I really was not expecting Harvey to start against Chelsea. Obviously, this is a sign that the manager believes the Kid is ready. And, I still think there’s a good chance that we had come up with a tactical tweak that we tried out in the Burnley match, in an effort to attack/overload Chelsea’s weakest defensive link the following week …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
The European champions are coming to town, for an exciting, early-season top of the table clash. But, before we get into the Chelsea preview, I wanted to talk about two recent developments with broader implications. First, Xherdan Shaqiri left this week for Olympique Lyon in France. He spent three years as a Red. By all accounts, he filled his position …
The European Champs are comin’ to town. They come into Anfield having won their first two matches by scores of 3-0 and 2-0 (over Crystal Palace and Arsenal, respectively) — exactly the same as the Reds. Chelsea’s xG difference is better — they are at 3.88 xG differential; we’re currently sitting on a 2.41 xG differential. Currently, Chelsea is ranked …
UEFA conducted the Champions League draw yesterday. Liverpool landed in Group B, which most have dubbed this year’s “Group of Death,” with Atletico Madrid, Porto, and AC Milan. I haven’t gone back and looked, but it feels like we’ve gotten an every-other-year Group of Death draw. For example, in the year we won the CL, our group was Napoli, PSG, …
No word on how Fabinho’s father died, but at least one report suggested that the death was sudden and unexpected. If so, then it was unlikely to have been COVID-related. I took a bit of a research dive into Brazilian players’ travel. There’s a lot of uncertainty at this point, but it looks like none of our Brazilian players are …
For the first time since we were there for the Atletico Madrid match, LFC will play football in front of a (nearly) full Anfield. Thus, this is also the first time a real Anfield crowd (as opposed to the few thousand fans that saw a couple of games last season) will have seen LFC play since they were crowned league …
I miss the excitement of the 2018-19 season, when, beginning with Game 1, and all the way through, every single match for both LFC and City seemed critical to the title race. I anticipate a similar race this season, although I do believe that both Chelsea and Man United are also likely to be in the title discussion for most …
Norwich City returns to the Premier League after spending one season in the Championship, earning their second Championship title in three years, sandwiching a relegation season in the Premier League. Coincidentally, LFC also opened the 2019-20 league-winning campaign against Norwich City (that one was at Anfield). Norwich returns with many of the same group that were relegated two seasons ago. …
LFC Season Preview – 2021-22This is a Golden Era in Liverpool FC’s glittering history. This spring, on a bitter fan forum populated by Evertonian Bitters, came a bitter but apt expression of our sweet golden experience as LFC fans: “They can have more enjoyable moments in a week of football than we’ve had in 30 years. Everton are the most …