Liverpool v Udinese Europa League ITV4/Setanta Sports1 8 pm

mike65

Note - this game is not on 3e (Spurs) or Setanta Ireland (Newcastle)

Anfield is the venue for Liverpools first home game in the group stage of the EL having beaten Young Boys in a pretty exciting open game last time out. Liverpool are now 3 wins from their last 4 in all competition as the Brendan Rodgers era starts to take some tangible shape.

Once again its likely that the starting 11 shall feature a fair sprinkling of the young players who have generally impressed when given their chance to shine.

Udinese are a team who are struggling this season so far, another summer of sales has hit them harder than normal this time with just one win in all competitions this season and goals are at a premium.

The "bib theory" as seen in training ground photos suggests the following squad for tonight.

Jones, Johnson, Carragher, Coates, Robinson, Allen, Henderson, Shelvey, Downing, Assaidi, Borini, Reina, Skrtel, Enrique, Sahin, Gerrard, Cole, Suarez

Francie Barrett

Udinese will be well up for this match and I can't see it being easy for us, especially if we're going to be playing an understrength team. I reckon it will be pretty tight with both teams happy enough to take a point.

1-1.

Turtyturd

mike65 wrote: »

Note - this game is not on 3e (Spurs) or Setanta Ireland (Newcastle)

Anfield is the venue for Liverpools first home game in the group stage of the EL having beaten Young Boys in a pretty exciting open game last time out. Liverpool are now 3 wins from their last 4 in all competition as the Brendan Rodgers era starts to take some tangible shape.

Once again its likely that the starting 11 shall feature a fair sprinkling of the young players who have generally impressed when given their chance to shine.

Udinese are a team who are struggling this season so far, another summer of sales has hit them harder than normal this time with just one win in all competitions this season and goals are at a premium.

The "bib theory" as seen in training ground photos suggests the following squad for tonight.

Jones, Johnson, Carragher, Coates, Robinson, Allen, Henderson, Shelvey, Downing, Assaidi, Borini, Reina, Skrtel, Enrique, Sahin, Gerrard, Cole, Suarez

Was there any other ground in contention for the home games? :pac:

3-0 Udinese.

billymitchell

Fcuk all kids in that squad. What gives??

Also, "Anfield is the venue for Liverpools first home game" :eek:



:pac:

kfallon

Don't ITV usually not show any UEFA Cup games on UPC? The screen is usually black and it says, "Programme Not Available in ROI" :mad:

ollie1

Suso might be playing tonight.


‎@suso30fernandez: Resting now.Important game tonight. Hope we can give u a win 2night. Have a nice day..

Morzadec

I think the inclusion of Allen in midfield and home advantage should help us to control the game, and dominate possession. Looking at Udinese's stats this year, they are not a team that has been keeping the ball a lot, so I would expect us to have the lion's share of possession.

Can we turn this into goals and a win?

A lot will depend on Fabio Borini imo, who will finally get a chance through the middle. He's impressed me with his movement, but has been mediocre in other aspects of his game. I do expect him to get chances tonight though, and if he is successful at putting one away it could be enough to win the game. Suarez will likely be on the bench to change the game in the 2nd half if necessary.

I don't know an awful lot about Udinese but it seems they are likely to field a full strength team. Their form has been pretty indifferent in Serie A so far. They have Di Natale who we all know is a deadly finisher, so Coates and Carragher will have to be on his toes and watch for his runs in behind. Individual errors have been the number 1 cause of goals conceded this year, so it goes without saying that the defence need to cut these out.

There is a feel good atmosphere in Liverpool at the moment. Confidence is high and with home advantage and probable possession dominance it should be enough to win the game, even with most of the first teamers out.

I'll go for 3-1 Liverpool.

tricky D

kfallon wrote: »

Don't ITV usually not show any UEFA Cup games on UPC? The screen is usually black and it says, "Programme Not Available in ROI" :mad:

Fwiw/fyi... It is on Setanta Sports 1 also.

5starpool

Never mind all the warm up European games over the last 2 nights, the big games have finally arrived.

