NEIL Atkinson was joined for the big show on a “slow news week” of an international break by Jay McKenna, Gareth Roberts and John Gibbons for an absolute belter of podcast.
Talk of custard-drinking habits soon evolves into a discussion about the Reds’ behind-closed-doors friendly against Wolves at Melwood last week, when the club named a perhaps surprisingly strong line-up.
Also in this week’s show:
- Daniel Sturridge: Is it a defining period of his Liverpool, nay, football career? Neil certainly thinks it might be.
- How do Liverpool handle their undoubtedly supremely-talented number 15? Can we get 10 games in a row out of him?
- At what point do we write off a goalscorer who’s as desperate as us to succeed at Anfield?
- Ian Ayre: Bloody hell, more foot in mouth than a diseased herd of cattle.
- What exactly was the chief executive trying to achieve by alienating a massive swathe of our fan base by essentially accusing local fans of having an agenda against Liverpool supporters from out of town?
- Was Ayre being deliberately inflammatory, and if so, to what end?
- And the comment’:“We feel like the culture (of Liverpool FC) has a bigger effect (on fan growth) than the football.” What does it mean? If winning isn’t the very existence for Liverpool Football Club existing, then what is the point?
- And if it isn’t, why are we charging championship-winning prices?
- Are we getting the wrong end of the stick, should a senior executive know better and is the club doing all it can to communicate its plans?
All this and more, including the return of the “School-yard game” which sees John and Gareth go head to head in picking an XI from outside Britain and Ireland.
HAVE YOU VOTED FOR US IN FSF AWARDS YET?
Worst XI:
Brad Jones
Degan
Kvarme
Piechnik
Vignal
Istvan Kozmo
Jean-Michel Ferri
Bernard Diomede
Sean Dundee
Erik Meijer
Christian Poulsen.
Beat that! Could have picked a team of our crap right-backs.
I’d take out Meijer because he was a sound lad and drop in Diouf for being a shithouse. Strong pantomime villian line up otherwise.
Impressive. However, to take the title I think you need to find a starting berth for Jimmy Carter. Although our ability to sell him on to Arsenal took some of the shame away.
Good call, but wasn’t he English? I did forget Mark Kennedy.
True. Although we would’ve probably been better off with the American president!
Been holding this back for ages, but John really needs to clear his throat. :S
What the world was waiting for. Could just be his voice, mate.
There’s no denying John is a sexy man with a sexy voice. It only gets a little gurgly at times and this is a podcast after all.. No need to get all sensitive about it.
Anyway, where’s the chef? This free lunch I had was shit.
Ha! I love the assumption it’s “being sensitive”. Just replying, like. Got ripped off at Sayers today, now that was shit. John is sexy as well. Does boss hugs.
Thing that a single campus training ground gives you is that it’s easier to in still that one club mentality into the campus.
Also lads who are pushed into the main squad are just moving from one pitch to another and not into a new facility which would create it’s own stress and maybe you’re not seeing the best from the lads with that added pressure on them.
Also kids get to see what it takes to make the grade. In terms of mentality, physicality, attitude etc etc.
Even when those lads get released they’ll still have those moments of being around a top pro club to take with them.
The other question is how many other clubs are not doing a single campus.
Grobbelaar?
Good show this. Insights and sound like you’re actually enjoying yourselves which is what this is all about innit?!