We recorded shortly after the Leeds match, before news broke Tuesday that the ESL is dead. Given we saw this coming in October, our thoughts still apply. David, Andrew, and Darius went through the European Super League: the proposed death of football. #FSGOut 00:00 It's Truly Project Death Star 04:10 Cash Over Community. Commodity. Content. Cowards. 13:55 Are There *Any* Good Guys In This? 16:10 The Revolution Will Be Streamed 23:28 Dystopian Realities 33:37 What Do You Want From Football 35:20 Now To FIFA's B.S. ... 40:27 They Got Us By The Balls! 48:47 FSG Out? Trickle Down Football Economics 59:10 We Would Still Watch, Though 1:04:25 Can Any Good Come From This?

Tampa Bay Kop Talk

American Liverpool Fans Against Super League

Could the Reds be on a revenge tour? Liverpool got revenge on *that* 7-2 against Aston Villa at the weekend and now face a Real Madrid squad that has bested LFC 3-1 in each of their last two meetings. Andrew and Darius discuss those two matches, plus keep a slight eye on the future with some discussions about Naby Keita's future on Merseyside.   00:00 Two-Man Strike Force  01:10 Citadel Anfield?  05:00 Exercising Demons, Villans, Relief  09:20 Naby Lad Not Looking Great...  14:50 VAR'd Again...  23:46 Real Problems With Los Merengues  30:50 How Aggressive Should Liverpool Play?  35:20 Firmino, Sadio, Mo, AND Diogo?  40:25 Or Perhaps Jota In Relief?  44:35 Score Predictions? Yeah, Score Predictions

Grudge Matches

Jordan, David, Darius and Vijay sit down for a chat about everything that's been going on during the international break including Redbird, the centerback situation in the summer and more. 

The Redbird Superleague All Stars

We back! Jordan, David, Andrew, and Darius went Voltron and came together to break down the Liverpool alignment against Sheffield United, Fabinho’s role against Chelsea and the rest of the season, and how the guys would like to see the lads line up. Too bad the Internet during recording was as shaky as Liverpool’s injury record. 00:00 Gang’s All Here! 01:30 Liverpool Won A Game! 03:20 Flipped The Switch? 12:30 Fabulous Fabinho Back! 21:52 Imani Williams Origin Stories Clip 24:20 Yer A Wizard, Andrew 25:45 The Golden Tuchel? 39:00 Fabinho At CB Means … 46:05 The Lads’ Lineups Vs. Chelsea

Top Four Blues

With February being Black History Month and March Women's History Month, the timing was perfect for us to chat with Imani Williams, who is writing history as a football supporter each day. A contributor to the Anfield Wrap, member of Austin, Texas' OLSC, leader within the American Outlaws for the U.S. National Teams, and a part of the Los Verdes supporters group for Austin FC, Imani has lived a football life through and through. 00:00 Ms. Imani "Worldwide"  Williams 01:18 Imani On George Floyd Protests With The Anfield Wrap 06:18 What Got Imani Into The Beautiful Game 11:24 People's Republic Of Liverpool + Football 21:26 The State Of LFC's Union 31:08 Liverpool Are Still Boss, Aren't They? 35:48 Black Woman In A White Man's World 45:11 Football's Efforts To Support Equity: Is It Enough? 56:16 Being *THE* Black Voice 1:01:30 Crew Saved, Austin FC Here ... This Is Awkward 1:08:35 Ready For Fans To Be Back? The Anfield Wrap | Cup Of Tea with Imani Williams and John Gibbons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ZHPeArp2c Los Verdes | Bright Verde Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/59wkcezMGPVYquq6pvGnI2?si=OP2ee2wTQNytPrIuVdX22g&nd=1

Origin Stories: Imani Williams

Much like Liverpool, our numbers have been reduced due to injury. David and Darius played a little two-man game (for a couple hours) and went through their selections for centrebacks, the returns of Fabinho, Keita, and Jota, and try to will Haaland to Merseyside. Manifesting!! 00:00 NABY LAD!! 00:23 State Of The (Philly?) Union 01:25 Phillips/Kabak 2021 05:05 Fabinho 6 Mafia 10:28 No More Mid-dling Around? 16:27 Reds Coming Up Short 27:06 Thiago Aspas? 35:30 Hold Off The Hype, Please 39:13 Naby Lad! Ready To Play? 47:05 Fabinho, Keita, Jota Holy Trinity? 54:13 Diogo GOAL-ta Back! 1:04:50 Shuffle The Front Aces? 1:08:00 Another Sheffield In The Kitchen 1:11:09 Cast Your Dreams: Haaland!! 1:36:10 Liverpool's Revolution Will Be Televised

