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Wildcard Wednesday - Slotball, United rivalry and Chiesa to Liverpool?
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It's Wildcard Wednesday as Jesse Sarwar and Connor Norcott look talk Slotball as well as look ahead to the weekends big clash against the old enemy.
In Part 1 - an overview of the first two PL games for Arne Slot and what we can expect to see moving forward
In Part 2 - we discuss the age old rivalry between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester
And in Part 3 we'll round off the episode with a look at all the latest transfer news and rumours as well as our tribute to the late Sven Goran-Eriksson.
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Introduction to the Daily Liverpool Podcast
00:00:10
officialgspn
Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Daily Liverpool Podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm Jesse Sawa and the Daily Liverpool Podcast will be coming to you every day Monday to Friday to bring you everything Liverpool FC related. It is Wildcard Wednesday on the Daily Liverpool and today we'll be discussing a few things.
00:00:34
officialgspn
So in part one we'll be taking a look at Liverpool's start to this new season under Arne Slott and what kind of pointers we can take for the season ahead.
Season Preview and Main Topics
00:00:45
officialgspn
In part two our thoughts on the Liverpool Manchester United rivalry and in part three will bring you up to date with all the latest transfer news and speculation surrounding the club as well as a tribute to the late Sven Gore and Ericsson. Joining me today to discuss that and much more is Connor Norcott. How are you doing Connor?
00:01:05
Connor
I'm good, I'm good. I spoke on the the podcast yesterday about how I missed the the Liverpool match on Sunday and I spent all this time catching up on Monday and I spent this morning catching up on all the football I missed from around the continent too so I'm just buzzing man, I love talking about football.
00:01:20
officialgspn
Good stuff. Well, you're in the right place. You're in the right
Connor's Excitement and Insight on Matches
00:01:22
officialgspn
place. So let's start off today's pod with a look at Liverpool start to the new season under new boss Arnie's slot. The weekend saw the Reds turn out at Anfield for their first home game of the season against Brentford and collected another three points with a 2-0 win to match their opening day win against Ipswich. I think now that the season has started, I think it's already clear that Liverpool are going to be a different animal, if you like, to the Jurgen Klopp one. And it's it's justs going to sound really kind of spoiled, but I'm not sure if I'm going to totally, totally like that. Yeah, look, I loved the way that we played. But we'll come on to it in a bit more detail, but it it is different, isn't it, Conor? It's different.
Comparing Slott's and Klopp's Styles
00:02:16
Connor
It is different. And I think from what we saw in the first half, I mean, sorry, the second half against Ipswich, you saw a little bit of what was to come. And in the full 90 against Brentford, it is it's a total different beast, like you said. I think it's really interesting that in his post-match press conference yesterday, or sorry, on on Sunday, Slott talked about control and control and control. And it seems to be like that's the mantra that he's going for. And that's the kind of approach that we're going to have to the game.
00:02:45
Connor
No, I like that as a bit of a tactics freak and seeing where all everyone's positions are and how interchangeable it all is. I love watching that. But it is really different when you consider how free flowing and chaotic the football underclock could be. For better and for worse, you know. And I think I'm enjoying the benefits of, I don't know, let's say the the defensive control a lot more. We don't look as shakeable as we did in the last two seasons underclock.
00:03:12
Connor
but also that that little spark might be missing a little bit.
00:03:12
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:03:15
Connor
You see the goals still come in transition and the football's still really quick. But those bits when me and Adarsh talked a little bit yesterday about like, there were several chances where Liverpool could have cut Brentford open and chose not to retain the ball.
00:03:29
Connor
And I'm okay with it now while it's a novelty, but I guess we'll see, we'll see where it goes.
00:03:34
officialgspn
Yeah, I mean, you you mentioned that it's it's just become a theme already control.
00:03:38
Connor
Mm
Evaluating Rivals: Manchester City and Arsenal
00:03:38
Connor
-hmm.
00:03:38
officialgspn
And whereas under k clop, I mean, we would call it chaos, I mean, he he kept on using the word intensity.
00:03:45
Connor
Yeah, sorry, that's a better word.
00:03:47
officialgspn
No, but it was chaotic. I mean, you know, under clop, you know, we were dynamic, unpredictable, is kind of brilliant mix of attacking football, edge of the seat defending,
00:04:01
officialgspn
and And like his age of sometimes absolute chaos, more often than not, we came out on the right side of that chaos. I mean, you know, we won the league won the Champions League, everything can possibly win at club level, right? Complete clean sweep. And I guess we would almost certainly would have won more titles if it weren't for the ridiculous levels at Manchester City have reached. Obviously reaching those levels using all legal and fair means. I mean how many teams are going to reach 97 points and 93 points and not win the league?
