This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

Hello everybody, it's the Blood Red Podcast, it's Sean Bradbury, it's Monday and the curtain that has very much been raised ahead of the new campaign.

Sadly, the Reds were once again defeated by Man City on penalties in a domestic cup showdown,

but there was plenty to discuss about a very lively encounter and many, many positives to take from the performance.

And believe it or not, we've even had a transfer today, the third incoming of the summer.

So we will get on to all that and I'll introduce the guys soon.

But before we begin, a very quick message.

Our sister title, Wales Online online is relaunching their

Welsh rugby podcast just in time for the Rugby World Cup which takes place in Japan

next month. So if rugby is your thing please do get involved they'll be

discussing all aspects of the World Cup and

touching on every team taking part you can search for their pod on iTunes or

wherever you get your podcasts right in Doyle you into rugby

rugby league proper sport none of this rugby union nonsense.

Yeah? Yeah? St. Alan's born and bred, but you didn't expect me to say anything else, did you?

What happened? You haven't got to tell you what you're talking about?

But, okay, that's one. Goasty, poor Gorse is here, you went to Rugby? Not as much as do it as well as a ghosty

poor gorse is here you went to rugby?

Not as much as doil you know if I had to choose it would be league but

I'm not exactly a fully paid up member of the league club

of the managed.

That's two-0 for league fair squires. I'm Southern so I'm Union. I'm bred in Twickenham actually you can see the

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