Blackburn V Liverpool 8/04/15 19:45 BT sports

Charlie19

Liverpool and Blackburn played out a 0-0 draw at Anfield which rewarded Blackburn with a well earned replay on their own patch.

Liverpool will be without suspended Gerrard, Skrtel and Emre Can.

Liverpool has already came through a tough replay in the FA Cup so far, a fourth round replay against Bolton Wanderers. Liverpool won 2-1 that night, but needed to come back after an Eidur Gudjohnsen penalty gave Bolton the lead.

Blackburn Rovers upset Stoke City 4-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup to earn their tie with Liverpool. They have also beaten Swansea City and look to join Aston Villa, Arsenal, and Reading in the FA Cup semi-finals.

All my lucky charms will be out for this one, I'd say it will be a very difficult game, hopefully Liverpool can make it through.

Saipanne

MON THE BURN!

eagle eye

Ha, a picture of Jordan Rhodes in the op. He has only one sub appearance for us in the FA Cup.:D

Anyways I really am not expecting anything from this game. Liverpool getting thumped by Arsenal is probably the worst thing that could have happened before this game for Rovers.

I'd be over the moon if we pulled off the upset in this one.

5starpool

That Fellaini type player up front will cause us huge problems. Liverpool should win, but I don't expect it to be anything straightforward at all.

Harry Palmr

I'll be watching this behind the metaphorical sofa.

No Can, Skrtel, Gerrard. Ibe is cup tied even if he were fit. Hard work and only one goal it in just don't ask me for who

Caovyn Lineah

I am expecting a resounding Liverpool victory similar to some of last seasons results mainly down to the fact that I think Rodgers is going to drop the 3 at the back and revert to the diamond.

eagle eye

5starpool wrote: »

That Fellaini type player up front will cause us huge problems. Liverpool should win, but I don't expect it to be anything straightforward at all.

The name is Rudy Gestede, future EPL player imo. I'm not saying he will be there with Blackburn but he will be there.

Charlie19

eagle eye wrote: »

Ha, a picture of Jordan Rhodes in the op. He has only one sub appearance for us in the FA Cup.:D

I always thought it was a rose;)



Original pic was far too big.

Charlie19

eagle eye wrote: »

The name is Rudy Gestede, future EPL player imo. I'm not saying he will be there with Blackburn but he will be there.

Wasn't he already a PL player with Cardif?

brevity

Penalties and a bad day to give up crystal meth.

Mickeroo

Straight forward win for Liverpool I think.

Oranage2

Easy Liverpool win.

bad2dabone

Liverpool will progress here.

Macavity.

Scrappy 1 goal win for Liverpool.

OwaynOTT

I've to be up early tomorrow,mis there anything to be said for going straight to the penalties?

Knex*

Mickeroo wrote: »

Straight forward win for Liverpool I think.

Oranage2 wrote: »

Easy Liverpool win.

bad2dabone wrote: »

Liverpool will progress here.

MonkeyTennis

This is going to be a horrible game

Penalties to infinity

ctrl-alt-delete

Blackburn's chances will depend on who is passed fit to play.

Many of the FA Cup run team are injured or face late fitness tests.

If Gestede can prove his fitness it will be a massive boost.

Mr.H

Have a fresh bottle of teachers and a bag of ice prep-ping for the game

It has a tough scrappy game written all over it but I think with the performances (even more so than results) against United and Arsenal, I think that Liverpool will come out of the blocks quickly to try to get some bit of humility back. If they lose tonight I can see a couple of players that will be looking at the door in a couple of months. Hendo and Sterling need to prove why they deserve new contracts let alone why they deserve pay increases. Tonight I feel some players such as Lovren and Mario (if fit) will be playing for their Anfield futures.

Cartman78

Knex. wrote: »

Not at all worried about this game to be honest - good chance to rest Can,Skrtel and Gerrard anyway - we could even play with 10 men from the start and still comfortably stroll through 3 or 4 nil.

We have a massive game against Newcastle coming up so might also be a good opportunity to give the young lads some game time and a taste of the rough and tumble of the lower leagues.

