI:PRO to dissect his answers. They also draw a line on last weeks loss and look forward to getting back on track with optimism for a win against Watford.
- Reaction to Champions League Draw (vs Man City)
- Klopp's fume at Everton scheduling
- Support The Ref Week, lack of respect?
- Watford, Key Statistics
- Lallana and Ox England Call-Ups
- Injury News & Predicted Lineup
- This Week on AI:PRO
Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast.
On this episode of Euro Incision, Nina is joined by Gabrielle Marcotti as the pair give their raw, unfiltered views on the Champions League Quarter-Finals draw. The duo discusses the match-ups between Barca v Roma, Seville v Bayern, Juve v Real Madrid and the tie of the round Liverpool v Manchester City. Gab shares his insight into the fixtures and offers his thoughts on how Klopp can be victorious against Pep's City.
All this and more on this episode of Euro Incision.
