Liverpool v Man Utd. Sunday Sept 1st KO@ 13:30.

Blatter

Would still have Rio ahead of Agger.

Oranage2

GavRedKing wrote: »

Liverpool and Utd dont play a 4-4-2.

And there is more Utd players in there if you'be being unbiased.

GK - 50/50
RB - Rafael
CB - Vidic
CB - Agger
LB - Evra

RM - Nani
CM - Gerrard
CM - Carrick
CAM - Rooney
LM - Couthino

CF - RVP

That's how I'd see a 4-2-3-1 line up anyway.

I just picked a formation that I thought would be the strongest mostly built around the two best players - rvp and Suarez

if I was to settle on a formation

......keeper
Johnson..vidic..agger,evra
....Lucas
gerrard..carrick
Rooney..rvp..suarez

on paper the best line up but on form coutinho would easily replace Rooney.


Looking at both our teams there are very few differences.

Hulk Hands

Here we go again. The inclusion of Joe Allen ahead of Carrick and the passionate defence of it was the best one last season. I'm sure it can be beaten this year though

PhlegmyMoses

Blatter wrote: »

Would still have Rio ahead of Agger.

All day. Possibly my own personal choice add the best CB I've seen for United, provided you don't have a similar player beside him.

Fromvert

*Liverpool fan

Come on, the only two Liverpool players that could realistically get in to the United team are Gerrard and Suarez.
United's players always seem to get under rated by non United fans. Every year they have a 'weak squad' etc. They walked the league last year for **** sake.

De Gea
Rafael ---Rio---Vidic---Evra
---Carrick----Gerrard---

---

Kagawa

---

Rooney---Van Persie---Suarez

United to win 1-2

aramush

Fromvert wrote: »

*Liverpool fan

Come on, the only two Liverpool players that could realistically get in to the United team are Gerrard and Suarez.
United's players always seem to get under rated by non United fans. Every year they have a 'weak squad' etc. They walked the league last year for **** sake.

De Gea
Rafael ---Rio---Vidic---Evra
---Carrick----Gerrard---

---

Kagawa

---

Rooney---Van Persie---Suarez

United to win 1-2

How you have (going on current form) Kagawa ahead of Coutinho, Rooney ahead of Sturridge and even De Gea ahead of Mignolet is laughable.

Fromvert

aramush wrote: »

How you have (going on current form) Kagawa ahead of Coutinho, Rooney ahead of Sturridge and even De Gea ahead of Mignolet is laughable.

Easy. De Gea, Rooney and Kagawa are better players than Mignolet, Sturridge and Coutinho.

PhlegmyMoses

aramush wrote: »

How you have (going on current form) Kagawa ahead of Coutinho, Rooney ahead of Sturridge and even De Gea ahead of Mignolet is laughable.

Wouldn't have Kagawa over Countinho but Rooney is a better player than Sturridge and De Gea is beget than Mignolet for me, though the last can be argued either way.

Oranage2

Fromvert wrote: »

*Liverpool fan

Come on, the only two Liverpool players that could realistically get in to the United team are Gerrard and Suarez.
United's players always seem to get under rated by non United fans. Every year they have a 'weak squad' etc. They walked the league last year for **** sake.

De Gea
Rafael ---Rio---Vidic---Evra
---Carrick----Gerrard---

---

Kagawa

---

Rooney---Van Persie---Suarez

United to win 1-2

Kagawa

He doesn't even make the united squad

Unearthly

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

yes, five or six players from last years 7th placed team would get into the Champions starting eleven.

Awesome.

It's an improvement from summer 2007 when it was 10 Liverpool players and Gabriel Heinze

Fromvert

Oranage2 wrote: »

Kagawa

He doesn't even make the united squad

I think a lot of people are baffled by that. I rate Kagawa higher right now
Coutinho has six months of good/great form. In time he could change my mind.

8-10

Johnson, Gerrard and Suarez are the only Liverpool players who would get into a United match day squad, sorry.

Rayne Wooney

Rafael on form is better than Johnson on form.

8-10

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Rafael on form is better than Johnson on form.

I said match day squad, for me it's a toss up who'd start

Blatter

Johnson's been fairly poor since Christmas.

