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Should Liverpool Replace Simon Mignolet?

The average sandwich Liverpool have many recurring problems that previous management failed to address. As a team we're grossly misbalanced. Many frailties have been overlooked. We're buying potential and not supporting them with talented players, instead we're heaping the pressure on their shoulders and asking them to do something special. Average, functional players sandwiched in-between...

Time for Firmino to chip in at Anfield

These are interesting times for Liverpool fans. Still waiting for that elusive Premier League title, it is over three years since they captured even the League Cup under Kenny Dalglish, and as such, it's probably safe to assume that the club are suffering from a loss of identity. Long-accustomed to winning trophies virtually at will,...

No Divine Right To The Top Four, But That’s Okay

Jurgen Klopp tried his best to blow away his statement on fans leaving early on Sunday evening. Little did he know that he had addressed an elephant in the room that's been sitting there since he arrived, waiting for the bubble to burst. A fair portion of our fan base remains stuck in the euphoria...

Cups, Klopp and Stevie G

Liverpool Betting Update - Cups, Klopp and Stevie G With the international break upon us, now is as good a time as any to have a quick perusal of the betting websites to check out some of the Liverpool related markets. Sunday may have brought a first defeat under Jurgen Klopp, but Crystal Palace are no...

Why it’s so obvious that Sturridge has no place at Liverpool

There's a heated debate raging throughout Liverpool fandom at the moment. Now that Jurgen Klopp is here, you could easily make the mistake of thinking that we had put our differences behind us. Don't be silly! There's always something bubbling under the surface. That's part of the beauty of being a football fan. Where...

Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 2: Player Ratings

Liverpool were defeated by their bogey team of recent times, Crystal Palace, on a wet, Sunday evening at Anfield. The Reds made a comeback after conceding an early goal, but suffered the set-piece blues as they fell to their first defeat under Jurgen Klopp. There are certainly lessons to be taken from tonight. Simon Mignolet...

Klopp Talks Gerrard, Regret and Tourism

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else." Woody Allen All of us know the irksome sting of regret. How many times have you, dear reader, walked away from a verbal confrontation, thwarted by your own inarticulacy, only to be imbued later with what the French call l'esprit de l'escalier - staircase...

Adam Lallana: Is His Pressing Enough to Warrant a First-Team Place?

Adam Lallana’s a funny one, isn’t he? He throws in a sexy little Cruyff turn one minute and follows it up with a weak shot. He draws gasps from the crowd as often as he does groans. His Liverpool career to date has been the very definition of stop-start, as niggly injuries have struck just...

Scouting the Bundesliga: Defenders for Klopp

“The first thing you need, maybe in life, is a stable defence.” He said, enthralling the world’s Red collective. “Because you can only stay confident in a game when you know not each offensive move of the other team is a goal. That's the first thing and when you start a development nobody starts a...

Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Enrique, Mourinho & Lucas Bring The Comedy

"If you want to be happy, be." Leo Tolstoy "You're in pretty good shape, for the shape that you are in." Dr. Seuss An unusual thing can happen when one is confronted with the disquietingly fragile nature of one's own mortality. Instead of becoming maudlin and resentful of the unseen forces threatening to extinguish life, sometimes the reaction...