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, welcome to your Friday edition of the Blood Red podcast, brought to you by the Liverpool Echo.

I'm your host, Theo Squires, and it's Merseyside Derby weekend.

For such week, occasions, you want to be joined by men you'd go to war with.

So no Ian Doyle, this one.

I'm joined instead by our love-pull correspondent, both home and away, Paul Gourst. How you, Gorsley? Good, yes, but the concept of me going to water is that one I'm quite on board. I would be a conscientious objector, I think, if I had my time. but you've got your fair share of Merseyside Derby's under your belt now.

Yes, yeah, that is true, yeah.

Still, I think my favourite one yeah, that is true, yeah.

Still think my favourite one was at Gooduson, actually.

Liverpool, absolutely battered Everton, was a four-one. Yes, the Rafa one for it. Yeah, and there was the one against Marco Silver's, Everton, just before Christmas. The 5-2. too. Other than that, they are generally tense

in size affairs, aren't they?

These are very happy memories for producer

Yeah, yes, and I guess we might be in Other than that, they are generally tense and size affairs, aren't they? These are very happy memories for producing.

Yes, yes.

And I guess we might be in for another one tomorrow.

We'll get into it, I guess.

Also joining us is Rich with a very new appropriate nickname, the General Garnet.

How are you doing, Rich?

I'm not too bad, mate.

I was just thinking in my head then that my date of birth is actually

nearer to the end of World War II than it is to the present day. So I might be better equipped

for going to war. Maybe not actually. But born in the 50s.

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