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The most omnipresent of all the biases that affect fantasy football managers is their support for their own club. The temptation to load up your team with the maximum number of players from your club, or to optimistically, naively, hope for upturns in form is an affliction that only the most stubbornly ambitious managers overcome. With that […]
Football fans are fickle. Liverpool fans seem even more so. Even as I type this out at half-time of our friendly against Wigan, there has been one peak example. Whilst receiving a square ball about 6 yards out from his net, Karius slipped and almost allowed a tap in for a Wigan striker. He recovered, […]
England’s 1966 all conquering World Cup Winners (I am Welsh this hurts still), had a side that were classed as wingless wonders due to their unconventional lack of width within the side. Moving on fifty years, tactics and formations have changed, but looking at the likely players and the side’s formation, Liverpool also have, bar […]
When Mamadou Sakho claimed Liverpool’s number 3 squad number on Monday morning, curious Liverpool fans glancing down the squad list were perhaps most disappointed when reminded about the incumbent of one shirt in particular – James Milner and the number 7. The previous holder of that shirt had been the magical Luis Suarez, one of very […]
The picture below was posted on Social Media recently. It’s of Jurgen Klopp holding a tactics board while talking to the squad during preseason. It’s a picture that has generated a lot of debate on Twitter with fans talking about how the team lined up on the board. Depending on how you view it will […]
The Liverpool Echo, more specifically James Pearce, recently published an article informing Liverpool fans that Jurgen Klopp no longer had an interest in Bayern Munich’s Mario Gotze and he was happy with his attacking options moving forward into the new season. Given the Reds were looking to bring in Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe and Rennes’ Ousmane […]
Football blurs logic. In most walks of life when you say somebody is experienced at a job it means they have firsthand experience in that role, it doesn’t mean they’re just getting on age wise. Yet in football there seems to be a misconception that when a player in their late 20’s/early 30’s joins a […]
Helpless Is there any worse feeling for a football fan than knowing your team may be losing one of its stars, one of the most vital cogs in the machine?  All we can do is get our latest updates on what’s going on behind the scenes, hoping the player realises he can’t leave our club, […]
Mario Balotelli – one of the biggest enigma’s in world football. Balotelli and his ‘potential’ have been talked about now for years. This article won’t be looking at stats because quite frankly they do not show the real Balotelli, this is just my view. The harsh reality for Mario is, he is 25 and soon […]
With silly season in full flow, there’s much debate to be had over how Jürgen Klopp is going to strengthen his team for the upcoming season, with new signing’s demanded by the Liverpool faithful. However, surely when considering a signing, you need to establish what you’ve already got in each position. Therefore, decision’s must be […]
