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Global Sports Podcast Network: Hello and welcome to the Daily Liverpool podcast with me, Michael. And today we're going to be talking about the United ah versus Liverpool game for the first half. Today, thankfully, I'm joined by Tom.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Tom, how are you doing?
Tom Goward: Yeah, yeah, mixed emotions, I think, with um with four losses in a row, which we were just saying before this, it's the first time since 2014, so even before Klopp, so a long, long time ago.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: haven't felt like this for long, long time, but...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Tom Goward: um Lettuce Liverpool, we know what we're about and i'm sure I'm sure we can turn things around with the with the talent we've got.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Of course. I mean, mixed emotions is definitely putting it lightly. I think i think there's some very strong emotions in one one particular direction, especially for me. um Losing in that sort of way to Manchester United is just it's a bitter pill to swallow, isn't it?
Tom Goward: Hmm.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um So, as I said in the first half, we're going to talk a bit more about the United game. I know the boys have talked about it yesterday in their match reaction. um But I think we're going to try and go in a little bit more in-depth into it.
Global Sports Podcast Network: and kind of explore what went wrong, what we can be what can we can look forward to, um what could have gone differently, stuff like that. And then the second half, we have a Liverpool quiz again. i know I did this a few weeks ago.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I've got some different questions. Tom's going to try his best to get all of them right. ah So, Tom, um what is your sort of overall feeling for the Liverpool-United game? like what what sort of yeah What are your emotions
Tom Goward: I think in the moment, your emotions are high and ah very, very annoyed. I think there were certain things Liverpool were doing yesterday that just weren't Liverpool. And I think, you know, in the past, and I've said it for for for years now, that Liverpool are at their best when they just attack.
Tom Goward: When the pressure is on in that final third, it's all Liverpool. A prime example last year would have been the Real Madrid game when we beat them 2-0, right? I know they had the penalty and missed. But just like,
Tom Goward: The Connor-Bradley tackle, you know, McAllister popping up with that goal, just the constant flow of attacking. That's when Liverpool been at their best, regardless of who the manager's been in the last couple of years. And I just think yeah on Sunday, just stopping on the halfway line with the ball and just looking around, too scared to get it forward.
Tom Goward: you what I mean? They're almost too scared to to mess up by going forward.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: So the easy option is to go back to Van Dijk or Canate. And I just think you are you're a goal down and you're allowing a team to put all 11 players behind the ball just by simply the fact not wanting to attack properly.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: Now look, after the game I thought about it and You know, we hit the post, or we hit the woodwork three times, um which on on another day, one of those probably goes in. Gakpo had that header towards the end.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Tom Goward: Again, if we're playing a lesser team where the where the occasion's probably not as high, that probably goes in. You know, there's these circumstances where the atmosphere and the game and the pressure just make decisions.
Tom Goward: And that that header for Gakpo was so... I mean, even like Salah, I mean, Mo just dragged that shot wide, didn't he, on the on the right-hand side in the second half, you know, all he had to do was place it into the bottom left. And it was just, it was just things like that where, you know, that I thought Cody was probably our better attacker out of everyone yesterday, especially ones that started.
Tom Goward: I thought Eketike was great when he came on, you know, he has a few long shots, all right, they weren't on target, but that's what I mean.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: At least he was trying, he was getting the ball and running and, And it was just, it I'm sort of sat but you know sitting watching at home going, God, I wish I was behind that dugout. Just tell Slott to just get the energy up a little bit. like
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: And, you know, I didn't think the crowd were great, especially in the first half yesterday. thought they sort of got bit louder in the second half and naturally we played a bit better. But ah it just, it baffled me that we needed to see a reaction from Liverpool and they didn't go out and give it some.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: It was a bit weird.
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, not at all. I mean, like, as you said, like, Salah, I think, well, I'll just touch touch on the crowd. I think the crowd, This is a little bit of, like, well, my personal bias in terms of being someone from, like, the Liverpool area.
Global Sports Podcast Network: i think that crowd was a symptom of having loads of people who have come from, not not from the area, from, like, or abroad even, and come to to a man Liverpool United game because it's a big game, and they've come as a football tourist.
