Is James Milner a Good Left-Back?
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Why Don't People Consider Firmino to be a Complete Striker?
Originally, a False 9 was a lone striker who, instead of staying high up the pitch like a traditional striker, would drop into midfield and look to drag the centre-back pairing into areas they weren't comfortable in to enable teammates to exploit the space they had created. Cesc Fabregas played it for Spain. Pep Guardiola used Lionel Messi in that role. Francesco Totti excelled in it for Roma. Even Manchester United used a variation of it with when they had Wayne …
Who is Liverpool FC Target Quincy Promes?
James Pearce has linked Liverpool with a January move for Spartak Moscow attacker Quincy Promes. He's the latest in a long line of wide players to be linked with a move following various outlets reporting interest in Sardar Azmoun, Christian Pulisic and Cristian Pavon.
The Liverpool Echo believe Spartak value Promes at around the £25 million mark and is the kind of attacking reinforcement Klopp is looking to bring in this January to cover the loss of Sadio Mane to …
Philippe Coutinho: The League's Best Playmaker?
Jurgen Klopp's Reds are enjoying an international break looking at all the teams in the Premier League being below them on the table. Liverpool are playing some irresistible attacking football at the moment. That has led to an unbeaten run that stretches back to August 20th, when the Reds were humbled at Turf Moor.
At the heart of the Red resurrection this season has been that diminutive Brazilian magician, Philippe Coutinho. It is a much-repeated line that Liverpool are a …
A Look at Liverpool Target Sead Kolasinac
According to German publication Bild, Liverpool have reignited their interest in left-back Sead Kolasinac with a view to signing the Schalke player on a pre-contract deal in January. Kolasinac was linked with a move to Anfield last season at various stages but nothing materialised. However, with the player's contract status he now looks like an appealing proposition.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has, to the surprise of many, turned James Milner into a marauding left-back this season. He's impressed in Liverpool's charge …
Sturridge Has a Place in the Team, But He Might Not Like It
I think I’ve pointed out in the past that I love this man. Daniel Sturridge, in my opinion, is the most natural finisher England have got. Forget Harry Kane, forget Jamie Vardy, forget Marcus Rashford. Sturridge is the best finisher of the lot.
Those three all have their qualities but none can quite stick the ball in the onion bag with the same natural, predatory, instinctive incisiveness as our own Big Danny Sturridge. Would anyone else have snuck that goal …
Jordan Henderson and Out of Context Stats
In hindsight it was probably definitely naive of me to write an article highlighting my concerns about Jordan Henderson's ability on the ball when the opposition press him. I was under the impression that you were allowed to point out a player's weakness and not simultaneously hate him. But alas, it was perhaps a quixotic idea and simply not practical.
In the article, which you can read here, I voiced my concerns about Henderson in that deepest midfield role, how he's …
The Importance of Victory for Liverpool Against Hull
With the exception of the 2013/14 season Liverpool have made a habit of slipping up when they're clear favourites for a match. There are no easy matches in football but there are those that if you play to your full capability then victory should be a formality. The big teams, those who regularly finish in Champions League places, seem to be able to dispatch of the teams in the bottom half of the table with fairly relative ease.
Not only is it …
Spreading the Goals - The Klopp Way
If you want to be successful in the Premier League you need one of two things; a world class striker of the Luis Suarez/Sergio Aguero ilk or you need a midfield filled with goals so there isn't an over reliance on a striker. If you manage to strike a balance between the two then you're onto a winning formula. It's rare that teams manage to do the latter because clinical strikers aren't often prepared to put in the leg work …
Burnley vs Liverpool Preview: Will the Reds Find Things Easy Against the Clarets?
Liverpool will be hoping for a calmer three points this week, as they head to Turf Moor to take on Burnley in their second game of the 2016-17 Premier League season.
The game was initially meant to be played at Anfield, but due to the Main Stand developments, the two clubs agreed to flip the fixture list on its head, meaning the Reds have got one more away game after this until they return home to their 54,000 seat ground.
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