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Winter Blues

Oh, You Beauty... 22 January @ 01:07 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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"Now is the winter of our discontent."
Yikes.
Liverpool have averaged 1.00 points per game or fewer in eight months over the last four-and-a-half seasons – eight of 46 months during this time frame. Three were in January, including this season, with one in December.
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Liverpool Crossing 2011-12

Oh, You Beauty... 04 January @ 11:04 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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So, how's that crossing toward Carroll thing going?
Through the first 17 league games, Liverpool averaged just under 19 crosses per match. In the three since, Liverpool are averaging exactly 35 crosses per match, with 43 against Blackburn, 26 against Newcastle, and 36 against City.
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Infographic – Captain Fantastic

Oh, You Beauty... 23 December @ 09:10 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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I've been working on this sporadically for a few weeks. It's not finished, as Gerrard's career isn't finished, but I thought I'd open the floor for comments. Consider it an early Christmas (or late Hanukkah, very late Diwali or Ramadan, etc) gift.
All stats from the indispensable LFCHistory.
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Infographic – Goals Through 15 Games

Oh, You Beauty... 12 December @ 10:48 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Goals, goals, goals. With Liverpool wasting chance after chance, profligacy to blame for home draws with Norwich, Swansea, and Sunderland as well as away losses to Stoke and Fulham, the number of goals scored has become both millstone and mantra, a clear problem in obvious need of fixing, the major fault keeping the side from reaching its full potential.
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A Day in the Life: Lucas v City

Oh, You Beauty... 28 November @ 08:52 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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There seems little point in doing a usual chalkboard review. I'd end up focusing on Lucas Leiva's marvelous performance, and you can just as easily head to the Guardian or Stats Zone app and see them for yourself. Each is a beautiful, unique snowflake worthy of admiration, and I recommend doing so.
I thought I'd display his statistics somewhat differently.
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Goal Breakdown: Suicidal Defending and Taking Advantage

Oh, You Beauty... 21 November @ 09:43 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Both of Liverpool's goals against Chelsea were fantastic, strikes which have an excellent chance of showing up on various best-of-season lists. The first showed the benefits of pressing from the front and quick pass and move football, the second direct football at its finest: a cross-field diagonal opening up acres of space for an attacking full-back bombing forward.
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Goal Breakdown: Suarez 1-1 Stoke

Oh, You Beauty... 27 October @ 11:26 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Nothing, absolutely nothing, can take away from the sheer, singular brilliance of Suarez's swirling strike, but I wanted to highlight the contributions of those involved in the build-up, specifically three off-the-ball runs and two cross-field passes. Mostly to ensure they don't get lost in the utter majesty of the finish.
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Image of the Day

Oh, You Beauty... 24 October @ 08:13 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Nine games. 39 shots: 17 on target, 16 off target, six blocked. Four goals. That's an awful lot of shots without much return. Which seems to be the story of Liverpool's season so far.
This isn't to criticize Suarez. More often than not, especially against Norwich, he's looked the only one capable of magic, capable of somehow hauling Liverpool to three points.
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Lucas: The Holding Midfielder

Oh, You Beauty... 20 October @ 10:09 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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With Lucas suspended for Saturday, having already picked up five bookings (four in the league, one in the Carling Cup), I thought I'd take a look at how his defending has matured since becoming a regular starter in 2009-10.
Lucas appeared in 35 league matches (32 starts, three subs) in 2009-10, 33 (32 starts, one sub) in 2010-11, and in all eight so far this season.
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Infographics: Liverpool Penalties

Oh, You Beauty... 10 October @ 09:54 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Yep. More infographics as yet another international break is driving me insane.
Fairly straight-forward. As usual, click to expand images. A few random notes:
• Reasonable degree of variance from Liverpool's two main penalty takers: Kuyt and Gerrard. Kuyt went to the keeper's left four times (one saved), to the keeper's right twice, and down the middle once – with six of seven strikes along the ground.
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Seven-Game Shots Comparison: '09-10 – '11/12

Oh, You Beauty... 05 October @ 08:29 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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As usual, I'd recommend opening the main graphic in a new window. It's prettier that way, plus you can zoom in to see all those painstakingly placed bars. Also, as an FYI, when goals appear atop shots (circles on top of bars), it means the two incidents happened in the same minute, and it's usually for one of two reasons.
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Liverpool Managers: The First 30 Games

Oh, You Beauty... 22 September @ 01:14 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Yesterday marked Dalglish's 30th game in charge since taking over last January. The side's record over that span is 15W-6D-9L. How does that compare with previous bosses?
Read the hexagonal diagrams from left to right, in rows of six. Just to make things confusing. Linearity isn't really the point anyway.
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Infographic: Before and After International Breaks

Oh, You Beauty... 06 September @ 08:22 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The standard narrative is that international breaks are an unnecessary disruption where players get hurt and clubs suffer. But is that really the case?
The short answer is: it depends. Liverpool were worse after the international breaks in the previous two seasons, had the same record before and after in 2008-09, and were actually better in 2007-08.
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Infographic – Late Winners Since 2007-08

Oh, You Beauty... 16 August @ 08:17 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The following graphic shows games Liverpool won with goals after the 80th minute. This obviously does not count those where Liverpool equalized to pilfer a point – such as last spring's late late late penalty to draw at Arsenal – or games where they've piled on the misery – as against Birmingham under Dalglish, Steaua under Hodgson, etc.
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Infographic – Preseason as Precedent

Oh, You Beauty... 25 July @ 08:37 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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After constantly intoning that Saturday's overwhelming mediocrity counts for little in the grand scheme of things, I thought I'd actually compare how Liverpool's fared in previous preseasons to the subsequent league campaign. I'm well aware that preseason games don't count for points (among other caveats), but bear with me; it's the best way to force this forced comparison.
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Infographic – I Get Older, They Stay The Same Age

Oh, You Beauty... 12 July @ 01:01 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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As much as I hate my birthday (and have since I turned 21), I'm actually publicly acknowledging it this year for some reason. A moment of weakness, most likely.
So, with a lack of content worth scribbling about – at least until tomorrow's first friendly against Guangzhou (8am on FSC in the US) – I thought I'd post a self-indulgent infographic showing my age relative to Liverpool's squad from the season before.
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Infographic – How Liverpool Scored

Oh, You Beauty... 24 June @ 08:07 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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55 right-footed (71.4%)
12 headers (15.6%)
8 left-footed (10.4%)
2 own goals (2.6%)
Two thoughts.
First, it helps explain why so many of Liverpool's supposed transfer targets are left-footed. At least two attacking midfielders/forwards/wingers and a starting left-back (along with perennial favorite Charlie Adam) seem to top Comolli's summer shopping list.
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With Gerrard, Without Gerrard

Oh, You Beauty... 20 June @ 07:50 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Statistically insignificant. Well, for the most part.
2010-11 was the first season when Gerrard missed more than 10 of Liverpool's league games since his debut campaign. Over the last 12 years, Gerrard has been absent for 81 of Liverpool's 456 Premiership matches: just 18%.
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Passing Wheel – Jordan Henderson

Oh, You Beauty... 15 June @ 11:58 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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As actual news is sparse with the silly season in full flow (yes, I know it's barely mid-June), I thought I'd bring back the quasi-informative passing wheel (previously highlighted: Lucas and Gerrard) to take a look at three of Jordan Henderson's best games from the previous season.
The links will take you to the actual Guardian chalkboard for each game.
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Infographics – Leftovers

Oh, You Beauty... 03 June @ 08:24 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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And we'll finish out the week with cold pizza: two revamps of old infographics.
The first barely counts as a graphic, so we'll get it out of the way quickly. As I explained last year, I don't always agree with how Opta/BBC/ESPN/whomever classifies assists. So, just to be pedantic, I call it "Goal Creation" in the graphic's headline.
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Infographic: Results Comparison 2010-11

Oh, You Beauty... 02 June @ 08:27 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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For comparison, here's last year's version
versus club:
• Chelsea (1st --> 2nd) = +6
• United (2nd --> 1st) = 0
• Arsenal (3rd --> 4th) = +2
• Tottenham (4th --> 5th) = -3
• City (5th --> 3rd) = +1
• Villa (6th --> 9th) = 0
• Everton (8th --> 7th) = -5
• Birmingham (9th --> 19th) = +3
• Blackburn (10th --> 15th) = -1
• Stoke (11th --> 13th) = -1
• Fulham (12th --> 8th) = +5
• Sunderland (13th --> 10th) = +1
• Bolton (14th --> 14th) = 0
• Wolves (15th --> 17th) = -1
• Wigan (16th --> 16th) = -1
• West Ham (17th --> 20th) = -3
• Relegated/Promoted 1 (Burnley 18th --> Newcastle 12th) = -3
• Relegated/Promoted 2 (Hull 19th --> West Brom 11th) = -1
• Relegated/Promoted 3 (Portsmouth 20th --> Blackpool 19th) = -3
Better against most top sides, primarily Chelsea and Arsenal.
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Results by Goals Scored: Home v Away