Tom Goward: Great.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like, you're you're not going to get the same energy. Like, that that wasn't Anfield. That wasn't, like, there There was not the energy that's normally in a Liverpool United game. like It was just flat. It was it was pretty dead. like There were so many times where like it just felt like there was nothing going on. There was no energy on the pitch or off the pitch.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And I think, like especially in these big games, the crowd is needed more than like the players need to turn up almost. Like the crowd drags the players across the pitch.
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And when we did score, you could feel the energy a little bit more. And we were on them. And sadly, Harry Maguire had to had to win it for them. But like you could see the you could see the energy lift once the crowd got behind them. and But when you've got 60, 70 minutes of the game where it's just flat and dead, like it's not like ah the home field advantage is gone.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And when you've got a team that's in such poor form, you need that home field advantage. I think like ah you you also touched on Salah just being, he's just not being the same same guy.
Global Sports Podcast Network: He's just not kind of getting close to the same levels that he needs to be.
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: like There was some decision making and some touches he made, which were just, it's not him. that is That is a Mkhitaryan sort of touch. That is a Lazar Markovic kind of right mid. That's what he's playing like at the moment.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like when on that shot that you said that you dragged it wide it's wired to the right, like there was both Izak and Vert vert or Izak and someone else were just stood waiting for the ball. Like all he had to do was just kind of roll it inside and it's a goal.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And as you said, I mean, we've, we've,
Tom Goward: Right.
Global Sports Podcast Network: we hit the post three times on a different day. We're winning three to like, or four to even like, it's one of those things that like, we're just kind of struggling to kind of take those chances. like I think I saw a stat where it's like, and then we've scored three goals in our last four games or out of an XG of nine or something like that. Like, it's like the underlying numbers are good.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And like the, the, they, we should be putting these away and like in a different season, Like Salah's putting these chances away. Izak, record-breaking signing, will be putting these away. Like, I think it just, it comes with time. And I think there's tweaks that need to be made.
Global Sports Podcast Network: One thing that I was really frustrated with was when we had the centre-backs having on the ball, there would be Gravenberg and then everyone else would be on the backla on the on the opposition back line.
Tom Goward: Yeah. yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: There'd be no one in between. It was literally like the centre-backs, the attack. There was nothing in between. And we're relying on either Van Dijk and Canate doing mega balls to kind of put a player in in behind, which is difficult to do by the best of times, never mind when a team's 11 men behind the ball.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Or we're relying on Gravenberg receiving the ball, turning and getting in behind and making a run like through beating 10 players in the middle of the pitch to make something happen, which is just unlikely to happen consistently.
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And we had like... I know Slott likes to have his wingers high and wide to kind of stretch the back line, but there's a few times where Gakpo was high and on the back line, but all like but him being there was getting cut off, so he wasn't an option.
Global Sports Podcast Network: So like all he needs to do is drop two, three yards, and then he would have been an option for like ah Van Dijk or someone to kind of play that ball and we can move it quicker.
Global Sports Podcast Network: It just feels like some of the players are getting a bit complacent um and they're just not sort of doing in their role to the best of their ability, or Slott is telling them to do something that it just clearly, blatantly is not working.
Tom Goward: But
Global Sports Podcast Network: like I don't think McAllister should be on the back line when we're trying to build up the ball.
Tom Goward: but
Global Sports Podcast Network: Why is McAllister, alongside Gakpo, Bozlai, Yezak and Salah, all pushing up against the back line? Because like then that leaves Gravenberg by himself to compete with They're two attacking mid and they're two midfielders.
Tom Goward: Yeah, and I think i think um ah think Jamie Carragher made a good point in commentary that if McAllister was going to play on that back line, why did he not start Verts?
Global Sports Podcast Network: It just seems wrong.
Tom Goward: You know, if that was the plan, but just put Verts in there then, because...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: you know regardless if Virts hasn't got a goal and assist yet, you know you mentioned the underlying numbers there in terms of like XG. Virts' stats are good.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah,
Tom Goward: you know he's ball carrying, his possession in the final third, his chances created.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah.