00:04:43
officialgspn
So I think in the face of of of City, I suppose it will take next to perfection, you know, in order to compete with them. And and I think this is where Arne Slott comes in and why Richard Hughes, Michael Edwards, plump for him as the ideal replacement for Jurgen Klopp.
00:05:03
Connor
Well, I think it's interesting. You you spoke about City a little bit and I think, not to get too ahead of ourselves, but I think that's maybe where Arsenal
Fan Reactions to Slott's Style
00:05:10
Connor
fall short, is that they play in the City model and nobody's going to be able to do it better than Pep. That's Pep's game. Why would you try and challenge him at it? What I think is a little bit different is you see the I don't know the fluidity if you want to call it where it can change from control to let's not call it chaos but let's call it intensity and the tempo can still be high and I think of Liverpool minty in that tempo they're going to be a really dangerous team but as soon as it slows down and teams can I think you're going to see what happens when we play against a team who aren't as brave as Ipswich and Brentford and hopefully United will be on Sunday I think it's going to be a great game tactically too
00:05:47
Connor
But when we play against a low block and we have to unpick them, do we still have the players to do that? Will Slots coach and be able to do that? Because I know that Pep's team can do it. Or Teta's team can do it. Will Slots be able to? I guess we'll see. I think, for me, it's exciting because it's new and it's fresh. And I think Slots going to be in the position for a while, hopefully, as Liverpool boss. But I just wonder if certain parts of the fan base or maybe certain expectations won't be met as much as we like them to be, you know?
00:06:17
officialgspn
Yeah, I mean, it's interesting, you you mentioned expectations of the fan base. I don't know if you saw post game against Brentford. Jamie Carragher mentioned that the atmosphere at Anfield was a little subdued when Liverpool were managing the game, right, controlling possession, and just, you know, strangling the game. Obviously, that came to life when the You know team put together some really really good passages of play and We're really fluid in those kind of front areas in the final third the link up play interchange between Salah jota Diaz was was really impressive
Past Successes and Future Prospects
00:06:56
officialgspn
and
00:06:57
officialgspn
It does bode well for the rest of the season. But yeah, I guess I'm in that category that Karago mentioned that so I kind of miss kind of missed the chaos. At 2-0,
00:07:14
officialgspn
I thought that's it, that's game over. I didn't feel any nervousness. I didn't feel that Brentford was still in the game. Whereas under Klopp, we could be 3-0 up. And if we conceded a goal, you started thinking, oh, hang about.
00:07:32
Connor
Yeah, here we go.
00:07:32
officialgspn
if Yeah, here we go. And there were so many four threes, five fours, you know, three threes, just a ridiculous amount of those kind of games where the game should be dead and buried. But, you know, I guess because of that chaos, you know, there there is a flip side to it. So
Philosophical Analogies: Rock vs. Heavy Metal
00:07:52
officialgspn
slot obviously is not Jurgen Klopp. And I think I think the good thing about him, he doesn't pretend to be Jurgen Klopp and you know I think FSG have hired him because they see him as the next step in the club's evolution from a chaotic and hugely entertaining and and let's face it often you know a winning brand
00:07:59
Connor
Yeah, I agree.
00:08:16
officialgspn
a football to, I wouldn't say conservative, because I think that's too extreme, but it's it's definitely less chaotic.
00:08:27
officialgspn
it's more It's more progressive rock than heavy metal, let's say that.
00:08:31
Connor
Yeah. i I love that comparison so much, and I'm going to steal that.
00:08:32
officialgspn
It's more more pink Floyd than iron maiden.
00:08:38
Connor
I love it.
Mixing Styles: Slott, Klopp, and Guardiola
00:08:39
Connor
I think what's interesting too, I, again, I keep talking about, I enjoy it, the control from the defensive shape of things, and that when we're passing the ball around the back, I'm okay with it.
00:08:48
Connor
I'm okay with Ryan Gravenberch somehow playing a single pivot with his back to goal and looking okay, doing it in the tackles, not so much, but in on the ball, I think he looks fantastic. And I just, I don't know, there's a few teeth and problems that are going to come.
