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BURNLEY v LIVERPOOL PREVIEW!
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The PL returns after the international break and Irby White joins Jesse Sarwar to look ahead to a vital game at Turf Moore.
We'll do a brief review of the fortunes of Reds' players on international duty as well as discuss the latest news on PL rivals Chelsea and a new manager at Forest.
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Premier League Resumes with Liverpool vs Burnley
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Liverpool podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. The international break is over, so all eyes are on the weekend's fixtures as the Premier League returns.
00:01:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Reds are away to newly promoted Burnley. It's a two ah Sunday 2pm kickoff UK time, that is 9am Eastern time in the United States.
Introduction of Irby White, Football Coach
00:01:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm in the company of our resident football coach, Irby White. How's it going, Irby?
00:01:19
Irby White
Yeah, good. Just enjoying a nice nice gloomy Thursday here at the beach, but ready ready for, like you said, the fixtures to get back up and going after the long international break.
00:01:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, it's a gloomy day here in the UK as well. And I think I'd rather have a gloomy day at the beach as opposed to gloomy day in in England as we approach ah winter But so yeah, the international ah break is over.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, we've had players, um you know, who've had, you know, minutes, have got minutes under their belt. And i think what we'll do is we'll we'll talk about some of those players that have played over the international break, um see how that might impact Arnie Slott's team selection over the next few weeks.
00:02:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Obviously, we'll go through predicted lineup and a predicted score as well for the weekend. And there's also a couple of um kind of news items that have broken um this week um regarding the Premier League, some teams in the Premier League.
00:02:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And that could have an impact on Liverpool. So we might kind of touch on that as well. So Let's start with some of the players that are featured over the international
Alexander Isak's Readiness for Liverpool
00:02:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
break. I'm going to start with Alexander Isak Irby because...
00:02:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, he's our kind of marquee signing, I guess, for the summer transfer window that's just concluded. and ah hundred And £125 million. pounds He hasn't kicked a football in anger this season.
00:02:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
He hasn't had a pre-season. And... You know, that that could be something that's a factor in the next few weeks and months as we look ahead to, you know, what should be and we're all hoping is going to be a long season for Liverpool. So he came on as a substitute in Sweden's 2-0 win over Kosovo.
00:03:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
He played around about 20 minutes. I mean, how is how important is it for for Liverpool and or obviously for Isaac that he's he's got some competitive minutes under his belt this season?
00:03:29
Irby White
And no disrespect to Kosovo either, I mean, but those are kind of the, that's kind of a team that you'd want to face, I guess, you know, maybe an early preseason test in his own right.
00:03:40
Irby White
um We talked about it last week on the episode that the Sweden training camp and and international window was an opportunity for him to kind of just get those minutes, get the, get, you know, kind of get going.
00:03:52
Irby White
He hadn't, like you said, he hasn't had a preseason, hasn't played since, since May. And Everything I've seen from you know the clips, the training clips from Sweden, the training clips of us, he looked pretty sharp.
00:04:04
Irby White
Pretty sharp come compared to a player who hasn't played for four or five months. But it's very important for him to get up and going quickly. Matches are coming thick and thin, especially with you know the League Cup right around the corner. Champions League matches coming up, I mean, rapidly.
00:04:21
Irby White
And so we're going to need him, um as we've kind of talked about with with you know our forward options. um you know And I don't want to spoil like our our prediction lineups predicted lineups too soon, but I don't think he'll start Sunday.
00:04:34
Irby White
But I have feeling he could probably come on and play a part, whether it's a win, a loss, or a draw, hopefully a win.
00:04:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. yeah
00:04:40
Irby White
I think it's important for Slott to give him you know at least 15, 20 minutes with his new teammates in the Premier League. Because, i mean, the Premier League, Burnley, it's just a different it's a different caliber compared to an international game against Kosovo.
00:04:52
Irby White
So he needs to get up and going quickly. um Everything I've seen in training, you know the clips yesterday that went up from our socials looked sharp. It was against some younger guys. But you know I think he's just really ready to get going. so And I think he's proven...
00:05:06
Irby White
And just he's eager to show everybody that he's ready to go. that this That three, four month hiatus, you know, won't phase him.
00:05:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's it's a funny one because, you know, he's he's not had a preseason, but he does know the Premier League. he's He's not coming in new to the Premier League, right? He's not coming in from some overseas league and he's got to maybe adapt to the Premier League.
00:05:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's got to find his pace with his new teammates. But I'm wondering if there's... a difference between a slot pre-season and a Klopp pre-season.
00:05:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
It seems that under Jurgen Klopp, you had to have that pre-season. Otherwise, you you you weren't going to play immediately or it would take time for you to get kind of bedded into that team.
