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

We're coming to you a day earlier this week because Liverpool, of course, kick off their Premier League campaign tomorrow at home to AFC Bournemouth.

If you didn't know that already, this probably isn't the podcast for you.

I'm your host, Theo Squires, and joining me we have our LFC correspondent, both home and away. Paul Gourst, how are you ghosting? Good, yeah, yeah, it does make me laugh and you're the only person I know who refers to them as AFC Bormouth. I know that is their proper name, good and proper and official.

Anything to make sure Arsenal aren't top of the table.

Yeah, there is that.

There is that. AFC Bournemouth. I know that is their proper name, good and proper and official.

Anything to make sure Arsenal aren't top of the day. Yeah, there is that. There is that. We'll leave it top in May, which we're going to get into, aren't we? Yeah, good. We've been up to the Axel this morning, and we were on a slot's first pre-match press conference of the new Premier League season, and yeah he was in fine fell we've actually managed to avoid a two-man podcast today

Joe rumor is us conference of the new Premier League season and he was in Fine Fettle

We've actually managed

to avoid a two-man podcast today. Joe Rimmer is still on holiday and Ian Doyle is enjoying a well-earned day off so... Not how well-end it is. It's a day off. He's had a busy week. I'll be kind to him. But we saw it the weekend, didn't we? and a slot had to rely on

the teenagers to fill out

his match day squad.

We've had to go in the other direction.

I don't think we've got

any young journalists left on the books in the moment, but we've called up a Rich Garnett. How are you, Rich? I'm not too bad, mate. Thanks for that ageist comments. I'm going to... A steady hand on the tiller. That's it, yeah. You can speak to me, lawyers in due course. But, yeah, I'm going in. Steady hand on the tiller. That's it. Yeah, you can speak to my lawyers in due course. But yeah, I'm okay, mate. Yeah, I'm feeling good. I've had a meal deal for lunch, which was pretty solid. What was choice? It was barbecue chicken today with a bit of cheese in it, which was a bit of time in comfort zone, to be honest. But, you know, we hit the spot. And then we've got, obviously, Liverpool first home game tomorrow. Exciting stuff. And then I go on holiday on Monday, so it's all happening, mate. You might need an e-sim for that holiday. Do you know what, mate? Yeah, if I do want to keep in touch with the latest transfer news, It would be handy if I had some form of way of keeping in touch with the information super highway whilst travelling abroad.

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