Shining the spotlight on Liverpool's on-fire Under-18s and asking what lies in store for Dominic Solanke

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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🗓️ 4 November 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Before jetting out to Belgrade in the morning, our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce speaks to Paul Wheelock for our latest Academy Show podcast.Most of the show focuses on the Reds' on-fire Under-18s side, who made it eight straight wins in Premier League competitions last Thursday with a thrilling, last-gasp mini, mini derby victory over Everton.So who are the players standing out for Barry Lewtas' side? And just how promising is the partnership between Paul Glatzel and Bobby Duncan (pictured)?James also pays tribute to the man tasked with filling Steven Gerrard's sizeable boots as well as looking ahead to the highly rated side's UEFA Youth League encounter with Red Star on Tuesday afternoon.While the first team were drawing 1-1 at Arsenal on Saturday to move - albeit temporarily - back to the top of the Premier League, Dominic Solanke was playing and scoring as the Under-23s returned to winning ways.So what next for Solanke? And why could his immediate future be dependent on Divock Origi?James answers those questions and also talks the new manager in charge of Liverpool FC Women.Enjoy. 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.
0:08.0	Hello and welcome to the Academy Show Podcast.
0:12.0	My name is Paul Weelock and for our latest
0:14.1	look at Liverpool's under 18, under 23 and women teams I am joined by our
0:18.5	Liverpool FC correspondent James Pierce. We start by talking the under 18s. The thrilling Derby victory over
0:24.8	Everton last Thursday that extended their winning run in Premier League
0:27.8	competitions to eight matches. The players who were standing out for Barry Looters's
0:31.5	side, the importance of the away for Youth League, which will see the
0:34.8	young Reds head to Serbia along with the first team tomorrow morning for a match with Red Star
0:38.5	on Tuesday afternoon, and the job being done by the man who was chosen to fill Stephen Gerard's sizable boots.
0:44.9	We'll also touch on the under 23s, who made an immediate return to winning weight on Saturday
0:49.2	with a 3-1 victory at home to Leicester, and the future of one of the gold scorers first team
0:54.2	striker Dominic Salanke and the podcast rounds off with a chat about new
0:58.1	Liverpool FC women manager Vicky Jepson who sighed lost three-nilled to
1:02.0	high-flying Manchester City earlier this afternoon.
1:04.6	The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.
1:08.6	Well, hi James, hope you're well.
1:11.0	There's no rest for the Liverpool Thursday more for you. Are you off to
1:14.0	Belgrade in the morning? I am, yeah, yeah, just back from London and then you have the, uh, doing a
1:20.6	Sunday shift and then, yeah, off the Manchester Manchester Airport 4 o'clock Monday morning and
1:26.0	yeah via a bell grade via Frankfurt so yeah quick turnarounds and then, looking forward to what will be certainly a lively atmosphere in the Serbian capital on Tuesday night.
1:39.0	I know from speaking to the Serbian reporters when they were at Amfield a couple of weeks ago that they said it's going to be pretty crazy over there and they've waited 26 years to be back amongst Europe to lead and especially with their fans you know being denied a chance to go to
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