Jim Boardman and Jay Reid return to discuss the latest on all things LFC from Liverpool, hoping that the Reds are going to what was an unexpected title bid back on track, as well as starting to think about the League Cup final.
Losing against Arsenal was bad enough, but the manner of it caused more frustration, the Reds side unrecognisable from the one we’ve seen getting better by the week until then. Was it a blip, a bad day at the office, or should we be giving Arsenal more praise for their part in it? Jay and Jim have their views on that.
Looking further ahead to another London trip, the League Cup final is at the end of the month and the Reds have just finished the ballot to divvy out their share of the tickets. As exciting as it is to be in a final, yet again those running the game seem intent on reminding fans of how little they matter, whether it’s those missing out or those who got tickets. They have many ways of doing this.
Before all that it’s the visit of Burnley, a chance for the Reds to get things back to where they should be - as long as they play the way we expect them to play, with the help of the twelfth man.
Also this week, as always, a chance to more observations on the phenomenon otherwise known as that lot from across the park, and their aspirations for this season and beyond.
On this week’s show:
- Just a blip?
- Is the title race over now?
- Has anyone told Arsenal the answer to that?
- League Cup final tickets
- The lucky thousands well outnumbered by those who missed out or couldn’t even get into the ballot
- LFC sell 60,000 tickets to every home game, always going to be disappointment for a final in a stadium holding around 90,000, but…
- The two clubs don’t get anything like half the allocation each anyway
- Even worse for the FA Cup
- Not hard to keep sponsors happy without giving tickets to people who don’t care about the fixture
- Same conversation every time we’re involved in either final
- Shouldn’t the tickets be going to the fans of the two clubs involved?
- That’s where most of them end up - at a huge premium
- Fans always suffer the most
- Why the move of the Wembley kick-off time?
- Makes it more of a struggle to get down or puts fans even more out of pocket
- Why the difference in how tickets are being distributed to each club’s fans?
- Why paper tickets for one club, digital for the other?
- FA and EFL asking for trouble
- Sin bins and blue cards
- Why blue? We have an idea
- Injury news - not all bad for once. Not all good either, but not all bad.
- We saw Thiago! But then we blinked.
- LFC v Burnley
On today's episode Dave looks ahead at Liverpool's next game as they welcome Burnley to Anfield on Saturday. He then goes onto discuss some of the linked names to the Liverpool job.
Dave Davis reviews Jurgen Klopp’s unique pre Burnley presser and covers:
- Q&A’s plus injury update
- Blue Card Idea and IFAB
- Train of Thoughts Around Line-up
- Score and Scorer Prediction
Rival Recon returns as the Reds look to bounce back from first legitimate loss of the season against Arsenal last weekend.
Next up are relegation battling Burnley as Vincent Kompany’s side arrives at Anfield this Saturday looking destined for the drop.
Joining Hari to discuss the Claret’s poor season & expectations for the future, we welcome back Natalie Bromley from the No Nay Never podcast.
Dave Davis is joined by Ben Bocksak to discuss:
- The Arsenal Game and Thoughts
- SZOBOSZLAI FULL AND EXCLUSIVE UPDATE
- Burnley at home stats
- Runs after defeats
Dave and Karl look ahead to Liverpool's next game as they welcome Vincent Kompany's Burnley side to Anfield. They discuss the game in usual detail with the reds needing to bounce back after the disappointment from the weekend. They also look at some of the more concerning performances from that Arsenal game.
Darth hosts Si, Hamzah and Dr Barts to review the big game at Arsenal. The lads discuss:
Physical reasons for the performance
* do we have an injury crisis?
* cumulative cost of pursuing the quad
* fatigue and Szobo's injury
Tactical reasons for the performance
* Gakpo over Nunez - what was the plan?
* Trent wide and Gomez inverting - what was the plan?
* Arsenal one step ahead tactically in all of the 4 phases - why
* Arsenal's double 10 causing issues
* Does the 45-58 period show the importance of tactics? and the benefits of simple tactical changes?
Key match stats: Possession, XG, XT, Shots, Big Chances
Opening period, Arsenal pressing without shots
LFC blunt attack and terrible buildup
Arsenal big chances and goal
LFC steady the ship
LFC triple sub, did it work?
How did Arsenal see the game out? Why couldn't LFC get anything going?
