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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 …

Curtis Jones is fighting a losing battle. The Liverpool midfielder has divided opinion for some time now but this isn’t news, is it? Are you even a midfielder for the Reds if you don’t divide opinion? It is because we all have different opinions on what a midfielder should do? For example, you’ll have some who judge Thiago on goals and assists instead of realising he’s key to the build-up phase of the game as opposed to the final phase. …

Arsenal fans might think they know how Liverpool fans felt, but they don’t. They can’t. During the 2018/19 campaign, the Reds lost once. They won 30 of their 38 matches and ended the season with a nine-match winning run. Jurgen Klopp’s side amassed 97 points and conceded the fewest number of goals (22) yet still finished a point behind Manchester City. For a brief moment on the final day, the title was returning to Anfield. Glenn Murray put Brighton ahead …

No Sporting Director role is the same. A lot of guesswork goes into what these guys do for clubs, and this is apparent when reading all things Jorg Schmadtke as of late. According to the Daily Mail, a three-year deal is on the table and he’s expected to sign soon to oversee Liverpool’s business this summer. Reports in Germany seem to suggest he’s taking up a three-month consultancy role to help the Reds navigate this transfer window before they name …

Thiago hasn’t been Jurgen Klopp’s most disappointing midfielder. Sorry Tony, but using assists to judge creativity just isn’t for me.

Ref. Tony Evans Column - Thiago is Klopp's Most Disappointing Midfielder

I do, however, think our use of the Spanish playmaker has been one of the most disappointing things of the Klopp era at Anfield and it is because of this that I would entertain parting ways with the 32-year-old this summer. His first season with the club was the …

A Sky Sports Man of the Match award at last.  Forget the 2010 Liverpool FC Young Player of the Year Award and the Golden Samba awarded from the Kop last season; that man of the match award from Gary Neville and co after the Manchester City match must mean that Lucas Leiva is finally a player befitting the Liverpool shirt. That’s what it seems from the media coverage, anyway. After suffering an injury against Chelsea last Tuesday, just 50 hours …