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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool.com Podcast: Should Jurgen Klopp turn to Kostas Tsimikas as Andy Robertson faces scrutiny?

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

With Liverpool struggling defensively and having already conceded twice or more in six separate matches this season, where does the solution lie?Some have put forward Kostas Tsimikas as the best idea moving forwards; others say that the midfield imbalance is where the blame lies. The truth is almost certainly somewhere in between.Matt Addison is joined by Ben Bocsak and Patrick Smith to get to the bottom of where the answer lies for Liverpool - and the real truth about their squad depth 17 games into the season.Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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.

0:10.0

Hello and welcome to the Liverpool.com podcast for this week. Don't worry, we won't be going too much into detail on the weekend's disappointing results against West Ham United, but we will try and lift the mood a little bit as the international break starts to set in.

0:23.2

I'm Matt Addison and I'm joined by Ben Botchak and new arrival and

0:27.2

Liverpool.com debutant Patrick Smith and we're going to be taking a look at

0:31.2

Liverpool's squad depth in general and also having a chat about the left back

0:35.2

situation with Andy Robertson and Kostasumikas, one of the biggest talking points to emerge from this weekend.

0:41.4

Should Simakas be given a go ahead of Robertson or as

0:44.2

Robertson done enough over the last couple of seasons to justify retaining his

0:48.3

place despite a run of shaky form? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section if you're watching along on

0:54.4

YouTube and of course we will discuss that in detail a little bit later on in the show. I want to start

1:00.3

though Ben with a bit of a general look at

1:02.6

at Liverpool Squad depth.

1:03.6

I think it probably makes sense to start

1:05.3

with the midfield given all of the injuries

1:07.9

in that position so far this season.

1:11.0

Obviously we know James Milner and Abbe Cator,

1:13.0

Harvey Elliot, Curtis Jones.

1:14.8

It's a long list of those that were missing for this weekend

1:18.2

and a couple of the matches before.

1:19.8

But how reasonable do you think it is to suggest

1:22.4

that maybe Liverpool should have done more in the summer?

1:25.0

Have maybe a few fans been proven right with the fact that they wanted a couple more signings?

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