Tom Goward: so you know People go, oh he's' you know he's not really well because he hasn't scored an assist. Fine, fair enough. But I think i think what's happened with Liverpool is and not not every game, the whole team are going to be great, but I think every game so far this season, one or two players have been outstanding.
Tom Goward: And then the rest of the team have been sort of average.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yep.
Tom Goward: You know, if I look at yesterday, probably Canate and Gapro probably our two best players, but, you know, Canate's, you know, we've been all slating him for the rest of the season.
Global Sports Podcast Network: There.
Tom Goward: And, you know, when we've had like sort of the late winners, you know, Chiesa might have been our best player or Rio or, or, or, or whatever.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah
Tom Goward: And I just think, think, I think it's a case of that. I think the chances are not going in. I think you've, you've added five or six new players, spent a hell of a lot of money, which has probably shocked the sort of stable players at Liverpool, like Van Dijk and Salah and Robertson and Alisson have gone, oof, we've never done things like this before.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Tom Goward: And and also, and i don't I don't want to keep you and i don't want i don't keep using these excuses, but with Salah this season, I think you you saw his emotions at the end of the Bournemouth game.
Tom Goward: when we were at the opening game, opening day of the season. And, you know, his emotions with Jota and the fans singing it. And, and I don't want to, you know, pin that down on, on what's happened over the summer with Jota, but it's obviously having an effect, right?
Tom Goward: Like he's just human at the end of the day.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Tom Goward: And it's obviously, it's had an effect on him and the sort of the players that played with him as well. And, and I think, you know, you know, Robertson was close with him. We haven't seen much of like, Robertson was,
Tom Goward: itching to, you know, it would have been itching for Robertson to come on and maybe there's just something not right, you know, in terms of that. And, you know, these footballers are human at the end of day and they've lost a friend and a teammate and bloody good player as well. And I think it's a mixture of, you've started the season with with that, you've added five or six new players, you know, you're defending a ah title and um And, you know, we've had some tough games to start the season. You know, we've had Arsenal already. We've had Newcastle away.
Tom Goward: We've had Chelsea. So, you know, I think it's a mixture of a lot of things.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: And I'm not trying to find excuses, but there's obviously something, right? We're Premier League champions, so it doesn't just change over, know, over two months.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: um And it will click. You know, it will it will click. And... the fact that we've got an XG of nine or whatever you said, and and we've only scored three goals, but we're creating chances. And I think Slott said, you know, he was impressed that against a low block, we managed to create the chances we did yesterday. They just didn't go in the back of the net.
Tom Goward: And now it's one of those things, all right, it's annoying, but on any other given day, they can.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah
Tom Goward: And we're playing Frankfurt on um Wednesday in the Champions League, who shipped five goals in the opening game week of the Champions League to a team that we lost one nil against. So, you know, it could football's a funny game, right? and And these players are not stupid. They're not they're not crap. that they yeah They know what they're doing. It's new players coming in to a system where which worked so well for us last year that's won us to champion the Premier League.
Tom Goward: And I think it will come. But, ah you know, I'm hearing fans saying Salah are out. Van Dijk was rubbish. Slot's got... You know, just relax. Like, it's...
Tom Goward: They're on 300, 400k a week. They're not bad players, you know, at 32 and 33 years old.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: Right? They are Liverpool's still their best players, regardless of their form. And and i just...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Mm-hmm.
Tom Goward: Honestly, it will come. Look, if it's if it's if these couple of results have affected our season, then so be it. But if we can turn it around and try and finish... We've played eight games.
Tom Goward: and We've got 30 games to go the Premier League season. like There's so much football to be played, plus the other copck competitions, plus the Champions League. So I think everyone just needs to...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: Look, I was one of them yesterday, not begging for anyone to be booted out the club, but I was a bit so annoyed. But when you think about it, and you take some time to reflect, I think actually it will be fine, like we're Liverpool, it'll be fine.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah i could I could really see that like when you said ah earlier that if McAllis is going to be playing on the back line, like why isn't Verts playing? I thought when Verts came on, he was arguably our best player, in my opinion.