00:05:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And maybe that was a reflection of... you know, how intense the Jurgen Klopp system was, right? Whereas, and you saw that with Andy Robertson when he first started at Liverpool.
00:06:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
It took him quite a long time to actually get into the team to get a starting position. Whereas, you Arnie Slott, he signs Kerkes, bang, straight away, he's is he's starting.
00:06:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And a lot of new players, Florian Wurtz, Ekotike, they're all thrown in after a Arnie Slott pre-season. So, you know Do you think that that is a factor that maybe an Arnie Slott pre-season isn't going to be as gruelling as a Jurgen Klopp one?
00:06:38
Irby White
Yeah, and I think we've all kind of seen and read and heard the comparisons to Slott and Klopp over the last 18 months now that just a lot of things aren't changing, but a lot of things did change. you know i think...
00:06:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:53
Irby White
you know if if If this was Klopp and it was Isak's first couple of games coming up and he was just thrown straight in, I'd fear that he would get injured because of the running and the pressing and the in the back pressing and the work off the ball that he would have had to have done.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:07
Irby White
um and so you know We're obviously a little bit more measured under under slot, a little bit more, i don't want to say pragmatic, but just a little bit more calm, um especially out of possession. and so I think that'll play a factor, like you said,
00:07:20
Irby White
The quality of player in Alexander Isak, I mean, second in the golden boot race last year, right? and don't want to say you just throw him straight in when he's fully fit, but we would, I think, well, us supporters and I think neutral fans out there would all think,
00:07:35
Irby White
yeah he's going to go straight into the team when he's ready, when he's, when he's fit, when he's firing, you know, I don't think form will play a factor early on, on him going straight into the team.
00:07:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:07:45
Irby White
So I think once he's ready and he's up to speed and he's shown in training and in the, you know, the cameos that he's going to play a part in these couple, next couple of weeks, When it's time, when the manager feels it's time, when the, you know, fitness team feels it's time, medical team feels it's time, that they feel it's safe, I think he'll go straight into the team and be ready to go.
00:08:04
Irby White
And I'm i'm hoping, I'm optimistic that he's not going to miss a beat. I thought i have a feeling he's going to hit the ground running fairly quick, fairly quick.
00:08:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:12
Irby White
And i don't know if that's just sheer optimism from me or...
00:08:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:17
Irby White
just because I'm a Liverpool supporter, you want him to do well or but just, you know, from everything I've seen from him over the in the Premier League the last three seasons, ah he just he's suited for the league, right?
00:08:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:28
Irby White
You've said that already. And he's he's been here for a couple of years. So I think he'll hit the ground running. And I mean, I just can't wait to see him play. It's been a long, long summer, the the long summer saga.
00:08:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:40
Irby White
So we're we're all ready.
00:08:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
For him as well, right? it's It's been a long summer for him as well.
00:08:43
Irby White
Yeah.
00:08:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
and and um And I take your point and I think I agree. And I don't think it's just like a kind of wishful thinking that we want him to hit the ground running. Obviously, we all do. But I think that he will just one, because he's just a quality player.
00:08:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's just got that quality.
00:08:59
Irby White
Mm-hmm.
00:09:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And secondly, I think that
00:09:01
Irby White
Mm-hmm.
00:09:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
as i already mentioned, that he's he's used to the Premier League.
00:09:05
Irby White
yeah
00:09:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think he will just be so fired up now. He'll be so fired up to um you know to to get involved with this team now um i think that I think that he will you know hit the ground running. But you know the good thing is is we've got Ekotike now as you know that kind of... um I don't want to say backup because I don't think that's going to be the case this season.
00:09:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it's going to be, um these guys are going to be rotated and we'll see more of that as the cup competitions come in, like, you know, the League Cup and the Champions League.
00:09:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But, you know, let's talk about some of the other players.
Konate's Contract and Real Madrid Rumors
00:09:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ibrahima Kanate. um I didn't see the game, but judging by all the press reports in France, you know, a commanding performance ah for France in their 2-1 win over Iceland.
00:09:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's obviously got this contract situation in the background and that's going to keep rumbling on. But it's good to see that he's coming back into form as well.
00:10:04
Irby White
Yeah, and I guess what I saw surrounding Canate just on social media this week and and those international games is that you know players like Mbappe and Camavingo were talking to him about Real Madrid and stuff like that, and that there was a third contract proposal kind of denied from him and that he it's not that he doesn't want to be at Liverpool.
00:10:27
Irby White
He's just... you know He's very clear of the financial package that he's looking for. And so that's that's all the news that I saw around Kanate this week. I know he had a good performance or two, but it was just just the contract situation. Again, I mean, last year we obviously had it with Van Dijk and Salah and Trent. We don't need to go all into that again because you know that was a long 12 months of talking about that. But it's just another star player in the spine of your team.
