Fulham Chaos
Sometimes rational analysis in the cold light of day belies a football match. Liverpool’s 4-3 victory over Fulham was a strange, chaotic, glorious beast of a thing.
You had the Reds scoring four in a league game without a forward getting any of them for the first time in 11 years. There were two...
Matip’s Season-Ending Injury Thrusts Quansah into Limelight
At the start of last summer, there is no doubt Liverpool were looking into buying a centre-back. While the focus was on midfield recruitment, the club were exploring defensive options as well. But then came an unprecedented window, with twists and turns and the sudden emergence of a...
What xG Can’t Tell You
Liverpool’s 3-0 victory over Brentford last weekend was a travesty. Or at least it was if you choose to live and die by expected goals as your means of adjudication, with FBRef deeming it the joint-sixth most unjust result in the 2023/24 Premier League. Still, at least it wasn’t Aston...
Tony Evans’ Weekly Anfield Index Column
Ah, the Anfield atmosphere. There’s always someone complaining about it.
Locals don’t sing. Daytrippers don’t know the songs. Everyone’s always pointing the finger at each other.
In the aftermath of the Brentford game, I stumbled upon the usual sort of argument on social media. I should stop looking.
The relatively straightforward victory...
Fatigue Index: 1230 Kick-Off Analysis
Simon is joined by Jordan Tyrer to discuss Liverpool's upcoming schedule with the Reds playing at 12:30 numerous times in the coming weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP3F0TaXdnA&t=6s
Battling Fatigue: The Impact of 12:30 Kick-offs on Klopp's Rotation Strategy
In the world of football, the scheduling of matches post-international break has long been a topic of debate....
On today's episode Dave takes a look at the game against Luton, topics include:
The Reds didn't turn up falling to a draw against Rob Edwards' men.
Dave also looks at Trent's performance in the game, and over the season with the vice-captain putting in a very worrying performance losing 8/8 duels.
Not putting in effort to...
Dave’s Daily Red
On today's episode Dave takes a look at Liverpool's game against Bournemouth from last night as the reds progressed in the League Cup.
Topics include:
Assessing the performances
Quansah is a real gem
Liverpool will take on West Ham in the next round.
Dave also looks at Kelleher as the Irish keeper has come in for some...
The EFL Cup Postmortem
Bournemouth 1 - 2 Liverpool
This was an evening where the wind and the rain could have made for a horrible night’s work. The last sixteen luckily became the final eight, as the Reds await the visit of West Ham in the upcoming quarter-finals, to be played on 18 December. The inclusion...
AI Under Pressure: Normalcy
Barts is away but Dan Kennett hosts Simon Brundish and Daniel Rhodes to analyse the two wins over Toulouse and Nottingham Forest. On the most positive pod of the season so far, the lads discuss:
Toulouse rotation, the "Europa XI"
Grav love
Endo goalscoring stats
Jota surprise and reminiscing on the...
Taking it Seriously
Well, that was thoroughly enjoyable, wasn’t it! Liverpool showed just how seriously they were taking the Europa League as they maintained their 100% start to the group stages with a hammering win over Toulouse. For what could have been a quiet Thursday night, we had five different scorers, woodwork being struck, both...
