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First State Kopites

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We are members of OLSC Delaware - the First State"s home for supporters of the Mighty Liverpool FC. We talk Liverpool FC with well known Liverpool fans, members of other supporters clubs and we generally have fun chatting about the Reds. The opinions are our own.

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00:34:47

JUST SCORE THE FIRST GOAL S7 E24

First State Kopites ·

2025/11/26

Welcome dear listener to the 24th episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Justin. The Reds returned to action home to Forest and the outcome wasn’t great.Some recurring themes and a disappointing game:For 30 minutes, they created a bunch of chances - 1.10 vs 0.21 in the first halfMacca at 8 minutes - headed of the lineKerkez 16 - foul, not a penalty we get anywayGakpo blocked shot at 24Szobo deflection at 3033 - totally against the run of play - of course,

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00:47:31

Forest at home - do you know how many times Arne...

First State Kopites ·

2025/11/20

Welcome dear listener to the 23rd episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and I am joined by Daz. The Reds return to action Saturday home to Forest and the host PSV next Wednesday.Part One - what’s been happening?Andy Robbo - “I’ve hid it well but today I’ve been in bits,” “I know the age I’m at this is my last chance of a World Cup and I couldn’t get my mate Diogo Jota out of my head today. We spoke so much together about this World Cup”.Wirtz looked really inventive for Germany

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00:32:31

Why is every media outlet’s narrative about the Reds...

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2025/11/13

Welcome dear listener to the 22nd episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Enrique and Daz. The Reds follow up their win over Real Madrid with a disappointing loss at the Etihad (which for once appeared to be lively)Part one - Always want to start with the comments we made at the start of the season - we should not be picking on any of these boys on the basis of what they went through this summerI’ve seen this defeat described as us being blown away,

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00:35:47

How much do you think Trent enjoyed this one? S7 E21

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2025/11/09

Welcome dear listener to the 21st episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Justin and Daz. The Reds follow up their win over Aston Villa, with a really strong showing against a full strength Real Madrid, who are shit BTWPart one - Beating Real MadridThe game:Built on Saturday’s performance. Determination, spacing, getting Mo involvedMidfield looked powerful, Szobozlai, Mac AllisterStat about Courtois making 23% of his champions league saves against us since

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00:45:27

They made fun of Villa's performance, they missed how...

First State Kopites ·

2025/11/04

Welcome dear listener to the 20th episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Sean and Daz. The Reds get back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. They end the weekend back in the top 4. And in the mean time we passed on the Carabao Cup for this season.Part One - A performance from the title winning season:The midfield looked like the one we had last year - and no one is sure what our #9 does in this system. Robertson - at times didn’t always

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00:47:03

Need some cool takes on the major meltdown? S7 E19

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2025/11/03

APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE DROP ON THIS ONE. STILL WORTH A LISTEN!!Welcome dear listener to the 19th episode of the 7th season of First State Kopites. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz. In a week where there have been so many hot takes we could probably have heated a major city through a nuclear winter. We’ve taken a couple of days to reflect with our review of Brentford 3, Liverpool 2.Part One - Conceded from a throw in, a long ball and a penalty.Liverpool are terrible, the full backs are shit,

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00:26:42

5-1 is never a bad result S7 E18

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2025/10/25

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Justin. Podcast has been slow in recording….Part One:‘I was incredibly disheartened last night by the general reaction to the result, and the poor analysis that followed in many quarters; even from some of the more rational analysts. I find the hysteria after defeats far harder to take than actually just losing a game of football, even if that part is painful too.Part

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00:51:53

This one's not about football, it's about the people...

First State Kopites ·

2025/10/16

[Apologies about the sound quality in parts of the recording, it’s worth it to persevere]Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. We are going back to our roots today. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and a special guest who first joined us early in season one - Keith Salmon, author and big Liverpool fan.Step back to an early episode:Keith has a new book published in May and available here in the US on Amazon - ‘There’s something that the Kop

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00:27:59

Time for Florian to flourish? S7 E16

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2025/10/12

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. We are going to preview Man United at home in a week’s time. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Wins against Chelsea and Sunderland - higher xG difference than us.A team that still has gaps; will their recent results make them more adventurous?Expectations of the way the game plays out?Team selection - (Bradley, Szobozlai, Mac Allister, Isak, Ibou)We’ll be back with a review of the United game

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00:31:39

Georgi is left footed - who knew? S7 E15

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2025/10/11

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions. We are going to review Chelsea last Saturday, with the benefit of few days distance. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Away at Chelsea - xG 1.0 (0.11 first half) to 1.95 (0.64). 4 big chances to their 2.Immediate reaction vs. the chance to watch it again. How different were the narratives versus what actually happened:Start well - Gakpo, Bradley, Kerkez, Isak, Szobo, Salah all look brightGoal

