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Ian Ryan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
212 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

He was pushed on his future, and it was pretty clear from his response that he absolutely expects to be Liverpool manager next season.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

And Greg, another thing the manager was asked about was the left back, Andy Robertson, who he talked about in glowing terms, to be fair.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

I quite liked the way he almost held them up as, this is what good looks like.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

When people are looking back at what a left back should be doing, he talked about Andy Robertson as, that's your guy.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

That's who you can look at and go, if you're playing that position, you won't go far wrong than to look at him.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Sean, I think it's fair to say maybe Robbo's powers have faded a little bit over the last 18 months, two years.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Still done well at times, but maybe not quite the same player he once was.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

I'm intrigued by the whole leadership and standards thing because it's talked about a lot now in the context of the manager.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

But obviously in the context of maybe some of the players who might be leaving the club, where I find it hard to square a little bit is that there's no doubt some of those senior players have been unbelievable leaders in the dressing room because you get that sense from an Alisson, from a Salah, from a Robertson, from a Van Dijk, etc.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Now, potentially a number of them are going to leave and people will talk about things like, well, you're losing a huge kind of part of the leadership.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

in terms of what's been good for Liverpool but then when it becomes slightly more difficult as that they've all been there this season and yet there's been a distinct lack of leadership both maybe you'd say from the manager because of how things have played out this season but also at times on the pitch and some of those lads I've mentioned have been on the fucking pitch so where do you land with that because I am finding this one a bit of a tricky one to navigate if I'm honest

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

One of those senior players, Josh, is Canarte.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Now, he falls into that category.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

He's been around Liverpool for a number of years.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Obviously, he's still relatively young as well.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

But Beth, in the press conference, asked a question about his contract and she got the answer she expected, which is no news.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Are you a little bit surprised that maybe that's not got done?

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Because there were certainly kind of noises from the player that actually we weren't too far away from seeing this kind of

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

Yeah, he wasn't quite as harsh this time as maybe he's been in other press conferences.

The Anfield Wrap
Aston Villa v Liverpool: Pre Match Warm Up

But I think it's just a really sad one, if I'm honest, that Harvey's gone somewhere.