Liverpool's Tactical Mastery Under Jurgen Klopp
Klopp’s Substitution Strategy
Does it matter that Liverpool have conceded first in four of their six games this season? Well, it’s not ideal. Slow starts leave you vulnerable. Yet, when you look at the tables – the Premier League and Europa League standings – the point tallies indicate that Jurgen...
Transfer Window Tensions
Just six days of relentless bedwetting to go before the transfer window closes. And if things go wrong at St James’ Park, mattresses will be soaked like never before.
Chelsea and Bournemouth both looked like mid-table teams. Newcastle United are a different proposition. They are equipped to exploit Liverpool’s flaws. Yet there’s no...
Criticism and Support for Henderson
Too many words have been written about Jordan Henderson. Even so, it’s crucial to make a point.
There is only one reason to criticise the 33-year-old. He went out of his way to support the LGBTQ+ community on a number of occasions. It’s impossible to reconcile this public stance with accepting...
Midfield in Shambles: Jurgen Klopp's Conundrum
The Liverpool Midfield: Past and Present
They used to say fixtures were won and lost in midfield. That was never quite true in Jurgen Klopp’s successful Liverpool sides. The midfield rarely won matches but they made sure that the team didn’t lose.
After a year of chaos in that department, the...
Curtis Jones: A Promising Rising Star
It’s been a good few months for Curtis Jones. The 22-year-old was prominent in the 11-game unbeaten run that closed out the season and his performances at the Under-21s Euros have been impressive. If he played for Dortmund or Napoli the transfer ultras would be demanding that FSG buy...
John W Henry’s famous tweet directed at Arsenal came to mind this week. “What do you think they’re smoking at the Emirates?” he wrote when the London club tried to prise Luis Suarez away from Anfield for £40 million plus £1 a decade ago.
The Gunners may be making FSG’s top dog uncomfortable again. Arsenal’s...
Trent Alexander-Arnold was excellent in midfield in England’s 7-0 thumping of North Macedonia. His performance did not answer any of the questions that swirl around the 24-year-old, though.
Of course he can dominate the central areas against a team as bad as North Macedonia. Gareth Southgate deploying him as an out-and-out midfielder is hardly the...
There was a sense of unfinished business when the season ended and the new fixture list underlined that. We’re less than two months away from the new campaign and the sooner the action starts again the better.
Almost everyone at the club has something to prove. Last season was seriously substandard. There were too many...
These are the worst two weeks of the year. The season’s over. Except it’s not. There are finals to be played — the FA Cup, the Champions League — and it doesn’t feel right when Liverpool are not involved. It’s even more galling when Manchester takes centre stage in what are two dead weeks...
The time is arriving for Fenway Sports Group to make a statement. No, not one of those long, boring open letters to fans — and I’m not available to write one any more — but a message of intent sent out through action. Here comes the fabled big summer in the transfer market.
One thing...
