Ep. 306 - Fireside Chat - Neil Atkinson of The Anfield Wrap

Neil Atkinson does loads of presenting, hosting, and writing for the award winning Anfield Wrap. Alon and Neil talk about The Anfield Wrap, Liverpool, and then bounce around to different teams, players, the 21/22 season, fantasy football, and more. You can find Neil on twitter at: https://twitter.com/Knox_Harrington And you can find all things Anfield Wrap including their free podcasts, free videos, and free articles at: https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/ 00:00 - Intro / admin. 00:49 - How did The Anfield Wrap start and grow? 04:52 - Come for the football and stay for the city (Liverpool). 07:17 - Konate, VVD, and the other Liverpool centerbacks. 10:26 - Liverpool’s midfield. 14:12 - Thiago Alcântara. 15:17 - Diogo Jota, Firmino, and the ways in which Liverpool will attack. 21:32 - Players taking time under both Pep and Klopp. 23:09 - Liverpool becoming more physically imposing. 24:55 - Sadio Mane and physical and mental fatigue. Also the mental strain from the pandemic on certain players. 28:21 - Changes between last season and this season. 31:34 - Man. City, Man. United, Chelsea and a title challenge. 36:05 - How much new signings do or don’t move the needle. 38:22 - The 21/22 season for Brighton, Aston Villa, Burnley, Southampton, Wolves, Crystal Palace, and Everton. 41:53 - The top four remaining the top four. 44:35 - The newly promoted sides. 46:34 - What’s Neil and The Anfield Wrap’s relationship and experience with fantasy football and FPL? 52:41 - Outro. Links: Check us out at: http://fmlfpl.com Support us at: http://patreon.com/FMLFPL We’re most active on twitter: https://twitter.com/FMLFPL We upload video versions of the pod on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/fmlfpl And Alon sometimes goes live on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/fmlfpl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices