Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Who better to speak about the huge Champions League tie between Liverpool and Bayern Munich than Dietmar Hamann?
The former Germany midfielder came through the ranks at Bayern, and enjoying much success, before moving to England where he eventually joined Liverpool, for whom he won nine major honours, most famously the 2005 Champions League.
Hamann is now based back in Germany, and on Saturday afternoon, our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce picked up the phone to a player who will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Koppites.
It's a brilliant chat, focusing on the two matches with Bayern, where they could be won and lost, and what Didi believes will be the key battle at Anfield and at the Allianz Arena.
But it also touches on the prize Liverpool fans could well want even more than a sixth Champions League - the Premier League title.
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With Joe Rimmer on a day off and our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce on a scouting mission in Germany, the pack has been reshuffled for the latest Blood Red podcast with Connor Dunn and Theo Squires joining host Ian Doyle and Paul Gorst.
The Reds are without a match this weekend, so the focus is firmly on Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp is set to be down to one fit and available centre-back for the last-16 first-leg showdown and Gorsty wonders whether the Liverpool manager was wrong to let a certain defender - who's not Nathaniel Clyne - leave.
The panel are fairly sure who will start in the middle of the backline versus Munich but are split over the ability of one of the players in question. Taking that into account, then, which of Klopp's squad has to step up the most?
Talk then turns to the Reds' Marbella training camp, the return of two attackers from long-term injury, and why the time in Spain could be crucial in getting a good result on Tuesday.
The massive Premier League trip to Old Trafford follows the Bayern encounter. On paper, it looks one of Liverpool's toughest assignments left.
But has Manchester United's chastening Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain altered perceptions?
And while United used to be the club that most rival fans did not want to see win the league, has that changed to Liverpool? And if so, why?
Our second Blood Red Live event and two red-hot young strikers are then debated before the podcast finishes with the panel failing to hide their disinterest in the FA Cup. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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With Joe Rimmer on a day off and our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce on a scouting mission in Germany, the pack has been reshuffled for the latest Blood Red podcast with Connor Dunn and Theo Squires joining host Ian Doyle and Paul Gorst.
The Reds are without a match this weekend, so the focus is firmly on Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp is set to be down to one fit and available centre-back for the last-16 first-leg showdown and Gorsty wonders whether the Liverpool manager was wrong to let a certain defender - who's not Nathaniel Clyne - leave.
The panel are fairly sure who will start in the middle of the backline versus Munich but are split over the ability of one of the players in question. Taking that into account, then, which of Klopp's squad has to step up the most?
Talk then turns to the Reds' Marbella training camp, the return of two attackers from long-term injury, and why the time in Spain could be crucial in getting a good result on Tuesday.
The massive Premier League trip to Old Trafford follows the Bayern encounter. On paper, it looks one of Liverpool's toughest assignments left.
But has Manchester United's chastening Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain altered perceptions?
And while United used to be the club that most rival fans did not want to see win the league, has that changed to Liverpool? And if so, why?
Our second Blood Red Live event and two red-hot young strikers are then debated before the podcast finishes with the panel failing to hide their disinterest in the FA Cup. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

A very warm welcome to a special recording of our second Blood Red Live event that took place at the Baltic Market in Liverpool on Wednesday.
Hosted by Neil Fitzmaurice, the sold-out show featured our own Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, Paul Machin of The Redmen TV, and singer-songwriter Jamie Webster.
The first half of the recording sees Fitzy in conversation with James, Paul and Jamie.
You’ll then hear highlights from the first of two sets that Jamie played.
Before the panel take questions submitted online and from the 150 Reds fans who were there on the night. 
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A very warm welcome to a special recording of our second Blood Red Live event that took place at the Baltic Market in Liverpool on Wednesday.
Hosted by Neil Fitzmaurice, the sold-out show featured our own Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, Paul Machin of The Redmen TV, and singer-songwriter Jamie Webster.
The first half of the recording sees Fitzy in conversation with James, Paul and Jamie.
You’ll then hear highlights from the first of two sets that Jamie played.
Before the panel take questions submitted online and from the 150 Reds fans who were there on the night. 
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With Jurgen Klopp’s boys away in Spain, and no game for another five days, this is very much the calm before the storm.
But the visit of Bayern Munich kicks start a run in both the Premier League and the Champions League that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool’s destiny.
And it’s against that backdrop that the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast is recorded.
Host Peter Hooton is joined by regular guests Ste Monaghan and John Nicolson as well as the ECHO’s Dan Kay, and they start by discussing the passing of two Bill Shankly favourites, Ian Ross and Gordon Banks.
Talk then turns to the present day and what were the most impressive aspects of last weekend’s win over Bournemouth and why it was so different, both on and off the pitch, to the previous home fixture with Leicester.
Sadio Mane scored his fourth goal in as many matches on Saturday to underline his status as the Reds’ main man at the moment. But has the Senegalese been that for some time now?