Global Sports Podcast Network: like he was He was everywhere. He was running the show. He was doing some deft little touches. He barely lost the ball. He was dribbling through players. He was creating chances. like He was putting some good balls in. And I think...
Global Sports Podcast Network: like the substitutions actually did make a difference. Like Curtis Jones in particular, I thought he was immense. I thought he was like, for the role he got brought on to play, because he was basically the only midfielder, apart from Sir Bosley, but he was playing right back.
Tom Goward: right.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Like he was basically the only midfielder, but he was eight he was dribbling through people. He was getting shots off. He was kind of making chances happen. And I think like,
Global Sports Podcast Network: I think there's an argument that for the next game, Curtis Jones should be starting, Ekotike should be starting, Vert should be starting, Chiesa should be starting. I think even Frimpong, if we're going to like fully rotate against Frankfurt, I could see...
Global Sports Podcast Network: I could see Salah getting dropped and Frimpong playing how he was for those last few minutes of the game because he was he was dangerous. like he was He was putting those crosses in, which we're not used to from that right-hand side. And I think a play like i think having players like Ezeketike kind of trying to crash that box, I think that will ah work very well because Frimpong is like...
Tom Goward: Yeah. Okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: He's dangerous at that. And I think that... That little cameo he had against United was probably the best I've seen him in a Liverpool shirt. like He was absolutely he was dangerous. like He was just given the licence to kind of just take on players, kind of beat his man, just whack a ball in when he wanted to.
Global Sports Podcast Network: and it And it was working. We we were... we were actually looking good at that point. And I'd like, I'd quite like to see some of these more fringe players kind of get in run out. Like, um, not to say like Curtis, well, not to say that Ekotike and Verts are fringe players, but the fact that Izak's getting a start because he's a like, he's a record sign in over Ekotike, who has had the form, who looks the better player. yeah Like, I think like signing fee does, shouldn't dictate who starts.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I think for me, it should be who is playing better. And just visually, Akatike is playing better than Isaac. And it's it should be that he gets a go.
Tom Goward: Do you think that price tag then, because let's be honest, Slott's probably never had to deal with players of a high value. So do you think he goes... well, I've got to play him because he's worth, and like you say, you're right, it shouldn't dictate it, but do you think almost in his head he's like, well, I've got to play him because he's worth, we've bought him for 130 million or 120 million, and and then you're right, Ekotiko should be starting, but then how does Izak find some form if he doesn't play?
Tom Goward: And this is the thing, i don't think Slott yet knows he's best 11 and how to get those world-class, because one of those world-class players is going to have to miss out, whoever you play, you know,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: you drop Verts, you drop Eketike, you drop Izak, you drop Gapro, you now probably look and start dropping Salah. Someone is going to miss out in that bunch of five or six players, and I don't think he can work out who it is yet, um but by but he has to give the players time.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. yeah
Tom Goward: Izak's got to play because he's got to find some form, but and then Eketike is on form. So it's it's one of them where it's a good headache, but it's now, is it going to be too much for a headache where it becomes an issue?
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: There's so many so many world-class players that our squad players are world-class now. like
Tom Goward: Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Global Sports Podcast Network: The fact that Ekati, Kainvertz have been dropped, but we've still got Subozlay and Izak playing, it's a testament to how deep this squad is now. um And I think, mean...
Global Sports Podcast Network: i mean There's going to be have to be some changes, whether it's tactical or whether it's personnel. like I think Sabozlai playing as more of an eight is would probably work better for me and playing Verts rather McAllister. I don't think McAllister really kind of showed up yesterday. There was one point where he had won the ball for a counter-attack after a corner, but...
Global Sports Podcast Network: he just looked like he was running through sludge. Like, he was there was no pace at all.
Tom Goward: yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: And I think, like, if that was Subozlai or if that was even Grappenburg to some extent, like, they would at least get away from a player or, like, make an attack happen.
Tom Goward: right.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um And I think there's, like, Yeah, i think I think it needs to be more tactical. It needs to be more that we have more options for build-up because I think we are just left wanting and that's why we'll keep passing back to the centre-backs and stuff. I think the idea is that we keep the ball, kind of bring them out and then then attack, um like ah do targeted attacks. But...
