Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

The international break is over! Rejoice! Kristian Walsh hosts the latest Blood Red podcast and is joined by James Pearce and Paul Gorst as they discuss Sadio Mane penning a new deal at Liverpool and how he's ultimately underrated by many. The midfield comes into question once more as Fabinho and Naby Keita are discussed, while the importance of the upcoming five-week period is assessed - starting...

In a Blood Red podcast special, Paul Gorst sits down with WWE wrestler and Liverpool supporter Zack Gibson to talk following the Reds and working for the world's biggest wrestling company. Liverpool-born Zack explains how his love of the Reds became incorporated into his act on WWE television on NXT, and reveals why he came up with the name of his painful submission finisher, the 'Shankly Gates'.T...

It's coming up to two weeks since the Redmen were last in action, but the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast, hosted by Peter Hooton, and featuring regular guests Kieth Culvin, Ste 'Mono' Monaghan and John Nicolson, has a lot to get off its chest. It starts on a positive - and the amazing efforts of Reds supporters and the LFC Foundation in raising £60,000 for Sean Cox, the fan who was left in a crit...

A true Liverpool great is the special guest of our latest podcast. John Toshack has been back in the city this week to promote his new book, Toshack's Way: My Journey Through Football. And the man who won three First Division titles, two UEFA Cups and an FA Cup at Anfield granted an audience to our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce. The duo talk Toshack's eight years on the Red half of Merse...

International breaks give you the chance to reflect, but I don’t think you’ll find a single Liverpool supporter who would argue with the move Jurgen Klopp made in the summer when he signed Alisson Becker and ended any hope Loris Karius had of starting the season as the club’s number one. But questionable Instagram videos aside, it was still hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for Karius after hi...

We turned the agenda over to you, our listeners, for the latest Blood Red podcast. Answering questions posed on Twitter and our new Facebook group page for all the podcasts we produce (click HERE to join), our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce joins Theo Squires and host Kristian Walsh for a special edition of our flagship show. From the situations surrounding Daniel Sturridge and Sadio Mane...

It's the international break but that hasn't stopped our Blood Red team from sitting down and discussing all the latest from Anfield. The continued rise of Trent Alexander-Arnold continues after his first goal for England, with a discussion over whether he will eventually become the midfielder he was meant to be. There is also chat on Steven Gerrard's legacy, Richard Scudamore's £5million goodbye,...

Liverpool are enjoying their joint best start to a Premier League season, and are just two points behind Manchester City, but universal acclaim for Jurgen Klopp's high-flying side is in short supply. So, for our latest View from the Kop podcast, Sean Bradbury, Paul Philbin and debutante Emilia Bona join host Paul Wheelock to question why that is the case. Is it pressure? Expectation? Or is it Klop...

Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce tracked down a member of the Reds' 2005 Champions League-winning squad for our latest podcast - and what a cracker it is. Antonio Nunez was back in Liverpool at the weekend for the first time since leaving Anfield soon after that unforgettable night in Istanbul - he travelled all the way from Spain by car - and our man caught up with the winger for a ver...

Liverpool are just two points behind Manchester City at the top of the table after enjoying a record-equalling start to a Premier League campaign. But what makes the Reds’ form all the more impressive is the fact they are going toe to toe with a club that, over the past decade, has blown everyone else out of the water off the pitch. However, recent accusations have raised questions over Manchester...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by ECHO trio Kristian Walsh, Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst to look back at the win over Fulham, whether there really was any controversy over the opening goal, discuss the Reds' changing formations, ponder the Premier League position to date and assess Naby Keita. Also includes a special section where we answer yo...

Liverpool needed a reaction after their disappointing Champions League defeat to Red Star - and they got one this afternoon as they beat basement boys Fulham 2-0 at Anfield thanks to goals either side of half-time from Mohamed Salah and Xherdan Shaqiri. The comfortable victory ensured the unbeaten Reds moved back to the top of the table, for a little while at least, and equalled their best ever st...

