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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Blood Red: Jurgen Klopp's trust issues - and why Liverpool's strength is now a weakness

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

It's the post-Merseyside derby Blood Red podcast and, while Everton may have celebrated a draw in their 'World Cup final', the mood of our panel is downbeat.There's no suggesting that Liverpool have 'bottled' their title chances, but equally there is no doubting that James Pearce, Paul Gorst and Theo Squires, who join host Joe Rimmer for your Monday must-listen, think it was very much two points dropped at Goodison Park.The quartet also reckon Jurgen Klopp was proved right about Everton but wonder why his Reds side could not rise to the challenge, particularly in light of their storming midweek performance against Watford.James goes as far to say it felt like a defeat and, along with Theo, feels he has to sit on the fence when he is asked the big question by Joe. Gorsty, though, is remaining strong.Mohamed Salah was unable to do that in front of goal on Sunday and, while he is being judged by the ridiculously high standards he set himself last season, can what happened versus Everton be put down as a bad day at the office? Or is it something more than that?James, Gorsty and Theo discuss that before paying tribute to the majestic Virgil van Dijk.The Dutch defender's display against the Blues was absolutely spot-on. But what of Klopp's substitutions? And what does it say that the Reds boss refused to call on either Naby Keita or Xherdan Shaqiri from the bench?Factors beyond Liverpool's control are also debated before the podcast ends on a big positive. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:08.0

Hello and welcome to the latest Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, Evert and have won the World Cup after a nil-nilled draw at Good of St Park, leaving Liverpool's title challenge in Tatters as they sit a point behind Man City in second in the Premier League table. I'm Joe River and I'm joined by three fine gentlemen

0:24.4

to discuss yesterday's game. On my left is the tallest man in the newsroom,

0:29.1

tall Paul Gorse. How are you? In the world.

0:31.6

Yeah, I'll take that in the world yeah how are we more

0:33.8

actually yeah yeah good good looking forward to Wrestle mania yes but it's still a few

0:38.8

if you're a month you'd be favorite for that one yeah yeah put me in the Royal Rumble yeah should be

0:43.8

across the way from me is Theo Squires how are you Theo? I'm good you I'm good thank you and I made you wait for it on my right is our full-time

0:51.3

Liverpool reporter both home and away.

0:53.4

James, you've been getting plenty of positive feedback from

0:56.3

someone in this morning.

0:57.8

I think I've been getting abuse from all sides actually.

1:00.8

Yeah, can you tell us some of the, the well the PC words that you can use to

1:04.7

to describe the most offensive thing is being called a little Tory a little sorry

1:08.9

yeah mean you're not little I give them the well maybe qualify as little but certainly not a Tory but the other unions seem quite upset I think I think

1:19.1

just because I said that Liverpool would slip down to their level and got dragged into a battle and a lot of

1:24.4

Liverpool fans seemed upset the fan.

1:25.9

Who would put that in the headline of your verdict there?

1:28.3

Who would do such a thing?

1:29.3

I know, I don't want to name names Joe. And then yeah, and obviously there seems to be a lot of anger amongst Liverpool fans who

1:38.0

I don't understand.

1:40.0

I've seen a lot of people tend, that's it, it's over, you know, why are you trying to pretend it's not?

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