00:10:54
Irby White
you just You just don't want to be dealing with and and answering these questions and asking these questions you know among friends and supporters and hearing it pundits talking about it for these next six, seven months. you know Just wrap it up, get a bow on it, and and give him that deal.
00:11:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:09
Irby White
um
00:11:11
Irby White
yeah I just think he's a player we need to build around and and build with Van Dyke. Yeah. yeah
00:11:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's it's i for me, I've just got a feeling it's it's going one way. It's going the Trent way. um I don't know if you saw the reports from um the Athletics Real Madrid ah reporter, Mario Cortegano, who's normally quite, you know, he's he's he's well in with Real Madrid. He's a well-sourced journalist.
00:11:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he says that he says Liverpool's centre back is admired behind the scenes at Madrid. He's one of Europe's elite defenders and his contract ends next summer.
00:11:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
um He goes on to believe, and this is this is, I think, the significance. um part of his statement. He said Madrid believe Canate would like to play for them.
00:12:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But we don't know how hard Liverpool are pushing for an extension. He also says that Canate could be playing both sides in negotiations until he chooses the option that suits him best.
00:12:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which look... um That's not a great surprise. I think in any kind of contract situation, you want to you want to try and negotiate the best package. um But there's another question I've got for you, Erby.
00:12:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Real Madrid seem to be... There's a clear strategy, right, over the last few seasons where... the they've almost said, right, you know what? We're Real Madrid.
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't need to spend £100 million pounds um to lure this player to our club. They will want to play for us. And so let's just wait until their contract runs down and then we'll just snap them up free.
00:12:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, that's great that's great for the club because they're they're they're saving a transfer fee and it's much more sustainable for them. I'm just looking at this from a player's perspective.
00:13:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm wondering if that's a situation you really want to go down. Because look at Trent Alexander-Arnold. He's now gone for free. Okay. And there doesn't seem to be that incentive for Real Madrid to think, you know what? We've paid a hundred million pounds for this player and we've got to play him.
00:13:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. It's just like, well, he came for free. If you don't perform, you're on the bench. Okay. Whereas with, with Liverpool, you know, we, we spent 115 on and we've got to make that work. Now we've got to play him into form.
00:13:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm just thinking, is this something that players have got to think about that? Look, if If it doesn't work out for me in the first few games, I could quite easily get benched. And Real Madrid are thinking, well, we got him for nothing. And if he if we have to sell him after two years, we can command a transfer fee.
00:14:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's it's not as, I don't think it's as attractive for a player as it may seem, you know, at the beginning.
00:14:09
Irby White
I think there's parts of that I agree with, and I think there's parts of it where I'd say it could come maybe on a player-for-player instance or basis or ah positional basis.
00:14:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:14:17
Irby White
like we I think we all kind of looked at the right-back position for Madrid this summer, or even just months prior to all these rumors circulating with Trent before and he he inevitably signed there was Carvajal's getting up there.
00:14:31
Irby White
Vasquez is no longer there that they needed their right back for the next six, seven years. And if I guess the thing with Trent is that there was always, you know, even though we supported him, there was always questions about his defending and sometimes his work rate or mentally sometimes what was going on.
00:14:47
Irby White
um And so, Maybe we're, i don't want to, don't want to bash him too much after, even though after what happened, but it's just, maybe he's settling in and there's a little bit of fragility there.
00:15:00
Irby White
um It is Madrid, right? It is Madrid and it's, it's a tough place to go and, you know, the scrutiny can be,
00:15:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:15:06
Irby White
I mean, it can be, there's no hiding at all.
00:15:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's no hiding place.
00:15:09
Irby White
It can be intense. I mean, it's it's not just on the pitch, off the pitch. You're you're going to hear about it. um I would say on kind of in in terms of Kanate, you know, i'm just I look at the center back positions over at Madrid and just Rudiger's getting up there.
00:15:22
Irby White
You know, David Alaba has had his injury concerns.
00:15:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:25
Irby White
They've got that young Araujo, I believe it is.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:29
Irby White
So...
00:15:31
Irby White
You would think just his stature, his ability, when Kanate's at his peak, when he's playing alongside Van Dijk, we've seen him you know putting in good performances with France.
00:15:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:41
Irby White
Just internally, I would think he should slot straight into that Madrid 11. He should, as long as he's fit.
00:15:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah
00:15:49
Irby White
There might be some growing pains along the way, obviously, as we've seen with Trent. But I think it's more of a player-for-player basis. um And I just think back to the strategy... d And I got a question I wanted to ask.
