Rory Fitzgerald

Look, 50% of Liverpool is red, right ? If half the Liverpool population puts their heating on overnight and leaves the windows open, then it might even thaw out the bitter blues after the paths have been cleared

I was also ok with Everton being postponed for the various reasons, but definitely not this one. They should only get better in the next few months, and we are in good form to take care of them tomorrow - a postponement would add an extra fixture to a congested period when United are likely a bit better.

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The best way to figure Utd out, will be to look at the first 2 goal kicks, for and against. When its theirs, how long are they willing to hold the ball. They'll want to keep the ball away from the center of the pitch and create spaces in the channels. When its ours, how far up the pitch are the front 3 coming because that dictates where the midfield must come to and where the defence comes to. Below shows Newcastle coming out and willing to leave 3 up the pitch and still have 2 other players hugging each sideline. United keep a back 5 around the half way line and unwilling to go man-to-man (3 on 3) in order to allow the WBs to get up the pitch to the Newcastle wide players. The grass shading is 6 yards. Between Martinez and Hjolund, there is 5.5 markings (~33 yards). I think at Anfield, Hjolund needs to be where Zirkzee is and the midfield needs to be where the ref is. They need to pick the part of the pitch where they will engage us, and I dont think they can afford to come as high as that, unless all the defenders are willing to aggressively step up, if the ball is played into feet (and yet having the confidence of pace if the ball is played behind them)

Brentford have quite alot of injuries to their backline and even their goalkeeper. At least Mbuemo and Wissa are fit.

WTF are these images popping up, is it AI stuff.

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Caoimhin Kelleher's 8 league games this season with a record of W6 D2 L0 Teams and their positions as of today - Arsenal (3rd) - Chelsea (4th) - Man City (5th) - Bournemouth (6th) - Newcastle (7th) - Villa (9th) - Brighton (10th) - Southampton (20th)

I'm a "lurker" now these days mate

You can 'copy / paste' that for alot of our remaining games this season.

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Man City league positions on Christmas Day - our gap this year is bigger than in 2019. I know its very different this year with Arsenal and Chelsea, but interesting to see what gaps they were able to claw back in previous years 2019 - 11pts behind and played 1 game more 2020 - 8pts behind but with a game in hand 2021 - 3pts clear with same games played 2022 - 5pts behind but with a game in hand 2023 - 6pts behind but with a game in hand 2024 - 12pts behind and played 1 game more

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Fulham have conceded 7 of their 20 goals from 17 shots OUTSIDE the box. They have faced the 2nd most shots this season from outside the box. Last season, 5 of the 7 goals we scored against them were to Leno's left side. 4 of those 5 were outside the box. The other was Jota from inside the box. The top left graphic shows the ball placement of 3 goals to Leno's left from the shots taken outside the box. The bottom left graphic shows all the shots we took against Fulham in the 2 league games. Quite a few were lined up from outside the box. Maybe there is something in testing Leno from distance especially if Fulham sit off us with 2 new CBs. Joe Gomez - "Shooooooooot"