The trio targeting a place in Jurgen Klopp's senior squad and the contrasting fortunes of Liverpool's youth sides

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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It's a big afternoon for Liverpool's Under-23s today as they make the short trip across Stanley Park to take on Everton in the mini-derby.And it's the Premier League 2 clash, and the fallout to the U23s' 7-0 humbling by Villarreal, that takes centre stage in our latest Academy Show.Host Paul Wheelock is joined by our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce to preview the Goodison Park affair and examine why Neil Critchley's side are not hitting the same heights as they did last season.As good as Villarreal were in Wednesday's Premier League International Cup encounter, the U23s were not helped by a string of players being unavailable.But the young Reds should be much stronger against table-topping Everton and James discusses the three players in particular who will be out to impress Jurgen Klopp given that, sooner rather than later, there could be spots in the first-team squad open for them.Our man in the know at Anfield also updates us on the progress of talented midfielder Curtis Jones as well as previewing the in-form U18s UEFA Youth League showdown at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. 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	Hello and welcome to the Academy Show on the Blood Red Podcast channel. My name is Paul Wheelock and I am delighted
0:15.0	to be joined on this latest look at the Red is under 23 and under 18 teams by our
0:19.4	Liverpool FC correspondent James Pierce. James would be at Goodison Park today for the
0:24.0	mini-darpy as the under-23s make the short trip across Stanley Park to play
0:27.9	Everton. Unlike when the senior side meets his Anfield in seven days time,
0:31.6	Everton will be favorites this afternoon.
0:34.0	They top the Premier League two standings and sit nine points above a Liverpool side who
0:38.3	suffered a seven-nill home defeat to Villarrealin, the Premier League International Cup
0:42.1	on Wednesday, but as James will explain,
0:45.0	there were mitigating circumstances for what was a very bad night at the office for Neil Critchley's team.
0:50.5	That said, the Under-23s are struggling to reach the same heights they hit last season
0:54.4	when they finish second in Premier League 2 and just two points behind Champions Arsenal.
0:58.6	They should though be much stronger against Everton and as well as previewing the match, James talks to two
1:04.1	goalkeeper and the defender who in particular would be hoping to catch the eye of
1:07.6	Yergen clock this afternoon. Curtis Jones certainly did that in the preseason
1:11.7	tour of America and we get the latest on the
1:14.0	talented midfield as progression.
1:16.2	We also previewed the Under 18s UEFA Youth League game in Palace on Wednesday.
1:20.6	Valley Lutis's exciting exciting side of three points clear the
1:23.2	Palestine to man at the top of group C but they were going to the game on the
1:27.0	back of a two-one home lost to Derby County on Friday night which took place
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