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

Hello everyone and welcome along to the Liverpool Echoes blood red podcast.

I'm your host for today Patrick Smith and once again we're reflecting upon a

Liverpool defeat after the holders were eliminated tier one by Brighton in the

FA Cup thanks to Cowra and Materma's late winner.

There's plenty of talking points, some positives, but they are still outweighed by the

negatives, shall we say, is the transfer window draws to it close with

Liverpool's squad problems glaringly obvious.

Well joining me to get stuck into all of these topics we're joined by four of the breast veins

the Echo has to offer.

And by better to start with Paul Gourst, live from Echo Towers.

How was the driver last night back from Brighton, then Gorsley?

Very, very long.

Left my house at 20 past 6 in the morning.

I got home at midnight.

So that's best part of 18 hours.

So when you lose or when you watch Liverpool lose, you know, with a 90 sagging minute winner,

it's a long, long journey own, but to be fair,

I wasn't really expecting Liverpool to fly out of the traps anyway I'm sure we'll

we'll come on to that in a bit more detail but yeah very very long day but at least

I don't have to go back anytime soon.

Yeah, exactly.

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