One For The Future, Brad Smith
Who would have thought that four games into his Liverpool career, young Australian left-back Brad Smith would have two assists and a goal for Liverpool. After initially rejecting a new contract with Liverpool last year, Smith's Liverpool career has gone from strength to strength. He is one of the academy players who has been really impressive for Liverpool since Jürgen Klopp took over as manager. I recently mentioned in an article I did for Anfield Index called Klopp's Kids (go …
Klopp's Infectious Passion is Gaining Liverpool Points
In an era where managers are supposed to be cool figureheads on the touchline, it's a welcome change to see Jurgen Klopp sticking two fingers up to what's expected and just letting his emotions rule his head. He's once again showing why he is 'The Normal One', because what did every Liverpool fan do when that Adam Lallana shot went in? Exactly what Klopp did..minus hugging the shirtless, wispy chest-haired number twenty. Normal people celebrate goals, so why shouldn't the manager?
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Observations from Liverpool's crazy win at Norwich
How do you describe that game? 100% value for money based on the entertainment provided, but I'm sure a few hearts skipped a few beats as Norwich City seemed to have rescued a point in injury time only to have it snatched away from them by Adam Lallana, as the Reds came away from Carrow Road with three points, despite being nowhere near as good as they can.
A game that didn't provide the greatest quality the Premier League can …
Liverpool's Benteke Problem
As many of you are aware (well those of you who follow me on Twitter) I'm not a big fan of Liverpool's Belgian forward Christian Benteke. But at the same time I'm also not a fan of supporters giving him abuse and grief just for the sake of it, jumping in on the bandwagon. My reasoning behind why I'm not his biggest fan is simply this: I don't think Benteke is suitable to the new Jürgen Klopp style of football. …
Alex Teixeira – Another Piece of the Brazilian Puzzle
Philippe Coutinho took the Premier League by storm when he first joined Liverpool FC from Inter Milan. Even at a time when the Reds weren’t short of stars, “The Magician” won over the Anfield crowd in stunning fashion with the archetypal Brazilian trickery and his unparalleled vision whilst passing.
It took some time, but he was finally partnered with Roberto Firmino – another Brazilian who was widely regarded as a coup when Liverpool signed him in the summer of 2015. …
Half & Half, Bad Tea, and Adam Lallana
I enjoy myself a morning cup of coffee. On the other side of the pond you might fancy yourself a nice cup of tea. Every morning I go through the same routine. Medium roast, slightly bold coffee, with a splash of milk creamer. It tastes good and gets my day going. I love a good, rich cream to take some of the edge off a necessarily strong cup of coffee and instantly know if something is off. For instance, maybe …
Alex Teixeira - Perfect for Klopp's Liverpool?
Liverpool fans can now exhale. Shane Long was a smokescreen.
Liverpool have reportedly bid an initial £24 million for Shakhtar Donetsk captain Alex Teixeira. This is a welcomed surprised with many journalists reporting earlier in the transfer window that Liverpool wouldn't be too active and Jurgen Klopp was waiting for the summer window to make changes to the squad.
The 26 year old had been linked with Chelsea earlier in January but with Liverpool's Managing Director, Ian Ayre, flying out …
What is Liverpool's best centre-back pairing when everyone is fit?
Injuries have blitzed the Liverpool squad since Jurgen Klopp was appointed as manager in October. Within his first week as manager he'd lost Joe Gomez for the season with an ACL Injury. Immediately he was down to just four first team centre-backs. Four centre-backs for practically an entire season and of those four two of them, Mamadou Sakho and Dejan Lovren, have a habit of picking up injuries. It's not exactly the ideal scenario for a new manager.
Fast forward …
Liverpool's Problems
Liverpool have problems at the minute and that's about the only thing that all of the Liverpool fanbase can agree on at the minute. Every position on the pitch seems to be problematic, and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight or a way to solve these problems before the end of the season. I'm sure if fans read other Liverpool websites they'll see the one thousand and one different writers expressing their opinions and views on where …
James Milner - Endurance sans End Product
When Liverpool secured the signing of James Milner as the first of eight in the summer, there was an excitement. An excitement that the club had pulled off a sensible piece of business. What else would you call a reliable, combative, versatile midfield player, who has been in the habit of winning trophies?
Milner was seen as the man who would replace that Steven Gerrard-sized hole in our midfield, which, otherwise bore a rather youthful look to it. But, very …