Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018

SuperTortoise · 11-12-2018 06:17PM

Fieldog wrote: »

Mind the gap....

The gap? More like a chasm.

You'd park a bus sideways in it...
hmmm... speaking of parking buses sideways.

ardinn · 11-12-2018 06:19PM

SuperTortoise wrote: »

The gap? More like a chasm.

You'd park a bus sideways in it...
hmmm... speaking of parking buses sideways.

Sofa Spud · 11-12-2018 06:23PM

Eh, yeah, I'll be sticking with this thread tonight, thanks very much....
Can't wait - haven't been this nervous/anticipatory (is that a word?) before a game for a while. To use the obvious cliche, we need to score early, let the crowd really get going and then cross all bodily extremities - has the making of another great European night under the lights, Olympiacos all over again except it's an Ancelotti Napoli, so it's not gonna be pretty. It does feel like we're getting closer to peaking, Saturday was a big step, so not as nervous as I was last week, but still, it's a big one. In Klopp we trust....

SuperTortoise · 11-12-2018 06:26PM

Anyone else think Milner will start at RB tonight?

facehugger99 · 11-12-2018 06:30PM

SuperTortoise wrote: »

Anyone else think Milner will start at RB tonight?

Doubtful - when is the team being announced anyway?

Sofa Spud · 11-12-2018 06:38PM

facehugger99 wrote: »

Doubtful - when is the team being announced anyway?

Agreed - would think TAA will start after his rest.

Team announcement due at 6.45

Sofa Spud · 11-12-2018 06:44PM

Liverpool make three changes for this evening's game as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane replace Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri from the starting XI deployed at Bournemouth on Saturday.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Subs: Mignolet, Fabinho, Lovren, Keita, Sturridge, Shaqiri, Origi.

So, no real surprises - strong bench, so plenty of options, looks like the ole trusted 4-3-3- c'mon lads!

Agent Coulson · 11-12-2018 06:46PM

Not confident with that midfield I have to say.

ERG89 · 11-12-2018 06:46PM

Sofa Spud wrote:

Liverpool: ......
Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner, .....

-_-

sigh

Harry Palmr · 11-12-2018 06:48PM

Bleugh. Why start with the least inspiring selection?

Osmosis Jones · 11-12-2018 06:50PM

I just... That midfield was proven to be poor last year, it's why Ox was so important to us. I don't understand voluntarily going back to it.

ElTel · 11-12-2018 06:53PM

Andy and Trent better have their crossing boots on! So bloody nervous. C'mon the Pool.

Fromvert · 11-12-2018 06:55PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Bleugh. Why start with the least inspiring selection?

Shaqiri - started the previous three
Keita - started previous two after coming off an injury
Fabinho - is still being slowly brought along, played two of the last three

Not a shock that these three didn't get a start and he went with the guys he's had longer and are more aware of what he wants.

facehugger99 · 11-12-2018 06:59PM

Not at all surprised with that team tbh. Pleanty of game-changing options on the bench.

NukaCola · 11-12-2018 07:00PM

Keita deserved a start IMO....

marklazarcovic · 11-12-2018 07:01PM

5 nill for me nerves

NukaCola · 11-12-2018 07:03PM

I dont expect us to go through tonight, we may have left ourselves with too much to do.

I wouldn't bet against us at all but its a real tricky fixture......on our day we are good enough though, need a fantastic display here.....

ERG89 · 11-12-2018 07:05PM

NukaCola wrote:

Keita deserved a start IMO....

Not just yours. Henderson's armband must be what gets him recalls.
He was absolutely useless in Paris & got sent off in the previous game during the closing stages of a 3-0 win. He should wait until others lose form which they hadn't.

Osmosis Jones · 11-12-2018 07:11PM

Hopefully they play a stormer and we're proven wrong anyway

Negative_G · 11-12-2018 07:11PM

Henderson is an absolute passenger.

Absolutely boggles the mind how he is still getting a game.

He is completely ineffective, count how many times he passes the ball backwards or sideways versus forward.

It seems because he does a lot of running and finger pointing makes him a great player in some people's eyes.

Genuinely don't understand what he offers. The 13/14 season he was great in a more forward role. He has regressed substantially since then and seems to enjoy playing ultra conservatively all the time.

A poor man's michael carrick.

Sofa Spud · 11-12-2018 07:13PM

He's just being a bit cautious and going with a familiar set up that's tried and tested and had some rest recently. They've been a bit meh at times but can also do the business, so yeah, it's a bit nerve wrecking but there's options and get an early one and who knows what will happen...

Osmosis Jones · 11-12-2018 07:13PM

It is pretty crazy that Henderson felt more important to us five years ago then he does now as our captain.

Agent Coulson · 11-12-2018 07:19PM

Henderson is a fine player when used in an attacking role.

He is not and never was a number 6 he just doesn't have it in his game to play that role.

The problem for Henderson is the club always had better players in attacking midfield than him.

Henderson could run all day and was a great water carrier midfielder however we don't need that type of player in either a 433 or 4231 that we play under Klopp.

So yes the armband does play a part I think he maybe a great lad around the training ground and well deserve to be a training ground captain.

However he should not be the on field captain.

redzerdrog · 11-12-2018 07:24PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Henderson is a fine player when used in an attacking role.

He is not and never was a number 6 he just doesn't have it in his game to play that role.

The problem for Henderson is the club always had better players in attacking midfield than him.

Henderson could run all day and was a great water carrier midfielder however we don't need that type of player in either a 433 or 4231 that we play under Klopp.

So yes the armband does play a part I think he maybe a great lad around the training ground and well deserve to be a training ground captain.

However he should not be the on field captain.

Rubbish

ShamoBuc · 11-12-2018 07:25PM

Confident of a win tonight. We have a bench that can change a game for the better if need be. Napoli are a good team, but no more than that.
If we get at them, which we will, there are goals there for us. Our defence should do what they have been doing all season at Anfiled.

ardinn · 11-12-2018 07:31PM

Boylesports have salah at 5/6 to get 2 shots on target - Is that like free money?

murpho999 · 11-12-2018 07:32PM

Serious underestimation of how important Henderson is to the team.

Do people really think Klopp is stupid and/or sentimental and just pick him because he has an armband that Klopp has already said he doesn't really care about.

Sofa Spud · 11-12-2018 07:37PM

ardinn wrote: »

Boylesports have salah at 5/6 to get 2 shots on target - Is that like free money?

Absolutely - bookies are renowned for giving away free money....

To be fair, it does sound like a good bet unless it's only 2 shots on targets, 3 and you get nada...

Osmosis Jones · 11-12-2018 07:40PM

Nothing gets a bookie excited like someone saying "that sounds like free money to me"

ardinn · 11-12-2018 07:43PM

No its 2 or more - Just seems like mad odds - I must check his average SOT stats now!

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