00:16:02
Irby White
how How soon into these contracts expiring do you think they're speaking or getting in touch with their agents?
00:16:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:16:08
Irby White
Because everyone knows that agents talk, right? We've we've we've seen that...
00:16:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:13
Irby White
reports about Newcastle, you know, tracking players like Voltnod and all these guys and Eketika, they've been talking to them since they were 18.
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:20
Irby White
And same thing that we've had tabs on all these players too. So how soon, I guess, is the initial contact do you think that Madrid is making with with the players? 18 months, two years, two and a half years?
00:16:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think too. I think, look, we always say that football is a business, right? and And football clubs now, because just just because of the sheer numbers involved in terms of the financial turnovers, right? You've got to...
00:16:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
you've got to run it as a business. And so like any business, you you have to have a pipeline. you have got You've got to have a pipeline in terms of ah product or in in this case, in in terms of players.
00:16:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
And i think any sporting director, any sporting department worth their sort will be... looking at their own roster of players and thinking, okay, two years down the line, Carvajal is going to be out.
00:17:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
um You know, as some of these players who are like 30, 30 plus are going to be out. And so who's who's on the list now for the next couple of years? And so I think two years is is the time where kind of initial contact is made in terms of like,
00:17:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, these are the players that we, that we like and, you know, no formal offers, but just look, you know, we're interested and let's monitor the situation.
00:17:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, know, And because of Real Madrid's pull, they know that just that, even that initial interest may stop a player from signing a new contract, right? So I think two years, and I think i think that that contact has clearly been made with Canate.
00:18:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it just depends on whether Liverpool are going to come up with the numbers. And and another factor that that's got to be...
Liverpool's Wage Bill Strategy
00:18:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
thought about is that Liverpool are clearly going through their own transition.
00:18:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And part of that transition is one, bringing the average age of the squad down, which we've done significantly this, this summer. And secondly, bringing the wage bill down.
00:18:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, we got Trent off the wage bill and, you know, we've got players in and, you know, we've we've let players go. And I think once Mo and Virgil leave as well, that's going to bring the wage bill down as well.
00:18:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think all of these factors... for me, point towards Kanate not getting the massive contract that he wants and maybe us thinking, okay, mate, you want this, you're going have to sign you know with us on what we've offered you Or you just go and we just go get Mark Gahy for free as well.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we've got Leone and we'll buy another young centre-back as well. So I think Liverpool will play hardball on this. I don't think we're the kind of club that will get pushed around in terms of saying, look, unless you're a Salah or a Van Dijk, which are generational talents, we're not going to do that with everyone.
00:19:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're not going to do that with Canate or other players. And so... Yeah, I think that's that's the ah position on Canate. But as I said before, I think it's good to see him coming back to a bit of form.
00:19:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So Bosley, Kerkhez, they both turned out for Hungary, albeit they lost narrowly against Portugal 3-2. Both Argentina and Brazil lost, but it looks like those two are going through anyway.
00:19:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think the most important thing for me was that Alexis McAllister got minutes. And then Florian Wirtz, again, I didn't see the game, but I saw the goal, you know, the the free kick that he scored against Northern Ireland. And if you look at all the German reports, even before he put that free kick away, completely ran the game.
00:20:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, i don't want to say that he he he's been disappointing. I think that a lot of the criticism has been unfair um on Wirtz, but this can't do him any harm.
00:20:24
Irby White
No, and I think, I mean, as you said, going away with your national team after three games, after the massive transfer fee, you've just you know finished your first preseason, the new club and a new new new country, right?
00:20:36
Irby White
And need to get away with your international teammates, you know a lot of them are they obviously as friends, as mates. So to get to do that for two weeks, is especially for any new player like that, it doesn't do them any harm. Scoring a goal, having some good performances in there,
00:20:52
Irby White
I think it'll do him just kind of a world of good, help his confidence a little bit, even though it wasn't a Premier League match. um We're still seeing him kind of, you know, get up to pace in the league. We talked about, you know, him suffering a cramp against Arsenal. That's, you know, going to happen. He's getting used to the physicality and and just the, you know, the grueling nature of of the Premier League that it's going to take. And so...
00:21:13
Irby White
just a good little, I mean, it's not a break cause you're still playing football. Right. But I mean, it's just, you know, sometimes you just need for these new players.
00:21:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:20
Irby White
I think these international windows that are international players kind of need these, these just windows to just kind of, you know, get away, see their international teammates, people that speak the same language as them probably get to spend a little time with their family if they're not all moved in and settled in.
00:21:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:21:33
Irby White
Cause he's a young guy anyway, you know, who knows if his family has come to Liverpool with him.
00:21:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:21:38
Irby White
Um, And so I think that'll do him you know some good, especially with the matches we've got coming up. The one thing I saw with ah with Alexis McAllister was that the manager of Argentina said he's clearly not fit.
