Month: July 2017
The Worst XI: Stay Away From Corners!
Another week and another player reveal for the Friends of Liverpool Worst XI as voted for by you, our loyal and lovely readers. We’re into the final three reveals now and that means we’ve reach the front two. We, of course, know our goalkeeper, full backs, centre backs, wide midfielders and central midfielders so who are going […]
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Dortmund star to replace ace? Liverpool suffers transfer blow as Klopp praises Salah
Dortmund star to replace Philippe Coutinho at Anfield? According to reports, Liverpool will resurrect their interest in Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic if the £90million transfer of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona goes through. Liverpool are seemingly resigned to losing Philippe Coutinho and according to the Sun on Sunday, Jurgen Klopp is ready to refocus his […]
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Season in Numbers: Part Nine
15 – Different scorers in all competitions Liverpool had a total of 15 different goal scorers throughout their 2016/17 campaign, with 12 different scorers in the league. 17 – Clean sheets kept by the Reds in all games With some shaky and unconvincing defensive performance’s, the Reds did manage a total of 17 clean sheets, […]
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Match Report: Hertha Berlin 0-3 Liverpool
Germany football is not like English football in the way it is organised. It’s cup competitions usually start far earlier in the season and, in fact, its League Cup starts in July and finishes before the year is out. For that reason, German teams are usually much further ahead in the pre-season preparations by now. […]
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The Greatest Transfers #9: The OAP
Welcome back to the latest edition of The Greatest Transfers where we take a look at some of the best Liverpool signings of all time as judged by me, meaning this list is not what you’d call gospel. Anyway, we’re inside the top ten and one of the criteria I’ve been judging some of these […]
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Where Are They Now? Oussama Assaidi
In his first transfer window as Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers shopped low-key, bringing in either young players who he hoped would shoot to stardom or more proven talents entering the prime of their careers. Among the younger brigade was a little-known Moroccan by the name of Oussama Assaidi, who arrived from Dutch club Heerenveen a […]
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Season in Review: 2000/01
Seasons like this do not come along often. Nobody could see this coming. Silverware is the end game for every player, manager and fan. When you’re growing up you don’t dream of fourth place finishes. You can’t put a league runners up spot in a trophy cabinet. There are no open top bus parades for […]
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The Magnificent Seven: Top seven reasons for fans to look forward to next season
This is the eighth part of a weekly series titled “The Magnificent Seven”. Every week we’ll be taking a look at almost everything regarding Liverpool, ranked in a top seven. With the new campaign a fortnight away, excitement has begun to build around the world. With each club having its own unique reasons to either […]
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Markovic to Fiorentina; loan for Inter outcast as Keita transfer suffers blow
Lazar Markovic holds talks with Fiorentina Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic has reportedly entered negotiations with Fiorentina over a possible summer move. Jurgen Klopp is keen to offload the Serbian on a permanent basis this summer and hopefully recouping much of the £21m paid for the winger in 2014 from Benfica. With Markovic not really getting […]
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Liverpool Squad Numbers: The Number 5
This week we focus on the number five shirt, a digit that has been represented all over the field. From Mark Wright, the towering centre-back, not the reality TV “star”, all the way through to a certain Czech striker up top. To fill in the gap between the two, current holder Georginio Wijnaldum has embedded […]
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