Just a short preview. Biggest news is that Trent has not traveled, despite the fact that he trained with the team yesterday. No word on why. With Man City looming on Sunday, TAA’s absence is particularly troubling. He is currently both the least replaceable player in the team, and the player for whom our backup is weakest. Neco Williams is …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
The most interesting PL fixture this week, even for me, is the Chelsea showdown with Man City at Stamford Bridge. Don’t get me wrong, I CARE a lot more about the LFC match. It’s just not the most intellectually stimulating fixture of the weekend. Nonetheless, the Reds have good reason to take Brentford quite seriously. Brentford is making its first appearance in the …
A few words about Chelsea v. City. Pundits and fanbases are so fickle. What have you done for me lately is everything, and we all tend to overreact to what we have just seen. Recency bias is strong among football watchers. Thus, we should be unsurprised that Chelsea is currently the fashionable choice to win the Premier League. And, to be fair, …
So far, the Reds look right for making relentless runs toward titles in either or both of the Premier League and Champions League. But, this season, for the first time in recent memory, I am also actually bullish about the Reds making a run in one or both of the domestic cup competitions. Why? Because, in my opinion, our …
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Crystal Palace are under new management — long-time Arsenal great Patrick Vieira. Thus far, Crystal Palace have lost once (Chelsea), drawn twice (West Ham and Brentford), and won once — last week’s 3-0 over Spurs. I actually watched that game today, to get a sense of how this new version of CP plays. I figure they are likely to …
These two clubs have met only twice — both times in Champions League finals. In 2005 there was the Miracle in Istanbul, and Milan got its revenge two years later in Athens. That was an era when AC Milan spent several years at the top of world’s football food chain. AC Milan was managed by Carlo Ancelotti, and led by …
LFC travel to Leeds on Sunday for a Premier League football match. Leeds is managed by the legendary Argentinian Marcelo Bielsa. They are, in my opinion, the most fun team in the Premier League to watch, outside of the so-called “Top Six.” They press intensely, using unusual “man-marking” principles (i.e., man-to-man defense), and their off-the-ball movement offensively is both unusual and …
Liverpool has had WORSE international breaks. Off the top of my head, for example, I recall several occasions when either Daniel Sturridge or Joe Gomez returned from the break so crocked by injury that they wouldn’t put on a red shirt for months. But, there has never been a STRANGER international break than this one. Stay tuned, however, things might …