First State Kopites

It’s November 15th and the 25th international break is underway. Welcome to the latest edition of our show. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz, Justin and not physically but spiritually Sean. We’ll talk about the quiet efficiency of the Brentford performance, look back at 12 league games played and consider any lessons from Toulouse and Luton: Part One - convincing enough? xG - 1.5 to 1.5 on average....

It’s November 5th and it’s Guy Fawkes night in the UK - bonfires and fireworks. Welcome to the latest edition of our show. As promised, special guest is Lingerr from the San Francisco Supporters Club. Also here is Daz. We’ll talk about the disappointment of the Luton game and look ahead to Toulouse away and Brentford at home: Start - Lingerr, how have you been? What happening in San Francisco? Par...

It’s November 1st - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. Today we’ll review the Forest and Bournemouth games and look ahead to Luton at the weekend.  Part One - Liverpool 3, Nottingham Forest 0 Luis Diaz xG was at worst 2.95, with Forest 0.48. Most of that coming in the last 20 minutes when the game was pretty much won. Daz s...

t’s October 28th - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We’ll do a review of the Everton and Toulouse games and briefly look ahead, given Liverpool play Forest in less than 24 hours.  Part One - The Merseyside Derby - 243rd version, Liverpool have 99 wins now. We need a red card and a penalty to beat this lot - not great for a team wi...

It’s October 20th - welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean to do a brief preview of what’s next for the Reds. We have Everton tomorrow in the early kick off and Toulouse at home next Thursday. What do we expect: 13th time we’ve had this slot since Klopp arrived, nearest to us is 6. Actually does this just tell us that the Reds are reall...

It’s October 10th welcome dear listener to the latest edition of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin today. With the second international break upon us, we are going to reflect on the last 3 Liverpool games. Spurs, Union SG and Brighton. Apologies to keep you waiting for the fume about the officiating at the Tottenham Stadium. Part One - let’s look back at the 2-1 defea...

It’s September 25th. It’s the latest episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul, joined by Daz. We are here to look at the West Ham game, mention Leicester in  the Carabao cup and look ahead to Spurs away. Thanks for joining us Part One - West Ham look as good as they have in years and we still beat them xG Liverpool 3+, West Ham just over 1. Revisit predictions. Not a bad team, We...

It’s September 20th. It’s the latest episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul joined by Justin and Daz. We are here to look at the Wolves game, mention the LASK game and look ahead to West Ham at home. Thanks for joining us. Part One - game of two halves Brian: How bad was the first half? ‘Plumbed the depths’ said James Pearce. Defense had a few bad moments OR was it overall a ba...

It’s September 11th. It’s the latest episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul joined by Sean and Daz. We are here to look ahead to the Wolves game, start the conversation about the upcoming Thursday afternoon adventure against LASK and glance ahead at West Ham, Leicester, Spurs away, Union SG and then Brighton away. Thanks for joining us. Part One - away at Wolves: We had a night...

It’s September 5th Labor Day here in the US. It’s the 7th episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul joined by Enrique and Daz. We are here to review the Villa game and spend a short amount of time reflecting on where we are after 4 games. Thanks for joining us. Part One - This is going to be good! Jurgen - Top game, most convincing we’ve been in a long time. Looked really good in...

It’s September 1st and it’s the 6th episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul joined by Daz. We are here to talk about the Newcastle game - review our predictions and spend a short amount of time on the game against Villa - 2 days away. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - comfortable 2-1 win over Newcastle:(): I watched this one back and I think there are a few narratives that are...

It’s August 22nd and it’s the 5th episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by special guest Andrew Beesley (BasstunedtoRed) also got Daz, Sean and Justin. We are here to talk about the Bournemouth game, the state of play in the Liverpool world through Andrew’s lens and the upcoming trip to the other Oil state team. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - comfortable 3-...

It’s August 17th and it’s the 4th episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. We are here to talk about the Chelsea game, the state of play in the Liverpool world and the upcoming visit of Bournemouth. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - The circus that is Chelsea: The good - signs the front 5 could run over people - conversations about pianos There...

It’s August 9th and it’s the 3rd episode of our 5th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Enrique. We are here to talk more about how the pre-season has gone and look ahead to Chelsea this weekend. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - Bayern Munich and SV Damstadt The balance - scored 18 conceded 11 - I think there were 4 when VVD was on the field Defending - the over th...

It’s July 25th and it’s the 2nd episode of our 5th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Haitham. We are here to talk more about how we are shaping up for the coming season. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - On the Field: 4-2 over Karlsruher - what was good and what still needs work? Gakpo and Jota looked impressive together Diaz - still question marks? Scanlon and Mc...

It’s July 13th and it’s the first episode of our 5th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Sean. We are here to talk about reflections on last season, the off season and initial impressions of how we are shaping up for next season. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - 2022-23 in the rear view mirror: Three brief highlights Biggest regrets Part Two - The off season: Trent...

It’s May 25th and it’s episode 31 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We are here to talk about our last game - 1-1 against Aston Villa fixture. Thanks for joining us.  Introduction: Istanbul Day Rome ‘77 Part One - Villa at home: The deserved narrative for Villa.. Nothing happened for them in the first 20 minutes xG - 0.9 to 1.5 Another time waster team who...

It’s May 18th and it’s episode 30 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz, Sean and Justin. We are here to talk about our last game - 3-0 over Leicester  and then look ahead to the Villa fixture. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - Leicester away - 7th win in a row: Curtis Jones xG 1.73 to 0.53 (Understat) 3-2-5 shape continues to be used, Salah the assist king Two...

It’s May 11th and it’s episode 29 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. We are here to talk about our last game - 1-0 over Brentford and then look ahead to the Leicester City fixture. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - Brentford at home 3rd at home in a week, but the next to last - lots to consider: Before we talk about refereeing, let’s talk about t...

It’s May 4th and it’s episode 28 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We are here to talk about our last two games - Spurs and Fulham and look ahead to the weekend Brentford fixture. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - the rearranged Fulham game at home - as low key as we’ve had since West Ham in October Thiago out for the season was the pre-game news. Plus the...

It’s April 27th and it’s episode 27 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. We are here to talk about our last two games - Forest and West Ham games. Thanks for joining us.  Part One: Forest are poor aren’t they? Long balls seem to unnerve us - wasn’t the same watching it back Were we good and bad in moments or bad and good in moments? Diogo Jota is ba...

It’s April 19th and it’s episode 26 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. We are here to talk about our last three games including us playing like peak 2021-22 Liverpool for at least 100 minutes. And in part 3 we will look ahead to the Forest and West Ham games. Thanks for joining us.  Want to get started by acknowledging last Saturday was the thirty fourth ann...

It’s April 3rd and it’s episode 25 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz and Justin. We are here to talk about our last few games including being beaten by the Cheats, and to look ahead to the upcoming series of games.. Thanks for joining us.  Part One - big defeat to City: Klopp said he thought Gakpo, Fab, Hendi and Alli could be excused….. The ‘chasm’ that now...

Justin and Paul reflect on a wonderful trip to Liverpool where they saw the Reds achieve an historic 7-0 over their biggest rivals from the other end of the M62

It’s March 9th and it’s episode 24 of our 4th season. welcome dear listener. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean. We are here to talk about our last three league games, although really we are going to focus on one. Thanks for joining us. Part One - last Sunday, Liverpool had a wonderful night at Anfield when we beat ‘Them’ SEVEN goals to NIL: The first half - Gary Neville - Jurgen Klopp won’t be happ...