Meeting Expectations: The Weekend

John Gibbons hosts Lizzi Doyle, Kev Walsh and Phil Blundell to look back over the week's Super League madness and ahead to Newcastle. Also on the show, Harrison Worden hosts a panel of young Anfield Wrap stars in Chloe Bloxam, Cam Rimmer and Sam Evans to talk about the impact of the European Super League situation in reference to the next generation of Liverpool fans and football fans in general. And lastly, Neil Atkinson speaks to author and journalist Michael Calvin about his new book 'Whose Game Is It Anyway? Football, Life, Love & Loss' written about football's much-changed relationship with fans at the height of the pandemic which has become even more apt after the events of this past week. Subscribe to TAW Player for more reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviewswith special guests and documentaries about players and staff past and present… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Apr 20211h 10min

Gareth Roberts hosts Joe Blott from Spirit Of Shankly and Jordi Holden from Spion Kop 1906 to react to the European Super League fallout... For more on the European Super League as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Apr 202128min

John Gibbons hosts Chelsea fan Chris Barbour, Tottenham fan Paul Duhaney, Man City fan Emily Brobyn, Arsenal fan Jim Johnson and Man Utd fan Ant Shaw to get the Super League lowdown from fans of other 'Big Six' clubs... For more on the European Super League as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Apr 202140min

John Gibbons hosts Patrick Delaney from Boston, Nabs Al Busaidi from Oman, Patrick Tighe from Atlanta and Neil Chheda from Mumbai to get the reaction of international Liverpool fans to the Super League situation... For more on the European Super League as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Apr 202142min

John Gibbons hosts a reaction special to Liverpool confirming they are out of the European Super League project and John Henry taking full responsibility for the whole process. Neil Atkinson, Andy Heaton and John Milburn join John and sum up what has been a dreadful 72 hours for the hierarchy of the club and wonder what is to come next. For more on the European Super League as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Apr 202124min

Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Gareth Roberts and Craig Hannan reacted live earlier tonight as the European Super League crumbled... For more on the European Super League as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Apr 20211h 2min

Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Harriet Prior and Ian Ryan for our free podcast looking at Leeds United and the European Super League latest... For more on Leeds and the European Super League as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player…   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Apr 20211h 7min

Neil Atkinson is joined by The New York Times' Rory Smith to talk about the European Super League, what it means for Liverpool and the rest of football... Rory wrote on Twitter: "I don't think it is necessarily true that national leagues are the natural conclusion of football, or that the Champions League (as it stands, or as it is about to be) is somehow perfect and unyielding. I think it's important football has space to change and, ideally, improve." "But even to someone not unilaterally opposed to the idea, this one falls down in two ways. One is the permanence: not because it doesn't protect the pyramid - the current status quo doesn't protect the pyramid either, nobody on either side actually gives a shit about the pyramid." "But because the 'pyramid', here, basically represents the pretty basic sporting principle that attainment is a direct result of effort. You have to earn your spot, every year. The permanence of the 15 founders in a super league contradicts that." For more on the European Super League news as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with and documentaries featuring LFC players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Apr 202132min