Matt Ladson
Matt Ladson is the co-founder and editor of This Is Anfield, the independent Liverpool news and comment website, and covers all areas of the Reds for FourFourTwo – including transfer analysis, interviews, title wins and European trophies. As well as writing about Liverpool for FourFourTwo he also contributes to other titles including Yahoo and Bleacher Report. He is a lifelong fan of the Reds.
Latest articles by Matt Ladson
6 things Jurgen Klopp will put right this summer to make Liverpool title challengers
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Squad depth, defensive stability and a crucial change in mentality: how Klopp's improving of Liverpool can go a step better next season
5 Liverpool players facing make-or-break seasons
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Matt Ladson of This Is Anfield picks out the Reds who need to shape up in 2017/18 - or risk being shipped out
5 ways Jurgen Klopp will further strengthen Liverpool this summer
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The Reds have already made moves in the transfer market, but it won’t stop there. Matt Ladson of This Is Anfield on the next step in Kloppo’s plan
Rated and slated: the pros and cons of Liverpool’s summer business
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As the dust settles and attention turns towards the “reintegration” of certain players, This Is Anfield's Matt Ladson evaluates the business that was – and perhaps more pertinently, wasn’t – done at Anfield this summer
5 reasons why Real Madrid should worry about Liverpool in the Champions League final
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Between the Reds’ desire, Real’s ageing legs and Liverpool’s under-the-radar threat, Matt Ladson of This Is Anfield on five factors to provoke the Spanish giants’ concern
Jurgen Klopp's Reds reign so far: 4 things he's done well – and 4 more he can't ignore any more
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Jürgen Klopp A thumping weekend win over Arsenal came just five days after the same scoreline in reverse at struggling Leicester. This Is Anfield's Matt Ladson explains how it typified the campaign – and evaluates Kloppo's flip-flopping Liverpool career so far
5 things we think will happen to Liverpool in 2017/18
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A certain player to score 20 goals, but does a dangerous October await? This Is Anfield's Matt Ladson peers into the Reds’ future
5 big ways Liverpool would be hurt by failing to qualify for the Champions League
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This Is Anfield's Matt Ladson looks at the key reasons why a top-four finish is so important for the Reds
Why don’t neutrals want Liverpool to win the Premier League?
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Liverpool What gives? This Is Anfield’s Matt Ladson on the schadenfreude sweeping a nation that’s waiting for the fall
Why scepticism of Liverpool’s owners is flawed… for now
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This Is Anfield's Matt Ladson explains why FSG deserve the benefit of doubt – at least for the time being, anyway
Liverpool's FA Cup replay against Shrewsbury should have been seen as an opportunity, not a nuisance
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Liverpool No, Jurgen Klopp doesn't want to have to field an experienced side against Shrewsbury - but there are plenty of reasons to take a tie seriously
5 crucial things that Jurgen Klopp will improve at Liverpool this summer
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From finding a partner for Virgil Van Dijk to cutting the deadwood - Matt Ladson of This Is Anfield outlines Jurgen Klopp's summer aims if he's to achieve his Premier League title goal
5 things we think will happen at Liverpool in 2019/20
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Liverpool Can the Reds go one better in the Premier League this season? Matt Ladson of This Is Anfield shares his expectations for the campaign ahead
8 players who won’t be at Liverpool beyond 2017/18
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No more Mr Nice Guy: Matt Ladson on the players who'll be leaving Jurgen Klopp’s squad at the end of the season – whether fans want to see them go or not
Liverpool in the 2010s: The most dramatic decade in the Reds’ history
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Liverpool In terms of number of major trophies won, the 2010s represented Liverpool’s least successful decade since the 1950s. However, that doesn’t paint anywhere near the full picture at Anfield, explains Matt Ladson