Fullbacks

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Resurgence Continues in Style vs Brentford

Trent Alexander-Arnold: A Resurgence of Brilliance Since his challenging display at Old Trafford earlier this season, Trent Alexander-Arnold has silenced critics with consistently top-class performances. His most recent display against Brentford epitomised his resurgence. From dominating the right flank to his precision in the dying moments, Trent showcased why he is among the elite. Against...

Liverpool Fullbacks: Who Stays and Who Goes?

How Liverpool Should Address the Fullback Group After a dissection of the goalkeeping and central defenders currently residing at Anfield, now comes the opportunity to look at the fullbacks and the candidates for both inclusion and exclusion. The on and off ball characteristics of this 2023/24 season have been somewhat disruptive to the elite system...

Dave Hendrick: ‘Quansah looks like the absolute business’

SEO Header: Analyzing Liverpool's Rising Stars: Jarell Quansah and Joe Gomez Jarell Quansah's Impressive Trajectory at Liverpool Dave Hendrick from the Daily Red podcast offers a detailed analysis of Liverpool's young defender Jarell Quansah. "He looks like the absolute business," Hendrick asserts, praising Quansah's calmness and defensive prowess. He highlights Quansah's exceptional passing and aerial strength,...

The lack of full back cover at Liverpool is an uncalculated risk

Liverpool Football Club currently has quite possibly the best full-back pair in the world. Last season was record-breaking for both Trent-Alexander Arnold and Andrew Robertson. Shattering the assists records, while covering the flanks of the best defence in the league. Oh, and they also won the European Cup in one of the most memorable...

Liverpool’s Fullback Creativity and Recruitment Targets – Part 2

In Part 1, we took a deep dive into profiling and analysing Liverpool’s fullback creativity and whether it is sustainable – you can read it here. Here in Part 2, we’ll look at select recruitment targets who can meet our depth needs and tick boxes on the club’s philosophy, eye and analytics tests. Tyrell Malacia (20...

Liverpool’s Fullback Creativity and Recruitment Targets – Part 1

Liverpool’s Fullback Creativity and Recruitment Targets – Part 1 An analytical deep dive to profile Liverpool's fullback creativity and answer the question - is it sustainable? This season, Liverpool consistently lacked a midfield set-up that tasked a player to be a high performing creator and goal threat. That meant the absence of a midfielder to carry...

Key Stats As Reds Take Apart The Terriers

Liverpool took Huddersfield apart in one of their best performances of the season to move back to the top of the Premier League. But what are the key stats from an absolutely superb 5-0 win over the Terries at Anfield? Mo and Mané Battle For The Golden Boot Sadio Mané and Mo Salah continued their own...

Player Ratings as Reds have easy night in demolishing Huddersfield

After the pain and agony of recent victories, where Liverpool had to wait for the goals, it was nice to have a night like that. This season has been a running demonstration of a Huddersfield squad just not good enough to cut it in the Premier League, and they were put to the sword...

Southampton 1-3 Liverpool: Who was man of the match?

It was unconvincing, it was last-ditch, it was downright exhausting, but crucially for Liverpool, it was victory. They are back on top of the Premier League with their rivals' fixtures about to get significantly tougher. The performance, it has to be said, wasn't good. But Liverpool won this game thanks to a big call from...

Liverpool 5-0 Watford: Who was man of the match?

After a truly awful performance against Manchester United stoked anxiety among fans and had City smelling blood, Liverpool rattled through the gears and put out a resounding statement. It was a performance full of the energy, hunger and creativity which were lacking at Old Trafford as the Reds mercilessly exposed the gulf in class. Jurgen Klopp's...