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This is an eternal one. There is no guaranteed "good way" as it is a still a matter of discussion how to approach a "matter of football" to be able to fully (or at least as good as possible) understand it.

For day to day performances, you can always follow services that even scouts use (like Opta, even FM and stuff) or free online sites like Squawka. However, I highly recommend to apporach them critically and with hindsight. It never tells a full story. Full story is watching the match, several times in a best way, not that almost anyone who is not paid for it, does.

Even though, you need to see what you are looking at. I think it is ideal, as in any research, to collect all sources. There is a great literature about a history and development of tactics (eg. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/1409128644) or you can just follow some websities dedicated to it like http://www.zonalmarking.net.

It is midnight and I am sitting alone laughing. Never thought of that connotation. I should probably be more clear next time.

From Steve Peter's book listing

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Simon Hughes' Red Machine, Men In White Suits, and Ring Of Fire are all interesting and great books.

Jonathan Wilson's The Anatomy of Liverpool was a very good read. Of course, Wilson is best known for Inverting The Pyramid, which is a staple football book.

I also enjoyed David Goldblatt's The Game of Our Lives, which chronicles the Premier League from it's birth to roughly 2014-15 I believe (at least in the paperback edition).

44 Years With The Same Bird by Brian Read is generally excellent I thought. Gives you an insight in to the relationship between a fan and the club over what was an insanely successful period. It speaks to how being a football supporter can touch every part of your life.

It's very well written. I ploughed through it in no time. Amazon link here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/44-Years-Same-Bird-Liverpudlian/dp/0330474251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525947914&sr=8-1&keywords=with+the+same+bird

Hey. I bought that This Is Anfield poster. http://i.imgur.com/hzazmZI.jpg here it is in size. The frame is pretty top notch to be honest. Pretty sure you can find a non-framed version on Amazon.

I'd recommend anyone who loves this game to watch this new Amazon Prime series called 'This is football'. Episode 1 starts off with a pretty well known song as well and some bits are about us, while the documentary itself takes another route then.

This is football

Red Men by John Williams is pretty great. Has such a good level of detail and research. Goes through the full LFC history.

Here it is on Amazon.

An Epic Swindle is the best book on the ownership and direction of Liverpool under our former American owners Hicks & Gilette. An excellent read, and honestly very important in terms of setting the stage for FSG's tenure - elements of the H&G reign are still affecting Liverpool as a club today, and part of what made last season's title challenge so special was that it came less than 4 years after we almost went into administration.

The Anatomy of Liverpool is one I'm reading at the moment. Written by The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson, author of another highly recommended football book called Inverting The Pyramid (a history of football tactics), The Anatomy of Liverpool picks out 10 matches in the club's history and uses them as the basis to discuss that era of the club - the players, the manager, the seasons, the direction of the club, let alone that match itself. Bear in mind that both this book and Inverting The Pyramid can occasionally be very dry reads, but worth persevering with!

And then, of course, LFC players' autobiographies. There's also Pepe Reina's autobiography, in addition to the ones on that list, which also has some insights about the club under Rafa & Hicks & Gilette

I read in Saucerful of Secrets it was just because they were football fans in general and liked how it sounded, not because of LFC, itself. That's if I remember correctly. Great book, btw.

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Machine-Liverpool-Players-Stories/dp/1780576919/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1537484130&sr=8-8&keywords=liverpool+fc+books

https://www.amazon.com/Liverpool-FC-Seven-Year-Liverpools-Championship-ebook/dp/B00ARHX99A/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&qid=1537484225&sr=8-33&keywords=liverpool+fc+books

https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Shankly-Much-Important-Biography-ebook/dp/B0050OM414/ref=sr_1_58?ie=UTF8&qid=1537484289&sr=8-58&keywords=liverpool+fc+books

https://www.amazon.com/44-Years-Same-Bird-Liverpudlian-ebook/dp/B004GKLXPQ/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1537484502&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=liverpool+fc+books+with+the+same+bird

These are the ones that I recommend, enjoy

Its just from good old Amazon :)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000OMHPF2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

An Epic Swindle:44 Months with a Pair of Cowboys is worth a read after you've caught up with all the great history. Same author as 44 years With the Same Bird shows lifelong fan's perspective of the Gilette/Hicks years. Not quite what you asked for but interesting nonetheless.

The best footy book by miles is "44 years with the same bird" (the liver bird) by mirror columnist Brian reade. All about growing up watching us, how he got into it, how shankly sorted him a ticket after he wrote to him about his gettin robbed, its got everything.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0330474251/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1367746927&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

This Is Anfield poster is super cheap on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001X36A8O?pc_redir=1414479729&robot_redir=1

An Epic Swindle

I definitely recommend it!

I would recommend Here we go gathering cups in may its the stories of cup finals and away days from fans perspectives, it really gives the feel as to what it was like to follow Liverpool in the 70s and 80s. For recent history I would suggest An epic swindle. The inside story of Hicks and Gillette with loads of details about what was happening behind closed doors within the club.

Great summary. I can thoroughly recommend An Epic Swindle: 44 Months with a Pair of Cowboys for anyone wanting a bit more insight into this.

This is the correct answer. It's also why we have the terms full-back and why centre backs are sometimes referred to as centre-halves (they used to be the central half-backs). It's also where the inside-forward comes from (8 and 10 being the inside-right and inside-left).

There's a very informative book called Inverting The Pyramid which is a history of tactics and includes this information. The Pyramid was what the old 2-3-5 formation was called.

For those of you that haven't, you need to read this. It gives you a really good insight in to how H&G ran the club

https://www.amazon.com/Here-Gathering-Cups-May-Liverpool/dp/1847671675

That one is great but now it needs an update!

oh yes you are right. Huh. Only saw the link I posted which was the DVD option. The official LFC store doesn't stock the bluray one.

Anyone who may have must definitely read An Epic Swindle.

I could see Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons doing one as they're currently promoting their book, Make Us Dream.

Have anyone of you read "Mentality Monsters"? Is it worth buying the paperback version?
This is the book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Mentality-Monsters-Liverpool-Also-Rans-Champions/dp/1076602363/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1563518945&sr=8-1

Taken from "Make Us Dream" by Neil Atkinson & John Gibbons.

> Taken from "Make Us Dream" by Neil Atkinson & John Gibbons.

• Red Men: Liverpool Football Club The Biography - by John Williams
  
  This is a very good read. It does not concentrate solely on Shankly's Liverpool as many other books do. The author recounts the story of the city, the people of Liverpool, and LFC - not just the glory years. It is not the the most current, but it does deliver a chronicle of LFC up to the Hodgson era.

It's available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Liverpool-Football-Champions-Europe-Blu-ray/dp/B07SRY6FB1/ref=tmm_blu_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I take it you have not been Liverpool FC supporter for long.

Just Google Liverpool FC Bankruptcy. I would also highly recommend reading Liverpool FC An Epic Swindle by Brain Reade

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Epic-Swindle-Months-Pair-Cowboys/dp/085738600X

This if you want to relive last season.

Where did you get the poster from? Is it this one? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Liverpool-This-Anfield-Poster-Multi-Colour/dp/B000OMHPF2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478034449&sr=8-2&keywords=this+is+liverpool+poster

Get yourself a copy of this

You can order it here for 7 dollars

Link to where you can buy the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Men-Liverpool-Football-Biography/dp/1845967100