It was not to be a merry Hodgsmas for Liverpool on Sunday. The game followed the same formula that has been repeated ad nauseum all season: Liverpool dominated the game, but failed to finish off their chances. The performance itself was better than most – there was still a fair amount missing from Liverpool’s movement,…
Liverpool have been in patchy form throughout this season. There have been games where Liverpool have looked absolutely dire (the recent Sunderland defeat and two months ago against Bolton come to mind) but there have also been matches where profligacy in front of goal have cost them, such as against Arsenal and Swansea. However we…
After an insipid display in the 3-1 defeat against Bolton on the weekend, Liverpool find themselves 7th after 22 games, with 35 points and a goal difference of +4. With 48 points left to play for this season, Kenny Dalglish’s men face an uphill task to finish fourth and qualify for the Champions League. Just…
On this site, I’ve written previously about Liverpool’s season and their ineffective attacking. This is intended to talk more specifically about issues in the appraisal of Liverpool’s season as well as the issues themselves. As well as this, I should state beforehand that this is more of an editorial than an authored article, because it’s…
In one of the most tactical battles of the season so far, Kenny Dalglish triumphed over Andre Villas-Boas to consign Chelsea to three defeats out of three in their games against Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool so far this season. Liverpool, who were on an eight game unbeaten run in all competitions but still not…
(The problems that Liverpool have faced this season has been covered here previously, but this article is intended to go into the differences, problems and possible solutions that are readily apparent for Liverpool more thoroughly. Accepting that some statistics can regularly be misleading, it is important to note that some do provide an accurate picture of Liverpool and how…
A lot has been written in the last few days about Liverpool following their dour 0-0 draw with Swansea at Anfield and although a lot of it is rash, there is fairness in several gripes aimed at the club and at Kenny Dalglish and the back room staff. After all, there has been a lack of…
Although it’s a cliché that I have very rarely actually seen myself, much like Newcastle fans and their fabled sense of entitlement and countless other footballing clichés (seriously, someone should actually look into how many of these go beyond what Sky like to present to us), at the start of the summer I was part…
Way back in January when Kenny Dalglish returned to his Liverpool throne, I speculated on how he would choose to set up his team. My theories were debunked near immediately when Dalglish started fielding a three man defence then the results of the transfer window forced a reshuffle and Steven Gerrard, whom most of my…
It was during the Man City match earlier in the season when Liverpool fans’ initial anxiety over Roy Hodgson’s appointment first seemed justified. The then-faces of Sky, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, gushed over Liverpool finally doing what they wanted and acquiring a nice 4-4-2-playing English manager who would play Steven Gerrard in his proper…