Super-Rush

Hold on a fcuking second.


Where are the crests?

billymitchell

Super-Rush wrote: »

Hold on a fcuking second.


Where are the crests?

Crests are so 2011

Super-Rush

billymitchell wrote: »

Crests are so 2011

I was into crests before crests became crests.

5starpool

Super-Rush wrote: »

Hold on a fcuking second.


Where are the crests?

billymitchell

Super-Rush wrote: »

I was into crests before crests became crests.

Maybe so is Mike, thats why there are no crests!!

Been really buzzed about the last few Liverpool games, I finally think the squad are adapting to BR's style of play, and hopefully a few goals and a victory tonight will help the team grow in confidence and push on in the league.

retalivity

Shelvey to nut someone in the 7th minute, Liverpool to win 3-2 with a Jamie Carragher hat-trick at one end and 2ogs at the other.

Its on.

Dickerty

retalivity wrote: »

Shelvey to nut someone in the 7th minute, Liverpool to win 3-2 with a Jamie Carragher hat-trick at one end and 2ogs at the other.

Its on.

Super-Rush

4-0 to us.

The Italian teams don't take the EL that seriously.

klose

Super-Rush wrote: »

billymitchell wrote: »

Crests are so 2011

I was into crests before crests became crests.

You hipster :pac:

Sappy404

Super-Rush wrote: »

4-0 to us.

The Italian teams don't take the EL that seriously.

They've traveled with a strong squad though.

Dickerty

Sappy404 wrote: »

They've traveled with a strong squad though.

Maybe they don't have the squad depth that we have! With such poor form, they can't really afford to get spanked by our second team. Morale might never recover.

Melion

Where's Sterling??

Super-Rush

Sappy404 wrote: »

They've traveled with a strong squad though.

Look at the teams when we beat Napoli 3-1 at home and drew 0-0 against away when Hodgson was in charge.

Reina,Konchesky,Carragher,Johnson,Jovanović,Poulsen,Spearing,Meireles, Shelvey, Ngog.


De Sanctis, Aronica, Cannavaro, Campagnaro, Pazienza, Dossena, Gargano, Hamšik, Maggio, Cavani,Lavezzi

Then look at the Napoli team that Man City scraped a draw against in the Champions League last season at home and lost to in Naples.

De Sanctis, Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica, Maggio, Inler, Gargano, Zuniga, Hamsik (Santana 89mins), Lavezzi (Dzemaili 57mins), Cavani (Pandev 83mins)

They are almost identical. If you look through the gambling forum you will see that Italian teams are almost always a massive risk to bet on in the EL and are usually avoided.

5starpool

Super-Rush wrote: »

Look at the teams when we beat Napoli 3-1 at home and drew 0-0 against away when Hodgson was in charge.

Reina,Konchesky,Carragher,Johnson,Jovanović,Poulsen,Spearing,Meireles, Shelvey, Ngog.


De Sanctis, Aronica, Cannavaro, Campagnaro, Pazienza, Dossena, Gargano, Hamšik, Maggio, Cavani,Lavezzi

Then look at the Napoli team that Man City scraped a draw against in the Champions League last season at home and lost to in Naples.

De Sanctis, Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica, Maggio, Inler, Gargano, Zuniga, Hamsik (Santana 89mins), Lavezzi (Dzemaili 57mins), Cavani (Pandev 83mins)

They are almost identical. If you look through the gambling forum you will see that Italian teams are almost always a massive risk to bet on in the EL and are usually avoided.

And English teams usually take the EL so seriously as well...

Super-Rush

5starpool wrote: »

And English teams usually take the EL so seriously as well...

That wasn't the question though was it?

Dickerty

And I think they should. You could argue that we aren't really, playing a B team, but so far that's been good enough. But if we get to the latter stages, there are a lot of good teams going to drop in from the CL, some very tasty potential ties that would make for some great Thursday evenings at Anfield...

5starpool

Super-Rush wrote: »

That wasn't the question though was it?

