MP Red - Liverpool F.C. A Liverpool-related, football podcast.

A Scouser in the analyst's chair but Dave is still with us. An examination of an out-of-sorts Liverpool side with an answer or two. Looking forward towards the January window and who and what's needed - A bit early for that, maybe? The Panel looks at the thorny question of the relationship between clubs and international teams over players. Do clubs have an absolute right? Should international teams recompense clubs for injuries? Do international teams add to the value of players? And what's this of a new slave trade? A new voice in A Kick In The Grass, Godfrey Deeny, and he considers the best goal scorer of our time who has become an object of derision - Shevchenko. Is there hope yet? Scouse Paul on his trip to the worst ground in history and who's the ugliest man's saddest brother? Wiggles returns in the Feedback and he still doesn't like the podcast, but the gang have some fun. MP Red, when you really need to maintain your serenity.

What to make of the dearth of goals from Liverpool these days? The international break is to blame? Or rotation? Or dour defending? And just about the worst performance in 10 years. The Panel looks at the start to the season in the Premier League. How significant is Mourinho's loss? What to make of Martin Jol's position? Some serious insight into the whys and wherefores of Liverpool's great start and stutter to the season. Clive Toye with some great stories of Anfield in the 60s with Dennis Law, Mussolini and snowballs. Huh? No Kate, but there is Travels with Scouse Paul. Now what's this about a place in the next round of the cup and a microwave? And the Feedback sees some fun and games with Wiggles. Who? MP Red, if you don't get it now, there'll be a serious absence in your life!

Is the analyst's chair in MP Red like the drummer's in Spinal Tap? Another analyst bites the dust. Why and who takes over? A look at Liverpool's recent form and an analysis of the Champions League group. Why did Ayesteran leave? The Panel sits down for a serious conversation about the sleazy side of football. How do you stop divers? Can you? Is your daughter marrying a football agent the worst thing that could happen? Kate with a very good Heroes And Zeroes and Michael Henderson with a very prescient piece A Kick In The Grass about chairmen and executives who think they are managers and whether Jol and Mourinho will last! And what's this about Guinness in the British Embassy in Brasilia in the feedback? It makes sense, seriously. MP Red, the very best of humanity (or so we tell ourselves!).

Finishing up with a look at the last of the transfers, the last of the pre-season and the first of the new season. Straight out of Montana, Ben and his take on all matters Liverpool. Hyypia out? The Heinze mess - why and how? The Panel considers all the contenders and pretenders in The Premiership and Europe? What of the Liverpool new boys? And will Manchester United take it again this season? Any chance for Arsenal? A lot of boardroom struggles in West London. What of the Champions' League? Kate, the redoubtable Kate, with a Heroes And Zeroes that is British based and all your feedback where Ben investigates the Sharons in his past. That many, huh? If the longest journey begins with the first step, it'll be longer without MP Red. How's that for Zen?

Trundling along in these midsummer doldrums with Ben looking at the implications of those leaving L4. What about a new hat trick hero? And who'd be a presenter these days? Conor and Ben have a bit of fun there. The Panel discusses all these Clubs spending money, Liverpool included. You have to be impressed with the Anfield expenditure these days, right? You have to be? And do Arsenal know they're allowed to buy players? 89M what for who?? or even whom?? 89 million? Huh? Kate with Heroes and Zeroes, a Liverpool player and a Polish team. Guess who's who? Jay Mwamba with a look at a veritable footballing god who walks among us in the USA these days. A real footballing god. Fun and games and the end of the giveaway in the Feedback. MP Red, take it with 8 pints of beer and you'll be so impressed!

Simon is gone, but for how long? Forever? A new Scouse voice in the booth and a fairly objective look back at Athens. But Conor does get very annoyed about some so-called fans. A quick whirl around the transfer market. Liverpool are involved in that, right? The Panel looks back at the season that was. Respect but no love for certain near neighbours. Mark Gonzales seems to be the recipient of an unwanted award. Overall was the season a success for Liverpool? Well.......Michael Henderson reminds all that it's only Estonia and he's not impressed, Beckham or no. Kate weighs in with a Heroes and Zeroes that's on the money and the Feedback. Well, if no Simon, what happens there? Well, there are one-eyed men in uniform from Alabama! (Seriously). And our quiz chugs along. MP Red, for those languid summer days. It's just perfect.