00:09:02
Connor
And I think once Liverpool are in their final form under, clot or under slot, if you will, maybe a few more players join. I'm sure we'll touch on that in a minute. Hopefully it's a bit more of a hybrid style between that, I don't know, progressive rock and an heavy metal, you know, I guess we'll see.
00:09:20
officialgspn
Yeah, I mean, not not that I, you know, I don't like Pink Floyd, I love Pink Floyd, but I am more Iron Maiden.
00:09:23
Connor
Hmm.
00:09:26
officialgspn
So, yeah, so, you know yeah, and yeah.
00:09:28
Connor
That's your quote for this episode. I am more Iron Maiden, yeah.
00:09:32
officialgspn
So, but before people think that this is the the Daily Rock podcast, as opposed to the Daily Liverpool. But I suppose that's what I went meant when I said at the beginning of this section that I might not like the change.
00:09:46
officialgspn
you know slot has been described as as a kind of mix of Klopp's aggression and Guardiola's possession. And I think I've mentioned many times, I'm not a fan of Guardiola's style of play. I honestly think that Mansi on the whole, they' they're quite boring, yeah it's just simply because they pass teams to death and there's just no jeopardy.
00:10:10
officialgspn
You know, i'm I'm sure City fans love it and they're probably going to think this sounds like sour grapes, but I just find Klopp's brand of chaotic football just so much more entertaining. And the fact that we won the biggest prizes playing this style of football, it just made it even better. But I think we might win more under slot.
00:10:28
officialgspn
You know, because he'll make the team, I mean, they already look more disciplined and less likely to concede gold, but am I going to enjoy it as much? I don't know. might Ask me at the end of the season when we've won the league, right?
00:10:42
Connor
i will do i will do
00:10:44
officialgspn
All right. It's time for a short break and we'll be right back after this message.
Liverpool vs. Manchester United Rivalry
00:11:26
officialgspn
OK, welcome back to the podcast and we're building up to the big one. It's the biggest game in English football. It's the biggest game in world football. It is. It's it's not El Clasico. It's Manchester United against Liverpool this weekend in enemy territory. And the Red Devils we will be wounded by their, let's face it, hilarious defeat at the hands of Brighton and Sir Danny Welbeck.
00:11:56
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:11:56
Connor
You know, I watched it on Saturday. I had the whole weekend off and I watched it and I thought they looked great. Brighton, Brighton played really, really, really well. And, and Shao Pedro popping up everywhere, doing his best Roberto Firmino impression. I think that really, that really made it, made it feel special to me once they scored that winner. I thought United looked kind of okay. I think their issues still are what they were last year. Sure there's a little bit more control in midfield, but they can't stop conceding and they can't really score goals. So let's not jinx it. I think I jinxed it enough on yesterday's podcast, but I'm sure we'll get onto it. you know
00:12:33
officialgspn
Yeah, well, we'll be covering the build up to the game in tomorrow's crossover episode with the Daily Manchester United team and the Friday forecast or episode. So today we're going to talk a little bit about why the rivalry is so intense between two giants of English football. So what is the deal between, you know, with this rivalry? I mean, Liverpool fans, United fans,
00:13:00
officialgspn
yeah This is the one that they look for and it's often called the Northwest Derby and it's not just about football Connor.
00:13:08
Connor
No, it's not. I mean, you can take it back as far as what, the 18th and 19th century with the economic trade being so highly contested between the two cities. I think it's been very interesting living here for the last eight years in Liverpool and seeing, I've got a ton of friends who live here, are Man United fans, from all over the country, from all over a ton of countries.
00:13:28
Connor
But they always talk about how tough it has been to live in Liverpool for the last eight years while Klopp's been there. and And it's been a derby that Liverpool have dominated. And I think when people talk about it, they mostly talk about the football stuff. But I think you can trace it back as far, you know, we went back to the 19th century, you can also talk about Beatles versus Oasis.
00:13:49
Connor
you know I guess we'll touch on that a little bit. I think it's really, there's a metaphor in there somewhere that Oasis have announced their reunion on the last day of the Beatles week, you know the Beatles festival.
00:13:51
officialgspn
Yeah. Yeah.
00:13:58
officialgspn
That's right.
00:14:00
Connor
there's there's There's a metaphor in there somewhere, Jesse. I can't figure it out, but you know.
00:14:04
officialgspn
we're we're We're going back into that music pod, aren't we?