We can throw on Lambert and Borini to close the game out if things look anyway hairy near the end

Mr.H

Cartman78 wrote: »

Not at all worried about this game to be honest - good chance to rest Can,Skrtel and Gerrard anyway - we could even play with 10 men from the start and still comfortably stroll through 3 or 4 nil.

We have a massive game against Newcastle coming up so might also be a good opportunity to give the young lads some game time and a taste of the rough and tumble of the lower leagues. We can throw no Lambert and Borini to close the game out if things look anyway hairy near the end

New here so not sure if serious..................:o

But if you are I admire your optimism. I dont think it will be as easy as that but in saying that we did go on a 13 game unbeaten streak and a 16 game unbeaten streak last season so we actually can put good runs together. We might not be scoring a lot but we do have a decent side.

Realistically Gerrard is no real loss as our recent streak was mostly without him. Can and Skrtel are big losses but if we can get through tonight and the weekend we have them back for the last 6 or 7 games which gives us a chance to go on a good run before the Chelsea game.

Its easy to say we wont get a top 4 and e likely wont, But If United and Arsenal can say they are in a title fight its ridiculous if we concede the top 4 fight already

Harry Palmr

I think this would be a good game to go two up top, the pitch is by all accounts terrible so a passing game from front to back might be asking for trouble. Just get the ball up top and hold on to it

Manquillo--Lovren--Sakho--Johnson (yes)

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Lucas

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Hendo

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Coutinho

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Sterling

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Sturridge--Other

I'd actually like the Other to be Lambert as I feel this is his sort of level, scrapping in the opposition defensive third laying the ball off to Hendo/Sterling/Sturridge

citytillidie

Can't see why people are saying its going to be an easy game, if it was the Liverpool would have won at home and not gone to a replay.

5starpool

citytillidie wrote: »

Can't see why people are saying its going to be an easy game, if it was the Liverpool would have won at home and not gone to a replay.

I don't think any Liverpool fan is anyhow, unless in a very unlikely set of events Cartman78 is being serious, but it doesn't seem that way to me.

Cartman78

5starpool wrote: »

I don't think any Liverpool fan is anyhow, unless in a very unlikely set of events Cartman78 is being serious, but it doesn't seem that way to me.

To clarify, I was being 10000% not serious.

This game has disaster written all over it - the season, the LFC thread and perhaps the entire planet are likely to go into complete meltdown if we fail to progress.

Need big performances from Coutinho and Sterling especially, if we get dragged into a scrappy long-ball arm-wrestle type affair it will all go t1ts up fairly lively

citytillidie

5starpool wrote: »

I don't think any Liverpool fan is anyhow, unless in a very unlikely set of events Cartman78 is being serious, but it doesn't seem that way to me.

I am just annoyed that can't book anything yet for a semi final trip. Hoping my 2 home tie tickets will be enough to get a semi final ticket

citytillidie

citytillidie wrote: »

I am just annoyed that can't book anything yet for a semi final trip. Hoping my 2 home tie tickets will be enough to get a semi final ticket

Regardless of result it's disgracefully close to the semi finals for fans.

Ridiculous that it couldn't be played sooner

Sgt Pepper 64

Dont let this slip lads

Harry Palmr

Wow, there is an empty stage just waiting to be graced by you!

5starpool

citytillidie wrote: »

I am just annoyed that can't book anything yet for a semi final trip. Hoping my 2 home tie tickets will be enough to get a semi final ticket

Ah you'll be fine.

Blackburn won't sell out their allocation.

marklazarcovic

you would have to fancy blackburn all things considered

Shanotheslayer

marklazarcovic wrote: »

you would have to fancy blackburn all things considered

Hardly. Close game I reckon. 1-1 or 1-2 Pool.

Dickerty

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I think this would be a good game to go two up top, the pitch is by all accounts terrible so a passing game from front to back might be asking for trouble. Just get the ball up top and hold on to it

Manquillo--Lovren--Sakho--Johnson (yes)

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Lucas

---

Hendo

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Coutinho

---

Sterling

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Sturridge--Other

I'd actually like the Other to be Lambert as I feel this is his sort of level, scrapping in the opposition defensive third laying the ball off to Hendo/Sterling/Sturridge

I don't think he'll change to a back 4 just because of players being unavailable, so it'll be Lovren-Toure-Sakho (are they all available?).
Will be interesting to see our FBs though.
I think we'll see Allen instead of Other though, hoping he can disrupt their midfield so they don't put us on the back-foot too much.