A new voice in A Kick In The Grass and an old one from Italy. Double the value, double the pleasure. What's that about the powers that be assuming that Liverpool fans will spend their money anyway? Now that little game in Athens? Yep! We got it. Simon is here with a very interesting take on why Chelsea were so poor in the semis and a quick look at the end of season games - a youth FA Cup thrown in for good measure. And then guess what's dissected  in the panel? Mascherano on Kaka? Gattuso on Gerrard? Who's going to score the goals? Pirlo? Maldini? What is it that Simon wishes he could whisper in Rafa's ear before kick off? And who nails their colours to the mast with a prediction? Kate is absent again from the Feedback, but a really topical Heroes and Zeroes all the way from Alabama. And the very last chance in the contest. We have nothing more to give away after this. And Athens, again. Always Athens. MP Red, it's what you need, it's what you must take, it's the only game in town.

Well, Simon on peak form with some excellent analysis of Liverpool's on-field exploits. Just how bad was the Man. City  game and why was the Reading game so much better? And why is Liverpool one of the best places to live in the UK? All is revealed. More things needed from the Academy? Two old friends sit in for the Panel Discussion. A look at the saddest day in the history of Liverpool Football Club - Hillsborough. And then to lighter matters - the European Semi Finals. Guess what? No one really cares about Man U or AC Milan! Benitez the master tactician? It's a cup game after all. Clive Toye referred a game during wartime once. between two different regiments, while the battle was going on. And he lived to tell the tale. A Kick In The Grass to remember. Results of the contest. Of course the answer was Tampa BAy Rowdies. Everyone knew that. Now a new one. Guess what? Kate's back in NYC and Simon is rather grateful for a reason you just might not expect. Heroes and Zeroes is on the mark again and the feedback section is back to its riotous best. Ahh....yes! MP Red. You can't help be more intelligent, you know it's good for you!!

The phony war - Simon considers playing only 4 games in a month. Which ref was the best defensive midfielder he has ever seen? Was there a worse game played this season than the Villa one? A very satisfying and very good Arsenal game. The genius that is Mascherano. Another 3-0 prediction? Maybe, maybe not. Coming around on the Hicks Gillette deal. The panel looks at Rafa's Liverpool career - a League Championship is necessary for his survival? He has cup competitions down pretty well, but a hard 38 game slog? Maybe not so much. Jay Mwamba with a tale of two Steves and guess which one he feels won 't qualify for Euro '08? A competition, a quiz a giveaway? Yep! How good's your brain? Kate weighs in with 2 bad boys but only one of them is a Hero and the Zero was a Hero. Confused? So are we. The crew discusses the best player in the world after Cruyff, and what's this about the shortcomings of Sissoko? Simon with an Anfield confession. MP Red, the cure for shyness and cancer. You will feel better after you've taken it twice.

So is Robbie Fowler finally on his way out? Simon with a way to keep him. A considered look back at a certain golf tournament in Portugal and cream with that humble pie, Mr. Davis? What about the QFs of the Champions League? And who missed the Manchester Utd. game? The Panel looks at two successive 1-0 defeats at home plus a few other defeats against the bigger sides. Not good enough? Or perhaps signs of progress? A new one for MP Red, a travelogue - all the way to Barcelona via eating reindeer in Stockholm? Ummm.....yeah. Kate with a controversial choice or two for Heroes and Zeroes - which one is Roy Keane? And what fun there was to be had in the feedback section! Well, when you predict 3-0 Barcelona, you should be glad it's only fun. Is that Conor trying to sound important, imbuing significance where there is none? MP Red, certain to get you thinking, probably will get you annoyed.

