This is the Ali La Rouge Podcast on the Blood Red channel, bringing you the view from the

terraces at Liverpool FC. Welcome to a festive Ali La Rouge. I believe it's the Liverpool Echo's Christmas party today,

but our invite seems to be lost in the post.

And after last night's reasons to be cheerful as Ian Jory once sang and the cop belted out Merry Christmas

Everton. Thanks for everything. I'm joined today by copsied and ticket holders, John Nicholson and Steph Jones and with me today

is mainstand season ticket older Jared Miles. So there were a few eyebrows raised last night in the pub when the team was announced

and everyone was going, oh no it's going to give ever a real lift this, they're going to be

really buzzing in the dressing room, it will be locked and they're playing not even playing the first team

So I mean basically one of my mates said wait there this is very similar to the team to beat Barcelona 4-0.

What did you think, John, when you saw the team announcement, were you thinking in Yeagen, we believe, or or oh no he's not respecting everything.

Well yet after the initial sort of reaction to it like because I think I was over in

in homebaked and I heard a few people saying I heard Lana's name and

You have to explain what Home Baked is for that international listeners?

Just the community, Kafi. And Kafi, yeah, just over the road from the cop.

Great little place actually and the cheapest by far around that area for your cup of tea.

So we had a couple of people mention like Lalaana's name in the reggae and

chakarian I thought that sounds a bit ominous in my face reaction so the

Minnesota team then on Twitter I thought, well, yeah, okay, you know.

It didn't really surprise me too much because last season in December,

club regularly changed.

That has rotated a lot, as we got into winter

and we got into winter in Brazil, real dark nights.

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