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

Well, it's Derby Week, but with a twist, just six more days to wait until Liverpool are back in

Premier League action on today the day that Mohammed Sala turns 28 we've plenty to

get into here on the Blood Red podcast. I'm Guy Clark alongside me, our Liverpool correspondent

Paul Gorse and Dan Kay, gentlemen, how are we both?

Good, just have the week off, come back refreshed over the weekend and glad to be back on the part. I think first

I don't have done for a while because I think I might have had a Friday off and maybe Monday so glad to be about on duty.

Good to have you.

Yeah, same up.

Same here.

I think it's my first pod for a little while also,

but it feels no better time to be getting back into it.

It started Army Week, the sun shining.

And finally, we're very close to having some actual

football talk to get our teeth stuck into so

happy days yeah yeah as I say right at the top it's Darby week it very much is with a

twist we know there's going to be no fans at Goodison.

We still don't know obviously if it's the game in which Liverpool can secure the title

course. But I suppose the whole week, the whole feeling for it is now.

Everybody's just itching and waiting

for Sunday to come round.

Exactly, yeah, I've written a piece for the site which is going on later on today and

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