FatherTed

This comparing of players and coming up with best XI's only seems to happen in here every time there's a game between Liverpool and Man Utd. But it doesn't happen in other games. Why is that?

8-10

FatherTed wrote: »

This comparing of players and coming up with best XI's only seems to happen in here every time there's a game between Liverpool and Man Utd. But it doesn't happen in other games. Why is that?

Wouldn't mind trying it for the Super Cup tonight now that you mention it, want to suggest it in there? 2 excellent squads

MD1990

Fromvert wrote: »

Easy. De Gea, Rooney and Kagawa are better players than Mignolet, Sturridge and Coutinho.

Sturridge is better than the 12/13 Rooney imo

T-K-O

My Da would batter your Da

RasTa

I think I've wet myself from laughing so much. Nice to see the delusion is still strong, long may it continue

mike65

Kerrigooney

FatherTed wrote: »

This comparing of players and coming up with best XI's only seems to happen in here every time there's a game between Liverpool and Man Utd. But it doesn't happen in other games. Why is that?

Because Liverpool fans(I'm one btw) and Man Utd fans are idiots.

Fromvert

FatherTed wrote: »

This comparing of players and coming up with best XI's only seems to happen in here every time there's a game between Liverpool and Man Utd. But it doesn't happen in other games. Why is that?

Because somehow some Liverpool fans:

- Can't say United have great/better players
- Have a high opinion of Liverpool players even though we've finished 7th, 8th, 6th

Surely with all of these great players we should be in the top four?

And throw in the baiting from both fans when these games come around.

Fromvert

MD1990 wrote: »

Sturridge is better than the 12/13 Rooney imo

I can see why/how it could be argued with his great form since January but Rooney for me is the better player.

Rayne Wooney

FatherTed wrote: »

This comparing of players and coming up with best XI's only seems to happen in here every time there's a game between Liverpool and Man Utd. But it doesn't happen in other games. Why is that?

It probably stems from the comical comparison thread in which a lot of the pool supporters had a majority of Liverpool players in the team and only a few from United.

Even though we've won 5 of the last 6 league titles.

redzerdrog

Interesting that liverpool are actually favourites for the match

RasTa

redzerdrog wrote: »

Interesting that liverpool are actually favourites for the match

Very. Is this all Asian money?

Hulk Hands

redzerdrog wrote: »

Interesting that liverpool are actually favourites for the match

Down to home advantage. Two teams of equal ability, home team is generally 11/10 in marginated prices. So the 13/8 Liverpool looks fair enough. Big difference from the last meeting at OT where you could get United at a ridiculous 21/20 prematch

5starpool

Great that the comparisons were started by an Arsenal fan, yet the LFC fans are being branded as delusional. Great. I'm glad I'll miss this thread on Sunday.

RasTa

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Down to home advantage. Two teams of equal ability, home team is generally 11/10 in marginated prices. So the 13/8 Liverpool looks fair enough. Big difference from the last meeting at OT where you could get United at a ridiculous 21/20 prematch

Usually win by a goal however have lost once in previous 7 league meetings. Has to be down to a load of cash on Liverpool.

Will I Amnt

5starpool wrote: »

Great that the comparisons were started by an Arsenal fan, yet the LFC fans are being branded as delusional. Great. I'm glad I'll miss this thread on Sunday.

How many Arsenal players would get into this combined United/Liverpool team? :pac:

Grayditch

redzerdrog wrote: »

Interesting that liverpool are actually favourites for the match

The bookmakers are delusional.

Delusion. Deluded. Diddley dum dum, diddley do.

Those best 11 are great. No better exercise to get people insulting each other over players they're naturally biased over.

Hulk Hands

RasTa wrote: »

Usually win by a goal however haven't lost in previous 7 league meetings. Has to be down to a load of cash on Liverpool.

It's not, the line is saying United are a fair bit better and the line is settled. A pre game move like the inexplicable one prior to the last meeting would indicate lots of cash

Chancer3001

IMO most of the United bench (the usuals) would start for Liverpool

RasTa

5starpool wrote: »

Great that the comparisons were started by an Arsenal fan, yet the LFC fans are being branded as delusional. Great. I'm glad I'll miss this thread on Sunday.