Between Two D's

Liverpool lost again. We're not gonna dwell on it. As a matter of fact, we switch the format to where Darius, David, Andrew, and Vijay give us their ideas for how Liverpool can do a quick fix and get things headed in the right direction. 00:00 New Day, New Ideas 01:53 Darius' Starting XI 07:06 Reaction To Darius' Plan 11:06 Darius' Rebuttal 15:43 David's Restructured XI 21:21 Reaction To David's Plan 30:47 David's Rebuttal 33:43 Andrew's Request For Klopp 37:09 Andrew's XI 41:54 Reaction To Andrew's Plan 51:24 Vijay's Plan 55:29 Reaction To Vijay's Plan 1:02:36 Summation Of The Ideas

Make Liverpool Work Again

Things weren't so Bright-on Merseyside as Liverpool saw their three points at Anfield swooped in on by the Seagulls. Despite it being a dreadful loss, somehow the guys managed to crack a few smiles and a few jokes, mostly at Divock Origi and Dejan Lovren's expense. 00:00 Cold Shooting, Cold Open 00:55 I Wanna Fly Away (From This Result) 07:05 Injuries Piled Up, But Still... 11:20 Damn, Divock, Back At It Again 20:47 Cody Graves Origin Story 21:58 Title Race Over??? 34:44 Not To Be Too Defensive 43:18 New Defenders, New Formations 54:30 LFC Comin', For Ya City!

Festivus Season: Airing Of Grievances

What do the MCU, anime, and Liverpool have in common? Our guy Cody Graves is a massive fan of each! From the rollercoaster of the 2013-14 season to the highs of Liverpool's dominance, the underdogs-turned juggernauts made Cody a die-hard Red for life! 00:00 We're (Centre)Back, Baby! 03:56 Christian Cody Graves: The Red 06:24 Fandom Forged In The Fire 08:14 Jumped On With The Underdogs! 13:11 Longing For A Hollywood Ending 22:34 Fast Forward To Klopp! 25:27 Linking With Liverpool Lads 28:49 That Night In Kiev 30:33 Makin' Friends Through Footie 39:38 Having A Mo-an Over VAR 49:58 Happy To Flip The Blip 55:54 Ready To Get Back To The Pubs? 59:26 Second Half Of The Season? 1:04:04 Check Out Human Jukebox Ent., GambitGames, and Geek Republic Media #PajakNudes

Origin Stories: Cody Graves

Liverpool have been crap. The Premier League has been crap. There's still plenty to be won, so the match with Tottenham is HUGE! So huge we spent little time talking Spurs and all about Liverpool's issues as of late. 00:00 EPL: What The Hell? 03:30 Super Bowl? Tom Brady? Andrew, What? 04:51 Will Liverpool's Stonks Rise Again? 09:16 How Can We Asses 2020/21? 20:05 3 At The Back? Mo9? Get In Formation! 26:14 LFC Hot Fix? 31:54 Tampa Bay Kop Talk 2020/21 Fundraisers! 35:12 Are Alaba And Sokratis Offers Signals? 37:01 Near-Deals NOT Encouraging! Just Do It! 39:24 Money Talks, Bull Market Walks? 49:31 Sophie's Choice: Upamecano, Haaland, Mbappé, Bueller? 53:33 What's The (Art Of The) Dealio? 1:01:49 Oh. Right. Spurs.

