This is the analyzing Anfield Podcast on the Blood Red Channel, bringing you the best tactical and statistical analysis of Liverpool FC.

Well, everybody and welcome to this week's episode of Analyze Now

the Deal of your tactics and analytics podcast courtesy of the Board of Ed

channel. I'm Josh Williams and I'm joined as always by David Hughes.

Dave, how is you weak being?

Yeah, not too bad, thank you, mate.

Fairly uneventful in comparison to the things that happened that Ultra

on Sunday. But yeah, you know, not too bad how about you?

How about you Josh?

You know what I was asked you in return.

No, I'm always okay, mate, but the Ultra Alpha thing has put us in a bit of a weird position

podcast wise because the game we previewed last week obviously didn't end up

happen so um and this week we know we do face Manchester nights is Thursday not this Thursday

following Thursday but we have previewed them so a bit of a weird podcast going on

today so we're to preview Southampton this weekend, but then

to fill basically the second half of the show, we might be shorter today. We'll see, but to fill a second hour to show we're going to do what we seem to do on a bit of an annual basis really and that is

scouting picks you know the two roles that mean they do in reach are to do with, well,

they were supposed to be to do with scouting picks anyway and, you know, keeping an eye on players across Europe,

providing some information. you know keeping an eye on play across Europe providing sound fair information and stuff like that so

Today because we've got that extra space

They've gonna pick three players and I'm gonna pick three players and they're not necessarily

for for Liverpool or Liverpool links we will probably get to that when the season ends I assume

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