00:14:06
Connor
Yeah, we are. Sorry, we are. we are
00:14:09
officialgspn
But yeah, like you said, it's rooted in economic rivalry, Manchester opening a canal to rival Liverpool's shipping port at the end of the 19th century. And it's just grown and evolved ever since. Politics, economics, you've mentioned music, the Beatles coming out of Liverpool and then oasis from Manchester. And let's be fair, there's no oasis without the Beatles. Have you seen that movie yesterday?
00:14:36
Connor
I have, I have, I have, yeah.
00:14:37
officialgspn
Yeah, there's that scene where he's, he's doing a Google search for the Beatles and, and there's nothing there. There's just like, you know, cockroaches and all that kind of stuff.
00:14:49
officialgspn
And then he he Googles Oasis. And there's nothing there apart from like a desert Oasis.
00:14:54
Connor
Yeah, I love that.
00:14:54
officialgspn
And then he says to himself, all right, of course. Sorry, there's no vehicles, there's no oases. But you know the rivalry comes to life, every every tackle, every shot, every goal you know adds just another chapter. It's that it's football that is the the platform for this rivalry. And I think it kind of I think it really winds Evertonians and Man City fans up because Liverpool and United fans, we don't really care about them as as as they do about each other. i mean Everton fans hate Liverpool more than they hate anyone else. City fans hate United more than they hate anyone else. but
00:15:38
officialgspn
I wouldn't say Liverpool fans don't care that much about Everton, but our eyes are fixed on United, and it's the same for United. Yeah, they they hate City and they'd love nothing more than denting City's title hopes, but their eyes are always fixed on the red half of Merseyside.
00:15:55
Connor
It's interesting, isn't it? I think you have that Alex Ferguson quote that gets talked about all the time, that they wanted to knock g Liverpool off their perch. I think Klopp managed to do that in reverse and during his tenure. And I think what's going to be really important, and something that will dictate how accepted Arnislott is going to be as a Liverpool manager, is if he can instill that dominance in the Derby too.
00:16:18
Connor
You know, it was a Derby that I think, I'm i'm not too sure when Liverpool played at Old Trafford, I think it was kind of in a bit of an even split, especially some of those years when Mourinho was coaching, I think he had the upper hand sometimes. But especially at Anfield, you know, it was Liverpool's Derby, Liverpool are dominant in this Derby and they have been for the best part of a decade now. And I think Sunday is going to be, you know, Sunday is a test that if we don't succeed right there,
00:16:47
Connor
you know, some murmurs might be mentioned, you know.
00:16:50
officialgspn
Yeah, it's it's it's a huge one, right? We've had, you know, what you would say are, you know, kind of fairly kind opening fixtures. Honest slot, again, you know, very honest, right? He he said that, look, I don't expect Brentford and Ipswich to be in the top six. You don't really hear managers saying that because it comes out as as as being disrespectful. But he's right. It's just the truth, right? That you're not going to expect them to be in the top six. So this game,
00:17:19
officialgspn
iss is is a huge game. And I know that, you know, look, there's there's there's you can't win more than three points, right? But there are some three points that are bigger than others.
00:17:31
officialgspn
And I think if Liverpool can make it three wins in three by being united at Old Trafford, it may well be liftoff for Snot this season.
00:17:41
Connor
I agree. I agree. And I think there's something to be said for the importance of momentum and the importance of setting
Significance of the Upcoming Manchester United Match
00:17:49
Connor
the tone. And if you immediately come out and win that game, which is massive, it is like I look forward to the game at Anfield far more because I feel more confident in that.
00:17:58
Connor
And as soon as that, you know, whether it's 10 days before the game of Old Trafford, I'm already starting to feel a bit sick with nerves. At the minute I'm riddled, my hands are shaking. I can't weigh it for Sunday. But, you know, I think what's so important is just making sure we get that win and hopefully set in the tone for the rest of the season, you know.
00:18:16
Connor
And also, it's not just going to be united. I think we've got Arsenal in a few weeks too. And it's how you play against those big teams and how they react to how slot approaches the way of play and vice versa. It's going to be so interesting. We've not seen it. We've also not seen what it looks like when Liverpool go 1-0 down. I hope we don't see that on Sunday. But it's another test that that the team are going to have to sort out, you know.
00:18:38
officialgspn
Yeah, yeah. And it's, you know, it's it's just another, it's another chapter in this rivalry. We're, we're, we're both headed up now by Dutchman.