00:21:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:51
Irby White
and don't know if you saw those quotes, that he's not fit, but we're going to play him anyways.
00:21:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:55
Irby White
And it's just...
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Which is good for us.
00:21:56
Irby White
One, it's good for us, it's also scary for us, because that's also why players can get hurt on these international breaks too, is, is well, if I'm not fully fit, but I get thrown in for my national team and have to play 90 minutes, because McAllister, I mean, he's obviously, you know, Messi has been the face of Argentinian football for for, you know, a decade plus, but he's one of those players for them that just, if you want to win another World Cup, if you want to win a Copa America,
00:22:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, 100%.
00:22:22
Irby White
you you can't win it without Alexis McAllister and so he obviously is going to play if he's if if he's able to walk on two feet um and so it you're right I think it will do him some good to to get some minutes in him you know because I mean we we we sat him out the last what three four games after we secured the league against Tottenham right and so and he kind had ah had a had a
00:22:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's he's one of those players that there's certain players who, when they're not fit, they really they really look unfit.
00:22:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And McAllister, bless him, because he covers every blade of grass, if he's not 100% fit, he just looks shattered after like 10 minutes.
00:23:02
Irby White
especially to his standards of what he like feels of himself and what he gives you on the pitch, yeah.
00:23:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly. um Yeah. And in much the same way, you know, you're you're right. He's he's a linchpin player for Argentina and he's become that for Liverpool as well in that midfield. you know, you've you've got to have him. So i think it's really good that he's had minutes and I think it's good that Vietz has had a good performance and and he scored a goal just to, you know, give him that confidence as he comes back to Anfield.
Liverpool vs Burnley: Lineup and Strategy
00:23:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
So um look, it's time for a quick break. When we come back, We'll look ahead to ah the Burnley game at the weekend and some of the other fixtures that Liverpool have got their way ah for the for the month of September.
00:24:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, next up for the Reds um is Burnley, newly promoted Burnley, away at Turf Moor. Burnley are coming off the back of a ah narrow 3-2 loss at Old Trafford against Manchester United, which sees them sitting in, let's have look of the Premier League table, 14th.
00:24:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
14th after three games, three points from possible nine. I mean, Irby, I think they'll be delighted to finish in 14th come the end of the season, right? so um But you know Scott Parker is the manager now. He's not quite Sean Dyche, but he's definitely returned Burnley to a more kind of disciplined structure to their play as opposed to um under Vincent Kompany, they were a lot more flamboyant. Some would say maybe reckless in terms of their playing out from the back.
00:25:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you still have to think that we're going have too much for Burnley. um But, you know, we can't take, obviously you can't take any game for granted in the Premier League.
00:25:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
But this is, you know particularly post-international break. I think Burnley will be looking at this game and thinking, of course, look Liverpool favourites, you Liverpool champions, Liverpool top of the league.
00:25:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
but it's the first game back after international break. And maybe, just maybe, we can catch them when they're not quite at 100%. Yeah.
00:25:42
Irby White
And I think I just got to say, i'm I'm delighted for, so far, Sunderland leads in Burnley. you know the way they've kind of They're not in the bottom three to start the season. It's a long season. you know There's 30, 36 games to 35 games to go.
00:25:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:25:56
Irby White
we don't want to i don't I personally don't want another season of three teams that come up, go back down.
00:26:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:02
Irby White
I think it's just good for the league. um No affiliation to any of those clubs at all. ah When it comes to Burnley, you know we've seen just in years past when they were consistently in the Premier League, even though they were struggling, they were in these relegation battles, is still a tough place to go at times.
00:26:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:17
Irby White
and we've had you know We've had some matches there where we've been comfortable.
00:26:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:20
Irby White
We've had some matches there where you know it's just a real pain to deal with. And so when I look at this match, I think especially coming after back after an international break, the first thing I look at is at least it's not in your your time, a lunchtime kickoff for us at 7.30 a.m.,
00:26:37
Irby White
That's the first thing I looked for when I saw Burnley was at least it's not a lunchtime kickoff after an international break.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. True, true.
00:26:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
and so
00:26:44
Irby White
You know, that would have been my worst nightmare because we've had a few of those against teams like that. Um, I'm hopeful that, you know like I said, Burnley can stay up, but it's just you we have to be you know be ourselves, be our be ruthless, and and go into this game and just trying to assert our will. you know We've seen a little bit of these last three matches where it's taken late heroics from Chiesa, Rio, Salva Slai.
00:27:11
Irby White
and i'm just I'm craving a match where it's just we're up 2-0 at halftime and we see out the game. and Don't let the let the opposition back in it. Get the clean sheet.
