On today’s show, Trev and Jan reflect on the arrival of The Reds’ late Christmas present - a lovely new ponytailed number 4 in the shape of Virgil Van Dijk. The Great Dane runs the rule over what he will add to the side, the influence he will have on Jürgen Klopp’s team and the impact his arrival may have on the short-term future for Liverpool in terms of success. There’s also lots of chat about the latest win over Swansea and a look forward to the upcoming matches. All this and more on Molby On The Spot!
This week on Tactics Weekly Daniel Rhodes and Paul Dalglish do a festive double-header discussing the Arsenal and Swansea matches. First of all, we pick apart "The Mad Five Minutes" in detail. Was there anything Klopp could do? Who was to blame? Was any of it tactical? Then we debate the other 85 minutes of quality football. This followed by a look at the Swansea match, the line ups, the first half bore fest and the second half scintillating attacking. The subs and the lack of a Solanke goal... finally, in true football manager style... the best XI!
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Gags Tandon welcomes Paul Dalglish and Dan Rhodes as they react to the news that Virgil Van Dijk will sign for Liverpool on January 1st 2018!Â
They discuss the signing and Dan Rhodes goes through a mini-scout report on him whilst Paul Dalglish looks at the repercussions of the deal on the squad and club as a whole. Some interesting insight and reaction from the team on this one!
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On this week's Media Matters, Nina is on solo hosting duties on Media Matters as she brings a very special episode covering the topic of women in football media. Nina is joined by Bein Sports Kay Murray, as the pair discuss this hot topic and Kay shares her thoughts and experiences on how she broke into this industry and gives insight into her fantastic broadcasting career. All this and more on Media Matters.
In the second part of this interview with John Aldridge, Trev Downey talks to Aldo about his role in one of the greatest Liverpool sides of all time, his impressive international career with the Republic of Ireland, the harrowing experience of the Hillsborough tragedy and its aftermath, his unpleasant departure from Liverpool after just two successful seasons, his foreign adventure with Real Sociedad and there’s even a story about how the two lads had previously met on a Ryanair flight. Trev also quizzes John on the current Reds set-up and asks him what changes he believes need to be made.
In the opening part of this two-part interview with John Aldridge, Trev Downey talks to Aldo about his early days at Newport and Oxford. Goals were in abundance from the start and John speaks about some of the people who influenced his development and turned him into such an admired poacher that his hometown club signed him with a view to replacing the great Ian Rush. The footballing transition was seamless for John but he is very candid about how there was definitely a rite of passage to endure before he was fully accepted by his new teammates.
In our final show before Christmas Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon return or a quick-fire preview of Liverpool's next game as they take on bottom side Swansea at Anfield on Boxing Day.
They discuss the individual mistakes that cost the Reds 3 precious points at Arsenal; is it now time for Karius to get a run in the side? There’s also look at the form of Sadio Mane and question what looks like an overreaction from much of the fanbase.
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Trev Downey steps in as host and has a very engaging chat with Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson about the 3-3 draw at The Emirates. Mark runs the rule over the question of Simon Mignolet’s repeated blunders, the mental difficulty the Reds seem to have with closing games down, the question of whether the manager’s selections are an indicator of dubious judgement and the far more pleasing nature of another outstanding attacking display. There are listeners’ questions for our esteemed guest to field, some insightful anecdotes about Mark’s days as a player and he makes a remarkable promise to Trev about Mo Salah’s form involving a deeply unpleasant meal!
Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon are back for a quick-fire preview of Liverpool's next game as they travel to take on Arsenal at The Emirates.
They discuss the injury updates from Klopp's press conference at Melwood, the probable setup from both managers; and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on his return to take on his former club.
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On this week's Media Matters, Sachin Nakrani talks with Andrew Mangan, the man behind the long-running, influential and hugely successful ​Arsenal fan site, areseblog. Andrew gives the low down on Arsenal's start to the season, focusing on the form of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette in particular, as well as his views on the man in charge - Arsene Wenger. He also discusses the origins and rise of arseblog as well as Arsenal fan media in general. Sachin and Andrew finish up by previewing Friday's big game at the Emirates and why they hope it finishes in a 4-4 draw.
