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This week’s show looks back on the win over Newcastle, a 4-2 that felt so much better than those famous 4-3s, not because of the wider margin of victory but because of what it meant, how it was done and the noise that accompanied it. There was nothing lacklustre about the performance of the players or the twelfth man - which for Liverpool means the fans inside the ground. The three points increased the Reds lead at the top. For other clubs, certainly Liverpool’s opponents, the twelfth man seems to be the referee and it was no different against Newcastle. As is tradition for any remotely big Liverpool game, the PGMOL sent one of their Greater Manchester referees to officiate over this one, and it wasn’t long before Anthony Taylor joined his colleague Paul Tierney in getting his name sung by the Kop. On this week’s show: - A look back on Liverpool 4 Newcastle 2 - Darwin still needs to improve - but is he getting more stuff right than he gets credit for? - The atmosphere was back - and maybe there’s going to be some competition between the Kop and the Anny Road! - Liverpool’s injury troubles continue, Dom this time - does squad size play a part in that? - Talking of squad size, two key players are about to be absent to go and play for their countries. Endo has certainly become a key player. - Referees. Again. - Maybe Taylor got one controversial decision right. Maybe - but that just adds weight to the need for refs to explain those calls. - What’s the difference between questioning the ref for a decision and ganging up and surrounding him shouting the odds? Clue: one doesn’t seem to involve cards. - Another wet pitch - but because of the torrential rain rather than an opposition manager’s tears - Talking of which - a look ahead to Arsenal in the FA Cup - Play the kids, or a mix of youth and experience? - Is the League Cup more important than the FA Cup this season? - Liverpool. Top of the League.

In this week’s episode Jim Boardman and Jay Reid look ahead to the festive fixtures, starting with the visit of Arsenal the night before Christmas Eve, a game the Reds go into knowing it’s in their own hands to go top for Christmas. There’s also a look back at the last couple of Reds games, including the frustration of the visit of a a Manchester United side so lacking in ambition it’s no wonder their stadium roof’s leaking. If that one left the squad and the fans feeling down in the dumps what better way to cheer everyone up than a visit from David Moyes? He’s won more trophies than his former club from across the park in the last couple of decades, but even they’ve won at Anfield. Once. On this week’s show: - Where’s the famous atmosphere? - Maybe don’t look in the Main Stand for it - Loads of ideas on how to fix it - but are there any real answers? - There’s more to atmosphere than singing - What’s happened to Roy Keane? “Buzzing” about playing for a 0-0? - Who’s that accusing others of arrogance? - Talking of which: Quansah - confident and ambitious, not arrogant - It really is time for Trent to be one thing or the other, not a watered down bit of both - We’ll probably be saying the same thing again next week - Maybe we’re biased, but Curtis Jones really should be starting against the Mancs. And needs to start against Arsenal. - The return of Dom - Elliott and others giving Klopp some good selection headaches - Is it time for Nunez to have a stint on the left? - Two legs away from Wembley - One win away from the top of the table - Not a bad first half of the season

In this week’s episode Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are looking forward to the visit of Manchester United for the game that local fans look for second when the fixtures come out. There’s also a look back at another couple of wins for the top-of-the-table Reds. On this week’s show: - A win against Sheffield United - A win against Crystal Palace - Liverpool going top and staying there - The difference a keeper makes - Salah and his milestone goals - Doing two jobs at once - Is it really controversial to be sent off for a cut and dried second yellow card? - How many times did the owl’s head rotate? - Ref finds new ways to make a joke of VAR - even if the decisions end up being right. Eventually. - What’s on the mind of some blues? Clue: it’s not blue. - Well done Everton on shaming the Chelsea poverty chanters - Fanbase karma - Trent helping homeless people - Europa League - Anfield gearing up to get bigger - Potential biggest crowd at Anfield in decades - The Mancs next - second only to the derby for big Anfield games - Green and gold is back - Fergie falls off another perch - Who’d want to miss Sunday’s game? - Who shouldn’t miss Sunday’s game

Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back with what’s left of their voices to talk about another memorable 4-3 win for Liverpool, recorded 24 hours after the Reds beat Fulham at Anfield to end the weekend second in the table. Trent’s new boots connected with the winner and the Kop went wild, with Jay and Jim in it. At this time of the season the games just keep coming and that means a midweek trip to South Yorkshire next for the game against bottom club Sheffield United - but can Liverpool afford to think for even one minute that the job’s already done? There’s at least one fairly recent game that should tell them no. On this week’s show: - Trent: The Scouser In Our Team - Trent: Can we maybe give him one job at a time? - The Grinch: Leave those goals alone - Too sloppy too often - Goal of the season - x4 - The difference the noise makes - Talking of which - LASK - The respect European fans tend to have - Tottenham’s favourite ref - Can refs be sworn at again now? - The FA Cup draw - Arsenal away - David Moyes’s ‘hot balls’ - Should we leave the FA Cup to the kids? - A look back at the draw v City - Getting Christmassy on the Kop - A look ahead to Sheffield United

Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back as another international break comes to and end, hoping the Reds players are all back from it in time for the early kick-off against Manchester’s other team. With plenty of shifts put in by Liverpool players for their countries, some of those countries even appreciating their efforts rather than booing them, they come back to one of the biggest games of the season, maybe the third fixture Reds fans look for when the calendar gets released. Thanks to the powers that be over in Manchester it’s not being played at the big time of day Sky paid for. There’s little sense in why it’s kicking off so early, but at least the ref won’t have far to travel. On this week’s show: - Reds on their travels - Darwin putting more fingers up to his critics - Luis Diaz and his family Christmas - Southgate and his Trent experiments - Young Reds booed by saddos across the park - Mo Salah casually winning Player of the Month - A look ahead to LFC v City - It’s all kicking off across the park

With most of the players away on duty for their countries, Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back to see what’s going on in Liverpool, and it turns out the international break isn’t so quiet. The Reds who have been out in action for their countries have had a good week - well at least some of them - although for Liverpool fans a truly good week would be one that saw these players head home early to prepare for the match against City. Also this week there’s look back at the game against Brentford, where the atmosphere was a long way short of European night levels, and Jay and Jim wonder if there’s anything that could or should be done about that. The main reason this international break hasn’t been quiet is because of the neighbours. Across the park Everton are back under a cloud after their highs of lifting themselves out of the relegation zone and all we can hear is crying about how unfair everything is after they got themselves firmly dumped back into that zone. Having smashed past the Premier League’s first marker for losses - £15m - they carried on well past the second marker - £105m - and so they’ve now had 10 points smashed off their mediocre points total for the season. They’ll have you believe it’s all because of their new stadium - but there’s more to it than that, for anyone who can face reading the 40 page document put out by the League. We managed to read some of it, and the contents show some excuses that are, just well, Everton aren’t they? This week: - The Brentford 3-0 - Atmosphere issues, is it time to look for solutions? - A ref’s proudest moment? - International break - absolute joy for Diaz, and Alisson won’t have minded too much - Joy for Nunez too - MacAliister maybe not so happy in that game - Mo Salah not wanting a break from scoring - Some match or other at Wembley - Everton’s magical transfer valuations - Other blue excuses from the big PL verdict - What will it mean for other clubs?

Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are back after missing a couple of weeks and so there is plenty to discuss this time round, not least the half dozen games the Reds have played since. The last couple of performances haven’t been much to write home about, but that draw and defeat came off the back of a good run of wins and even some clean sheets, so as demoralising as the last seven days feel, there’s still plenty to look forward to. Isn’t there? On this week’s show: - A look back at Toulouse away and Luton away - A belated look back at the derby - A look ahead to Brentford - The Trent experiment: park it until there are players it can work with - or just scrap it? - Using the wrong tools for the wrong job - and the damage it does - How the Kop always pays respect where it’s due - Small time fans trying to use Hillsborough as a weapon - yet again - Shouldn’t match-going fans of any club be happy they can afford to go to games - without needing to mock starving children? - PGMOL - ‘See, we aren’t the game’s only awful officials’ - PGMOL - ‘Here’s another Greater Manchester referee for a Liverpool game’ - Anny Road progress - at least cosmetically - Do Liverpool need to start showing more respect to supposedly easier opposition? - An Anfield crowd will love you if make the effort - but don’t just save it for the ‘big’ games! - And best of all - Luis Diaz’s dad is free!

That lot are coming over from across the park and Jim Boardman and Jay Reid are looking forward to another derby day clash with the happy neighbours. With referees dominating so much of the talk for Reds fans lately it’s a bit of a change to be up against the side that haven’t stopped talking about officials since long before they last won a trophy. And that’s a very long time. Also this week: - More thoughts on the Anfield Road upper tier debacle - Yet another early kick-off and still more to come - How did the Reds players out on international duty get on? - Do we stick the left-back at left-back now the left-back is out? - Gakpo feeling at home? - Nunez helping his club keeper - sort of - The experts on the FA’s independent panel - Modern footballer’s food - where’s the sausage and egg? - How to react to TV cameras in Liverpool - Derby day! - Make some noise!