00:27:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:21
Irby White
Do our business. you know I'm not asking for anything where we go and we put on a show and it's 5-6-0. It's not Anfield. it's not it's you know it's not it's not anfield right it's It is a tough place to go.
00:27:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:27:31
Irby White
and but i'm just i'm hopeful like you said that it's bit more measured. We go in there after the international break. We're feeling fresh. We know what the matches and the competitions that are coming up.
00:27:43
Irby White
Just go in there, put it into performance. Hopefully we can take off players like Salah and Eketike after 60 minutes, maybe get ESAC 25 to 30 and just see some of these new players maybe and and see some young guys and just, you know, I don't want to be too arrogant and stay focused on Atletico, but that is the...
00:27:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:04
Irby White
That it will be in the back of his mind. You know, it's in the back of all of our minds that we need we need to get out of this match unscathed. Hopefully three four o win and we can focus on Atletico Madrid.
00:28:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, which makes this um kind of predicted lineup an interesting one because it is straight after international break and it's right before our first Champions League game against Atletico Madrid, which is, you know, it's that's a massive game, established European powerhouse. So, you know, does Arnie Slott, does he just pick his strongest team for this game or does he have one eye on that midweek Champions League game?
00:28:43
Irby White
I think he'll pick his most fit, strongest team. um So i you know I think it's obviously too soon for Frimpong to come back into it. He's one of those players I'm kind of mentioning.
00:28:56
Irby White
If we're in control, if we get if you if we're... 60 minutes in, 30 minutes to go, comfortable. Maybe he can get back up to speed, play his 30 minutes. I think it'll be a pretty strong team. We might see maybe one rotational spot, ah possibly on the left wing. I'm not sure.
00:29:13
Irby White
I think it'll be the strongest midfield possible, strongest back line possible. But i do i think the right back one is one we'll have to look at. Salva Salah put in a ah heck of a performance against Arsenal.
00:29:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:29:24
Irby White
And so is that his way?
00:29:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
So let's talk about that. and So we presume that Alisson is going to be in goal and the back four, yeah is does Canate and Van Dijk keep their places ah um obviously at centre-back?
00:29:27
Irby White
Yeah.
00:29:30
Irby White
Yeah.
00:29:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
So are we looking really at the full-back positions where there there's going to be potential for... Because I'm i'm thinking that... I'm thinking Brad, Connor Bradley could play this game.
00:29:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
And also Andy Robertson could play because I think he's, I think he's ideally suited to some of these away fixtures where if, if there is any hint of a drop in standards or players thinking, oh, well, you know, it's only Burnley, then you need someone like Andy Robertson, vice captain, vastly experienced.
00:29:58
Irby White
yeah
00:30:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he'll be the one that says, listen, guys, you know, let's, you know, let's take this seriously.
00:30:18
Irby White
Exactly. And I think ah you so you said it with Andy Robertson. He was one I was going to bring up. I think he'll play one of the two matches, whether it's Burnley or Atletico, because I think the same standards, this is not an Atletico preview podcast, but just in the back of my head, the same kind of standards need to be brought to Atletico Madrid.
00:30:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:30:36
Irby White
you know Even though it's at home, it's still Atletico Madrid.
00:30:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:30:39
Irby White
you know They've won the league a couple times over the last couple of years. They've been a contender. Is that a match for Karakaz or Robertson? i think I think we'll see ah start from both of them, one of each of them in each game.
00:30:51
Irby White
And i think you're I think you're right about it.
00:30:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:30:53
Irby White
just It's Burnley. It's away. It's coming off the international break. I think it's a good match personally for Andy Robertson. I'd be happy to see you know either one because Karakas still needs to kind of find a little bit more measure and balance in his play.
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:08
Irby White
you know we've We've talked about him being a bit erratic and flying into tackles, trying to win everything. I think that'll settle down a little bit, but I think this is a good match for Robertson.
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:17
Irby White
And what you said about Connor Bradley too, i'm I'm so excited to see him. you know I know we just signed...
00:31:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:31:23
Irby White
Frimpong and Solbosly has you know shown glimpses that he can you know do kind of ah that role in there. But just I think we're all ready to see Connor Bradley just play.
00:31:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%, yeah. Yeah.
00:31:36
Irby White
matches Defensively, we know how solid he is. He's very calm, very measured, calculated with with his the way he goes forward. I don't want to say he doesn't take a lot of risks, but he's just he's very...
00:31:48
Irby White
mature, I guess I would say, for his age with his decision-making with the ball, off the ball.
00:31:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:53
Irby White
And you're right about the outside backs. That's a good shot. Now I'm just kind of rethinking what my lineup would be if I were in Slott's position. um But maybe Connor Bradley hasn't seen much time yet so far, so or if any, right?
