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 Liverpool Blood Red podcast with me Ian Doyle

joining me today is not a full-time Liverpool correspondent both home and away

James Pierce he's very much having a rest haven't worked very hard for the last

couple of days however I'm delighted to say

that joining me is Joe Rimmer hello Ian hello there also Paul ghost afternoon Ian and we

are proud to present our very latest member of the sports team.

If you are following our coverage from the Champions League final in Kiev,

you'll know that he does actually work for the echo and has done for some time,

but he's made the big switch from

news to sports it's Connor done.

Are you Connor? Hello Ian how you doing? I'm very well thank you how are you? I'm okay

thanks none of the others ask me though. It's very rude. Do you know what

what Connor did before he became a sports reporter?

He covered St Helens?

Yes I know.

That is where I'm from here.

And as you can tell from Connor's accent, he's also from St Helens as well.

Absolutely from St Helens, that's correct again. Indeed. Now. he's also from from

tellings as well.

Absolutely from St Helens that's correct again indeed.

Now as you will all be aware the World Cup finished yesterday France won by beating

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