Firmino
Spatial awareness is defined as “the ability to be aware of oneself in space”. Positional awareness is defined as “the understanding of positions of objects within an environment”. For me a player can have all the ability with a ball at their feet, but to become truly elite, they must have excellent positional and spatial […]
Alan Pardew, another manager who divides opinion, brings his Crystal Palace side to Anfield on the back of a good start to the season, albeit more inconsistent in recent weeks. The Eagles have won two, drawn one, and lost three of their previous six, although they were unlucky not to beat Manchester United last weekend. […]
Liverpool stretched their unbeaten run to twelve games with victory against FC Rubin (Rubin Kazan to you and I). It’s the third successive win for the Reds under Jurgen Klopp and leaves them in a good position to qualify from their Europa League group. Klopp made his intentions clear by flying a strong side out […]
Jurgen Klopp hasn’t had it easy since taking over as Liverpool boss. He’s had to cope with an injury crisis of unparalleled proportions. It’s not often you have your three first choice strikers out injured as well as your captain. Not only this though, he’s had to put up with the British media way of […]
The Klopp era has well and truly begun as Liverpool beat Chelsea to win away from home for the first time after going behind since beating Leicester last December. Klopp is now unbeaten in his first five games as Liverpool manager and here’s hoping the undefeated streak continues! Simon Mignolet – 6 Apart from being beaten by […]
Prior to kick-off against Bournemouth there was an article from the Daily Mail on Roberto Firmino. I won’t share the link because it’s not worth your time but in this piece the writer states how our newest Brazilian is failing to live up to the hype, how he’s had ample chances to impress (he states […]
Liverpool’s recent feeder club (if feeder means selling over-rated, over-priced or over-aged players, while you turn away after doing the deal, laughing in hysterics) Southampton visit Anfield for Jürgen Klopp’s first league match at home. Koeman’s Saints recently turned Chelsea over, at Stamford Bridge, to claim their third win in five matches. While the visitors only […]
One of the biggest issues that Klopp faces this season is how to fit in all of his best players into the team; his philosophy requires width, pace, penetration and a strong four-man defence, he also likes to employ a 4-2-3-1 formation that allows for quick counter-attacks with width, and offers rigidity and solidity when […]
The Klopp effect, the Gen-Gen Pressing machine, the German Maestro’s organised mayhem. Hyperbole had been thrown around for a week in preparation for the enigmatic German’s arrival, and much had been made of Klopp’s tactics in the lead-up to the away trip to White Hart Lane. “A wild one” was the phrase that stirred already […]
There’s an ever increasing trend for sports journalists to ridicule fans that have broadened their horizons and taken an interest in leagues other than the Premier League. There’s no clear reason for this, maybe they’re annoyed that their articles filled with inaccuracies are getting called out by fans these days. It’s hard to pull the […]