00:18:47
Connor
Mm-hmm.
00:18:48
officialgspn
You know, I would say that we've got the better Dutchman and Tenharg, but, you know, this is this is a big test.
00:18:52
Connor
I would agree.
00:18:57
officialgspn
And it kind of harks back to, you know, some of the similarities between the clubs, right, to, you know, iconic Scotsman, you know, iconic figures who kind of effectively built the club.
00:19:09
Connor
Mm.
00:19:12
officialgspn
uh you know huge presence at both clubs uh in facts about but Matt Busby played for Liverpool uh before yeah yeah I think he kept in Liverpool before he moved to Old Trafford and became the manager there and you know both clubs have had those you know they've had those period of periods of dominance and then they've had their lean spells you know obviously Liverpool went 30 years without winning the title which is well known
00:19:21
Connor
I didn't know that. Wow.
00:19:38
officialgspn
and was always thrown in our face. But people forget that United went 26 years before they lifted their first Premier League title, that first win that, you know, Ferguson managed. That was the first title in 26 years. So, you know, but they were both had their own lean spells. But I do think also that there is Yeah, look, you know, both teams as a huge rivalry, both sets of supporters, you know, that they, you know, they don't like each other. And, you know, we revel in each other's misfortune. But I think that, especially in this age of kind of oligarchs and state funded clubs, I think there's a grudging respect.
00:20:28
officialgspn
between the two fan bases in terms of what the clubs stand for. These two, you know, iconic institutions that their financial success has been built on their on-field success. You know, no no digs to, yeah no no digs intended to, you know, certain other clubs.
00:20:49
Connor
No, no, but of course if the shoe fits then, you know, but you're right. I mean, we I say all the time you can't fake culture and the culture, not just of the two football clubs, but the two cities is so, you know, like globally renowned. The effect that Liverpool's had on the rest of the world is massive and the effect that Manchester's had on the rest of the world is probably equally massive so you know i think when you you put those two clubs and like the two cities against each other and again no disrespect to the other two clubs in both respective cities but the fixture is Liverpool versus Man United it's not Everton versus Man City or any other combination of the four you know
00:21:25
Connor
i I love this game.
00:21:25
officialgspn
and
00:21:26
Connor
I really do. And I i think sometimes the the spectacle kind of flutters to deceive a little bit. it's never Sometimes it's not the game that you know you get from the North London Derby. But for fans of both clubs, I think it means way more than anything else.
00:21:40
Connor
you know and it to come Yeah.
00:21:41
officialgspn
i think most like yeah I think most times it has. I think it has lived up. But I think we had this period where Mourinho came and parked the bus for a few seasons.
00:21:50
Connor
Yeah.
00:21:53
officialgspn
Vanhal parked the bus for a few seasons. And, you know, look at Tenhark, he's always played you know effectively seven at the back and then waited to hit Liverpool on the counter-attack.
00:22:06
officialgspn
You know, and and Liverpool have never played like that. The clock never played like that.
00:22:08
Connor
No.
00:22:10
officialgspn
whoever they Whoever we played against, we went to win the game. And so you yeah you do have to have two teams that are wanting to play football in order for that to become a spectacle.
00:22:21
officialgspn
So, yeah, well, we can only hope that, so you know, Sunday turned out to be a good result for us again. But we'll be right back after this short message.
Transfer Gossip and Potential Moves
00:22:53
officialgspn
Okay, so for this final part of the podcast, let's take a look at some of the transfer news and speculation doing the rounds. The latest news surrounds Federico Chiesa from Juventus, 26 years old, actually she turns 27 in October, so, you know, we we'll say he's 27. And Juventus are looking for around 13 million pounds, he just got a year left on his contract.
00:23:21
officialgspn
What do you think of this news? And if we were to sign him, is is this something that is going to get us off our seats? Is this someone that we need?
00:23:32
Connor
I've got so much to say about this. First off, I don't think this is the player that we should be targeting as a number one transfer target. Obviously much was made about the Zubyman detail which fell through. I think Liverpool are also looking for defensive reinforcements. I would like them to be anyway.
00:23:50
Connor
But I think in the first press conference that Arne Slott gave, he was also sat beside Richard Hughes. And they asked Richard Hughes what Liverpool would look like going forward. And they were talking about transfers.
00:24:01
Connor
And he said that Liverpool would always be opportunistic in the market. And this screams opportunistic to me.
