Bordeaux v Liverpool 6 PM THURSDAY Setanta/BT sport

Harry Palmr

Two teams in states of slumber meet in the first group game of the Europa League, a group which also includes Sion and Rubin Kazan.

The squad news is that the following at not in the travelling party

Benteke, Skrtel, Lovren, Milner, Lucas and Clyne

So from that the likely starting 11 will be from

Bodgan, Mignolet, Gomez, Sakho, Moreno, Kolo, Can, Rossiter, Lallana, Firmino, Coutinho, Ings, Ibe, Origi

With the likes of Connor Randall, Cameron Brannagan and Dan Cleary along for the ride.

Bordeaux are themselves weak with a lengthy list of injuries including Mane and Diabaté.

Lovely Bloke

6pm tonight? what?

tomorrow night, same as always for europa games

ike

Thursday night football is back!

brevity

I think it's tomorrow...

Can see this being a big bag of ****...

J Mysterio

Is Dan Cleary Irish?

The_Kew_Tour

J Mysterio wrote: »

Is Dan Cleary Irish?

Yep

MonkeyTennis

This is going to be a massive load of balls isnt it ?

I will still watch it mind you

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5starpool

It'll be a predictably disappointing performance although we might sneak a draw.

Agent Coulson

Liverpool to win by 3 clear goals so I'll go for a 2-5 scoreline.

Francie Barrett

Ugh - rage building. We've only scored 3 time this season and we've decided to leave our top scorer (Benteke with 2 goals) at home. Obviously Brendan doesn't want to damage our chances of winning the league this year, hence the need to rest players :pac:

I almost never oppose us, but Bordeaux to win could be a canny bet. We obviously couldn't give a stuff about this competition.

Milkers

Good to see Rodgers sticking to his tried and tested method for approaching European games.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Looking at the positives, Nervol is left at home with Skrtel so Sakho and Toure will be a big upgrade at least.

And a good few of the rest will rightly see this game as an opportunity to stake a claim for a starting place.

marklazarcovic

im going for 7 all

OwaynOTT

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Ugh - rage building. We've only scored 3 time this season and we've decided to leave our top scorer (Benteke with 2 goals) at home. Obviously Brendan doesn't want to damage our chances of winning the league this year, hence the need to rest players :pac:

I almost never oppose us, but Bordeaux to win could be a canny bet. We obviously couldn't give a stuff about this competition.

Hasn't he been nursing a slight thigh strain though?

Gosh, imagine the uproar if he got injured playing in the Europa league and was out for a few months.

I think Ings will be okay tonight and our replacement forwards will be fine.

Magico Gonzalez

I will be interested to see if we can break the mould and not play 4 bloody 3 fcking 3 for a night...especially when the front 3 is really one isolated striker and two midfielders playing miles back.

Agent Coulson

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/644537424106926080

Magico Gonzalez

Agent Coulson wrote: »

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/644537424106926080

4-2-3-1 ?

Origi up on his own...Can and Rossiter in front of the defence, coutinho, lala and Ibe in a 3 behind the striker.

One striker anyway whatever about the rest.

Osmosis Jones

We've been awful so I welcome a changed line-up, hopefully Lallana is central.

retalivity

Jaysus....not lookigh forward to this

Agent Coulson

Bench: Bogdan, Firmino, Ings, Brannagan, Randall, Cleary, Chirivella

Magico Gonzalez

I'd like to see the end of this one up isolated striker business...

Mint Sauce

I thought TV3 had Irish Rights to EL games.

Iused2likebusts

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

I'd like to see the end of this one up isolated striker business...

A natural winger in ibe and a left footer in moreno should improve things offensively for this set up. Would've prefer 2 up top myself.

TrueIt

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I thought TV3 had Irish Rights to EL games.

Damn BT

Francie Barrett

Hard to see where the goals are going to come from.

daRobot

This Bordeaux side drew 2-2 with PSG at the weekend. This game is not being taken seriously at all.

And another incident of him isolating a striker with one up front.

marklazarcovic

id have played bogdan too,nice stadium

citytillidie

very imaginative name for the ground, the new Bordeaux stadium

JohnDaniels

daRobot wrote: »

This Bordeaux side drew 2-2 with PSG at the weekend. This game is not being taken seriously at all.

And another incident of him isolating a striker with one up front.

Keeper made horrendous mistakes gifting Bordeaux goals in that game against PSG. They aren't a good side and we should be beating them comfortably.

marklazarcovic

henri saivet !!! fm legend

livinginkorea

Great to see Sakho in the team again. About time.

Osmosis Jones

Hopefully Sakho shows why he should be a mainstay.

marklazarcovic

bt say stadiums sold out..errrr ya,right

Osmosis Jones

Can't help but think this line-up, with two proper wing players, would really benefit Benteke.

SlickRic

yup.

he doesn't know what he's doing.

Muahahaha

any channel showing highlights of this later? Setanta Ireland have Ajax v Celtic on and I dont have BT Sport

monkey9

As the camera went up along the Liverpool team, I was looking at the players thinking 'that does not look like a Liverpool team.' It just looks average. No Gerrard, no Carragher, no Hyppia. Just averageness.

citytillidie

marklazarcovic wrote: »

bt say stadiums sold out..errrr ya,right

When are clubs going to learn not to have cooperate seat at the TV side but then maybe they don't want to lose those seats to get the TV cameras in

citytillidie

Muahahaha wrote: »

any channel showing highlights of this later? Setanta Ireland have Ajax v Celtic on and I dont have BT Sport

Setanta Ireland at 10:15

Magico Gonzalez

Got to hit the target there Coutinho.

Does look like they are playing 3 at the back with wing backs and 2 holding players.

Turtyturd

Best player in the league should have passed it.

marklazarcovic

phillipe almost scores from outside the area ,playin half decent so far

Barely There

Love a Toure rampage.

mosstin

Liking the look of Rossiter. Has that air of spikiness about him so badly needed in the team.

Osmosis Jones

Rossiter has a lot to learn and he needs to bulk up but I'd much rather see him in the team than Allen.

livinginkorea

Mig was too slow off his line there

mosstin

One pass taking out our whole defence.

Harry Palmr

Half empty stadium is a surprise although 6 PM start doesn't help.

BT don't seem to that interested on actual commentary

Osmosis Jones

That's such a cheap yellow card, the striker was never getting on to the ball there.

Harry Palmr

Muahahaha wrote: »

any channel showing highlights of this later? Setanta Ireland have Ajax v Celtic on and I dont have BT Sport

ITV are showing highlights from 10.45/11.45, dunno what the boggers of UTV are doing though.