Andrew Beasley Column
What xG Can’t Tell You Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Brentford last weekend was a travesty. Or at least it was if you choose to live and die by expected goals as your means of adjudication, with FBRef deeming it the joint-sixth most unjust result in the 2023/24 Premier League. Still, at least it wasn’t Aston […]
Late Drama in Liverpool’s League Clash Liverpool’s last league game ended in Late Drama, with both sides scoring in the Final Minutes (plus stoppage time) of the match. Yet it needn’t have turned out that way with some Sharp Finishing. Reds’ Sharp Finishing Secures Point In the Reds’ 1-1 draw at Luton on Sunday, four […]
Liverpool’s Impressive 3-0 Win Over Nottingham Forest While Liverpool didn’t have to be at their very best to beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 last weekend, there were a number of decent performances across the team. The whole squad deserves tremendous credit for playing so well in the immediate aftermath of the dreadful news regarding Luis Díaz’ […]
The Art of the Soundbite Bill Shankly was the master of the soundbite, the one-liner, the quip. Imagine how he’d be on Twitter in 2023, with Everton struggling every year. Even their own fans want to draw the curtains when they’re playing these days. Jürgen Klopp also has a way with words, which is all […]
VAR in Premier League Football As the below video will tell you, it is the time of VAR, and it has been for quite some time. The Premier League introduced the Video Assistant Referee process ahead of the 2019/20 season, ah, memories. This means that, as of now, there have been 1,559 matches played with […]
Liverpool’s Pre-Season Preparations: A Mixed Bag Liverpool’s pre-season preparations for the 2023/24 campaign continued Wednesday with an entertaining 4-3 loss to Bayern Munich. While it’s pointless to read too much into friendlies, the same old positives (going forward) and negatives (the defending) from last season were in full effect. In the Reds’ last five matches […]
Klopp’s Forward Selection Conundrum Liverpool’s attack has been in fine form during the early weeks of pre-season, even if some of the defending has clearly been below the required standard. Jürgen Klopp has five senior forwards from which to select his front three, and the quintet all registered a goal and/or assist this summer by […]
How are your dopamine levels, Liverpool fans? Those of you who live for transfers must have enjoyed a sweet, sweet hit last weekend when the Reds announced the signing of RB Leipzig midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. It’s early in the transfer window, granted, but at the time of writing only Tottenham have a bigger net spend […]
The summer is a wonderful time. You can soak up the warm weather and speculate on what the hell your football team of choice will look like next season. There are so many question marks hanging over Liverpool that Jürgen Klopp might as well dress like The Riddler. Is the tactical shift he implemented for […]
“Confusion in her eyes that says it all, she’s lost control.” The opening line of She’s Lost Control by Joy Division often came to mind when watching Jürgen Klopp watching his Liverpool side in 2022/23. The Reds’ manager was at times stood on the touchline, a bewildered expression plastered across his face as he failed […]
