Hope I never get on, I've got a fucking speech impediment
I see what you mean about her voice, but to me I would rather hear what she has to say than lose her valuable and appreciated input so it's fine with me.
I sometimes disagree with Neil but I could listen to him speak for ages, his rants are worth the subscription fee alone. In fact I struggle to find anyone I dislike, probably just the girl from the Rider as it's one of the only shows I don't listen to. Just don't find her particularly engaging but maybe that's because she doesn't like footie and beyond my niche music interests I'm not really into gigs, or Kanye West.
I'm at the point where I consume too much now, looking to download the old And Could He Plays and Season Reviews to fill gaps at work. When I'm laying tables for 100 people it certainly makes the job a lot easier. I tried to substitute TAW with other podcasts when I've got fuck all new in the TAW feed and some like Serial/Undisclosed have come close, but others are absolutely shite in comparison- I guess it's the laughing/joking natural bit of it that I like.
The best compliment I could give to TAW is at times it feels like I'm there in the room as well, listening, nodding, laughing, sharing knowing glances etc but not contributing verbally myself - perhaps say if you were welcomed to the table in the pub but just supped your pint. This is opposed to other podcasts I have listened to which are a bit blunt, devoid of any 'banter' (hate that word now) and to stretch the pub analogy I feel like I'm listening in to a conversation (albeit often interesting) below from the balcony above in a pub, stretching my ear as close as I can but hoping they don't see me listening in.
Though that's not to say that format of obvious exclusion can't work well though. For instance Graham Hunters one to one interviews with Strachan, Neville, Carragher and Kevin Bridges which I recommend people to check out are fantastic.
I guess it helps in that, some of the people I know who live near me who support Liverpool talk absolute bollocks, and rarely say much other than "we are shit", "Rodgers is crap" which turns me off. I said at the start, it's a sort of Sunday Supplement that used to be on Sky Sports (if it's still on, I won't ever be watching again), but just about your own club, with people who care and you trust to have actually watched the 90 minutes. So while sometimes I see tweets laughing at just how much content there is on there, like the time I think there was three Firmino pods etc, it fills a bit of a void.
Often I lurk rather than read, so you could also say it was a vocalised RAWK in some respects, but there's never been a need to lock an Anfield Wrap episode yet