Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool today take their 100% winning record to Leicester City where they will attempt to make it four wins from four and maintain their position at the top of the Premier League table.
And we have the full lowdown on the King Power Stadium clash in our Preview podcast.
Our first guest on the show is our man in the know at Anfield, James Pearce, who explains why Jurgen Klopp has relished what will soon will be a rarity and why the clash could be the Reds’ toughest test yet despite the fact that nemesis Jamie Vardy is suspended.
James also wonders whether it could be time to bring back the captain Jordan Henderson while also paying tribute to two players who many may not have had down as first-choice picks at the start of the season but who are currently two of the first names on the teamsheet.
We then speak to James Sharpe, the Leicester City correspondent for the Leicester Mercury.
He talks the Foxes’ start to the campaign, which is in contrast to how they ended last season, and why the loss of Riyad Mahrez to Manchester City was no bad thing.
Leicester will certainly miss Vardy against Liverpool, though, and James (Sharpe, that is) reveals how he expects Claude Puel’s men to cope with their main man’s absence.
He also talks the impressive new kid on the block at the King Power and gives an update on how Danny Ward is getting on after his summer switch from the Reds.
And the podcast rounds off with highlights from Liverpool manager Klopp’s pre-match press conference. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Liverpool today take their 100% winning record to Leicester City where they will attempt to make it four wins from four and maintain their position at the top of the Premier League table.
And we have the full lowdown on the King Power Stadium clash in our Preview podcast.
Our first guest on the show is our man in the know at Anfield, James Pearce, who explains why Jurgen Klopp has relished what will soon will be a rarity and why the clash could be the Reds’ toughest test yet despite the fact that nemesis Jamie Vardy is suspended.
James also wonders whether it could be time to bring back the captain Jordan Henderson while also paying tribute to two players who many may not have had down as first-choice picks at the start of the season but who are currently two of the first names on the teamsheet.
We then speak to James Sharpe, the Leicester City correspondent for the Leicester Mercury.
He talks the Foxes’ start to the campaign, which is in contrast to how they ended last season, and why the loss of Riyad Mahrez to Manchester City was no bad thing.
Leicester will certainly miss Vardy against Liverpool, though, and James (Sharpe, that is) reveals how he expects Claude Puel’s men to cope with their main man’s absence.
He also talks the impressive new kid on the block at the King Power and gives an update on how Danny Ward is getting on after his summer switch from the Reds.
And the podcast rounds off with highlights from Liverpool manager Klopp’s pre-match press conference. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In the latest Blood Red podcast, regular host and Liverpool reporter Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce and ECHO hack Kristian Walsh to discuss the Champions League draw, ponder a similarly tricky Carabao Cup assignment, tackle the transfer deadline and look ahead to the trip to Leicester City.


Includes Kristian momentarily turning into Ian. And then becoming James. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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In the latest Blood Red podcast, regular host and Liverpool reporter Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce and ECHO hack Kristian Walsh to discuss the Champions League draw, ponder a similarly tricky Carabao Cup assignment, tackle the transfer deadline and look ahead to the trip to Leicester City.


Includes Kristian momentarily turning into Ian. And then becoming James. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Liverpool’s Champions League group stage opponents are the big talking points in the latest edition of the unmissable Allez Les Rouges podcast.
Recorded straight after the Reds discovered they will go head to head with Paris St Germain, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade in Group C, host Peter Hooton and regular guests – and Kop season ticket holders – Kieth Culvin, John Nicolson and Ste Monaghan cast their eyes over the teams standing in the Reds’ way of progressing to the knock-out stages.
There is no question that last season’s losing finalists could have been handed an easier draw but the lads explain why they are thrilled by it – and in particular the chance to lock horns with Red Star – and, like Jurgen Klopp, they are quick to remind everyone that no team will want to face Liverpool either.
Peter believes this season represents a great opportunity to win the Premier League and wonders whether Reds boss Klopp should prioritise that over a tilt for a sixth European Cup.
But, while all and present agree Liverpool now have the squad to compete on more than one front, they reckon there is one player that Klopp cannot even begin to contemplate rotating – not even in the Carabao Cup.
Speaking of the Carabao Cup, Peter and Co also react to the third-round draw for the competition, which took place while the podcast was being recorded, as well as looking ahead to Saturday’s trip to Leicester City, where the Reds will look to maintain top spot and their 100% winning start to the season.
Talk then turns to our own James Pearce’s exclusive two-part chat with Liverpool’s managing director Billy Hogan, which in turn leads to a debate over the club’s off-the-field performance and owners FSG. Like the rest of the podcast, it gets lively.
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Liverpool’s Champions League group stage opponents are the big talking points in the latest edition of the unmissable Allez Les Rouges podcast.
Recorded straight after the Reds discovered they will go head to head with Paris St Germain, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade in Group C, host Peter Hooton and regular guests – and Kop season ticket holders – Kieth Culvin, John Nicolson and Ste Monaghan cast their eyes over the teams standing in the Reds’ way of progressing to the knock-out stages.
There is no question that last season’s losing finalists could have been handed an easier draw but the lads explain why they are thrilled by it – and in particular the chance to lock horns with Red Star – and, like Jurgen Klopp, they are quick to remind everyone that no team will want to face Liverpool either.
Peter believes this season represents a great opportunity to win the Premier League and wonders whether Reds boss Klopp should prioritise that over a tilt for a sixth European Cup.
