Summary: A midsummer's podcast to quench the thirst and tide us over for a while. If you sit in the analyst's chair, you will leave New York. That is the prophecy and once again it comes to pass. Dave is out, so we have a new analyst, but he's not unknown, not if you have being paying attention that is. So what news in the off-season? Not much really - the Euros have even kept the transfer market quiet, but there is a good bye to John Arne Riise and will Xabi follow him to Italy? Villa tell Liverpool to keep their mitts off Bentley if they want Barry. Confused? Sammy Lee returns, bringing a Scouse heartbeat back to the club. The ownership saga rambles on like a runaway stagecoach and two cowboys fighting for control of the horses. Another investor? Maybe and maybe he will not be DIC. Benayoun fixing his bike for a one-way journey? Pennant out, but Milner in? And that's an improvement? Dion Fanning with a scathing look at the antics of Chelsea, Kenyon, Abramovich and Ronaldo. The Panel looks back at the glory that was Austria and Switzerland. A lot of love for Spain and Turkey and Russia, not so much for Germany, Italy, France and Greece. A changing of the guard? Marcos Senna - the man who won it for Spain. Scouse Paul takes us to London in the early 80s where he spied his 16-year-old brother with a pair of stilettos after a game. In public. Wearing a Liverpool shirt. You have to listen to this one. And then there's the feedback. Conor (the good one) quite taken with a lady vet who took the time to write. There have been stranger obsessions on MP Red, we think. A good discussion on how much it would take to pry Torres from Anfield compared to Ronaldo from Salford. Babel with a rare blood ailment? Conor, the bad one, (and now medical expert) fills us in. Seriously, a lady vet, if you can believe it. MP Red - when your house is on fire and you can grab only one thing, you just know what it has to be.
