by TTT subscriber macattack Another post by macattack (on the ‘Final Of Contempt, Season Of Discontent’ thread) that was so good we made it into an ar...

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• Date: Thu 24 May 11:38

Should They Stay Or Should They Go? Goalkeepers and Defence So, it’s that time of the year again. The season has come to an end, and I’m buggered if I...

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• Date: Tue 22 May 13:09

I can’t stand the noise. Please, make it stop. In the old days we wanted Liverpool FC to do its business in private and only release it to the world w...

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• Date: Sun 20 May 14:41

An email has been sent to almost every LFC supporter group and website, plus the club itself, asking why I (amongst certain others) appear to be advis...

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• Date: Fri 18 May 18:03

Liverpool Football Club sacking Kenny Dalglish is “wrong” in almost every conceivable sense. But the only way it can ever be right is if time proves i...

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• Date: Thu 17 May 14:23

King Kenny: to keep or not to keep? – that is the question (I keep getting asked). The joys of another summer of chaos. A fanbase on the edge of meltd...

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• Date: Wed 16 May 14:22

by Simon Steers In an era where football is about so much more than the game itself,  and in an industry dominated by finance, the transition from foo...

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• Date: Wed 16 May 12:00

By Chris Rowland. So how many points should we have got this season?  If results had matched performances and we got what we deserved from each game, ...

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• Date: Tue 15 May 10:46

It’s not hard to see why Liverpool dropped so many points, despite generally playing well. The Reds had the worst shot-conversion accuracy in the enti...

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• Date: Mon 14 May 13:32

By Andrew Beasley. Statistics sourced from EPLIndex, and correct up to and including 8th May 2012. Anfield. Tuesday night, at about ten to nine. The l...

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• Date: Sun 13 May 22:06

This is the last day of ME awareness week. Last autumn I was asked by Sir Peter Spencer, Chief Executive of Action for ME, to share my story in the ch...

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• Date: Fri 11 May 12:47

The 2011/12 Premier League season draws to a close on Sunday and Kenny Dalglish’s side will be hoping to sign off in style with a victory over Swansea...

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• Date: Fri 11 May 10:29

By Paul Grech. Where children are involved, there is a growing reluctance to talk of winners and, particularly, losers. Everyone who takes part gets a...

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• Date: Tue 08 May 11:55

Liverpool play their final home fixture of the 2011/12 league campaign tonight before travelling to Swansea on the last day of what has turned out to ...

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• Date: Tue 08 May 08:02

Familiarity breeds contempt, and since 2004, Liverpool seem to have played Chelsea four or five times a season. The epic – if not exactly attractive –...

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• Date: Mon 07 May 12:42

It’s fair to say it’s been a funny old season for Liverpool, with wildly inconsistent league form coupled with impressive results in both domestic cup...

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• Date: Thu 03 May 12:32

Or ‘why the British have to stop worrying and learn to love the Europeans.’ By James Keen (aka subscriber Jimtheoracle) “The third season is fatal” So...

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• Date: Tue 01 May 15:38

Perhaps a problem with any temporary managerial appointment is that even when it’s made permanent, it doesn’t feel as secure as it would if someone ha...

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• Date: Mon 30 Apr 12:36

Pre-match stats These two sides mustered 16 shots on target between them in the reverse fixture which ended as a 1-1 draw. Only Wolves (6) have picked...

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• Date: Mon 30 Apr 11:55

Liverpool face Fulham in their penultimate fixture at Anfield and it will be interesting to see who Dalglish includes in the side with the not-so-smal...

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• Date: Mon 30 Apr 10:00

by TTT Subscriber ‘Macattack’.   ‘The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept that an event is a ...

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• Date: Thu 26 Apr 13:55

By Simon Steers. A definition of culture: The behaviours and beliefs of a particular group. So much of what Liverpool stands for is down to one man’s ...

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• Date: Wed 25 Apr 16:17

by TTT subscriber, Lee Mooney. This season, for me at least, will be remembered as one where Liverpool missed opportunities, learned valuable lessons ...

