On this episode Dave and Karl discuss the upcoming game against West Ham in the Premier League. They discuss West Ham's start to the Premier League as David Moyes' men have made a very promising start, with new signings settling in quickly with James Ward-Prowse, Edson Alvarez making first team impacts immediately, and the potential new threat of former Ajax star Kudus. They also discuss Liverpool and how they should approach the game with a discussion surrounding the forward line and what they think Klopp will do? The South American duo, or will Gakpo and Jota start again?Â
On the latest RAW, Trev Downey, Karl Matchett and Dave Hendrick assess the performances and analyse the key moment from Liverpool's 1-3 win at LASK. The lads also cover many topics, besides. The team selection is discussed, especially the incredibly raw right side of the pitch which caused a lot of pressure to come on an experimental midfield. The lads look at the contributions of Ryan Gravenberch and Stefan Bajcetic in particular and ask if it's wise to persist with our new tactical model. Endo's patchy outing is discussed. Darwin Nunez comes under examination too, with his "number 9" play and his cool penalty coming in for particular praise. Lastly, there's a lot of talk about getting some adults in the room in the shape of MacAllister, Gomez and the outrageously effective pair of Szoboszlai and Salah. A Europa League away win which followed a familiar pattern for the season but once the results continue in the same vein, RAW will be fun.
It's Matchday and Dave takes a quick look at who Liverpool should be worried about from LASK before running through a potential line-up for tonight. Could Jurgen Klopp follow Arsenal's plan from last season and play a completely rotated 11 tonight in Austria, thus saving his star names for the Premier League clash with West Ham at the weekend?
In a bumper media matters special, Dave Davis is joined by Neil Jones to discuss:
- Liverpool’s Start To The Season
- The Stars So Far and Unsung Hero’s
- The Week Ahead (LASK, West Ham and Leicester)
- His new podcast series and life as a freelance writer
All this and more on Media Matters.
On today's Daily Red the nostalgia merchant himself takes a walk down memory lane, recapping Liverpool's history in the InterCity Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/Europa League ahead of the Reds return to the competition for the first time since the 2015/16 season. The highs, lows and the almosts.
On the latest Molby On The Spot, Trev Downey and Jan Molby look back at the win over Wolves and Jan gives his take on Szoboszlai, Jones and the very calm and composed Quansah. This inspires the lads discuss how to spot a talent capable of playing at the highest level and Jan has a tale of his own managerial experience. There's a chat about Liverpool's need for a sporting director and whether or not Xabi Alonso is even a candidate to replace Klopp when his era comes to an end. Of course, the lads look ahead to the Europa League clash with LASK and the massive Anfield Premier League game against West Ham. Jan gives his take on what sort of personnel we should be seeing in the Europa League group stages and then runs the rule over the threat posed by West Ham. All this, plus some talk about the PGMOL and a bit of craic looking at the disarray at Manchester United. As ever, a packed show with the Liverpool legend on top form.
On this episode Guy is stepping in for Dave and is joined by Karl to discuss the upcoming game against LASK in the Europa League. They chat about LASK as the Austrian side sit currently 3rd in the Austrian Bundesliga, they then move onto Liverpool and how the reds should approach the game, will Jurgen Klopp rotate as much as we think? Or will he try to keep rhythm in with the first XI. They also discuss:
 LASK formation, players, league standing etc
How Liverpool approach the game
Liverpool starting XI
Players that need to use the Europa to propel their current season
Excited to see Gravenberch
Any youngsters that could start or get good minutes from the bench
Let Salah chase records in the Europa?
Union vs Toulouse
Darth hosts Rhodesy, Barts and Si to analyse the comeback win at Wolves. The pod starts with a look at LFC's 16 game unbeaten run as this is Klopp's 5th such run during his time in charge. Before discussing the match itself, the lads have a 20 minute angry nerd section discussing:
The impact of so much injury time on p90 metrics and why all the stats websites need to urgently change
How can you tell the story of a match with data viz if the data doesn't capture key events?
XG and the law of large numbers
For the Wolves match the lads go through:
Selection, particularly the South American players. Impact of playing at altitude
Match summary of key stats
First half, system stays the same but with different players. Did it work?
Build-up and negative transition problems
Wolves aggressive dribbling: Neto and Semedo praise
Tactical changes. Gomez no longer inverting, Nunez shows actual link-up
Reds take control, Curtis Jones tribute
Dom Szoboszlai!!! is he actually a cyborg made in a lab? Record breaking top speed, distance covered
LFC goals, too much luck used?
Andy Robbo goalscoring analysis
In a bumper media matters special, Dave Davis is joined by Athletic Writer James Pearce to discuss:
- The Wolves Game
- Liverpool’s Start To The Season
- Press Conference Questions
- The Europa League
- Predictions For The Season
All this and more on Media Matters.
On today's episode of the Daily Red Dave recapped Liverpool's 3-1 win over Wolves and focused on the tactical changes made by Jurgen Klopp that turned things around after a poor first half.
With the Reds trailing 1-0 at half time, having been completely outplayed by the home side, Klopp made changes to not just the personnel but also the shape and tactical approach.
By switching from a faltering 4-3-3 to a 4-2-3-1, and then to a 4-4-2 after the Reds had drawn level and Klopp had made two more substitutions, Liverpool were able to nullify the Wolves threat and dominate the game. Crucial to this was the move to get Joe Gomez and Andy Robertson tight to their men having allowed the Wolves wingers too much space in the first half.
Dave also ponders the potential starting 11 for LASK on Thursday, as well as taking a look at what's new on the main Liverpool fansites.