00:24:07
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:24:07
Connor
I know, I'm sure we'll talk about Keyes' injuries. He had one massive ACL injury that kept him out for over a whole year of football, basically. And quite a few muscle injuries last year. He played 33 games.
00:24:18
Connor
You know, not 33 starts, but he played 33 games. And if he can be brought in for, let's say, I think it's 15 million euros or 12 million pounds, 13 million pounds, and then alleviate some of the loads that the forward, the starting forward line that we see at the minute of the Jota Salah plan. If he can give Salah some rest, he can play left wing, right wing. It's kind of got vibes of like a Shakira-esque signing.
00:24:43
Connor
A player that I really liked, now would he have been someone that I wanted to start every single game? No. Did he play an instrumental role in the one of Liverpool's greatest ever comebacks? Yeah. And if Federico Chiesa can live up to that, that's a big win. And if he doesn't, well, it's the same amount of money that we got for Bobby Clark, really. you know so It's a win-win, it's opportunistic, and I think it's kind of, it's Liverpool signing another not-stop gap, but almost like low-risk signing.
00:25:12
Connor
There's always gonna be sale-on.
00:25:12
officialgspn
It's a one contract deal, isn't it?
00:25:14
Connor
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:25:15
officialgspn
At 27 years old, if if let's say if he gets even a three year deal, you can't see Liverpool renewing that deal when he's 30.
00:25:19
Connor
Mm-hmm. No, no.
00:25:24
officialgspn
So it's it's a one contract deal. And as you said, he can play anywhere in that front line. And if he can you know if he can be a deputy to Salah, which I think that he'll accept,
00:25:37
officialgspn
I think if he does come to the premier Premier League, I don't think that he'll expect to start every single game.
00:25:37
Connor
Yeah, of course.
00:25:42
officialgspn
But you're right, there are question marks over his over his fitness. And Italians don't have a kind of a good history at Anfield, you know, at Liverpool.
00:25:54
Connor
You're right. You're right.
00:25:56
officialgspn
yeah Aquilani is the last one that I can remember, and and that was a complete disaster. And I loved him as a player because I'm you know, i've I've got a soft spot for Roma, you know, and I like Italian football, and I was really, really pleased when when they when we signed him, but, you know, it just didn't work out. And I think we had Andre De Saina, who played at left back, scored at Old Trafford, but apart from that, really didn't didn't do anything. So Yeah, it's it's it's one of those where, like I said, £13 million pounds is an experience international.
00:26:30
officialgspn
I don't think you know it's going to phase him playing in the Premier League. So I think it does make sense. and And like you said, it falls under that category of the opportunistic signing.
00:26:43
Connor
Yeah, yeah, I agree.
00:26:46
officialgspn
And you know I think that it does make sense. Marmadashvili looks to be almost done apparently having a medical and the good news is that I think Alison, I think he he said or his camp said that he's got no no intentions of going anywhere soon.
00:27:05
officialgspn
So that would be i think a good could sign. in I did see a really funny meme on Twitter yesterday. There was a picture of Van Dyck and he's he's thinking to himself, we've got a replacement for Alison, but we still haven't replaced Fabinho and Alison's still here.
00:27:25
Connor
Yeah, nice I saw that, I saw that. Listen, I'm all for a succession plan and I just think maybe let's target some certain areas a bit more, you know. But who who knows, we'll see we'll see what happens in the next coming
Joe Gomez's Career Prospects
00:27:38
Connor
days, you know.
00:27:38
officialgspn
I think that'd be a good signing though. And then Joe Gomez appears to be a step closer to moving on with Crystal Palace appearing to be front runners. And I suppose that would suggest that Gay is is almost done to Newcastle.
00:27:55
Connor
Hmm. Well, I think, I think Anderson, the other center back has joined Fulham as well, right? That, if I was a Crystal Palace fan, I would be worrying after losing Elisei, back in Anderson and then potentially Mark Gehry.
00:28:09
Connor
No, I think Joe Gomez is great, but he can't, he can't do it on his own, you know?
00:28:13
officialgspn
Do you think it's a good move for him though?
00:28:13
Connor
So I guess we'll see. I don't, I don't.
00:28:16
officialgspn
For Gomez? I don't think it's a good move.
00:28:18
Connor
especially you know with the players they've lost. I just don't understand why. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know why he would leave to go there of all places. But then again, maybe he's just his time. Maybe his time is just up. You know, sometimes you get that we're just ready to move on. Maybe that's it.
