Hello and

welcome to the latest Liverpool Blood Red Podcast with me Neil Jones,

your host for the next 45 minutes or so,

joining me to discuss the game against West Ham,

reflect on the under 19th

progression in the UEFA Youth League

and talk a little bit about Roberto Fimino, Sadio Manet,

orange kits and European away hangovers if you like, our full-time correspondent both home and away

James Pierce how are you James very good thank you yeah also here is our

Liverpool editor Andy Kelly John Tee, and a special guest as well.

Paul Gorsth, who is our resident late man on a Friday and he's here to look ahead to the weekend as well.

How are you, Paul? I must be about it earlier.

Good good good. Yeah we'll start with what's happened today.

Yeagen-Clopel the press conference at Melwood a short while ago.

James you were down there.

It wasn't there. It wasn't explosive stuff, to be fair, was it?

But what was the thrust of what was discussed?

I suppose the main thing that jumped out of you was obviously it was the first time

you haven't spoken since the FAA announcement on Wednesday evening

that for me, I had no case to answer

after being accused of racially abusing Mason Holgate.

Obviously, dragged on for the best part of seven weeks and

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