No, but has to be taken into account when assessing the likelyhood of a home win. Once the teams are announced for sure we can pass better judgement, but it will likely be a young Liverpool team again with only perhaps 3 first team regs (Johnson, Borini, Allen).

griffdaddy

They should stick the winner of the EL into the next season's CL, just to spice things up.

Super-Rush

5starpool wrote: »

No, but has to be taken into account when assessing the likelyhood of a home win. Once the teams are announced for sure we can pass better judgement, but it will likely be a young Liverpool team again with only perhaps 3 first team regs (Johnson, Borini, Allen).

A second string team with something to prove and places in the first team to fight for versus a full strength team who are there for the occasion.

My money will be on Liverpool.

5starpool

Super-Rush wrote: »

A second string team with something to prove and places in the first team to fight for versus a full strength team who are there for the occasion.

My money will be on Liverpool.

For the occasion? They are not some team from Serie C. We could well win and are rightly favourites, but using Napoli against us and City as an example/proof of anything is ridiculous.

Handsome Bob

Setanta Sports 1!? The local doesn't have that. :mad:

And yes, it is a ****ty local.

5starpool

S. De Sousa wrote: »

Setanta Sports 1!? The local doesn't have that. :mad:

And yes, it is a ****ty local.

Does the local have a sky box? If so they can get ITV4. Go armed with the tuning info for other channels and you are sorted if they are willing to put it on.

retalivity

Ive shown my local how to hook up internet streams to the tv.
Problem solved

markie29

watching the Anzhi vs Young Boys game and Anzhi while being the better team so far have not had many shots on target.

Fizman

Just turned HT in Anzhi v Young Boys, 0-0.

ollie1

ITV4 is blank on UPC for the Spurs match so will probably be the same for the Liverpool match

Sir Gallagher

ollie1 wrote: »

ITV4 is blank on UPC for the Spurs match so will probably be the same for the Liverpool match

Those pesky Brits up to their old tricks again!!

retalivity

any team news yet?
Shelvey on twitter seems to indicate that he'll be playing

Leiva

Fizman wrote: »

Just got turned on by a group of Young Boys, :-0.

fyp


and yes i am immature

5starpool

retalivity wrote: »

any team news yet?
Shelvey on twitter seems to indicate that he'll be playing

Official team news in about half an hour. I'd imagine it will be the team posted earlier though.

ollie1

Reina, Johnson, Coates, Carragher, Robinson, Assaidi, Henderson, Allen, Shelvey, Downing, Borini.

LFC subs: Jones, Suarez, Gerrard, Sahin, Sterling, Skrtel, Wisdom.

klose

Anzi beat young boys 2-0, brace from eto'o

markie29

ollie1 wrote: »

Reina, Johnson, Coates, Carragher, Robinson, Assaidi, Henderson, Allen, Shelvey, Downing, Borini.

LFC subs: Jones, Suarez, Gerrard, Sahin, Sterling, Skrtel, Wisdom.

strongest bench i have seen for a long long time!...thats a good starting lineup too.
looking forward to tonights game

Leiva

we will go behind but pull in back 2nd half.

2-1

Super-Rush

Fcuking Downing again.

retalivity

and no Joke Hole!!

Sir Gallagher

Suso? Thought he was in the squad?

mike65

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Coates, Carragher, Robinson, Assaidi, Henderson, Allen, Shelvey, Downing, Borini.

Subs: Jones, Suarez, Gerrard, Sahin, Sterling, Skrtel, Wisdom.

Udinese : Brkić, Danilo, Faraoni, Domizzi, Benatia, Pasquale, Armero, Badu, Pereyra, Pinzi, Di Natale

K-9

Very much the first teamers on the bench, good!

djPSB

K-9 wrote: »

Very much the first teamers on the bench, good!

It would be no harm to put Allen and Johnson there either.

Jesus Wept

Go.on.my.sons

5starpool

Andy Carroll wrote: »

Go.on.my.sons

Supporting us again tonight since West Ham have the night off, or are you a Udinese fan too?