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00:12:43

Georgi Marmadashvili - you're up... S7 E14

First State Kopites ·

2025/10/04

Upcoming - Chelsea away. All doesn’t seem to be well…. Losses against United and BrightonWhat do we know, think and hopeTeam selection - (Bradley, Szobozlai, Mac Allister, Isak, Ibou)Expectations of the way the game plays out?We’ll be back with a preview of the Chelsea game. Thanks to Justin and Daz 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 X – we only tweet and retweet from

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00:34:56

We can do better than this S7 E13

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2025/10/02

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and still the league leaders. We are going to review Galatasaray away earlier today and consider Palace last Saturday . I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Justin. Every reaction to both games starts with the result.Part one - away at GalatasaraySlot - lot to like in the first half, second half the ball wasn’t in play muchBeing refereed by the French Michael Oliver didn’t help with the flow of the game -

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00:27:59

Ekitike helps out with team selection S7 E12

First State Kopites ·

2025/09/26

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. We have a run of 3 away games in 7 days- first up away at Palace on Saturday and then at Galatasaray on Tuesday. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Upcoming - Palace away. Unbeaten for 17 games10 draws. Back 3 system played this way feels very hard to break down. Sarr and Mateta are the threatsWhat do we know, think and hopeTeam selection - (Bradley, Szobozlai, Mac

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00:38:39

We are so much better than they realize E7 S11

First State Kopites ·

2025/09/23

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. We’re going to review Atletico at home last Wednesday and yesterday’s Merseyside derby. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Enrique. Part one - Diego Simeone’s boys - great in concept but just awful in practice:Another last minute winner, after Atleti being the better teamxG 2.72 vs 0.61Really annoying first goal from them - what is offside anyway?A performance with a lot of

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00:34:01

‘Smothered, smothered until we weren’t’ S7 E10

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2025/09/17

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. This is a review of Burnley away last Sunday. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz. Focus mainly on Burnley - 3 talking points:Were we lucky? xG of 2.65, OK not all great shotsAnd the Red Card…Was the Burnley approach a surprise that we didn’t quite figure out5-4-1 with a discipline I’ve seldom seen - xG 0.13, 90 passesLots of blocks - ‘smothered, smothered, smothered - no clear

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00:37:29

Back to proper Football S7 E9

First State Kopites ·

2025/09/12

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and current league leaders. We are back from the first international break, 2 more before the end of November (woo hoo). We now start the 2 games each week grind - first up away at Burnley on Sunday and then home to Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Justin. We’ve just learned that according to millionpodcasts.com we are ranked 17th on the list of Liverpool FC podcasts

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00:36:00

Nine points from Nine and a new #9

First State Kopites ·

2025/09/06

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. The podcast of the Premier League Champions and league leaders. It's the eighth podcast of the season so far. Reds now have three wins out of three going into the international break. We beat Arsenal by 1-0 despite the prevailing narrative pre-game. I’m Paul and today I am joined by Daz and Sean. Part One - God, Arsenal are a tough watch. STERILE!!National narrative, Arsenal missed an opportunity with Liverpool playing poorly. Only 2 Arsenal players

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00:24:40

Dominik Szobozlai - best right back ever S7 E7

First State Kopites ·

2025/09/02

Join us for a live post match conversation. As the Reds somehow overcome all their defensive frailties to win their third game in a row to lead the fledgling premier league table.Thanks to Enrique and you dear listener for joining us.

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00:17:02

A visit from the Champions - wait, what? S7 E6

First State Kopites ·

2025/08/30

Reds have two wins out of two although I am not sure we can do this 36 more times. We face Arsenal at home tomorrow and no one who isn’t a Red thinks we have a chance of winning.And, it is at Anfield isn’t it? Arsenal have not won here for more than 10 years.Arsenal at home in AugustMemories of 2019 - 3-1 win? And there have been other wins in August against the pretendersOh wait a minute, word on the street is that Arsenal have won the transfer window and have built a title winning squad. Gyokeres,

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00:36:02

Hand him over, hand him over Newcastle S7 E5

First State Kopites ·

2025/08/28

Welcome dear listener to First State Kopites. It’s August 27th. I’m Paul, joined by Daz. Little different today - just focused on reviewing the Newcastle game - 3-2 to the Reds. Lot to go at - hope to bring some perspective to what ends up being a nice, comfortable:() win.Short version Newcastle turned this into a battle - with the rhetoric beforehand and the actions of certain players. I was fearful for our team’s safety.Context - 2 very difficult games against them and their tactics last season

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