People forget how good Jamie Redknapp was for Liverpool. His goals, his rifle of a right foot, not to mention his longevity at the club and captaining the side too. These 90s season videos have hopefully given a glimpse into what a quality player he was.
If you could have waved a magic wand and created a version of Redknapp who rarely got injured ... He would have been a WORLD CLASS beast of a player. Would also have dominated for England too. He had it all ... but just ALWAYS got injured at the worst times ... and many of the injuries were the sort that would keep him out for months rather than weeks.
@@lukereilly2956 He was a very good player but sadly jinxed by injuries and sadly did not play a single game in the 2000/2001 season. It was nice how he was brought on to lift the trophy along with Hyypia after Liverpool won the FA Cup that season.
00:00-03:48 Evans-Houllier (Final League Game: Liverpool 1-2 Derby County, 7/11/1998) 03:59 - The Houllier Era Begins in Earnest (First League Game: Liverpool 1-3 Leeds United, 14/11/1998)
loved this team especially Berger. Still remember going to school the next day and giving it to the all the United fans after Ince scored THAT goal. wow.
i remember anfield being half empty in the 80s for cup games in the 80s. I forgot in the 90s there was lots of empty seats too. We always think of ourselves as being able to have a 70k+ stadia but thats a new thing
They scored the second-highest total of goals in the league 68 behind champions Man Utd but their defence was porous conceding 49 goals. Ince, Redknapp, Berger and McManaman were very good players with Fowler and Owen providing top class finishing but Liverpool's defensive was a weak-link.
So many of the commentaries saying "Liverpool back in it..." or similar, shows what a poor season that was. Still some of my favourite players were back then.
You can really see the change in the attacking style from Roy Evans's earlier sides. Much more pragmatic. MacMannaman playing a much smaller role in the attack is particularly noticeable. Owen and Fowler seemed to play a bit together - I know Fowler was injured a fair bit. Not sure of the numbers, and what happens next, I know Owen becomes the undoubted number 1, but this season was possibly where they played together the most?
This was an unpleasant season to live through ... We started well, and topped the league after 4 games ... but then it ALL came crashing down, as it always did in the 90s ... After that 7-1 win over Southampton ... We only won FIVE of the remaining SIXTEEN league fixtures ... and the squad was becoming increasingly weak. Evans left after just a handful of games ... and the boot-room era was finally over.
This was around the time he wanted to leave, and there was a lot of problems behind the scenes. The muted celebrations are generally a sign a player is fed up and wants a change.