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• Date: Wed 25 Apr 12:40

There’s no doubt about it. Dalglish has to go. Also, he has to stay. If FSG listen to the fans, they’ll be left in no doubt: only sacking Kenny, whils...

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• Date: Mon 23 Apr 15:04

by Simon Steers. Rarely has a new Liverpool signing caused so much debate (except Andy Carroll!). Nearing the end of his first full season as a Liverp...

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• Date: Thu 19 Apr 12:50

Physicist Nils Bohr, talking about a ‘lucky’ horseshoe:  “Of course I don’t believe in it. But I understand it works whether you believe in it or not....

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• Date: Wed 18 Apr 11:34

Bloody hell. What a week. Blackburn vexed, Director of Football axed, Everton hexed, and all between Tuesday evening and Saturday lunchtime. If winnin...

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• Date: Mon 16 Apr 10:34

Pre-match stats This was to be the fifth FA Cup semi-final between the two Merseyside giants. Everton won the first (in 1906), but Liverpool have prog...

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• Date: Mon 16 Apr 08:49

By Andrew Beasley. (Statistics correct up to and including matches played on 8th April 2011. Stats sourced from EPLIndex.) In the latest ‘Secret Footb...

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• Date: Fri 13 Apr 12:04

So, Damien Comolli has left Liverpool. The official version is a mutual parting of the ways, with Comolli returning to France for family reasons. I wa...

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• Date: Thu 12 Apr 13:33

Liverpool make their 23rd appearance at the semi-final stage of the FA Cup and it’s fitting – given that the tie is being played on the eve of the 23r...

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• Date: Thu 12 Apr 11:51

I’ve been asked a lot of questions in the past few weeks, some of which have been easier to answer than others. What follows is my detailed attempt to...

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• Date: Mon 09 Apr 14:12

Liverpool face relegation strugglers Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Tuesday night (8pm kick off UK time) and with the FA Cup semi-final against Eve...

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• Date: Mon 09 Apr 11:00

Pre-match stats Aston Villa have won just two of their last 20 Premier League games against Liverpool (W2 D6 L12). Stewart Downing’s last Premier Leag...

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• Date: Mon 09 Apr 10:35

By Chris Rowland. Subscribe to read this week’s review of how Liverpool FC have fared in the media. In these dark days, there have been a surprising a...

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• Date: Fri 06 Apr 13:12

Liverpool host Aston Villa on Saturday (3pm kick off UK time) with the club looking to halt the alarming run of form which has seen the Reds pick up j...

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• Date: Fri 06 Apr 12:36

I’ve been saying for many months that I don’t quite know what to make of this Liverpool side. And it only gets more confusing with the passing of time...

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• Date: Mon 02 Apr 13:52

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• Date: Fri 30 Mar 12:38

After my last piece (access here), this is a slightly simplified – but not simplistic – breakdown of what’s working, and what’s going wrong. As in-dep...

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• Date: Tue 27 Mar 13:35

Pre match stats Liverpool have won none of the last four league meetings with Wigan, with the last three in a row ending as draws. Wigan have won just...

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• Date: Mon 26 Mar 11:49

With Liverpool’s season proving an archetypal rollercoaster ride – ups, downs, adrenaline and nausea – I will now try and make sense of some of the ke...

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• Date: Sun 25 Mar 14:31

By Dan Kennett. All data in this article is courtesy of Infostrada Statistics, part of the Infostrada Sports Group.  Infostrada specialises in collect...

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• Date: Fri 23 Mar 13:08

Pre match stats Liverpool have drawn 99 games away from home in the Premier League era. The Reds have netted 496 goals on the road in Premier League h...

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• Date: Fri 23 Mar 13:01

By Chris Rowland. First off in this bumper review, we all needed cheering up after QPR; Goal.com of all places provided some unexpected solace. This p...

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• Date: Fri 23 Mar 10:41

After a gut-wrenching loss against a side fighting relegation where you throw away a two goal lead, it is very difficult to search for the positive. I...

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• Date: Thu 22 Mar 15:26