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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Enrique and Daz. So the Champions League journey is over for another season after the Reds lose in a penalty shoot out to PSG. Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final is not a game we will want to dwell on much after today. Part One - a 1-0 loss at home to PSG. xG 1.59 to 2.63, (Dembele’s goal was 0.95) - 1.51 to 2.13 in normal ti...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Enrique. So the Reds went to Paris for the first time since 2022 and again one of the goalies had a man of the match performance that prevented the dominant team from winning - this time it went in our favor. We are going to review PSG away, and Southampton at home which left us 15 points ahead after this weekend and...

Welcome dear listener to this bonus episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. So the Reds are 13 points clear with 67 points and 10 games to play in the League. We are going use Liverpool’s weekend off to take a broader view of the season - looking back and looking ahead to the last 3 months of the season: Part One - looking back - 20 wins in the League, seeded first in the UCL draw (fo...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds beat City last weekend, and in similar fashion outplayed Newcastle this midweek. Top of the Premier League by 13 from Arsenal (game in hand), 19 from Forest, and 20 from City and 21 from Chelsea. We’ll review the City and Newcastle games and then look ahead to the PSG round of 16 away leg and maybe Southampton a...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds beat Wolves, and play out an interesting one at Villa. Still top of the Premier League - 8 from Arsenal, 14 from Forest, and 17 from City. We’ll review the Wolves and Villa games and then look ahead to City away and Newcastle at home. After that we can take a breath. Part One - how nervous were you abou...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds draw against Everton. Still top of the Premier League - 7 from Arsenal, 10 from Forest, 14 from Chelsea and 16 from City and Newcastle. We’ll review the game and then look at Plymouth away and Spurs at home in the Carabao, with a look ahead to Wolves and Villa away. League win at Everton - oh never mind: Seven p...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds win at Bournemouth. Still top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 6 from Arsenal, 9 from Forest and 13 from Chelsea and 15 from City and Newcastle. We’ll review the PSV game and mostly look at Bournemouth, with a look ahead at the next 2 weeks. Part One - PSV Eindhoven: xG 1.32 to 1.61 (0.76 pen...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds win against Lille and Ipswich. Still top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 6 from Arsenal, 9 from Forest and 12 from City and Bournemouth. We’ll review Lille and Ipswich and then talk about the upcoming Champions League game against PSV and the Premier League away against Bournemouth plus a lo...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Justin and Daz. The Reds win at Brentford with the Darwin Nunez late show. Big win especially after Arsenal dropped points. Top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 6 from Arsenal and Forest and 10 from Chelsea, 12 from surging Newcastle and reborn City. We’ll review Brentford and then talk about the upcoming Champions...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds drew with Forest 1-1 last Tuesday after dropping points against Man Utd a week and a half ago in the League. Still the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 12 points clear of City, 4 from Arsenal (same games) and 10 from Chelsea. We’ll review those games and then talk about the upcoming Premier League...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds beat Leicester 3-1 last Thursday and played another tough one against West Ham on Sunday - just the 5 goals this time. We are at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 14 points clear of City, 9 from Arsenal (same games) and 10 from Chelsea. We’ll review those games and then talk about the upcoming...

We so enjoyed the conversation after the win at Spurs on Sunday, we came back to chat about the next few games: Looking ahead: Leicester - hopes, line up, predictions West Ham - hopes, line up, predictions Manchester United - hopes, line up, predictions  We will be back in 2 weeks with a review of those four or five games, and maybe some previews. Thanks to Daz and Sean for joining me, Paul. And m...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. Look out for the bonus episode coming soon previewing our upcoming games. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds drew 2-2 with Fulham last weekend, beat Southampton 2-1 last Wednesday in the Carabao Cup and played a tough one against Spurs today - well OK, a game we dominated. We are at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 12...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds drew with Newcastle away 3-3 a week ago, had the Merseyside Derby postponed, and beat Girona 1-0 on Tuesday in the Champions league. Net result is we are 3 points clear at the top of the Champions League table and still the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 8 points clear of City, 6 from Arsenal an...

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Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. The Reds beat Southampton 3-2 on Sunday and went 8 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Given the proximity of the Real Madrid and Man City games, we’ll focus on the last game and consider how we should be reacting to this lead after almost 32% of the season. Maybe a word more on contract chat. Part...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. The Reds beat Aston Villa 2-0 last Saturday and went 5 points clear at the top of the Premier League. Given the international break, we will review the first part of the season, and look ahead to Southampton and Real Madrid . Part One - Villa - xG (2.02 to 1.38 - Villa 0.73 set play xG in the first half). Villa...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds had a win away at Brighton last week, followed by 2 very big wins. We will look ahead to Villa at home - the last game before the 3rd international break. Part One - 2 games against Brighton: Brighton away in the Carabao Cup - 3-2, could have been comfortable with Jarrell’s few moments Brighton at home - xG 1.65...

The Reds had a difficult away trip to the Emirates on Sunday, improving on last year’s performance with a draw against Arsenal. We will look ahead to Brighton at home (after we’ve played Brighton away) and Leverkusen in the Champions league. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world - including the sad departure of our favorite Man Utd manager (maybe even more than...

The Reds just keep on winning and we are not getting tired of that. We will talk about the Chelsea and RB Leipzig wins and look ahead to the games we will face beyond the international break.. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world.  Part One: 2 more wins Chelsea home - 2-1; xG 1.94 to .99 (0.73 in the second half) Dom and the dirty work Injuries - Diogo? Chelsea...

Good news is that the Reds keep winning. We will talk about the Palace and Bologna wins and look ahead to the games we will face beyond the international break.. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world.  Part One - Palace away 60 minutes of control - second goal would have been great, but actually winning 1-0 might be OK xG of 1.39 to 0.64 (.76 to .57 in the secon...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode of the 6th season of the pod. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. Reds return to winning ways. We will talk about the Wolves win, pass over the Bologna game because it’s probably happened by the time you are hearing this, and we will preview Palace away. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world.  Part One - Wolves away First...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode of the 6th season of the pod. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. Reds return to winning ways. We will talk about the Bournemouth win, the EFL cup tie win, and we will preview Wolves away and Bologna at home games. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world.  Part One - Bournemouth home: The team that Richard Hughes...

Arne Slot’s perfect start takes a hit. We will talk about the Forest game, the victory in Milan and we will preview the Bournemouth and West Ham League Cup games. If we have time we will look at what else is happening in the footy world.  Part One - Forest home: xG still favored us but Forest game plan worked - 0.9 to 0.6 (0.0 at half time) First half wasn't terrible. Mo and Szobo are not grea...

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode of the 6th season of the pod. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz, and Justin. And we are 3 for 3, as the Reds went to Old Trafford win 3-0 and we looked good. We will go into detail on the game, we will preview the United game and will look elsewhere at the weekend and what else is happening in the footy world. Part One - United away: xG might not be the mo...