00:32:10
Irby White
I'm trying to recall.
00:32:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, no, not not for Liverpool, no.
00:32:13
Irby White
Yeah, so maybe and this is another thing where maybe we're up by a couple goals at 60 minutes and you get him his game time because he's going to be needed as well.
00:32:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Does he throw him in? That's the issue.
00:32:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. He's going to be needed, yeah. Yeah.
00:32:24
Irby White
So I think you're right. That right back position is probably the one where we're probably going to be looking at. As we know, it'll be Robertson or Kierkegaard on the left, right? So it's just what's going to happen on the right.
00:32:36
Irby White
Midfield, I mean, you have to assume it'll be Gravenberg, Verts, and McAllister. Whether McAllister can only give us a half or 60, we'll see. i think Ekiti, Kaisala up front. And then the left wing. I think the left wing is the one where maybe we could see. I'm not going to say it could be Rio, but Who else could it be other than Gakpo?
00:32:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
No subosal, I think.
00:32:58
Irby White
No, I think he could be right back. I'm just wondering who would who it would be on the left if it's not Gakpo, you know? Because I don't think it's too soon to start. It's too soon to put Isak out there or Eketike.
00:33:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah, i'd I'd be surprised if if he starts Issac.
00:33:08
Irby White
I don't know. Yeah.
00:33:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm thinking Salah, Eketike and Gakpo. um
00:33:17
Irby White
Do you think there's a world where Rio gets a chance?
00:33:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then bringing on
00:33:19
Irby White
Yeah.
00:33:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I don't know. i'm um I'm not sure. I think unless unless we're 4-5-0 up, right?
00:33:24
Irby White
Yeah.
00:33:28
Irby White
Yeah.
00:33:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then you think, you know what? Take Gakpo off now because, you know, we've we've got Atletico on Wednesday.
00:33:32
Irby White
yeah
00:33:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
we don't want to risk any injuries. um But I think if if if it's a normal game and they're like 1-0 up, then I think that um I don't think Rio gets... I don't think he gets an appearance, um you know, on on the weekend. But...
00:33:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, look, I'm going for Salah, Eketike and Gakpo with the view that one of those guys, Eketike or Gakpo, will make way for Isaac with maybe kind of 20, 25 minutes left to go, which I think will be great for Isaac to get some minutes up.
00:34:05
Irby White
I'm going
00:34:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
um let's Let's go for a score prediction then.
00:34:19
Irby White
to say 3-1.
00:34:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I'm going for 3-0.
00:34:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going 3-0 and I think it's going be really, I think this is a really important game for us. I really do because I think that one, it's straight after the international break. But I think that already we've kind of, you know, we've we've we've set down a marker to the rest of the league with that win over Arsenal.
00:34:23
Irby White
i
00:34:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we're we're sitting top of the league now. And I just don't want any kind of slip ups in these kinds of games. You know, fine, if you're playing against Chelsea or, you know, even Manchester United, I know that they they're terrible at the moment, but they they are our kind of, you know, they they're our kind of historic rivals. And so that that's kind of a derby game. And so, you know, all the kind of form goes out the window.
00:35:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
but But when it's kind of teams like Burnley, you've just got to dispatch them. You've just got to go there, get the job done, and then just put the pressure on the rest of the league that they've got to they've got to catch us, you know?
00:35:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I just think this this is one of those games. And to get a clean sheet as well, I think will be really important just to, you know, we did that against Arsenal, carry that on so that that defence, you know, just gets used to you know, being solid.
00:35:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
as we were for most of the last season, ah because, you know, Atletico is going to be a tough game. You know, Simeone is such a, you know, such a wily character, um you know, as their manager, and he's he's going to have some kind of plan, um you know, and, you know, Atletico really broke our hearts a couple of seasons ago, you know, when we were defending the Champions League, you know, they knocked us out. So,
00:35:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, they're not going to be afraid of coming to Anfield. So, and obviously we'll be previewing that game ah next week. A couple of points before we leave. Ange Postagoglu has been, um ah you know, he's been brought in as a new Nottingham Forest manager with Nuno being sacked.
Ange Postacoglou Joins Nottingham Forest
00:36:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you make of all that?
00:36:16
Irby White
I think it's, is it the best possible hire? I'm not sure because, you know, and I'll i'll mention, you know, the special one as I think he's eager to come back to the league as well. I think it is a good hire though.
00:36:28
Irby White
that Maybe one of thoses the be the better ones that you can make, you know, this early into the season, kind of just a mess right now going on at that club. You know, everything that we saw with Marinakis coming onto the pitch, it was that late April, early May and and confronting Nuno.
