This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

Hello everybody and welcome to your latest Liverpool Blood Red

podcast with your host Christian Walsh, Ian Doyle, the absolute lazy

Fop. He is away at the moment. He's enjoying a day off after the sunshine of Bormuth but I'm delighted to say joining me today is our full-time

Loupoo correspondent both Home and Away James Pierce after a weekend away. How are you James? Very good thank you refreshed and ready to go. How is your mother's 70th?

Yeah, it was right. Yeah, not too bad. Not too bad after a day at the races on Friday it was a bit of a yeah took a bit

of getting over handling the big family do on the Saturday but got through it all

the better for watching the Reds do the business on Saturday evening.

You're looking very fresh face as well and Paul Gorse you too.

You were also at entry.

I was the only one who didn't actually got to see any horses this weekend.

Yeah, you got a few minutes for the change. Did you Yeah, you have the National winner?

I did, didn't need, yeah.

So did I pull?

Yeah, target role.

Only just held on, didn't he?

Yeah, right.

Did you do that because it was named after your favorite type of bread?

I think Andy Kerry might have even tipped me on that one, you know.

It won an entry, not entry, sorry.

Cheltenham.

Yeah, Cheltenham, yeah.

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