Global Sports Podcast Network: it's just not working at the moment and slot needs to be able to adapt. And I fully back that he will. I think like he's, he's a great tactical manager and like he always, he's always good with his subs. So he just needs to get that first part of the game, right. And then he'll be, he'll be like, we'll, we'll all be laughing.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um
Tom Goward: Yeah. Hmm.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. I mean, as I said, some good, some shout outs would be to Curtis Jones, to the, to Eketike, to Kiesa, to all the boys who came on really like they all,
Global Sports Podcast Network: played really well and I think if they'd been brought on earlier in the game maybe more would have happened but like i it was interesting seeing Ekotike and Izek playing two up front that was an interesting choice by slot especially that early in the game because it was like a 60th minute or something like that it was really interesting to see
Tom Goward: Yeah, it was it was early on it was early on and he went that sort of 4-2-4, didn't he? And Gary Neville was whinging on about how much it open it will be. I mean, I can't stand Gary Neville.
Global Sports Podcast Network: yeah
Tom Goward: But anyway, I thought we would... but That's the first time they've both played up front together, but... I kind of wanted to see something, even no goal, but just like, give us both of you give us something together where you're working off each other.
Tom Goward: set And then you just go, oh, that could be something.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: done You know, they might have been they might not created nothing, but just show us at something.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: And Eketike did and Verts did. And you're right about Frenpong with those crosses. I mean, he did more in those 10 minutes than, you know, Bradley or Kerkis did the whole game either side.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: um and and And now Slott's probably got one eye, you know, we're heading into November. scene And Slot's probably now got one eye on AFCON. So, you know, does is Frimpong going to be the right winger? Is Chiesa going to be the right winger? is Is Verts going to be the right winger? Like, you just don't know. And I think that little cameo from Frimpong yesterday, it's almost like when the players came on, they wanted you to prove why they shouldn't have been on the bench.
Tom Goward: I almost feel like it was that.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: do I mean, you just mentioned all five that came on played well.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Tom Goward: It was almost like going, they sat there for 60 minutes, 65 minutes, watching, you know, the team out there struggle. And it's like, well, let me get on and show you why I should have started instead of McAllister or instead of Isaac or whatever. And I think they did. I think all five players did. And, um,
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, I think all of them made a really good impact. and I could see them all all starting against Frankfurt and even even maybe into the next Premier League game if they make a good cameo in that, which is Brentford.
Tom Goward: Mm-hmm.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um And then we've got the EFL Cup just after that, which is Crystal Palace. um which Those three games, like obviously Crystal Palace has been in the bane of our existence for the this season. And that 3-4-3 something that we're really going to have to find a way of overcoming.
Global Sports Podcast Network: But... I think those three games could be a bounce back. like I think Frankfurt, we need to get a result. Brentford, well, we need to get a result in all of them. we need to get We need to get some wins under our belt, get some confidence back because you can see the frustration on the players' faces but like at this moment in time after all these negative results start flowing in.
Global Sports Podcast Network: The pressure's mounting now and hopefully the boys can overcome it. um So that so we we'll just unless you have anything else to say, we'll go for a break.
Tom Goward: No, no, I think we've summed it up perfectly.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, we we've we've done got a solid 20 minutes on ah talking about the United game. We've both got some strong opinions about it. After the break, we'll come back and we'll do a Liverpool quiz. Thomas said that he will get every single question right. So I will be expecting him to do that.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um So after this break.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Hello and welcome back to Daily Liverpool podcast. In the first half we spoke about the United game and our disappointments, our ideas for how to fix it and what our overall opinions were. But in the second half we're going to do something a little bit different.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Kind of take our minds off that off the dreadful run we've been on and we're going to do a quiz. um So Tom, are you ready for this? I'll read out the question.
Tom Goward: I'll give it a go. Hopefully you can do me dirty.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'll read out the question, you can give me the answer, and I'll tell you yes or no, I'll tell you the correct answer, or I'll agree with you and say that it is ah is the right. So, are you ready?
Tom Goward: Yep, I'll give it go. 1892? 1892?