00:36:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:44
Irby White
And this kind of all is just,
00:36:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's that kind of owner though, isn't he?
00:36:46
Irby White
He is.
00:36:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's very volatile.
00:36:47
Irby White
He is.
00:36:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:47
Irby White
And it's just kind of all kind of spilled over into the summer. We've seen Nuno's quotes about just them not being ready. And so it just it felt a little bit inevitable that this was going to happen.
00:36:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:57
Irby White
ah In terms of Ange, you can't help but just, you know, he's kind of box office a little bit in his own right to Mourinho, like I mentioned. And so I think it's a good fit for him.
00:37:09
Irby White
He's coming off of winning the Europa League with Spurs.
00:37:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah
00:37:12
Irby White
We know, you know, we talked about a slot versus Klopp preseason. I'm just wondering, you know, how things are going to change. You know, i that's the one thing is for the players you know, it's going to be very structured.
00:37:24
Irby White
um And I don't, I know Nuno is, you know, very similar with, you know, structure as well, but just... I think Ange is, he's you know, he's ruthless as well. I've heard many, you know, Harry Kane talked about it over before, and when he was there briefly, James Madison has talked about how just, you know, a lot of the meetings are just very, you know, straight to the point with him.
00:37:45
Irby White
He's more of a ah coach rather than a player's coach. So I'm curious to see how that'll that'll all pan out.
00:37:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:37:51
Irby White
um But I think it's a good hire. It's the best one they could have maybe made. Mm-hmm.
00:37:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's certainly exciting for the Premier League, right, to have Postacoglu there and just thinking of Forrest just, you know, just going full out attack and probably and yeah ending up 17th in the league but winning a trophy.
00:38:00
Irby White
Yeah.
00:38:05
Irby White
That's going be fun.
00:38:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I don't know whether Forrest fans would, I'm sure they they'd be happy with that.
00:38:13
Irby White
Yeah.
00:38:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
But but um yeah, I agree with the Mourinho shout. I just thought that him with the Forrest owner, it just would have been just so funny. It would have been brilliant to watch.
00:38:23
Irby White
It's going be fun.
00:38:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:38:24
Irby White
It's going fun year.
00:38:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we'll so we'll see if Mourinho makes it back to the Premier League.
Chelsea's Financial Breaches and Manchester City's Issues
00:38:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then we've had breaking news today that Chelsea have been charged by the FA, by the English FA, on 74 breaches of... um that They've breached some kind of financial um ah regulations around, i think it was player signings and agents.
00:38:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But... It's Manchester City and Chelsea who, um you know, are in the crosshairs with the authorities. Manchester City's 115 charges just seems to, you know, I don't know what's going on with that.
00:39:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And now Chelsea, you know, it looks like they've breached all these rules and regulations. Any any surprise that it's those two clubs? Yeah.
00:39:15
Irby White
No, and when and when Todd Boley came in and there's all these transfers that we're going through and all the the contracts, I guess I would say the six, seven, eight, nine.
00:39:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
15 year contracts. Yeah.
00:39:24
Irby White
Yeah, just the the the length of these contracts and just you know talking about how the fees are spread over and the agent fees and all these fees that are going to spread over their contracts. It just... it just it didn't feel right.
00:39:36
Irby White
And it just kind of kept going for the next, what, two, three years. And we were talking about it pre-recording when you broke this to me. It's just, are we really so surprised? You know, that's what I was.
00:39:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
But apparently, apparently these, these breaches were under the Abramovich era.
00:39:52
Irby White
Which also is no surprise either because I mean,
00:39:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's from 2009 to um
00:39:58
Irby White
well there, and there's some pretty notable signings in that timeframe too.
00:40:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think Eden Hazard is is one of them.
00:40:01
Irby White
Costa.
00:40:03
Irby White
Costa.
00:40:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Samuel Eto'o is one of them. Yeah, Oscar. Yeah, so there's quite a few um that, yeah, that that they're going to be looking into.
00:40:05
Irby White
Many. many
00:40:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, I mean, apparently, um i've I've just seen some of the news on the BBC saying that ah Chelsea have been very, very cooperative. um So I don't know whether that will kind of mitigate any kind of punishment from the FA.
00:40:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, um you know, we'll we'll we'll see what happens. but um you know Hopefully next season, both Man City and Chelsea are in and the Championship. But yeah, League One.
00:40:35
Irby White
League One.
00:40:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll see how it goes. But that is all for today. You've been listening to the Daily Liverpool podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. um We'll be back on Monday to bring you all the latest news and obviously a a review of the game against Burnley. And then we'll be heading into the preview shows for the return of the Champions League against Atletico Madrid. For myself and Irby, we'll see soon.