The Liverpool Way Podcast

We’ve all known it for a long time, but now Manchester City have reportedly been found guilty of the vast majority of the Premier League charges against them. The punishment is still to be decided, but after years of denials, legal battles and delays, the biggest financial scandal in Premier League history has reached a landmark moment.

Dan Thomas is joined by John Gallagher and Paul Natton to pick through the verdict, what it means for Manchester City and their years of success, what punishment could follow, and the wider ramifications for the Premier League and English football.

Alexander Isak’s second half strike ensured it was a successful return to Bournemouth for Andoni Iraola, as the Reds defence took centre stage in a hard fought 1-0 win.

Dan Thomas and Paul Natton join TLW Editor Dave Usher to reflect on an afternoon in which Jeremy Jacquet once again shone but the struggles of Florian Wirtz continued.

Three brilliant goals sent the Reds through to the next round of the Carabao Cup on a night when Andoni Iraola shuffled his pack and gave some of his youngsters their first significant minutes of the season.

Chris Smith is joined by TLW Editor Dave Usher to reflect on a fun evening at Anfield in which the kids done alright, Macca once again shone, Mamardashvili pulled off a wonder save and Szoboszlai scored one of the best goals we'll see all season.

A pretty demoralising day at Anfield as a lacklustre Reds barely laid a glove on winless Fulham in a goalless draw that maintains Andoni Iraola's unbeaten start, but means he's dropped as many points as he's won so far this season.

John Gallagher and Julian Richards join TLW Editor Dave Usher in looking back on this one and trying to find something - anything - worth discussing.

Goals from Dom Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister saw the Reds come back from a goal down to get their Champions League campaign off to a winning start against Atletico Madrid at Anfield.

Paul Natton joins TLW Editor Dave Usher to reflect on an enjoyable night at Anfield in which several players really caught the eye, none more so than new cult hero Ronald Araujo who excelled again at right back.

A first win of the season as well as a first clean sheet, plus two more goals for Alexander Isak taking him to three in as many games. All in all a good night's work for the Reds down in Suffolk.

Chris Smith is joined by TLW Editor Dave Usher to look back on the win over Ipswich, as well as recapping the business done - and not done - during the transfer window.

Alexander Isak opened his account for the season and Victor Munoz scored on his home debut, but it wasn't enough to secure three points as Nottingham Forest went away with a well deserved draw.

TLW Editor Dave Usher is joined by John Gallagher and Paul Natton to look back on the game and also discuss the much needed impending transfer of Bradley Barcola from PSG.

Liverpool kicked off the season with an unconvincing display at Newcastle that almost ended in a demoralising loss, before lively new boy Victor Munoz won a penalty that Dom Szoboszlai converted emphatically to salvage a point with the last kick of the game.

TLW Editor Dave Usher is joined by Julian Richards and the Daily Telegraph’s Chris Bascombe to discuss and eventful game at St James’ Park which showed some of the good elements that we can expect to see under Iraola, as well as some of the glaring issues that will need addressing in the transfer market and on the training ground.

We’re back with a look ahead to the new season which kicks off this weekend. Not much in the way of exciting transfers to discuss, but that in itself is a talking point, as is the changing landscape of the ownership situation.

Chris Smith is joined by TLW Editor Dave Usher and Paul Natton, while James Skelly makes his long awaited pod debut. In addition, most of the other regulars check in with their predictions ahead of the new campaign.

Dan Thomas and John Gallagher are back with the third and final part of their look back at the reign of Gerard Houllier.

This episode begins with the runners-up finish of 2002, which continued the upward trajectory of Houllier's Reds following the treble success of the previous season. The future looked bright, despite GH suffering an almost fatal heart problem early in the campaign, but a disastrous transfer window in the summer of 2002 marked the beginning of a decline that Gerard was ultimately unable to reverse. Two years later, he was replaced by Rafa Benitez.

Dan and John cover all of this and more, while paying tribute to the legacy of a man who left an indelible mark on the history of our great club.