00:28:35
officialgspn
Yeah, and I get this idea that, you know, you want to play regular football, but I always think that, you know, what's better, playing 40 to 50 games at a club like Palace and not really fighting for anything other than survival in the Premier League.
Importance of Key Matches for Liverpool
00:28:51
officialgspn
Or if you end up playing 25 to 30 games for Liverpool, you know those games are going to be important Premier League games. They're going to be, you know, deep into the FA Cup Champions League games. just think I just think that sometimes the grass is it's greener. I just don't think it would be a good move.
Liverpool's New Kit: Opinions and Controversies
00:29:12
officialgspn
But so Liverpool have just released their third kit. Have you seen it?
00:29:17
Connor
I have. Again, I like it. I'm not really a football kit wearer, really.
00:29:22
officialgspn
Yeah. But did you see that tick?
00:29:23
Connor
But the there's something about the Nike tick being the other way around.
00:29:24
officialgspn
The night tick? So weird.
00:29:26
Connor
I think they did it a few seasons ago, maybe last season. And I just don't...
00:29:29
officialgspn
It just looks like a mistake.
00:29:31
Connor
It looks like a knockoff.
00:29:31
officialgspn
It looks like a printing error and they just thought, I'll forget this is too late. Let's just, let's just put it in the club shop.
00:29:36
Connor
I'm sure I've picked a few of those shirts up on holiday somewhere, you know what I mean? Yeah. So, I don't know.
00:29:41
officialgspn
but i'm I'm waiting for Adidas.
00:29:43
Connor
Me too.
00:29:43
officialgspn
I'm an Adidas man. I'm just waiting for Adidas.
Sven-Göran Eriksson Tribute
00:29:46
officialgspn
Now, before we finish up, former England manager Sven Gore and Erickson passed away on Monday.
00:29:53
officialgspn
He had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Hugely successful manager, managed All over Europe, his peak probably came when he managed Lazio and he led an absolutely fantastic team to the title in 2000. Great, great team, great players.
00:30:16
officialgspn
I don't know if you know some of the players that were in that team. oh he yeah I think he had Roberto Mancini, former Man City boss. He had Alessandro Nesta. some yeah Some really, really good. And it was it was a period of time in Serie A that the kind of power shifted towards the capital because Roma had won the title and then Lazio won the title. And Roma,
00:30:44
officialgspn
what under Fabio Capello, a phenomenal team. And want you want to talk about front threes. They had Vincenzo Montella, who were managed Turkey at the Euros, Francesco Totti, and Gabriel Battistuta.
00:30:56
Connor
Mmhmm. There.
00:31:01
officialgspn
as a front three. up Absolutely phenomenal. But Sven went toe to toe with them on and won the title. So he he's absolutely lauded in you know the blue half of Rome. And he managed, obviously, England's golden generation. you know they they Obviously, they didn't win anything, but they had that famous win over Germany, 5-1.
00:31:27
officialgspn
Actually, it was Liverpool 5-1, right? All five plans for Liverpool.
00:31:29
Connor
yeah
00:31:31
officialgspn
All scorers.
00:31:31
Connor
i've seen I saw that on on socials today. And you know, we were talking a little bit off air where I'm obviously no great fan of England, but I know Sven from his time in the Premier League too. And I just think he's one of the, it's a real compliment in Ireland and sometimes negative, but mostly a compliment in Ireland to be described as character. And he is one of football's greatest characters, I think. And it's really sad that he's no longer with us. Yeah.
00:31:55
officialgspn
Yeah. And he was a boyhood boyhood Liverpool fan. So it was, it was absolutely fantastic to see Sven managing a Liverpool team during the legends game last season.
00:32:04
Connor
Yeah, I saw that, i saw that
00:32:05
officialgspn
got He got such a great reception from, you know, the crowd at Anfield for the likes of Steven Gerrard and, and, you know, Jurgen Klopp.
00:32:13
Connor
I saw that.
00:32:14
officialgspn
It was, yeah it was, it was just pure class. like Sven himself.
Conclusion and Next Episode Teaser
00:32:19
officialgspn
But on that note, that's all for today. You've been listening to the Daily Liverpool Podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. Join us again tomorrow at for Crossover Thursday as the Daily Liverpool team go head-to-head with the Daily Man United team ahead of Sunday's big game. So be sure to join us for that one. Don't forget to support the show. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
00:32:45
officialgspn
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