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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Poetry in Motion: Why Manchester United is all or nothing – and the tricky transfer position Liverpool find themselves in

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

It’s the morning after the night before and host Neil Fitzmaurice and trusty sidekick Joe Rimmer is joined by a man whose voice will be very familiar to long-time listeners to the brilliant Poetry in Motion podcast.Nearly a year since he left to take over as Goal’s Liverpool FC correspondent, Neil Jones makes a welcome return to the ECHO to look back on the previous evening’s Bayern Munich match and look ahead to the even bigger game that follows this weekend.There was a lot of talk in the lead up to the Champions League last-16 first-leg showdown that Munich were going to be steamrollered at Anfield. However, a vastly experienced Bayern side had other ideas. But was a 0-0 draw a bad result for the Reds? The lads discuss that before Fitzy wonders where Jurgen Klopp’s gegenpressing has gone and if and when it will return?The performance of Naby Keita is debated, as is the prospect of having Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fit for the second leg, before talk turns to Sunday’s trip to Old Trafford to take on a revived Manchester United.Just how important will the outcome be? Joe and Jonesy could not be more emphatic in their answers.Fitzy then questions how Klopp will approach the match and Joe believes the Liverpool manager’s midfield selection will tell you everything you need to know.One midfielder certain to make the cut – barring any fresh illnesses – is Gini Wijnaldum. But while the Dutchman is massively appreciated by Reds supporters, why is it that he does not get wider recognition?Klopp has a multitude of options in the centre of the park. However, he does not have the same sort of dilemmas up front, which leads to a discussion over Liverpool’s summer transfer plans.There’s also praise for Trent Alexander-Arnold before another must-listen podcast ends with an explanation why an early Champions League exit will not aid the Reds’ Premier League title charge. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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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.

0:08.0

Hello, welcome to another episode of Poetry Emotion with me Neil Fitz Morris joined on my right-hand side by my ever-trusty

0:16.2

servants.

0:17.2

You're not really a servant type, ever-susty sidekicks you, he says, Joe Rimmer, hello Joe.

0:21.4

By Neil, you're okay?

0:22.4

Yeah I'm all right, I'm feeling okay? Yeah, I'm all right.

0:23.4

I'm feeling a little bit, today feels a bit special.

0:25.8

Really?

0:26.8

Yeah, it feels like we should have had a bit of a red carpet house.

0:28.8

Fe feels like a royal visit.

0:30.0

Do you know when they turn up and you don't hear about it

0:32.2

till it's on the report?

0:33.4

They turned up to some crash and waved and got off.

0:36.6

Well to my left hand side is someone who you will all know of course he was he was the

0:41.8

co-founder

0:43.4

the founding fathers one of the founding fathers yet we should have his

0:46.2

head chiseled into it into a rock and form me

0:49.2

it's Neil Jones how are you Jonesy?

0:51.8

I'm very well thanks thanks you very much.

0:53.4

You can chisel my head any time.

0:55.0

Maybe.

0:56.0

He looks at the barbers, isn't he?

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