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, I'm Ian Doyle and welcome to the latest Blood Red Podcast in Association with 45, the new score

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Joining me on our latest bludered podcast this week is not our full-time Liverpool correspondent

both Home and Away James Pierce he's having a well-earned day off.

However, I am pleased to announce that I'm joined by Christian Walsh.

Hello, Christian.

Hello, Doyley, how are you?

Okay, that was very regimented. A chipper response after a routine free-nill win.

And you do like your routine 3-nill-away win. I'm the 16th ever in the Premier League era,

my left book. That's how routine they are. And also, we're a man down unfortunately, but we are a man up,

but we are a man very much up in the sense that it's the tallest member of the sports

desk. It's Paul Gorse. Hello, Paul. Hello Ian, how are you?

I am okay, I believe that you don't like very much that I keep calling you

told Paul low.

No, it doesn't bother me at all.

My staff father takes umbrage with it and he always makes the point of it, but

doesn't bother me at all

all right no fair enough we're upsetting family members the course family members no

we it's it's strictly you think.

fair enough right.

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