Topic: The Anfield Wrap

[John C]

Gave the Friday night a 5 as it’s great but if I’d done it after watching this weeks with Neil eluding to the League Cup Final not being a big game I’d have dropped it by at least one point.

Hello mate, was that on the free show?
Can you give me the approx minute he said it as I'd like to contextualise how it was said.
Cheers JM.

[ljycb]

I think it comes across like Neil’s just more all in on the league than the other competitions at present. I think if most of our supporters were asked whether they would rather Trent is fully fit for the final next weekend or City at home (as an example), they would say the latter.

[Kashinoda]

@TAW

I think you guys are missing a trick with your YouTube memberships by only offering what is essentially the video tier. Why are you not offering all 3 tiers? (Audio, Video, Audio & Video), there are plenty of people who only listen to podcasts on YouTube. It doesn't need to have an accompanying video, just slap a background on it and you're done (I.e.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwN_TYy55Y8).

Taking that a step further, you could quite easily link YouTube members to TAW memberships - so anyone paying through YouTube can still get pods via whatever podcast app they use. I.e. your signup page would look like this:



You can then use YouTube's API to pull the usernames of your YouTube members and cross reference that with TAW accounts and update the subscription status accordingly. Have that run twice a day and it'll be relatively seemless. Note that obviously this only works one way (YouTube > TAW) but I think that's fine here.

Sounds complicated but it's not too bad. I know YouTube take a 30% cut but I'd happily pay more to go through there as I'm a lot more likely to watch the videos.

[Jm55]

Hello mate, was that on the free show?
Can you give me the approx minute he said it as I'd like to contextualise how it was said.
Cheers JM.

It was on the Friday Night and was regarding Trent being injured for the final - , I think he said something like ‘Trent won’t be too worried about missing the final as he’ll just be thinking he wants to be fit for the big games. It was around 2-5 minutes I think.

To be clear I’m clearly joking, thought the show was great and everyone has their opinions, it’s just his particular opinion on this I don’t agree with as I’ve noticed him mention comments along those lines in a few shows (and to be fair he did acknowledge on the Bacon Butty that people may not agree with it).

[John C]

I think he said something like ‘Trent won’t be too worried about missing the final as he’ll just be thinking he wants to be fit for the big games. It was around 2-5 minutes I think.

Ah thanks mate, that's a bit different than what I'd worried he might have meant.

[Jm55]

Ah thanks mate, that's a bit different than what I'd worried he might have meant.

Nah it was said in good faith, it's just a difference of opinion and, as I say, I was joking when I said it anyway.

My opinion of the importance of next week doesn't align with Neil's but that's probably partly based on the fact that it's the first final I've got a ticket for since Athens so there's my own personal reasons for that as much as anything else. 

[Zlen]

Juts an FYI for Anfield Wrap people, your survey us still asking about '2023' shows.
For example: 'Why wouldn't you attend a TAW Live show or event in 2023?'. 

Well... because I don't have a time machine obviously. 

[markedasred]

More of a request than a complaint: I would welcome a simple click link text page that just listed all the shows that were on offer chronologically, even with oldest ones dropping off if you wanted. I know I miss loads of content because there is a push from the wrap on shows that have had a higher degree of effort or spend, which is understandable. Most of us would still catch all of those anyway. It does not have to be the front page....

[bradders1011]

I'm still not sure of the rationale behind splitting pre-match into two shows (Pre-Match Warmup and Press Conference Extra) - you often hear the same discussion twice and the PMWU often exists in a 'we don't know as Klopp hasn't done his presser yet' world. I find myself just skipping PMWU some weeks as I'll listen to them Friday night or Saturday morning and it's a bit obsolete. If Liverpool are also featured on the Friday Show, it's sometimes the same chat 3 times.

Perhaps it's just that they tend to come out Friday afternoon, maybe doing one Thursday and one Friday (or PCE Saturday morning if it's a later/Sunday/Monday game) would give some more scope for different chats.

Also, is The Weekend dead now? Used to really enjoy it as a mini Overview-style show not focussing purely on the 90 minutes.

[bradders1011]

While I'm going on - when's the next Agony Hour?

[MD1990]

i dont like the pub shows. You dont really subscribe to haer guys in a pub discussing the game. I agree just one pre match show in a studio would be better.

[Jm55]

i dont like the pub shows. You dont really subscribe to haer guys in a pub discussing the game. I agree just one pre match show in a studio would be better.

Just shows the difference in people’s tastes as these are some of my favourites.

