He's our center half, he's our number 4 (for longer) S6 E33

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. We will review the win over West Ham last weekend, look ahead to the Leicester game and then do our now typical wider view, now that we can be certain that Virg and Mo are sticking around and Liverpool are about to have a big summer.

Part One - West Ham home - xG 1.78 to 1.50 - 1.34 to 0.77 in the first half

• Game of 2 halves Brian

• First half - as much intensity as we’ve seen for a few weeks

• Second half - their changes seemed to confuse us

• Own goal - more defensive mistakes would have been the narrative

• First Virgil goal at Anfield for 14 months - maybe the Salah vs United 2020 moment?

• The funk - is it Tiredness? Complacency? Unknown territory?

• Alexis Mac Allister

Part Two - Leicester Away

• Haven’t scored at home for months

• Did get a point at Brighton in a game where Brighton had an xG over 4

• Team selection

• Predictions

Part Three - Any other business

• Title watch - Spurs at home?

• Virgil contract

• Big summer says Virgil

• ‘Liverpool won’t be at the same level next year’

• Champions League? 

• Still pissed that Barcelona ends up playing Benfica and Dortmund. 

• Narrative around Villa 

• Arsenal are brilliant… well, let’s see shall we?

We will be back after the Leicester game. Thanks to Daz and 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