Oh, You Beauty... 01 June @ 09:54 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Results under Dalglish outlined in black.
Notice any differences?
12W-4D-3L at Anfield, outscoring the opposition 37 to 14. 5W-3D-11L on the road, tallying 22 while conceding 31.
Dalglish:
Home: 6W-2D-1L, 20 scored – 6 conceded
• 2.22 points per game, 2.
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Infographics – Squad Turnover

Oh, You Beauty... 31 May @ 09:18 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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This is what Hicks and Gillett did to Liverpool's playing squad.
Yes, Benitez had a Redknappian fondness for wheeling and dealing – and had to rebuild right away despite winning the Champions League in his first season – but an awful lot of that business was compelled by the tumors' poverty and indebtedness, evident in the number of transfers in the last two to three seasons.
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Infographic - Turning Points

Oh, You Beauty... 30 May @ 08:34 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Welcome to infographic week. Over the next five days, I'll have charts, graphs, and other visual lunacy in an attempt to further dissect the season that was. Today, Liverpool's league points week by week.
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• Liverpool's points per game under Hodgson = 1.
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Kit Happens

Oh, You Beauty... 14 April @ 09:01 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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You're all probably well aware how much I enjoy irrelevant statistics. And often, they really are irrelevant; correlation clearly doesn't always imply causation and the past isn't always precedent. Still, coincidences can be fun.
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From 1896 through 1987, Liverpool wore just three kit colors: red, white, and yellow.
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Infographic: Liverpool Injuries 2010-11

Oh, You Beauty... 29 March @ 08:28 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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According to Physioroom, Liverpool have had 43 separate injuries to first team players since the beginning of August. The above graphic shows only 38 for two reasons. First, there are two different Gerrard groin injuries listed in February. However, since he didn't play any matches in the meantime, I'm only counting it as one.
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Liverpool in Europe since 2000

Oh, You Beauty... 25 March @ 01:08 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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It ain't over 'til it's over, but as of now, European competition for a twelfth-straight season looks unlikely. Last missing out in 1999-2000, Liverpool have racked up a fair amount of frequent flier miles since the turn of the 21st century.
As usual, click to enlarge in a new window.
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Passing Wheel – Gerrard at West Ham

Oh, You Beauty... 02 March @ 10:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Remember the passing wheel for Lucas posted two weeks ago? That was fun. Let's do that for Gerrard against West Ham last Sunday. We've got some time to kill before previewing the United match.
The word of the day is "more." More total passes, more ambitious passes, more incomplete passes, more sideways passes, and more backwards passes.
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Defense Infographics

Oh, You Beauty... 22 February @ 12:04 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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For reasons only explained by sheer masochism, I spent most of yesterday looking up some defensive statistics. In lieu of posting a much-loved data dump, I thought I'd dress it up a bit. I needed an excuse to open Adobe Illustrator anyway. There are some hard numbers in the comments if you're so inclined.
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Spin the Wheel

Oh, You Beauty... 14 February @ 08:50 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Every now and then, I stumble across an absolutely brilliant idea on someone else's website. When that happens, I usually steal it.
Last week, Dan from Aston Villa Central created what he called the "passing wheel," taking the Guardian Chalkboard passing data and re-plotting all the passes from a central point.
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Liverpool v Everton: Four Crucial Changes

Oh, You Beauty... 17 January @ 10:02 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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1) Tackles won
Everton (H): 20 out of 46 in opposition half (43%)
Everton (A): 14 out of 38 in opposition half (37%)
2) Successful clearances
Everton (H): 23 out of 44 clearances successful (52%)
Everton (A): 13 out of 33 clearances successful (39%)
3) Shots
Everton (H): 4 of 20 shots from outside the box (20%)
- 1 on target, 2 blocked, 1 off target
Everton (A): 15 of 21 shots from outside the box (71%)
- 4 on target, 4 blocked, 7 off target
4) Reina passes
Everton (H): 27 out of 35 passes successful (77%)
Everton (A): 20 out of 30 passes successful (67%)
1) Pressing from the front
Goes without saying, and the biggest improvement we've seen in the last three games.
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