Southampton 4 - 4 Liverpool - The Post-Mortem
This was a game that meant next to nothing for either side, with both teams no longer fighting their respective battles. Jürgen Klopp chose to reward certain players with a starting berth, having spent so much of the campaign on the substitutes bench. With James Milner & Roberto Firmino undertaking their last starts for Liverpool, you could see that loyalty played a major role in his selection.
Below was Jürgen Klopp’s starting eleven & subsequent in-game changes, against the recently …
Fabio Carvalho: What Happened This Season
Sometimes, a transfer just doesn’t work out.
It doesn’t have to be the fault of anyone, the player can just be a victim of the circumstances. This might be the case with Fabio Carvalho. Liverpool clearly wanted him having attempted to sign the highly sought-after youngster in January 2022. They missed the deadline then but struck a favourable deal with Fulham despite the player entering the final few months of his contract.
The Reds parted with an initial £5million fee …
What Is the True Value of Each Liverpool Player…
With the frenzy and excitement of the summer transfer window just about upon us fans want their respective clubs to start splashing their millions. Certain journalists and social media personalities are buzzing around Twitter with exclusives and reports that should all be taken with a pinch of salt. I myself only take pure and absolute confirmations as truth (sounds like a Michael Owen quote), whereby only investing my hope into the stories I like, whilst ignoring those I do not.
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Which One Liverpool Player Makes the PL Season Eleven…
Jamie Carragher recently produced his Premier League team of the year award, which has probably ruffled more than a few supporters’ feathers. Allegiance to a club is like a tribal mentality, where opinions can so often be led by the bleeding emotions of the game. I tend to avoid listening to football pundits and most sports journalists as their words are often led by agenda or just plain drivel. I have my thoughts on who and why players should be …
Why We Must Not Become Over Reliant on Trent…
Steven Gerrard & Thiago are two Liverpool names that spring to mind, when considering players that Liverpool became too over-reliant upon. The former captain was the driving force of many Liverpool sides, with his ability to drag his team to ultimate success. Much of that success (in his heyday) was built upon his performances and elite level of play, that he was able to deliver in high pressure situations. Whenever Stevie was missing (through injury or suspension), the identity and …
So this is apparently a 'poor' Mo Salah season
The 2022/23 season isn't one that will live long in the memory for Liverpool fans, with many no doubt wanting it erased from their minds in a similar way to the 2020/21 campaign.
It's been just as grim at times, only with crowds present.
Far too many players have fallen below the incredible standards they have set in the past, and in Alisson, Liverpool have one of the most clear standout winners of the club's Player of the Year award …
The Trent Alexander-Arnold Conundrum
From the minute he established himself as Liverpool's first choice right back in the 17-18 season, Trent Alexander-Arnold has carried a lot of pressure on his young shoulder. The Scouser in the team did, like those who came before him, represent the people and the city that shaped his earliest years and like Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and so many local boys who'd managed to reach the first team he understood what that meant.
Trent was going to be held …
Firmino The Sub (Who Takes Over??)
Some things within football remain largely the same as they have since the game's earliest days, others have accelerated beyond all control.
Liverpool’s 97th goal by a substitute was scored 32 years and one week after it’s first; Jürgen Klopp has produced the same total of strikes from his bench in under eight years. The most recent occurred last weekend when Roberto Firmino capped his final Anfield outing with an equaliser against Aston Villa. It was a rare bright spot …
The Deliberate Rule
Dale Johnson of ESPN does incredibly well dissecting the questionable decisions across the Premier League every weekend.
A large part of his feature this week focused on Liverpool’s offside goal against Aston Villa. As he points out in the piece, when the IFAB revised the ‘deliberate play’ law at the start of the season, they overcomplicated it by adding another layer of subjectivity to it.
The law states that "deliberate play" is about a controlled action. Does the defender have …
Why Alisson Becker should be Liverpool's Player of the Year
Liverpool’s performance in their 3-0 win at Leicester City on Monday evening was the sort of calm, controlled display that has been largely lacking on the road in 2022/23. Even if they beat Southampton on the final day, this will still be the Reds’ worst away campaign under Jürgen Klopp, with only eight seasons seeing lower points-per-game averages in the Premier League era.
The first half at the King Power Stadium played out in similar fashion to the opening 45 …