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FCK and that’s a lot of fuss over a drop ball S5 E30

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It’s March 6th - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of the pod. I’m joined by Daz, Sean and Justin. Reds beat Nottingham Forest last weekend to maintain a narrow lead at the top of the premier league. We’ll look ahead to Man City at the weekend and we’ll look at Europa League and Sparta Prague.

Part One: Forest - first win since 1984. The year Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain was released, the Reds won 3 trophies:

  • 0.97 to 2.07 (Fotmob) - Darwin’s goal had an xG of 0.11

    • Should have won this, but not much of that rationality made its way into the wider discourse

    • They started of with a lot of intensity and for 20 minutes, there was some back and forth but the Reds had taken over. (22 - Elanga chance, looked offside) Kelleher great save, 24 - Clark almost; 26 Luis Diaz went close

    • Second half, habit has been to take it up a level - created some chances but found it hard - especially against the mid/low block. Injuries taking their toll? Not enough width? Tsimikas did give us some when he came on. Did we struggle to adapt to the subs initially?

    • Officiating - Let’s shine a light on the corners we should have had in the first half. Seriously, the coverage of this monumental mistake was beyond overboard.

      • And no mention of Kung Fu kicks from Yates

      • ‘Some elite level shit if there are any shenanigans happening’ - Gareth Roberts

      • 18th winner in added time in the Klopp era, Fergie only had 16! Moyes has 21, Wenger also has 21 BTW

      • Anfield has had 28, next is Goodison with 24 (3 of them scored by us!)

        • Part Two - Big game coming up:

        • Game against the team with 115 charges is hard to ignore

          • FCK MCI - looked like a couple of easy games for them

          • Hoping for a big Anfield contribution - biggest crowd for a game against the cheats

          • Guardiola has not won at Anfield with a crowd. I’m sure that’s not in his head!

          • Tactics - go early or wait for the 2nd half momentum to kick in

            • Channel the 2022 FA Cup Semi Final?

            • Team and predictions

            • We start with Sparta Prague in the Europa League first leg

              • They are confident they can win after beating Galatasaray

              • They are top of the Czech league, just drew at home to their biggest rivals Slavia Prague

              • Macca talked about a great battle. Coach Brian Priske was the manager of Midtjylland in 20-21. Mohammed Salah might return.

                • Part Three - AOB:

                • Arsenal have scored a few goals haven’t they?

                • Worst case, we could end up 3rd. How are we dealing with that? Ignoring it, rationalizing it?

                • Liverpool are visiting the city down the road next summer - best way to talk this up?

                • Chasing Man City’s commercial revenue….

                  • We will be back with a review of the City game and a look ahead to the fixtures before the international break. Thanks to Daz, and Justin. And thank you dear listener for joining us.
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