The second episode of 2007 and an important look at the takeover of Liverpool by George Gillett and Tom Hicks. So what's the take by those in the booth? A good deal? Or a bad one? Are we pining for DIC? Simon with a soft spot for West Ham who may have been harshly treated by the FA. What's with Mascherano? Carson out the door? Simon with a brave bold prediction for Liverpool in Europe. Simon not entirely happy with the takeover? Maybe, but does he miss McDonald's at Anfield Road? Kate is with us again, but not really. Who does she like, who gets the brunt of her wrath? A real surprise, believe it or not. And a searing email to tell the crew that just about everything they do is just plain crap. MP Red, where would you be without it?

An overdue return after a long Christmas and New Year's. No Kate? Maybe. Simon takes a look at much of the off field goings-on with a nod at two cup games. Neill escaped? And what about Reina - on his way? Dudek gone, right? Would Mascherano make a difference? And some very interesting youth signings from South America, Sweden and maybe Holland. The panel has a look at Liverpool's form. What about those two cup games? But only one goal conceded in the league. Why the difference? No Gerrard fans here. Heroes and Zeroes returns, but where's Kate for the feedback? And what's this about nudity? And who's the perv in the booth? Simon makes that call. MP Red - the cure for what ails you in this cold January.

Simon on a bit of a rant during Believe it, Believe it not or Believe it maybe. Liverpool finally with away goals and away wins. Who's in Benitez's sights for January? Defoe for Bellamy? Lucas Neill? The odious former editor of a tabloid gets a mention and there's a look at the Dubai deal. Antonio Volpe Pasini joins the crew for a look at Heysel from an Italian perspective with a lucky escape for his brother in A Kick In The Grass. Then there's Part II of the Phil Neal interview. He looks at Heysel himself with some surprising revelations. He remembers his time with Ray Clemence and looks back at his time as a manager of Bolton and Coventry. Phil examines who are the really good full backs playing in today's game. And the memories just keep rolling on with the marvelous Phil Neal. Kate takes her turn with Heroes and Zeroes and she indicts the whole of world football- not just a little bit, the whole of it. And where would we be without the insightful feedback. Some more rants to keep you awake. MP Red, all human life is here!

Four European winners medals, eight league championships and many other accolades, this man has it all from a Liverpool point of view. Sitting in with the crew just after the Arsenal match, he looks at that plus the impact of the injury to Sissoko; rumors have Benitez flying the coop and a new keeper from France or Spain. New owners? And then the man himself, talking about his time at Liverpool. The best team in Europe - tales and memories of four European Cup triumphs after a start at lowly Northampton Town. European nights at Anfield - St. Etienne in particular; memories of Emlyn and Paisley and all those trophies. They just kept coming. And that's only Part I of this two part interview. Michael Henderson weighs in with a look at what and who is a 'good' pro. Kate has a Hero - she went to dinner with him and a Zero she didn't go to dinner with. And the zoo that is the feedback section rolls on unabated. So catch Phil Neal here!

We start with a look at Noel White. Caught telling tales out of school and he pays the price and Simon's not too impressed with Gerrard's antics. Kirkland gone to Wigan, but will he survive another freak injury? A requiem for a Salford debacle with some silver linings at Anfield. The panel looks at the problem of racism in the game in a no-holds barred talk. Obviously not acceptable, but what about a massive 300 euro fine for some Spanish clubs? And what was that Ian Wright called Roy Keane again? This discussion could have run and run. A Kick In The Grass sees Jay Mwamba look at racism in the game in Europe and Africa. Egypt and South Africa go to Africa to play their games? When they are already there? Kate's back with Heroes and Zeroes and she's not picking on Chelsea, but they are such inviting targets. Your feedback sees Kate corrected for an obvious mistake - well, not really; she's waiting for letters of apology. Want to win a pair of Simon's underwear? You can, you know.......And more invective for Gerrard. Conor knows how to cook scouse, but not Kate. And Kate and Simon find that they knew each other way back when in 1986. Well, kind of. And the most famous piece of sports commentary ever? Not it's not from 1966 but from 1981. A podcast that will enrage, engage and outrage. It's all here.........