Missed Opportunity
With the opening weekend of the 2023-24 Premier League season just days away, Liverpool currently only have four fit natural options in midfield ahead of their clash with Chelsea on Sunday.
Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic are both not expected to be available for selection by the weekend, leaving Jurgen Klopp with just Alexis...
Liverpool's Van Dijk Admits "Still Work to Do" After Thrilling Pre-Season Loss to Bayern Munich
In a heated pre-season fixture against Bayern Munich, Liverpool's defence showed both brilliance and lapses that left the LFC captain Virgil van Dijk declaring that there is "still work to do." Despite leading twice, the Reds succumbed to a 4-3...
Florentino Luis: A Scouting Report
Born on August 19, 1999, Florentino Luis, often referred to as simply Florentino, is a dynamic defensive midfielder, who first garnered attention while playing for SL Benfica's youth academy in Portugal. In recent years, he's become an increasingly prominent figure on the pitch and in the transfer market.
Performance Overview
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This is the best Liverpool side of the Premier League era.
There seems such little controversy in that, yet five years ago, the Reds were in a mire, in freefall after another debilitating second place finish that saw their star striker depart. It was debilitating because there was no recovery, no tactical acumen, no leading...
It’s been a long, long time. Too long in fact.
Javier Mascherano was the last of the Liverpool midfielders that really liked to put the boot in, that engaged in the dark arts of utter sh*thousery, doing the dirty work to make his more electrifying counterparts sparkle.
Now, that mantle has been well and truly taken....
Having spent £40m on Fabinho this summer, some fans would’ve expected him to come straight into the starting eleven and offer a blanket to the back-four we’ve not seen since the days of Javier Mascherano.
Crunching into tackles and feeding the ball to his teammates higher up the pitch, his inclusion would bring Liverpool to...
It’s two days after the Champions League final and the dissection of the game has barely even ended. The discussion, as these discussions are wont to do, turns to the state of Liverpool’s squad after what has been a very exciting but ultimately unsuccessful season – at least in terms of silverware.
As heated debates...
With the season just around the corner many fans have started naming their 'Dream XI' for the season ahead. Sometimes you'll see these though and think yeah that'd be boss on Football Manager or Fifa. This is real life though and you have to consider the tactics and the shape. In the last week...
Shouts for a defensive-midfielder (or more commonly termed as ‘DM’) has never been louder than it has in the summer of 2015. Gone were the days of having a defensive stalwart in midfield – the days of Graeme Souness, Dietmar Hamann, and Javier Mascherano. Varieties of midfielders have since occupied the deepest spot in...
The weekend saw Liverpool's run of abject form continue, as they slumped to a fourth consecutive defeat, further extending their winless run in the Premier League. Not since an injury time own goal spared the Reds' blushes at Loftus Road on 19th October, have Liverpool recorded three points. In fact, a last gasp home...