2-1 Pool in extra time.

Will I Amnt

Mr.H wrote: »

If United and Arsenal can say they are in a title fight its ridiculous if we concede the top 4 fight already

Who is saying this? Any rational United or Arsenal fan doesn't believe they are in a title fight.

Liverpool getting top 4 is far more likely than either of those teams winning the league.

Iused2likebusts

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Who is saying this? Any rational United or Arsenal fan doesn't believe they are in a title fight.

Liverpool getting top 4 is far more likely than either of those teams winning the league.

Van gaal is saying it .It's very unlikely as is liverpool getting top 4 but you never know. Due to the amount of fixtures between all the teams in contention it's a bit more likely than people imagine.

Will I Amnt

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Van gaal is saying it .It's very unlikely as is liverpool getting top 4 but you never know. Due to the amount of fixtures between all the teams in contention it's a bit more likely than people imagine.

Lip service. He'll keep saying it until it's mathematically impossible.
Liverpool are definitely not out of it if they can recover from the recent blows and that stuff about calling out players and losing some heads in the dressing room is just paper talk.

Iused2likebusts

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Lip service. He'll keep saying it until it's mathematically impossible.
Liverpool are definitely not out of it if they can recover from the recent blows and that stuff about calling out players and losing some heads in the dressing room is just paper talk.

The next 3 weeks will make things a lot more definitive. 3 big games utd city, chelsea utd and arsenal Chelsea. It's possible chelsea could drop 7 pts in their next 3 the thing is can utd or Arsenal win 3 to put the pressure on. It's also possible utd could drop 5 pts in the next 2 again can liverpool or spurs win their games to put pressure on. I think things will remain as they are but you never know.

Harry Palmr

Team in

my formation guess

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Mig,
Johnson, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno,

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Lucas

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Hendo-Allen

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Coutinho,

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Sterling, Sturridge

Jones, Toure, Manquillo, Brannagan, Markovic, Borini, Lambert

Knex*

Was wondering if we'd revert back to a back 4 for the rest of the season.

Sterling just seemed wasted on the pitch when Sturridge was up top, tbh.

Caovyn Lineah

As expected, he's reverting back to the diamond so I'll go with my prediction from the first page of this thread. A very comfortable victory.

Iused2likebusts

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Team in

my formation guess

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Mig,
Johnson, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno,

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Lucas

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Hendo-Allen

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Coutinho,

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Sterling, Sturridge

Jones, Toure, Manquillo, Brannagan, Markovic, Borini, Lambert

Very happy with that team and formation from the players avaliable.

Harry Palmr

Rovers

@OneRovers: ROVERS: Eastwood, Henley, Baptiste, Kilgallon ©, Olsson, Conway, Williamson, Evans, Marshall, Cairney, Rhodes.

@OneRovers: Subs: Steele, Spurr, Songo'o, Nyambe, Lenihan, Mahoney, Gestede.

Interesting that Rhodes is starting and not Gestede.

eagle eye

I like the Rovers team, we are undoubtedly setting up to counter down the wings. It's about the only way we have any chance in this one.

bad2dabone

Knex. wrote: »

Was wondering if we'd revert back to a back 4 for the rest of the season.

Sterling just seemed wasted on the pitch when Sturridge was up top, tbh.

Absolutely agree with you there.

mikeym

Liverpool to win on Penalties.

Osmosis Jones

Rodgers hinting it won't be a 4 at the back, great

Harry Palmr

The graphic on USA telly shows Hendo as wing back

The state of Warren Barton!

Osmosis Jones

Robbie Savage having a moan about Balotelli even when he's not in the squad, never shuts up about him

super_furry

Balotelli with the sniffles again.

MonkeyTennis

Balotelli with a dose of the 'can f*ck offs'