Poetry in Motion: Looking for Liverpool's spark amid the new-found steel and midfield derby dilemmas

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Two days before the Merseyside derby, illness and unavailability has ravaged the ECHO's sportsdesk. That means just Paul Wheelock was able to join Neil Fitzmaurice on the latest Poetry in Motion podcast - and even he is battling a severe case of man flu.But worry not, Fitzy is in fine form, and as anyone who read his tweets during and after the Champions League defeat at Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, he has a lot to get off his chest.It's not an over-reaction on his part to what was another disappointing European awayday - for some time he's wondered when Liverpool will begin to play with the same verve they did in the second half of last season.The Reds are undoubtedly now better in defence - the arrival of Alisson Becker and the rapid development of Joe Gomez, aligned with the influence of Virgil van Dijk, has made sure of that - but why are they struggling to fire truly in the final third?Is it tactics? Is it form? Is it the failing of existing players or the ones who came in during the summer?Fitzy and Paul try to find answers to those questions while all the time placing Liverpool's 'problems' in the context of their lofty position in the Premier League table.It is a position they will look to improve upon this weekend with victory over neighbours Everton.And Fitzy and Paul ask whether the derby is the right game for Naby Keita and Fabinho to be thrown into - and whether it could be the perfect one for the Reds to rediscover their spark. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.
0:09.0	Welcome once again to another episode of Poetry in motion with me Neil Fitz Morris now sometimes you have to you have to have a bit of a
0:16.3	coal you have to get with it get rid of the chat of you got to just you've got a slice the meat a little bit and we've done that and we've just it's a two-edged it's
0:24.5	like Smith and Jones it is yeah and I'm joined by yeah Paul we look hello Paul how
0:28.8	are you I'm good I'm okay illness plague disease has hit the echo tower isn't it?
0:35.0	It certainly has yeah.
0:36.4	You sound like you're on your last day.
0:38.0	I'm battling flu I'm solverine on it's my side's
0:40.0	I'll be this weekend so I've got to do it.
0:41.6	We've got to represent kids you know what I mean? We've got to do it. You've got to represent kids. You know not mean,
0:43.0	we've got to represent so whoever. If any of you others are listening to at your
0:45.8	lying in bed there with your man flu, get over yourself.
0:48.3	But plenty to talk about mate. Obviously the big thing to start off with was the the
0:55.4	Palestinian man game on Wednesday night. I made a few comments after it. I did that
1:00.0	fatal thing of soon as the full-town whistle da da da da da da da da da da.
1:03.5	And of course I got a few back then.
1:05.2	Wands you neck and another.
1:07.4	But I will reiterate what I meant by it.
1:09.7	First and foremost, yes, I know we're doing great in the league.
1:12.2	I'm fully aware of our league
1:13.2	position second in the league breaking all kinds of records on the coattails in
1:19.4	man city I think the main thing that I was trying to say is that since the start of the season,
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