Spurring On The Lads

Ugh. These guys. Liverpool host Manchester United, who come in top of the table, or whatever. Can the Reds restore order and put United in their place? Vijay Kagami joins Darius, Andrew, and David to discuss Sunday's showdown. Don't forget you can (safely) join us for our watch party Sunday at 11 a.m. at New World Brewing. Link to the food drive below and select "TBKT Food Drive" in the dropdown menu in the online giving section:   bible-based.org/give   00:00 Musty Ole Manchester...  00:46 New World Brewery Sunday!  01:38 Are United Back?  07:38 Lower Points, But Race Is On!  12:23 How Might United Set Up?  19:08 Who To Choose In Defense?  30:10 Rules Of The Room At New World  33:38 Food Drive For Sunday!  34:26 Midfield Mastery  40:48 Narratives To Come From Sunday?  43:02 Pen-chester Pen-ited!!!  55:48 United Fans Are Happy ... Let's Make Them Sad

Devil In A Red Kit

Revenue down, bodies broken, no fans, packed schedule ... Much like everywhere else, football has been a hellscape in 2020/21. Jordan, David, and Darius wade through the crappy situation the sport and its partners are in and try to make some sense of it all. 0:00 Suffering From A Stuffy Schedule? 0:42 Rash Of Injuries "The New Normal?" 3:03 Made For TV Argument? 6:22 TV Guide Doesn't Make The Schedule 10:29 Can't We All Just Get Along? 15:19 Jürgen Ain't New To This 20:35 Are We Advocating For Project Death Star??? 26:52 So, Like, How Did We Get Here?

Miscellanies: Fixture Congestion, Money, And Football

Out of centrebacks? Goal drought? NO STIMMY?!?! In this, Liverpool's 15th (? we've lost count) this season, the attack looked dradful, the midfield inept, and the defense wasn't a defense. But the shambolic club in cataclysmic disarray are *checks notes* still top until Manchester United play. Meh. 00:00 How Could You, Danny Boy? 01:20 Shouts To Southampton Or Liverpool *Bleep*? 07:08 99 Personnel Problems? 14:43 Miscellanies: Fix The Fixtures! 17:17 ZOOMing Into Your Ears! 18:10 Was Southampton A (Centre) Setback? 27:55 Trent Awful Again? 37:33 Someone Shoot Your Shot! 41:58 Banter FC 1, Liverpool 0 44:25 We "Fix" Liverpool? Lol. 55:50 RIP Gerry Marsden "You'll Never Walk Alone" is by Gerry And The Pacemakers, audio and video footage courtesy of Vijay Kagami.

Executive Decisions

So 2020 went out with a fart for Liverpool. Still, after a draw to Newcastle, The Reds have plenty to be thankful for, such as their league position and the return of Thiago! We discuss the metronomic midfielder and whether or not Liverpool should buy a centreback. And if so, who? 00:00 Holidazed 01:09 Didn't Exactly Storm The (New)Castle 07:35 Groundhog Day Performance? 12:34 EPL Has Gone Full CONCACAF 18:53 So ... How Are We? 27:30 He's Baaaaaaack!! Thiago Time! 37:05 Centre Back Pains 42:16 I Want My Centreback, Centreback, Centreback (No Barbeque Sauce) 58:58 Reds' New Year Resolutions 1:06:46 And Still ... Liverpool TOP

Back To The Draw Board

Oh, dear. We may have broken Andrew this time. After he had the audacity to say a kind word about Spurs, Darius, David, and Jordan ganged up on poor Andrew. Oh, and the guys also said a word or two about Liverpool going top, or whatever. 00:00 Table-topping Reds! 00:35 Spurs Are __#2__ 02:30 Spurs Are Who We Thought They Were! 06:10 Spurs Aight? 09:03 Tell Ya Boss, Tell Ya Dog, Andrew Says It’s A Wrap! 10:52 José, The Salt Bae 17:02 José Said It With His Chest, Respect 23:43 DIS-r-e-s-p-e-c-t 29:03 Tampa Bay Kop Talk Toy Drive! 30:58 Back To, Yanno, Liverpool Talk! 31:45 Rhys’ Cup Time Now Is Premier Time! 43:02 The (Other) Scouser In The Team! Curt Jonesy! 52:33 Went Platinum, No Features! 56:00 There’s Something That Kop Talk Wants You To Know… 1:02:30 Does Anyone Wanna Win This League? 

Hot For Tott

Original content by Tampa Bay based supporters of Liverpool FC. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see more Tampa Bay Kop Talk content.

hubhopper

Tampa Bay Kop Talk

hubhopper