A Big Night Awaits Liverpool In Turkey! | Luke & Gregg's Istanbul Update!

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Gregg (0:29)

Hello everybody, welcome to The Redmen TV. It is me, it is Gregg. This is your Fenerbahce on the ground Istanbul update.

Paul Machin (0:37)

We're here.

Gregg (0:38)

How are you feeling? You good?

Paul Machin (0:39)

Feeling sars. Felt time back in Istanbul. Loved the city, I'm happy to be here again.

Gregg (0:44)

It's one that I think when we were coming, a lot of our mates we usually come with, we're like, ah, we've been 24, like we don't want to go again. And I was probably in that boat a little bit.

Paul Machin (0:53)

I was in that boat. I was saying something similar. I was like, oh, if I don't get my own credit, then I might miss this one. I'm happy after all.

Gregg (1:01)

When you get here.

Paul Machin (1:01)

Yeah, when you get here.

Gregg (1:02)

It's always a party.

SPEAKER_1 (1:03)

You remember how heavy it is?

Paul Machin (1:05)

I said the exact same thing to my dad. I was like, I was a bit against coming back, but you know, now that I'm here, goodness me, I don't think I'll leave. I don't think I will leave.

Gregg (1:14)

Listen, it's a class city. And like, to be fair, we're right on the strip. We're at all the meet points. It's about five minutes away from where the buses are gonna pick everyone up.

Paul Machin (1:22)

Box the location.

Gregg (1:23)

We box the location. I think we're getting picked up a quarter to five. Is that right? A quarter to five? Local time, that is. Local time.

Paul Machin (1:29)

It's all like that, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Gregg (1:30)

And like, I'm pretty sure the game's not kicking off till 8.45. You all good? Till 8.45, so yeah, it's gonna be quite a hard slog to see you get on the bus.

Paul Machin (1:41)

Hopefully we won't get out the ground till like.

Gregg (1:43)

Until God knows when. I reckon we're gonna get back off that bus about half one in the morning. Yeah, probably. It's just gonna be an absolute night there, but we were out late in the night, last night anyway, so. We should probably have a chat about the game, because that's what we're here for. That's what matters. That's what we're all here to talk about. Listen, Fenerbahce, when you look at their team on paper, having a few discussions in the office this week, and they look really good, but however, maybe they're not great, is what we're sort of being told by everybody. Yeah. I think the league formally, I think two defeats in the recent games, I'm not 100% on that, but they're still up there in the table. It's still a pretty good time. When you think about the Thames League, budget-wise, they've probably got a lot more money than everybody else, but you look at their team, you look at they've got Edison in goal. Oh, thank you very much.

They've got Edison in goal, they've got Ajax at the back, they've got Scrinia, full back, they've got Nelson Semedue. Just keep that there for us, mate. I only want to have one, but we've got three Turkish T's now.

Paul Machin (2:36)

Hopefully three points for Liverpool. Aye, aye, what can I say?

Gregg (2:40)

In the field, they've got N'Golo Kante as well, they've got Gwendouzi, obviously they've got Mason Greer without on the right wing. Up front, they do have Lukaku, but they haven't been playing. They've only been playing at Marie Heafel. I'd imagine Lukaku, Mike Clay, will cause the full on issues.

Well, yeah, I would say, I know they got a big defeat to Villa. They got beat like six nil off, sitting away from home, but it's different when they're going to Turkey.

Paul Machin (3:02)

It's different being in Turkey, obviously. Judging, if it's anything like our last two experiences in Galatasaray, then lads, it's gonna, I'll be honest, I'll say it right now, I'm up trying to beat the fetus. It's gonna be a long day. It will be a very long 90 minutes. If it's anything like Galatasaray, it will be a very hard and grafted 90 minutes for Liverpool. And don't get me wrong, I think on paper, especially with the travelling squad that, you know, we got announced yesterday, we've got a much better side than them. We know we do. That's how it's gonna be going into most of our Champions League games this year. We're gonna have a better side than most of these teams. When you go into Europe, you know, especially when you're there, the atmosphere is in Europe a difference.