[Hij]

Just shows the difference in people’s tastes as these are some of my favourites.

Same here.

[kavah]

^ yes, post-match in the pub is core TAW.

[DangerScouse]

^ yes, post-match in the pub is core TAW.

Absolutely!

[TepidT2O]

Same here.

Agree… the ones in someone’s car at the services are great too

[Fitzy.]

i dont like the pub shows. You dont really subscribe to haer guys in a pub discussing the game. I agree just one pre match show in a studio would be better.

It’s part of the match day ritual though. Watch the game and then jump into a pub to rant and rave about stuff you saw. It’s pretty authentic. The studio stuff comes later with the proper assessment and analysis. If TAW was just a series of beery chats about the reds, then it would become tiresome very quickly. However, a reaction show of this nature has its place, I think.

But I guess it’s a taste thing.

[Red_Mist]

Ben Johnson’s ratings - VVD’s and Endo’s just had me howling laughing. Brilliant stuff

[Crosby Nick]

Ben Johnson’s ratings - VVD’s and Endo’s just had me howling laughing. Brilliant stuff

Just had a good giggle at those.

On Kelleher (specifically Mignolet): And the absolute bastard before him who made himself narrower on a one-on-one and got up after he had conceded a goal like an old man who had fallen over at the bus stop?

On Van Dijk: A man who frankly took exception to being jostled about with the manner and reaction of the Big Show getting slapped in the chops in the lobster pot, by a fella from St Helens.

On Endo: I just love him to bits. With his little gumshield, all polite and respectful and he might just kick your cock off really apologetically, and then help you look for it while stomping it into the turf.

Love the Van Dijk bit in particular.

[jacobs chains]

Agree… the ones in someone’s car at the services are great too

One of my all time favourite shows was a tipsy (I'm being generous) Gutmann and a tetchy (again, I'm being generous) Senior squabbling in a parked up car. Sort of reflects the real experience of awayday football.

[Grobbelrevell]

Just shows the difference in people’s tastes as these are some of my favourites.

Likewise. The Pink in the pub afterwards is often some of the best of TAW, in my view.

For those that can't make it to games themselves for whatever reason, it's a chance to get a little bit of a feel for that without actually being there. At least, that's what it is for me.

[Red_Mist]

Love the Van Dijk bit in particular.

And the horse bit…

“Found himself upfront for a bit and looked insanely big, like someone had lashed a kit on a horse and taught it how to run on its back legs.”

[JP!]

Question - do TAW ever look for contributors?

[klopptopia]

Footballing miracles, week after week.

[Higgins79]

Mine won’t work? Have they fucked it again!

[TomDcs]

Ian Ryan absolute fume on the first five, wow watch him while Adam Melia speaks.

[Cracking Left Foot]

Genuinely quite up for Gibbo’s shout to make Virgil player-manager next season, you know

[Dench57]

this fucking killed me

https://x.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1761888874609926629?s=20

[kavah]

Genuinely quite up for Gibbo’s shout to make Virgil player-manager next season, you know

Yes !

[kavah]

Lovely on the coach home, but you can hear Neil Docking doing his in the background 

[Crosby Nick]

Neil sounding ever so croaky on 5Live at the moment! Good luck with all today’s shows!

[kavah]

^ Neil is a great broadcaster, even with his singing croaky voice   

[Fitzy.]

Ian Ryan absolute fume on the first five, wow watch him while Adam Melia speaks.

I think he says he's about to have a heart attack when he eventually speaks - don't think it was anything to do with Adam.

[MD1990]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVHfsprrC0

latest free pod, great pod

[Crosby Nick]

Listening to the match day diary and seems like Gibbo was in Ealing on Saturday. I’d have bought him a pint had I been able to find a pub that wasn’t showing the rugby!

[Cracking Left Foot]

If you listen to the Empire Film Podcast (as I do), the presenter of that show Chris Hewitt (a big Red) is on the post match show tonight. Always nice to get an TAW/Empire crossover show!

[Sonofthewind]

Absolutely wild shout from Rob on The Gutter! Might even rival the time he called for Klopp to leave.

[Andar]

Absolutely wild shout from Rob on The Gutter! Might even rival the time he called for Klopp to leave.

What did he say? It must be quite something to rival that.

[Gods_Left_Boot]

What did he say? It must be quite something to rival that.

Virgil as player-manager when Klopp leaves 

[kavah]

Virgil as player-manager when Klopp leaves 

That is a great shout !