Campeone Liverpool S6 E39

Welcome dear listener to the podcast of the 2024-25 Premier League Champions. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean. We are recording this a week after the Reds picked up the Premier League trophy and had a very big parade. We’ll do a short review of the Palace game, look back at the big red weekend, reflect on PSG's Champions League win and then start to look ahead as Liverpool seek to defend their title..Part One - Reds draw with Crystal Palace at Anfield in session ending game - xG 2.14 to 1.77 - 35 to 15 touches in the opposition boxGame, slow start, real wall of sound for the last 10 to 15. The non-call handball - Darren fuckin England again. Salah’s 29th goalTrophy lift and the Parade with one bad actor claiming too much of the narrativeThe national reporting of Liverpool’s title has been bizarre - Mo Salah just matched the goal involvement totals of Shearer and Cole in 4 less games. POY on every measure.Part Two - knock out football is tough - Champions League Final20th anniversary of IstanbulLost to PSG on penalties and somehow Villa and Arsenal occupy more of the narrativeNation states - thanks to Clive Tyldelsey for bringing it upPart Three - looking ahead:What is Richard Hughes trying to solve for - pace, between the lines, learning from PSG?Jeremy FrimpongWirtz - looks like we will have to pay moreKerkez - personal terms agreed?10m Euros for TAA, up to 19m GBP for Caoimnhe We will be back with more reflections and looking ahead. Thanks to Sean for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us. If you enjoyed the pod, please share it with a friend. Follow us @FirstStateKopites on Twitter  – we only tweet and retweet from sources we think are credible. Music is courtesy of Hypenotic – they are a Welsh electro-pop band – https://hyperfollow.com/hypenotic