Top 4 odds: Can Liverpool still finish in the Champions League spots?
It’s fair to say it’s been a hugely disappointing start to the season for Liverpool. After being one of the best teams in world football over the past few years, winning major trophies along the way, it’s been a shock to the system to see Liverpool struggling this campaign.
Many assumed it would be business as usual and we’d see the Reds battling it out with Manchester City at the top of the table once again. However, an extremely poor …
Liverpool March On In The Battle For Top 4
Another efficient away day performance from the Reds (or more correctly the Oranges); we find ourselves within 2 points of a drab Manchester United team. The 3 points at the Saints sealed a pleasing season double against a side that gave us 4 torrid games last season. Whilst the performance was not spectacular (even if the assist for both goals were), it was another generally solid performance on the road. All without really having to get out of third gear.
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Klopp Says The Reds Will Get What They Deserve
With exam season almost upon us, I was reminded of an old teacher of mine who, when presented with a sea of anxious faces, used to say, "pressure is for tyres, lads." Now, plainly, he wasn't the most insightful or sensitive of gents, and no doubt he felt as though he was imparting something of great profundity, but that is the kind of trite guff that actually means nothing and makes people feel worse. Learned critics have maligned me for "verbosity" but …
The Mercury Is Rising At Anfield
Trusting your mental well-being to others is a precarious activity at the best of times. Placing your happiness in the hands, or error-prone feet, of a group of talented but notoriously flaky professional footballers, is surely a sign that you are, on some level, quite mad - as mad as a hatter, even.
For another writing project, I had been researching the origin of that expression and it turns out that it relates to the mercury poisoning suffered by milliners …
Top 4? It's the hope that kills you!
Top 4? It's the hope that kills you!
I watched something happen to this Liverpool team over the past week. They went to Wembley and after a slow start and falling behind, ended up running Manchester City down to the wire. But sadly, it was not to be.
The Liverpool performance in the Final, whilst better, was still some way short of the lofty expectations that Liverpool supporters of my age group were so used to identifying with, but it …
Can Klopp's "Choir" Boys Replace Mourinho's Chelsea in the Top Four?
Perception is a wonderfully subjective thing. You, dear reader, delightfully urbane aesthete that you are, may consider the ideal evening to consist of a few glasses of Pinot noir and a poetry reading from a celebrated bard, whereas you, equally treasured reader, might prefer a night of sticking sharp objects in your sensitive regions to faffing about with wine and earnest versifying. After all, there appears to be a cache of strong lager in the fridge and you've just bought …
How Do Liverpool FC Finish 4th?
With one of the most exciting & open races for a top 4 finish how do Liverpool ensure they get this coveted position?
Fitness & Intensity
Liverpool FC's most successful brand of football in the past 18 months has involved high intensity pressing starting with the striker. This was highlighted in the recent Man City victory. This involves an in depth understanding from each player. The keys to applying it successfully lie in the triggers to implement the press, compressing the …
Why December is important to Liverpool's season
Next month is by far the most important month of Liverpool's 2013/14 campaign on a whole. December is the month when players get tired from the past few months of football and see themselves pushed to the limit with a rush to get all of our remaining 7 games played and out the way before we can make any signings in January and freshen the squad up, and here is just why December is crucial to Liverpool's season.
The first …