What is without question is the improvement shown by Naby Keita in recent weeks and the panel discuss what the midfielder needs to do next to go to the next level.
The debate then switches to the games coming up fast on the horizon, starting with Bayern and followed by the trip to Manchester United, whose fans could well be in the two minds over the outcome of the massive Old Trafford match.
The midfield line-up for those clashes, and then the ones with Watford and Everton, are discussed, as is the impending return of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, before another must-listen podcast ends on a suitably upbeat note with news of Jamie Carragher’s brilliant act of generosity.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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With Jurgen Klopp’s boys away in Spain, and no game for another five days, this is very much the calm before the storm.
But the visit of Bayern Munich kicks start a run in both the Premier League and the Champions League that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool’s destiny.
And it’s against that backdrop that the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast is recorded.
Host Peter Hooton is joined by regular guests Ste Monaghan and John Nicolson as well as the ECHO’s Dan Kay, and they start by discussing the passing of two Bill Shankly favourites, Ian Ross and Gordon Banks.
Talk then turns to the present day and what were the most impressive aspects of last weekend’s win over Bournemouth and why it was so different, both on and off the pitch, to the previous home fixture with Leicester.
Sadio Mane scored his fourth goal in as many matches on Saturday to underline his status as the Reds’ main man at the moment. But has the Senegalese been that for some time now?
What is without question is the improvement shown by Naby Keita in recent weeks and the panel discuss what the midfielder needs to do next to go to the next level.
The debate then switches to the games coming up fast on the horizon, starting with Bayern and followed by the trip to Manchester United, whose fans could well be in the two minds over the outcome of the massive Old Trafford match.
The midfield line-up for those clashes, and then the ones with Watford and Everton, are discussed, as is the impending return of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, before another must-listen podcast ends on a suitably upbeat note with news of Jamie Carragher’s brilliant act of generosity.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Now we know Liverpool are in a very good place on the pitch. One look at the Premier League table will tell you that.
But the recent release of the club’s latest accounts show the Reds are also in a very good place away from the pitch as well.
For the 2017-18 season, Liverpool posted a record-breaking pre-tax profit of £125million.
And while that figure owed much to the proceeds of Philippe Coutinho’s sale to Barcelona, the special guest of this podcast explains why that figure underlines the huge strides Liverpool continue to make off the field.
Kieran Maguire is a leading football finance expert and a lecturer in the subject at the University of Liverpool.
And as well as the impressive annual accounts, he talks to Paul Wheelock about the FSG policies that are really beginning to reap dividends, why Liverpool have now surpassed two of their top-six rivals, why it was a quiet transfer window, and what the Reds can expect as they get set to negotiate a new money-spinning kit deal.
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Now we know Liverpool are in a very good place on the pitch. One look at the Premier League table will tell you that.
But the recent release of the club’s latest accounts show the Reds are also in a very good place away from the pitch as well.
For the 2017-18 season, Liverpool posted a record-breaking pre-tax profit of £125million.
And while that figure owed much to the proceeds of Philippe Coutinho’s sale to Barcelona, the special guest of this podcast explains why that figure underlines the huge strides Liverpool continue to make off the field.
Kieran Maguire is a leading football finance expert and a lecturer in the subject at the University of Liverpool.
And as well as the impressive annual accounts, he talks to Paul Wheelock about the FSG policies that are really beginning to reap dividends, why Liverpool have now surpassed two of their top-six rivals, why it was a quiet transfer window, and what the Reds can expect as they get set to negotiate a new money-spinning kit deal.
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Spirits are high in the ECHO studio for the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Joe Rimmer and featuring our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce, Paul Gorst and Connor Dunn.
That's down to the Reds' dazzling display in the 3-0 win over Bournemouth that, temporarily at least, took them back to the top of the Premier League table.
Just like in the previous home game against Leicester City, Liverpool scored early, but James explains what and why it was different after that.
Did the crowd, and two significant calls to arms, play a part? The panel certainly think so - and so do the players as James interestingly reveals.
There is a lot of love for the superb Gini Wijnaldum and the question is asked whether his showing on Saturday proves there is a lot more to come from the Dutch midfielder.
On any other day Naby Keita may have been named man of the match and the key factor in the big summer signing's resurgence is discussed.
Joe also pays tribute to Fabinho, which leads to a debate over just what constitutes Jurgen Klopp's best midfield.
There is no doubting Klopp's first-choice frontline, but does Sadio Mane get the credit he deserves on the world stage?
Mohamed Salah certainly has that recognition, and after praise for the Egyptian's goalscoring exploits - and his choice of backpacks - talk then turns to the Reds' warm-weather training camp in Spain and whether the break has come at a good time.
Manchester City moved back above Liverpool at the summit on Sunday with a six-goal demolition of a sorry Chelsea side.
But, while there's plenty of admiration for Pep Guardiola's team, there is also a timely reminder.
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