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DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST: END OF SEASON REVIEW PART ONE
END OF SEASON REVIEW PART ONE
IN the first of four End Of Season Specials, Neil Atkinson was joined by Paul Cope, Mike Girling and Andy Heaton as they review the season in which Liverpool Football Club got its groove back.
DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST: END OF SEASON REVIEW PART TWO
END OF SEASON REVIEW PART TWO
IN the second of four End Of Season Specials, Neil Atkinson was joined by Jim Boardman, Steve Graves, Sachin Nakrani, Mike Nevin and Chris Maguire as they review the season in which Liverpool Football Club got its groove back.
DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST: END OF SEASON REVIEW PART THREE
END OF SEASON REVIEW PART THREE
IN the third of four End Of Season Specials, Neil Atkinson was joined by John Gibbons and Karl Coppack as they review the season in which Liverpool Football Club got its groove back.
DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST: END OF SEASON REVIEW PART FOUR
END OF SEASON REVIEW PART FOUR
IN the fourth and final End Of Season Special, Neil Atkinson was joined by Gareth Roberts, Martin Fitzgerald and Rob Gutmann as they review the season in which Liverpool Football Club got its groove back.
Really enjoyed this. Great points about the ownership/business side of things. I think it was in Brian Reade’s book he explained if Man U were Tesco, Liverpool weren’t even the Spar- we were the burger van outside the ground. Good to sense tat this is changing.
Sorry, but I can’t celebrate a commercial deal. Just can’t do it.
Out of interest Karl, What is it you don’t like about them? My understanding is they sign a deal, we read about it in the press for a day or probably a week on Twitter, we get a load of cash and then we never hear of it again. Then, when teams come knocking for our best players we turn around and say ‘no, he’s got a contract with us – we don’t need to sell’ as the books are balanced from commercialism. We then go on to narrowly lose out on the title because we still have our best players plus the ability to add to them.
I’m particularly curious about your answer as I’m someone who spent nearly a decade living in squats across the European capitals rebelling against globalisation. I refuse to have Sky as I’ll never knowingly give any of the Murdochs a penny and believe I never have. After all, one could argue that Liverpool’s decline was a direct result of Sky’s influence on the Premier League albeit with Laissez-faire owners at the helm who didn’t understand that commercial deals win trophies in the new millennium. Yet, when it comes to Liverpool I firmly put success above image – I’ve no morals and I feel in comparison to the fun I’ve had this season, the Dunkin Donuts deal, that airline whose name escapes me and others I’ve forgotten about are a small price to pay and almost worth celebrating.
Lads
Been listening for a long time now. Loving your work and dedication. Fantastic way to fill the gaps in the off season. As always insightful and lots of points to consider.
Keep it going.
Very interesting times for us fans, if this window goes the way we all want it will be a phenomenal year ahead. Extremely excited filled with love for Rodger’s tricky reds.
TAW thanks for making me believe!
I know deals are relevant etc but to me it’s all about the pitch. Ian Ayre’s successes will never be mine.
That’s a fair point! As you point out though, regarding relevance, they go hand in hand now, yet conversely are two separate entities. We’re all too aware of what happens when the club, as opposed to the team, isn’t functioning. The knock on effect shows on the pitch and that effects my enjoyment of watching the team.
I saw a comment of yours yesterday on Twitter about Mighty Red and agree whole heartedly – the day I see that thing on the pitch I’ll honestly stop going. Personally though, I feel we need to either embrace commercialism or accept finishing 7th. Believe me, my Utd mates have enjoyed the last 2 decades watching their team on the pitch and have hardly noticed their rampant commercialism in far off places. So, as long as the commercial side of things stays away from the match day experience then it’s something I accept and support.
I only questioned this because I still see some Liverpool fans wishing things were like they were in the past and it’s futile. I wish I didn’t have to work or could have 7 wives but the reality is it’s not gonna happen. Also, I think if we went back to how football was in the early 80’s then given a few months we’d all be desperate to get back to the Premier League of 2014. Despite it’s downside it’s never been so good. I look back at football, music and society and think how much better it used to be but I think it’s down to the age I was then. Anyway, I’m getting off topic there so i’ll finish there.
“Two wives are allowed in the army, but one’s too many for me!”
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash was one of my favourite albums from school days mate. Still play it occasionally. 7 wives would probably be an anti climax, in hindsight. I have a vision of them keeping each other entertained while I’m off doing my own thing then coming home to all 7. Although the reality would probably be 7 times the trouble and 7 times the mess around the house. Truth is, been with my partner 20 years and still not married. She’s still on trial so I’m unlikely to commit to 7.
Loved Neil’s valedictory in part 4. I would have stood and applauded if I hadn’t been on the 19:10 from King’s Cross.
What a bonkers season. I fucking loved it. That’s not one of those gratuitous “fucking”s, it’s just that saying “I loved it” doesn’t do justice. I fucking loved it. Mental and genuinely uplifting. If you find yourself singing “we are Liverpool” at audible levels as you climb the escalators at Warren Street, things must be going well and you must be feeling pretty good. Colleagues regularly asked me if I was “okay” as I arrived at work smiling. Of course I was okay. It may have said ‘First Capital Connect’ on the ticket, but I’d just travelled to work on a magic carpet of deepest crimson.
There is a table somewhere that shows LFC conceded more chances and more goals from errors than any other team in the EPL. This supports the contention that our defensive issues were not tactical (and maybe not even resource specific), but rather the result of aberrations. It’s entirely paradoxical that our defence should be copping so much shit yet our most regular centre-half is top a three player of the year for the club. Eliminate the individual errors next season and there’s no reason to compromise our attacking philosophy. Although I’d still add one or maybe two full-backs, but mostly for what they may bring to the table from an attacking perspective, and not because either Johnson or Flanagan are suspect defensively.
Thanks to the TAW team for their joyous podcasts these last 10 months. Easily the best football podcast (and free magazine) out there. Don’t ever stop.
Been boss all week these but there’s been a lack of Ben Johnson going on. Give him an hour over the summer; a Martin Kelly special…