Trev Downey, Dave Hendrick and Hari Sethi return to record another RAW on a massively dramatic evening at Anfield in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, when Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool side went goal crazy and raced to an entirely merited 5-0 lead before some irritatingly daft errors allowed the visitors two late replies. A serious injury to Oxlade-Chamberlain has depleted the squad to dangerous levels but The Reds have certainly helped their chances reaching the final.
Gags Tandon is joined by Nina Kauser, Hatem Kadous, Simon Brundish and Mo Chatra to discuss Mohamed Salah's epic season so far in which he adds the PFA Player of the Year award to a season in which he is breaking all sorts of records. The following topics were discussed on this show:
- Reaction from Nina discussing how Mo Salah's season is iconic, the effect on Muslims at home and abroad, the view from Manchester where some City fans believe Salah didn't deserve to win it.
- Hatem Kadous discusses the impact back home in Egypt and the pride that Mohamed Salah is bringing everyone in Africa and the Middle East. How Mo Salah unites supporters of all races, gender or age and is becoming a symbol of unity.
- Simon Brundish discusses the relief that Salah won the award and goes through the statistics this season that are making history and why Mohamed Salah was by far the deserved winner of the award.
- Mo Chatra gives his view on Salah's award win but is back by popular demand, from subscribers in our Facebook group, to discuss the Champions League and how much money Liverpool could be on to earn from their run in the competition.
Get all of this and more on the latest AI Pro Newsround podcast.
On A-Eye Scouted this week Dave is joined by Ryan Baldi for a slightly different type of scouting, opposition scouting. In this episode, they take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the Reds Champions League semi-final opponents Roma. They discuss Roma's squad in depth and highlight it's stars, as well as discussing their manager and his tactical preferences.
Jürgen Klopp’s Reds could have all but ensured Champions League qualification against the rock-bottom team in the Premier League but the old spectre of defensive frailty returned to result in the concession of two points from a position of having a two-goal lead on the 70-minute mark. Trev Downey, Hari Sethi and Dave Hendrick wonder if this was a slip back into the old insecurities for Liverpool or, rather, a slight bump in the road to Champions League progression after the manager changed 3 of the back four with a view to Tuesday’s monumental semi-final first-leg against Roma.
Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon reflect on Klopp's press conference from Melwood, where the manager was keen to keep the focus on West Brom and a top 4 finish; and not that season defining CL semi-final with Roma.
- Arsene Wenger to leave Arsenal after 22 years
- Consistency and Competing with Man City
- Mo Salah vs Harry Kane, Battle for Golden Boot
- No Mane and Firmino in PFA Team of Season
- Injury Update
- Winning Mentality
- Key WBA Stats & Predictions
- This Week on AI:PRO
Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast
On this week’s Media Matters, Gags Tandon and Nina Kauser are joined by LFCTV commentator and presenter John Bradley. For the first time on Media Matters this season we discuss everything to do with commentating and John's career. Gags, Nina and John discuss:
- John's start in football commentating.
- Coverage of the Russian league, how did he get into that?
- Most iconic game commentated on as well as favourite goal and moment.
- What skill sets are required to become a commentator.
- What type of preparation is required before a game?
- Do you solely commentate from the stadium or do you have to do it from studios too?
- Who's your favourite colour commentator?
- Thoughts on commentators on other channels.
- Who was your role model as a commentator?
- Discussion on players that are now co-commentators.
All this and more on a fun show with an excellent guest. Make sure you tune into Media Matters!
This week’s Molby On The Spot is a very lively chat between Trev Downey and the Great Dane - Reds legend, Jan Molby - about the recent victory over Bournemouth, the weekend match away at West Brom and the season-defining Champions League semi-final against Roma. There’s some great insight from Jan about the performances of the individual players, the thought processes in the run up to a massive match and the tactics that might be employed by both The Reds and their opponents. As ever, there are anecdotes and tangents and, this week, a lovely masterclass on the art of the pass.
Daniel Rhodes and Paul Dalglish discuss the victory over Bournemouth, with topics including:
- Eddie Howe's different approach
- Liverpool's fast start, which virtually killed the game
- The Reds' domination until the 70-minute mark
- Who is better: Suarez or Salah?
- The slight wobble at 2-0
- Paul's thoughts on the Roma draw and Liverpool's tags of underdogs...
All this and more via Tactics Weekly on AI Pro!
On the rare occasion that Liverpool FC get a week between games we thought we'd get Simon Brundish back on to update us with the latest highlights from his Fatigue Index analysis. Simon, our resident Sports Scientist, speaks to Gags Tandon and Daniel Rhodes about the following:
- Introduction to Fatigue index for new subscribers
- Update on the minutes played by players so far this season
- A look at their career averages and how much more they are playing this season
- How the players have been managed in busy periods
- The different types of load, Simon always discusses chronic load but is it different depending on position?
- A look at the upcoming busy schedule around the Champions League semi-final and what Simon's advice would be to Jurgen Klopp.
Get all of this and more on the latest Fatigue Index Podcast.
In this episode, we cover the seasons 1967-68, and 1968-69 and take a close look at the fortunes of Liverpool the club, the city, the people and the wider world in the context of the times. A Time of love, peace and flowers...or was it a time of assassinations, ecological disasters, war and delusion?