As disappointing as the defeat to Red Star in midweek was for Liverpool, it still has to be placed into context. After all, their Champions League destiny remains in their own hands, and should they win at home to Fulham on Sunday they would go back to the top of the Premier League, for a couple of hours at least. But positives are hard to come by for this weekend’s visitors Fulham. Last season’s...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce along with ECHO duo Connor Dunn and Dan Kay to look back at the dismal defeat to Red Star Belgrade, ponder the success or otherwise of the season to date, assess the midfield options, talk about Trent Alexander-Arnold and remember the nam...

Crisis? What crisis? As bad as the defeat to Red Star was, Liverpool’s Champions League destiny remains in their own hands, and victory on Sunday over Fulham would move them back to the top of the Premier League table. But as Jurgen Klopp admitted himself in midweek, his side are struggling to find their mojo, and it’s against that backdrop that the latest Allez Les Rouges podcast is recorded. Hos...

It's the morning after the night before, and Neil Fitzmaurice is back with his Poetry in Motion podcast, joined by Joe Rimmer and Paul Wheelock. There's no getting away from it - Fitzy is getting a little bit concerned by his beloved Reds. They may still be unbeaten in the Premier League, and victory over Napoli in their final Champions League group game would almost certainly see them through to...

That was a bad, bad night at the office. But only time will tell just how damaging Liverpool’s desperately disappointing Champions League defeat to Red Star will be. What we do know is that it means Liverpool have slipped to second going into their final two group games, away to Paris-Saint Germain and at home to new leaders Napoli. And what we do know is that last season’s beaten finalists will n...

Tonight is Liverpool’s first trip to Belgrade since October 1973 when they suffered the first of two defeats to Red Star to exit the European Cup. They proved to be a watershed moment for legendary manager Bill Shankly, who changed the club’s approach to European football after those nights. But while it’s unlikely the events of this evening will have such a profound effect on the course of Liverp...

The unbeaten Liverpool machine rolls on. But 27 points from a possible 33 is only enough to place the Reds in third at the top of the Premier League after Saturday's 1-1 draw at Arsenal. Host Kristian Walsh is joined by Paul Gorst and the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent James Pearce - all the way from Belgrade - to pick the bones out of the Reds' pulsating point at the Emirates. On the agenda is Vi...

Before jetting out to Belgrade in the morning, our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce speaks to Paul Wheelock for our latest Academy Show podcast. Most of the show focuses on the Reds' on-fire Under-18s side, who made it eight straight wins in Premier League competitions last Thursday with a thrilling, last-gasp mini, mini derby victory over Everton. So who are the players standing out for Ba...

What a game that was. Yes, there was disappointment and frustration that Liverpool could not hold on for what would have been another statement victory. But the Reds more than played their part in an enthralling contest and, more importantly, the 1-1 draw with a revitalised Arsenal side means they moved back to the top of the Premier League and extended their unbeaten start to 11 matches. So, to l...

Looking forward to tonight's match at the Emirtates? I know we are! So to whet the appetite further for a game that always seem to guarantee goals and drama, we have produced a little pre-match podcast for you. It kicks off with host Paul Wheelock talking to the ECHO's sports audience editor Kristian Walsh. With Manchester City setting the bar so high, the Reds have to keep the pace with Pep Guard...

In the latest Blood Red podcast, Liverpool reporter and regular host Ian Doyle is joined by full-time Liverpool correspondent - both home and away - James Pearce and ECHO duo Kristian Walsh and Connor Dunn to look ahead to the trip to Arsenal, consider Jurgen Klopp's midfield options, ponder what might be done in defence, assess Fabinho's progress, remember Unai Emery and Sevilla, and revel in a d...

We know Liverpool are the real deal. One look at the current Premier League table and the progress they have made under Jurgen Klopp, particularly in the calendar year, is testament to that. But what about Arsenal? They go into Saturday's tea-time showdown at the Emirates on the back of 12 wins from their last 13 unbeaten matches in all competitions. In what is Unai Emery's first season in charge,...

What’s great about Liverpool and Merseyside is that no matter who you support, whether Red or Blue, is that people stand together on the bigger, more important things than what happens out on the pitch. Yet another example of that is the special event taking place at the O2 Academy in the city centre on Friday night. Called Talk Tonight, it features some of the best bands and acts in Liverpool, an...