The Blizzard Q&A Session in Liverpool, 3rd July 2013

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Setting up for the gig tonight #blzzrdqt http://t.co/9hPMQcZEDu

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#blzzrdqt The crowd is building ahead of tonight's Q&A at the Epstein theatre. We'll be getting underway in around 15 mins...

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#blzzrdqt If you've got any late, late, last minute questions for the panel then send them our way and we'll see if we can squeeze them in

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#blzzrdqt Tonight's event will be available in podcast form in the next day or so on http://t.co/aIzw1Xu2Xu

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#blzzrdqt As the queue at the bar dies down, we'll be getting underway in 5/10 minutes.

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#blzzrdqt The lineup tonight, if you needed reminding, is @jonawils @RorySmithTimes and @JamesPiotr, with @perfectpunter as referee

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#blzzrdqt The theatre lights are dimmed, as the panel take the stage...

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#blzzrdqt @perfectpunter introduces the panel, and starts off with an easy question for the audience 'favourite Merseyside football moment'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils quite predictably goes for Sunderland lifting the title at Tranmere

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#blzzrdqt @RorySmithTimes opts against the 4-3's against Newcastle, or Istanbul, but instead the 4-1 win over Man Utd at Old Trafford

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr controversially opts for Dave Beasant's save against John Alridge in the cup final

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#blzzrdqt Talk moves on to the protest, riots and occasional outbreaks of football at the Confederations Cup - @JamesPiotr was there

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr is astounded at the fact that 12 months away from the world cup he's getting tear-gassed and shot with rubber bullets

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr 'Being in the Maracana was one of the highlights of my life'

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#blzzrdqt From a football perspective, the 'searing analysis' on MOTD leaves us to believe that tiki-taka is dead. Is that true?

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'There's definitely been a hiccup in tiki-taka - look at Madrid/Barcelona in the CL, not just Spain'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'People have now seen that Spain are vulnerable; at times Nigeria, and certainly Italy, could have beaten them'

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#blzzrdqt Del Bosque has some qu's to answer - is that the end of Xavi? @RorySmithTimes 'You have to be careful before you write them off'

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#blzzrdqt Saying 'Fred makes others look good is a kind analysis - he just makes himself look bad' @RorySmithTimes

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#blzzrdqt 'It's not a vintage Brazil team by any means - there's 3 really good individuals, but that's it' @RorySmithTimes

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#blzzrdqt Who's the English Neymar? @JamesPiotr suggests Matthew Etherington!

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr 'There's a different demographic in the stands in Brazil compared to on the street - middle class & white at the game'

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#blzzrdqt Question from Twitter 'Most footballers seem like arseholes, but have the panel met any good guys in the game?'

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#blzzrdqt @RorySmithTimes 'Words can't describe how rude Fernando Torres is in the mixed zone'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'There were no Spanish journalists in the Confed Cup in SA, strangely the Spain players sought out the English press'