AI Under Pressure: Reds Real Resignation
Darth hosts Si, Barts and Rhodesy for a belated review of the Champions League exit to Real Madrid. The lads focus on the big themes and issues around the match rather than the normal forensic match analysis.
* Bajcetic - teenagers and stress related injuries
* That teamsheet
* The Trent Narrative
* Balance & Buildup - why are LFC struggling for both and what are possible solutions
* Alisson's best season …
AI Under Pressure: Insouciance
After a few weeks off, Darth is back on hosting duties and joined by the rest of the crew (Rhodesy, Si and Barts) for the post-mortem against Bournemouth. The lads discuss:
* Trying to understand why we changed the gameplan
* How does this team build up play with Cody & Darwin?
* The failing offside trap
* VVD WTF
* Home and Away splits analysis …
AI Under Pressure: Humiliation
Daniel Rhodes hosts Simon Brundish and Phil Barter to discuss the midweek win versus Wolves, and then the humiliation of Manchester United.
- [ ] Wolves: line-ups, rotation and potential fatigue issues
- [ ] Tactical approaches
- [ ] Match summary
- [ ] Wolves’ ‘big chance’ - and then look at our quality chances
- [ ] The disallowed goal for Nunez
- [ ] The goals and set piece strength returning?
- [ ] Man Utd: line ups and tactics (their man marking)
- [ ] Match summary
- [ ] Game state vital? The order of the first big chances. Did MUFC ‘win’ the first half?
- [ ] What did we do well in the second, or was it United’s set up falling apart and us hitting a finishing streak or epic proportions
- [ ] Place the result in context, who does it impact more for the rest of the season …
AI Under Pressure: Nothing Makes Sense Anymore
Gags Tandon is back with Dan Rhodes and Simon Brundish as they try to dissect the Crystal Palace bore draw.
Quite simply, there's not much to talk about apart from intangibles!
Gags and Si kick off the show going back over the Madrid game and then Rhodesy joins in to give his view on the match summary for Palace... and that's about that for the stats!
The guys somehow make it to the hour mark with more dissection of what is going wrong at the club and the major loss of confidence.
All this and more on The Under Pressure Podcast …
AI Under Pressure: Brain Farts & Pressing Records
Dan Rhodes and Phil Barter discuss the loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League, they specifically discuss:
Line-up discussion, tactical summary, detailed breakdown of the big chances, pressing records broken, who was to blame? …
AI Under Pressure: Pretty Vacant
The sports science duo are both away so it's left to the two Dan's to review the win over Newcastle. On a numbers-heavy pod they discuss: * First goal switcheroo
* Gentlemen prefer blondes
* How bad was it when 11v10?
* Pressing stories and changes …
AI Under Pressure: Carrying the Piano
Darth hosts Si and Barts to analyse the crucial derby win over Everton. The lads try to contextualise how good we were in this match compared to this season and previous years under Klopp. The lads discuss
* Dycheball but not as we know it
* Sliding doors moment of the season?
* Hendo renaissance - why and how
* Bajcetic - a pressing star is born?
* Cody as Bobby-lite? …
AI Under Pressure: Shellacking
Darth hosts Rhodesy, Barts and Si for the post-mortem against Wolves. On a brutal pod the lads discuss
* Which unwanted table are we topping since the World Cup?
* Cody Gakpo - the "missing link"?
* Trying to understand the rationale for tactical changes
* Attack in deep-freeze …
AI Under Pressure: Hamstrung Reds
Darth is joined by Rhodesy, Barts and Si to analyse the FA Cup exit to Brighton.
The lads discuss
1) Hamstrings - how many, why, root cause?
2) Relegation form - Current season performance vs worst periods under Klopp and relegation teams
3) The mid-block gameplan - strengths and weaknesses
4) Rock bottom? Last 20 as bad as it gets?
5) Where do we go from here? …
AI Under Pressure: Stopping the Bleeding
Darth is joined by Si, Rhodesy and Barts to analyse the cup win over Wolves and the goalless draw with Chelsea. The analysis context of both matches is changes from the Brighton shellacking, including
* Team selections - meritocracy or circumstancial?
* Tactical changes
* Pressing changes
* Trade offs!!! Attack vs Defence, Set Pieces
* Thoughts ahead of Brighton return …