He is a pool fan

RasTa

Hulk Hands wrote: »

It's not, the line is saying United are a fair bit better and the line is settled. A pre game move like the inexplicable one prior to the last meeting would indicate lots of cash

It has moved, united where slight favs a couple of days ago irc

Turtyturd

Will I Amnt wrote: »

How many Arsenal players would get into this combined United/Liverpool team? :pac:

Actual Arsenal players...or ones they were definitely signing?

CastingCouch

Funny how the post that started all this off was saying how it was a surprise that there was no fantasy line ups yet. Then an Arsenal fan comes in and sets it all off. He got what he wanted anyways.

RasTa

Aramush is a Liverpool fan no? He is in fantasy land

5starpool

RasTa wrote: »

He is a pool fan

Oranage started it did he not? He is anything but a Liverpool fan.

Why do you care anyhow? If a Cardiff City fan did a mashup of Cardiff/Liverpool and had only 3 Liverpool players I don't think I could muster enough energy to care.

RasTa

aramush wrote: »

United are weak, 3rd if not the 4th best squad in the league now (but still stronger than Liverpool's). I still fancy the Reds to take them though.

aramush wrote: »

When we look at the squads on paper for this season, United are 3rd if not 4th best. Best starting 11 is 3rd/4th best also. There is no more AF in the dugout and to my mind, won't come close to the league title unless they add some quality before Monday.

aramush wrote: »

How you have (going on current form) Kagawa ahead of Coutinho, Rooney ahead of Sturridge and even De Gea ahead of Mignolet is laughable.

I don't care, just calling above delusional

smileyj1987

5starpool wrote: »

Oranage started it did he not? He is anything but a Liverpool fan.

He did start it all and he is an Arsenal fan . So lets all just breathe and stop the bickering of who is better then who .

Oranage2

FFS guys, you can all put down the pitch forks and torches, I posted a fantasy team I thought the two clubs would make. Hardly a need for a lynching.

I believe a Chelsea fan also put up a team, maybe bring two ropes-

"he started it" like a play school in here sometimes

Grayditch

Just out of interest, Ornange, who'd be in your Arsenal/United hybrid megazord squad?

RVP, for a start, am I right?

Oranage2

Grayditch wrote: »

Just out of interest, Ornange, who'd be in your Arsenal/United hybrid megazord squad?

RVP, for a start, am I right?

Well I do love comparison teams :P

It would be tough to pick a formation and style

But players that I think would definitely make the team

mig/de gea
Evra
vidic
cazorla
rvp
suarez
carrick
Rooney

not sure on the formation though

barone

its a good time for us to be playing utd, were on a good run, we are at home, moyes will not want to loose his first match vs pool as utd boss and may be happy playing for another draw . (he's not fergie and wont go for jugular just yet) .. it does not matter so much if toure plays as if utd attack us they will cause lots of problems and all our defenders are prone to errors ,but we can pick them off on the break..

if pool can maintain majority possession we should win. we are a good side too.

aramush

RasTa wrote: »

I don't care, just calling above delusional

Its called being realistic my friend, try it sometime.

Kerrigooney

Oranage2 wrote: »

Well I do love comparison teams :P

It would be tough to pick a formation and style

But players that I think would definitely make the team

mig/de gea
Evra
vidic
cazorla
rvp
suarez
carrick
Rooney

not sure on the formation though

Looks like a pretty groundbreaking 2-2-3 to me. With 2 goalkeepers.

Yep...it might just work.

Oranage2

Fromvert wrote: »

I think a lot of people are baffled by that. I rate Kagawa higher right now
Coutinho has six months of good/great form. In time he could change my mind.

I do like kagawa, its I get the impression he's been hyped up to be a lot better than what he is.

I get the feeling he's been hyped up just as a marketing tool in the Asian market, how many times did Ferguson put him on when he needed to win a game? I can't think of one. I've seen cleverly start ahead of him in midfield too, he's not a cm but surely he could have started a few games there when united were running away with the league. His best position is behind the striker but Rooney is a million times better.

I wouldn't even rate him a good a player as nakata that played for bolton.

He's really just there to come on when united are winning by a few goals, ping a few passers and sell a few shirts.

Will I Amnt

You would think it would be Liverpool and United fans trying to get a reaction from each other in here.