Global Sports Podcast Network: The first question is, when was Liverpool FC founded?
Tom Goward: eighteen ninety two
Global Sports Podcast Network: Correct, it was 1892.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Who is Liverpool's all-time top goalscorer?
Tom Goward: Ian Rush?
Global Sports Podcast Network: Ian Rush is correct. Two for two.
Tom Goward: You're doing me alright?
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's going to get a bit harder.
Tom Goward: You're doing these alright? Alright. 30 years?
Global Sports Podcast Network: The the first three are nice and easy just to get you warmed up, but it's going to get a bit harder after that.
Tom Goward: 30?
Global Sports Podcast Network: How many years was that was the weight between Liverpool's last top division win and their 1920 season league title?
Tom Goward: thirty years
Global Sports Podcast Network: So how many years was there between them?
Tom Goward: let's see
Global Sports Podcast Network: 30 years is correct. Yes. Okay. Question four. little bit harder. um shit Where did Liverpool finish in the group stage of the 2005 Champions League campaign?
Tom Goward: Oh God, the group stage.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'll give you your a bonus point if you can if you can tell me any more information about it. Who else qualified in our group?
Tom Goward: was it Did they finish second?
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yes, they did finish second. you know who they finished second behind?
Tom Goward: God. I've got a name in my head.
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's a difficult one, to be fair.
Tom Goward: I've got a name, but I don't know if it's...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Go on.
Tom Goward: I was going to say, was it Galatasaray?
Global Sports Podcast Network: No, I do um think Galatasaray were in the group. I might have to check that, but no, was Monaco who finished first.
Tom Goward: Okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: But I mean, you got the you got the point. and That was just a bonus point. So you're still 4 for 4.
Tom Goward: Okay. All right.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Okay. ah What year did Liverpool first win the European Cup?
Tom Goward: Oh, f...
Global Sports Podcast Network: might It might have been a bit before your time, to be fair.
Tom Goward: Yeah, I'm go to say it in the seventies.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'll give you a hint.
Tom Goward: I'm going to, was in the seventies? Yeah. I'm going to say the seventies. Thing is I've got, I did have a t-shirt with all the dates when they won them in like the,
Global Sports Podcast Network: i'll give you i'll give you to the nearest I'll give you two years either side. feel that was quite generous, but I'll give you that.
Tom Goward: or was it the sixties?
Tom Goward: Oh, I'm going to say 1971.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Ooh, it's 1977.
Tom Goward: Oh was it that later?
Global Sports Podcast Network: oh
Tom Goward: I thought it was earlier ago.
Global Sports Podcast Network: but you but you You were on the right tracks with the 70s.
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'm impressed that you got the right decade.
Tom Goward: That's
Global Sports Podcast Network: should have just said decade, to be fair. That might have been a bit nicer to you.
Tom Goward: alright.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um Okay, question six.
Tom Goward: Oh, it
Global Sports Podcast Network: Who was the Liverpool captain between Fowler and Gerrard? So 2001 to 2003, this a two-year stint, fair.
Tom Goward: was the captain.
Tom Goward: That is a great question. That is a great question.
Global Sports Podcast Network: it was only a two-year stint to be fair
Tom Goward: got some names, but I don't know if he was, I think he was before, I think he was before.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Just throw them out. I can give you a hint if you need.
Tom Goward: go on. Let's take a hint. Cause I don't want to embarrass myself.
Global Sports Podcast Network: You'll take a hint. Okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I haven't thought of the hint yet. um
Tom Goward: I keep thinking I've got,
Global Sports Podcast Network: ill I'll say the hint is
Global Sports Podcast Network: i believe they are blonde.
Tom Goward: maybe country or they're blonde.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'm pretty sure.
Tom Goward: You believe they're blonde.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Well, no, they are. They definitely are blonde.
Tom Goward: Sammy Hoop here?
Global Sports Podcast Network: i just didn't want to. Sammy Hippier is correct.
Tom Goward: Nice. Okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: you're You're on, what, youre five out of six here.
Tom Goward: Five or six.
Global Sports Podcast Network: You're doing well.
Tom Goward: Okay. All right.
