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 and welcome to the latest Blood Red podcast from the Liverpool Echo it's the

international break but I'm Joe Ruman I'm here to get you through it together with

three of the finest with me Theos Quires how are we? Not so bad. I was enjoying a weekend where Liverpool couldn't not playing football, it's quite nice.

Yeah, just as the international break and we'll get through together, but really, what would be nice is if they just extended this international break to August.

And we could all just forget about football for a few months.

Is that right?

Came through last week, wasn't it, that they're going to extend it for a couple of years anyway, so we get a three week one.

Yeah, that's in September, isn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, we won't talk about that, but I don't mind that.

I don't mind that.

I don't mind that. Only at the moment. How are you, Kiefa, you're all right?

Recovered from Madrid?

Just about, phoneless, but we march on.

But now I'm the opposite. I despise the international break. I mean sometimes I think

come at a good point but especially when you've coming off the back of a few defeats and it just

lingers for a couple of weeks I find that just so tedious and you're kind of you know

dealing with the same the same stuff I find

that it's like a pet peeve so cutting down the days till city really. See I'd agree usually I'd be

right with you but the problem this year is you know in the past if you if you lose going international break you quite confident you come out of it and you'll put it right but the season just not hasn't been like that so yeah I'm quite happy for it to roll on what about you

Rich Garner you are you happy with this international break yeah I'm finding ways to

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