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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Allez Les Rouges: Pre-season, Anfield changes and the powerful bond that could inspire Liverpool to glory

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Peter Hooton is joined by regular guest John Nicolson, along with journalist Steph Jones and Spirit of Shankly secretary Graham Smith for the latest edition of the excellent Allez Les Rouges podcast. They start by previewing Liverpool’s pre-season so far and by looking ahead to the final friendies against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday and then Osasuna on Monday at Anfield. The first rails seats, in the Kop, will be in place for those games, and the panel discuss that, plus the new ticketing system, before looking at some welcome changes to VAR. And one week before the season kicks off with the trip to Norwich City, Peter asks his guests for their hopes for the new campaign, which brings a reminder of something that Manchester City, Chelsea and their other big-spending rivals don’t have.Get exclusive podcasts direct to your inbox every week for FREE by joining the Blood Red Club. Sign up at http://www.bloodredpodcast.co.ukWatch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:07.2

terraces at Liverpool FC. Welcome to another episode of Alle Rouge. I'm your host Peter Hooten and I'm joined today by regular guest John Nicholson, journalist Steph Jones and Graham Smith who's also the Secretary of the Spidditers Shankly.

0:27.0

So we're going to discuss the Bologna games and everyone was able to see them, but it was pretty strong lineups in the first game.

0:36.2

60 minutes against Bologna we had Kelleher and then we had the regular backball

0:40.0

that we haven't seen for a long time. Trent, Van Dyke, Robertson, Milner, midfield of Kita, Elliot,

0:48.0

Attack of Jotter, Mani and Sala.

0:50.0

The first game was too-nell. It was a bit of a stroll in the park. I mean the most

0:57.1

the thing about the game was the Liverpool kit. I think that was the biggest

1:00.6

talking point of the game. I think that was because of a color clash with Bologna

1:06.6

and also the beautiful setting of Evian.

1:10.4

So John, did you get a chance to get watching or see the highlights?

1:16.0

I did, yeah I got to watch the first game in full,

1:20.0

and just the highlights of the second game.

1:22.0

And you quite quite right, both fairly strong lineups, you know, in both games.

1:28.0

You know, I mean, she's realized early we have got a decent squad of think you know I think we mentioned this last

1:33.8

time yeah because in number of injuries we had last season and players who were

1:38.8

even making the bench weren't quite added in a fitness sort of sense or the covering for players out of position

1:45.0

or what have you?

1:46.0

In some ways it seems like we've got about eight new players to come in for this season.

1:50.0

So it looks good on it, I think, you know,

1:53.0

a squad base is looking at them two teams.

1:55.7

And the kids, yeah, I remember, and somebody put it on Twitter

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