Hello, everyone at the Uncensored Match Build Up Show. Good. I'm great. Just doing me smile at the camera as you're doing so. We're playing Newcastle at the weekend. Rapper Benitez. Oh my God. Yeah, we're joining the studio by Gags and Nina from Anfield Index. Very good to have you both with us today. We've put the Spartac stuff to bed.

We had Nina on the final word show, which is great.

If you want to go back and feel better about life, then Nina was a big contributing factor

in that, so thank you very much.

Chris, moving ahead to Newcastle, in some respects, for me personally, I'm more nervous about this game than I have been about any of the ones we've had in the last month almost of the season so far and a lot of that is probably the raffer factor it is isn't it it's like when you when you're with your wife and you meet an ex-girlfriend isn't it and it's just awkward ultimately and that's kind of what it's's like when Clap and Benitez are going to come together because I believe we've got the future of Liverpool Football Club and Yegan Klopp, and I've backed him, I've put a ring on him, like, you know what I mean? And he's going to come up against Benitez, but has she lost weight? Is he better? Is she better now? And all this type and stuff? I just don't know where to get. And Benitez is still a great manager. Yeah, that's the thing.

And I don't think know where to get. And Benitez is still a great manager.

Yeah, that's the thing.

And I don't think it kind of helps as well.

I think we've seen, Chris and I did it on our pod the other week about people

starting to talk about Rafford again because he's there and he's back in the public

consciousness again.

People are starting to, and I think to some, people are, I think, over-glamourising his reign a little bit in some instances, but, you know, it's not going to... We do clop a world of good to go and put a world of hurt on Raffa's Newcastle team. Yeah, people forget the end of Raffa and just focus on that two-year period of Champions

League epic up back to back and it's fine because that was probably the only glory we've had in

one well that was it since then one league cup but Raffa was great we had good times we had

great songs people remember all those good things you know but it was sour at the end and the team wasn't playing good. But I think that was more down to the ownership, wasn't it, than him? And it went bad. But the comparisons, and I think there will be some articles coming up on the site about it as well. It does drive me insane. Try and, you know, have some respect for the manager you've got and stuff like that. But do think we're gonna tonk them I'm not as worried as you this weekend I'm scared

I think we're gonna well it's in place he's shown me for years and years that he can

mastermind victories against that great attacking sides yeah I feel we're we're on the

cusp of being one of those great attacking sides yeah. Raffa Benitez is shown... I think this can stop. I think the Leicester results I think helps us in some respects, not just from a confidence perspective, which is obviously a big thing. But also I think Leicester have got better players than Newcastle, but I think Newcastle have got a better manager,

and I wonder where it probably puts them at about par. You know what I mean? In some regards, I think they'll try to be defensive, they'll try to beat us on the council. It's like Raffer's not going to come or not going to have them play an expansive football against them. He will try, as Chris is, to try and mastermind something. and I think proven that we can beat a Leicester side who've given us problems I think Newcastle

and other side we've got a little bit more. will try as Chris has to try to mastermind something. And I think proven that we can beat Alessna, who've given us problems.

I think Newcastle on another side that we've got a little bit of a thing with, you know, we were terrible there two seasons ago. And Raffa did a very good job in the game in handfield and managing that. Again, I think we've got a point to prove. and I would back us even against a Raffer organised team to get the results in this one. Yeah, definitely. I mean, I know Raffa is a defensive coach and, you know, I think he sets up Newcastle pretty well. But I favour our quality up top. You know, I think we still have the goods. I do think it's a bit of a tricky ground to go

to and I know there is that raffa factor as well. I'm not as nervous. I'm like gags as well. I feel

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