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 our full-time Liverpool correspondent both Home on away, James Pierce,

he is very much away for a few weeks, a well-earned rest, I think you'll all not agree.

However, I do have with me, Christian,

aye Christian, hi Christian.

Hello Ian, and also Joe Rimmer.

Hi, Joe.

Hello there, Ian.

Now we are all sat in our brand new super special podcast room on which we've got new microphones

so anybody complaining about the sound quality. Well, don't blame us this time. It's not

our fault, is it guys? It most definitely is not our fault. It never was our fault. It's not our fault is it guys it most definitely is not our fault it's not a

room it's a studio in lovely video team would be very upset with you it's it's a

room in the corner away from everybody else I think think it's not soundproof at the moment,

but apparently it will be.

So if you hear anybody knocking, it's not Joe Rimmer just trying to

asking to get let out anyway.

And there is one rule as well. There is only one

rule of this room and that is please note no food or drink allowed in this

studio. And that is illustrated by a glass of wine being spilled by somebody very clumsy, a glass of coke being

spilled what's this I think it's like a Turkish matsy yeah and also

two video cameras because that's what everybody has for their tea. I think we've lost just

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