Trev Downey and Dave Hendrick have lasted in their RAW posts until the last game of the season because The Reds have been magnificent and Jürgen Klopp has worked wonders. In Kiev, an already stretched squad was shorn of it’s talisman after 30 minutes and it took two acts of incredible self-sabotage for the greatest squad in Europe to beat them. Trev and Dave reflect on the loss and look forward to the brightness in the future.
Gags is in Kiev and he's been talking to supporters from all over the globe about their journies to Kiev, how they got hold of a ticket and more! Harinder paaji is the familiar voice whilst former AI Aussie podcast Simon Kroger also makes an appearance. Gags is also joined by Reds; Ash, Simon, Raj & Apoorv on this show!
This week on AI:PRO Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + podcast.
On this week’s Media Matters, Sachin Nakrani is joined by European football writer Andy Brassell to preview Saturday’s Champions League final. Andy gives the lowdown on Real Madrid as a somewhat strange season for Zinedine Zidane’s men reaches its climax. The guys also discuss Liverpool’s progress under Juergen Klopp and how the German has evolved as a manager since his Borussia Dortmund days.
Andy also talks about his love of European football and how he stays on top of so many leagues each and every week.
It’s a packed show and essential listening before THE game of the season.
Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team as Simon Brundish, Dan Kennett and Daniel Rhodes to statistically preview Liverpool's biggest game in their recent history as they face Real Madrid in the Champions League Final.
They discuss:
- Liverpool's off-ball stats in the Champions League compared to the Premier League
- Real Madrid's style of play and how that compares to the teams that have beaten Liverpool FC this season
- A comparison of Liverpool's distance run compared to Real Madrid's, their averages and highest totals
- Liverpool's record in the Champions League against Real Madrid, Klopp vs Madrid and Liverpool in Kiev
- There are some choice words for some of the reporting in Spain about Liverpool too!
All this and more on the AI Under Pressure Podcast!
Trev Downey and Jan Molby bring you a belting final show of the season ahead of the biggest game in club football. With Jan having had a special audience with the gaffer, and Trev not even vaguely jealous, there are some opening thoughts on the club’s preparation for the final and the mood around the camp before the chat turns to Kiev and the strengths of the opposition, the areas The Reds might be able to exploit and the importance of the power of what Sadio Mané calls the “power” of the “collective.”
In this episode of Money Talks, host Mo Chatra is joined by FC Business Magazine's Alex Miller to discuss the key ingredients needed (such as Champions League football, top 4 league finishes, brand of football, emergence of Mo Salah) that can help Liverpool secure attractive new deals for key sponsorships that are ending next season.
Mo and Alex also discuss:
- The Anfield Road End redevelopment
- Naming rights deals
- What factors appeal to current and potential sponsors
- Club's financial ability to compete with rivals given Liverpool is on course to generate £450m revenues this season.
All that and more is discussed in another insightful pod exploring all matters financial for Liverpool Football Club.
This week on Tactics Weekly, Paul Dalglish gives the manager’s perspective before the final. What a manager might go through. How much planning is involved? How does he deal with the human element? Expected line-ups and potential formation.
Daniel Rhodes also asks how the training camp in Marbella would have gone? Planning behind it etc. What sorts of sessions? Many videos? Special Madrid focused sessions?
Will Klopp know his tactical set-up, in terms of specifically for Madrid, in fine detail already?
Scenarios? Go a goal down in the first 15 mins: playing well, was out of the blue; or, we are under the cosh. Go a goal up in the first 15 mins. Reacting in game.
Predictions.
On A-Eye Scouted this week Dave is joined by Hamzah Khalique-Loonat, AnfieldIndex's tactical writer, for a slightly different type of scouting. In this episode, they take a look at how Liverpool beat their Champions League Final opponents Real Madrid. Hamzah outlines, and discusses in-depth, the three ways in which the Reds could do this: pressing the six, fullbacks & counter-attacks.
All this and more on A-Eye Scouted.
On this episode of Old Skool, Gags Tandon & Dave Hendrick are reunited with Marco Lopes! The AI Podcast original gives his view on the old days of the Anfield Index Podcast and the boys then cover the many rumoured players that have come up this week. Last week the boys covered off Nabil Fekir so they don't spend too much time on him but they do discuss whether Dembele, Butland, Tarkowski, Lascelles and Cabellos would fit into this Liverpool FC squad.
All this and more as AI Pro goes Old Skool!
On A-Eye Scouted this week Dave is joined by Karl Matchett 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 Final opponents Real Madrid. They discuss Real Madrid's squad in-depth and highlight it's stars, as well as discussing their tactical preferences.