Global Sports Podcast Network: You're doing very well. Okay. What colour were Liverpool's shorts before Shankly changed them to red?
Tom Goward: Oh. I wouldn't have a clue. I would not have a clue.
Tom Goward: I'm just going to have to guess why. I'm just going to why.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Correct, they were white.
Tom Goward: Nice.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Next question is, why did Shankly reportedly change the colour of the shorts? I'll give you, like, closest, like, answer. Doesn't have to be banged on because I've got the quote here.
Tom Goward: Why did he change the colour of the shorts? That's interesting.
Tom Goward: I mean, I could just guess and and be logic about this, but logical about this. Why would he change the colour of the shorts?
Tom Goward: um I could say something stupid like the white one's got too dirty or something and they can't see, but ah I wouldn't.
Global Sports Podcast Network: to
Tom Goward: you know what? going pass. I don't want embarrass myself on that. I'll pass.
Global Sports Podcast Network: you're go you're going to pass? fair enough he reportedly thought that wearing the red shorts would be would give him a psychological impact and would be more intimidating there you go he also put a warped mirror in the away end in the away dressing room so the players would have like would have problems with how they saw themselves before going out on the pitch
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Tom Goward: Okay, interesting. interesting Fair enough.
Tom Goward: Really? That's interesting, that.
Global Sports Podcast Network: it was like a fun house mirror.
Tom Goward: Every day is a learning day, right?
Global Sports Podcast Network: And the awayra so the away dressing room didn't have any soundproofing so that you could just hear the crowd. There you go.
Tom Goward: Wow. Okay. Nice. I think I have heard that one, actually.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Fun facts.
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Fair enough.
Tom Goward: Cool.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um Okay, question nine. We've got three questions left. or For some reason, I've done 11 questions. Don't know why. um Question nine. ah Which team did Liverpool beat on pens in the Super Cup in 2019?
Tom Goward: ah Chelsea?
Global Sports Podcast Network: That's correct. I've gone for a little bit of an easy one there for you.
Tom Goward: That's alright, that's nice
Global Sports Podcast Network: Okay. a Question 10. What is the name of the supporters group that were involved in the Justice for Hillsborough campaign?
Tom Goward: Oh god
Global Sports Podcast Network: To be fair, um I don't blame you for maybe not knowing the actual name of the group, but
Tom Goward: i know I know there was a thing about Justice for the 96, but that wasn't a... Oh, what was the supporters' name? I should know this, really.
Tom Goward: That's bad if I don't know this.
Tom Goward: Supporters' group.
Tom Goward: I'm going to have to pass. It's not coming to me. i That's bad that I should know that, really.
Global Sports Podcast Network: have to pass.
Tom Goward: Of
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's the spirit of Shankly.
Tom Goward: course it is. Yeah, of course it is. I can see it now. I can see it.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: That's poor for me. That's poor.
Global Sports Podcast Network: it's No, but to be fair, I don't blame you because it's not but it's not exactly like a... I mean, is obviously, if you know the the campaign, but obviously most people just think of the Hillsborough campaign, obviously, Justice for 96, stuff fight art like that.
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's kind of just by itself. No one really thinks about the supporters group that are running it.
Tom Goward: I can see it. i can sort of see the red sort of lighting now.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, yeah.
Tom Goward: Yeah, okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I mean, they're key for the for the club, but yeah.
Tom Goward: I think
Global Sports Podcast Network: Final question. What are you on at the moment? I think you've gone you've done two passes and a question wrong.
Tom Goward: I've got four wrong.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Is that right?
Tom Goward: Yeah, no, yeah, I think I've got three wrong.
Global Sports Podcast Network: So you're seven?
Tom Goward: Yeah, I think it've got three wrong.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah, so so so you're 7 out of 10, which is not bad at all. You've got a bonus point here. I'll give you ah the the answer for the question, and you also get two but potential bonus points, which might be quite difficult to get.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um
Tom Goward: Okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Who was the last player, other than Salah, to score a hat-trick? And if you can give me when and who against, that would also be great. But you can do them after I've told you the answer if you want.
Tom Goward: The last...
Tom Goward: But a player's come to my mind and I know the game because it was...
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah.
Tom Goward: But I don't know if this is right, but I'll say it. It was Firmino against Watford.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Okay.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Okay. For what you?
Tom Goward: Oh, shit. 2020... Was it 20... It wasn't... It wasn't... It wasn't the... Was it the year we won it?
Tom Goward: It was either the year we won it or it was two years later. Oh, I'm just trying to picture the kit.
Tom Goward: like it was ah It was two years later. Was it 2021? Was it 21-22? Was it that one? I'll go 2021.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Oh, my goodness.
Tom Goward: I'll 2021. it that one
Global Sports Podcast Network: Which what was final answer? ah
Tom Goward: i'll go twenty twenty one ah go turn it anything on
Global Sports Podcast Network: Oh, my goodness. That is an insane shout. The correct answer is Firmino against Watford in 2021. You've got all three points.
Tom Goward: Do you know how I know that?
Global Sports Podcast Network: You've got 10 out of 11.
Tom Goward: I saw it because it was like, it was, it was like a couple of years ago the other day, wasn't it? They put it on Instagram.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Oh, was it fair?
Tom Goward: And it was the, Stella played that ball around back, didn't he really, outside his foot to Mane.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I wrote this quite a while ago to be fair.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Yeah.
Tom Goward: And then Bobby got the hat trick.
Global Sports Podcast Network: That's, that's insane that you that you could pull, pluck that out straight away as well. It wasn't even any thinking.
Tom Goward: It just came straight to my head, only because I saw it the other day, just came straight to my head.
Global Sports Podcast Network: It's just, that is, that is bull knowledge.
Tom Goward: So I'll take it. I'll take the bonus points.
Global Sports Podcast Network: That is, that is, that is insane. Fair enough. I mean, well, that that comes to the end of the quiz. um I mean, on socials, if you if you want to put what you got, um Tom did very well. I mean, after the bonus points and stuff were all added together, he got 10 points out of 11 questions, which, I mean, is quite difficult to beat. I don't think I would have beaten that.
Global Sports Podcast Network: And I wrote the quiz.
Tom Goward: Well I have a little leaderboard going now You have to stop doing these with everyone And have little leaderboard
Global Sports Podcast Network: Yeah. Yeah. yeah Yeah, I'll write a new quiz for everyone who who's on.
Tom Goward: Yeah Yeah Yeah
Global Sports Podcast Network: Next week I'll do a Dalash and see how he can do. I'll try and get the the questions the same sort of level of difficulty. But but yeah, um I mean, thank you, Tom.
Global Sports Podcast Network: This is the first one we've done in a while for just the two of us.
Tom Goward: Yeah.
Global Sports Podcast Network: But I mean, I've i've enjoyed it a lot.
Tom Goward: Thank you.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Although we've been talking about a negative topic with United. I've enjoyed this conversation and ah hope to do it soon.
Tom Goward: Yeah, no, it's good.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Thank you for listening to the
Tom Goward: but they Yeah, we'll we'll do more of these. have shot took my mind off United for about 10 minutes there. So ah and that good was good.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I mean, that's all we can do.
Tom Goward: You were like a prime you like a prime Jeremy Clarkson there presenting quiz shows. He was the first one that came to my mind then.
Global Sports Podcast Network: Thank you.
Tom Goward: I don't know why he was the first one.
Global Sports Podcast Network: I'm Jeremy Clarkson. ah I'm well renowned for his quiz shows.
Tom Goward: I was trying to think of it
Global Sports Podcast Network: mean, to be fair, he does mastermind, doesn't he?
Tom Goward: He does... Yeah, and he does... um Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as well, I think. So...
Global Sports Podcast Network: I think that's who I meant. But yeah. Anyway.
Tom Goward: I'm just trying to think.
Global Sports Podcast Network: um but yeah
Tom Goward: this Yeah, anyway. Sorry, I've been told told you there.
Global Sports Podcast Network: anyway No, I'll take Jeremy, to be fair. um But yeah, thank you for joining me today. thank you for Thank you everyone for listening and i'll we'll see you soon.