But, while all and present agree Liverpool now have the squad to compete on more than one front, they reckon there is one player that Klopp cannot even begin to contemplate rotating – not even in the Carabao Cup.
Speaking of the Carabao Cup, Peter and Co also react to the third-round draw for the competition, which took place while the podcast was being recorded, as well as looking ahead to Saturday’s trip to Leicester City, where the Reds will look to maintain top spot and their 100% winning start to the season.
Talk then turns to our own James Pearce’s exclusive two-part chat with Liverpool’s managing director Billy Hogan, which in turn leads to a debate over the club’s off-the-field performance and owners FSG. Like the rest of the podcast, it gets lively.
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Mohamed Salah could be crowned the UEFA Player of the Year at this evening’s Champions League group-stage draw.
Should Salah see off Luka Modric and holder Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the crown, it would continue the Liverpool superstar's remarkable ascent.
However, in the build up to the ceremony in Monaco, Salah has been embroiled in a war of words with the Egyptian FA.
The dispute goes back further than this week – to before, and particularly during, this summer’s World Cup in Russia.
After Egypt crashed out of the competition in ignominious fashion, we spoke to Ahmad Yousef for a special podcast to get the lowdown on a dispute that continues to rage on.
Ahmad is an Egyptian football expert, and the editor at KingFut.com, who has followed the story closely, and in the podcast he tells a tale of bad luck, politics, poor planning, poor organisation and poor management.
And from listening to it, it becomes clear that Salah was let down by the powers that be, and you cannot help but feel desperately disappointed for him.
The podcast was published exclusively on the LFC ECHO app on June 1, 2018, but you can now listen to it here, too. It remains an insightful listen and goes some way to explaining Salah’s continuing unhappiness with the people that run the Egyptian game. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Mohamed Salah could be crowned the UEFA Player of the Year at this evening’s Champions League group-stage draw.
Should Salah see off Luka Modric and holder Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the crown, it would continue the Liverpool superstar's remarkable ascent.
However, in the build up to the ceremony in Monaco, Salah has been embroiled in a war of words with the Egyptian FA.
The dispute goes back further than this week – to before, and particularly during, this summer’s World Cup in Russia.
After Egypt crashed out of the competition in ignominious fashion, we spoke to Ahmad Yousef for a special podcast to get the lowdown on a dispute that continues to rage on.
Ahmad is an Egyptian football expert, and the editor at KingFut.com, who has followed the story closely, and in the podcast he tells a tale of bad luck, politics, poor planning, poor organisation and poor management.
And from listening to it, it becomes clear that Salah was let down by the powers that be, and you cannot help but feel desperately disappointed for him.
The podcast was published exclusively on the LFC ECHO app on June 1, 2018, but you can now listen to it here, too. It remains an insightful listen and goes some way to explaining Salah’s continuing unhappiness with the people that run the Egyptian game. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Liverpool’s perfect start to the Premier League season has served only to increase the excitement and expectation surrounding Jurgen Klopp’s side.
But is Reds boss Klopp right to strike a note of caution as he did after the win over Brighton & Hove Albion at the weekend?
Dominic King, the North West Football Reporter for the Daily Mail, and guest on our latest Verdict podcast, thinks so.
But that does not stop him from pouring praise on Alisson, Virgil van Dijk and the man he hails as the ‘perfect Jurgen Klopp player’.
In a wide-ranging podcast, hosted by Paul Wheelock, Simon Mignolet’s situation is also debated, as is the form of Joe Gomez, who is now getting his rewards after ‘sacrificing’ himself at the end of last season.
Dominic also gives his take on why Klopp’s current midfield trio have started the season so well and why the hype is justified when it comes to Naby Keita.
The former ECHO scribe also reckons Tottenham Hotspur are the real deal after their thorough dismantling of Manchester United on Monday night.
That in turn leads to a discussion about Liverpool’s rivals for the title, including Manchester United and their manager Jose Mourinho, who Dominic believes needs to look at himself when assessing the current gloomy mood at Old Trafford.
Talk then turns to Liverpool’s front three and Sadio Mane’s contract before the podcast rounds off with a Champions League chat ahead of Thursday’s group-stage draw and why this Klopp team will and must win something.
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Liverpool’s perfect start to the Premier League season has served only to increase the excitement and expectation surrounding Jurgen Klopp’s side.
But is Reds boss Klopp right to strike a note of caution as he did after the win over Brighton & Hove Albion at the weekend?
Dominic King, the North West Football Reporter for the Daily Mail, and guest on our latest Verdict podcast, thinks so.
But that does not stop him from pouring praise on Alisson, Virgil van Dijk and the man he hails as the ‘perfect Jurgen Klopp player’.
In a wide-ranging podcast, hosted by Paul Wheelock, Simon Mignolet’s situation is also debated, as is the form of Joe Gomez, who is now getting his rewards after ‘sacrificing’ himself at the end of last season.
Dominic also gives his take on why Klopp’s current midfield trio have started the season so well and why the hype is justified when it comes to Naby Keita.
The former ECHO scribe also reckons Tottenham Hotspur are the real deal after their thorough dismantling of Manchester United on Monday night.
That in turn leads to a discussion about Liverpool’s rivals for the title, including Manchester United and their manager Jose Mourinho, who Dominic believes needs to look at himself when assessing the current gloomy mood at Old Trafford.
Talk then turns to Liverpool’s front three and Sadio Mane’s contract before the podcast rounds off with a Champions League chat ahead of Thursday’s group-stage draw and why this Klopp team will and must win something.
Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy