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Joe Lawler

Joe Lawler

Sports Journalist · 4 articles

Benteke is not the right man for Klopp
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Benteke is not the right man for Klopp

Christian Benteke is a prolific target man. With 49 goals in 101 games for Aston Villa, he is a very capable player – so why is it not working for him at Liverpool? At Villa, Benteke was the main man; the likes of Paul Lambert and Tim Sherwood had rightly made the decision to build […]

Pause for thought at Liverpool
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Pause for thought at Liverpool

Now into the international break, Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool have even more work ahead of them than they did when the manager first arrived. He has now had time over the last seven games to assess the players, their strengths, and weaknesses alike. Now is the time for improvement following the period of self-reflection that […]

Everton v Liverpool – Everything to play for
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Everton v Liverpool – Everything to play for

Writing this with 48 hours to go before the Merseyside Derby, I have just seen another substandard performance against a team languishing in the middle of the Swiss Super League table. The team that Rodgers chose was not a starting XI but not far from it; it witnessed seven changes from the team that beat […]

Where has Brendan Rodgers gone?
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Where has Brendan Rodgers gone?

In his first season, Brendan struck me, and many others, as a man with a clear philosophy on football, a clear strategy and a clear vision for where he saw Liverpool football club in the future, back on their perch as a team pushing for title year on year and being mentioned in the same […]