Liverpool vs Basel - 7:45 - TV3

D'Agger

My solution is Gerrard back, Allen off for Coutihno, id give Hendo 15mins before springing Lallana

We're being destroyed in the middle - creating pressure at the back and Lambert with nothing to go off up top

castletownman

Enrique wouldn't even get on the Dog and Duck team :eek:

marklazarcovic

move gerrard up front for lambert,put coutinho in the 10,allen off for lalana ,gerrard off for markovic on 70 mins...hope for the best

toxicity234

No pace in attack. Just rubbish. Not looking forward to the 2nd half

RasTa

Don't Liverpool have any youth strikers for the bench considering they need a win.

Quandary

super_furry wrote: »

If Rodgers has any genuine courage, he'll take off Gerrard at half-time.

If he takes Gerrard off and Liverpool lose the English press will lacerate him. It's the right call though because Gerrard is not able to play any more against opponents who give him no time on the ball.

Rogers is in a pretty sh1tty situation right now.

rob316

googled eyes wrote: »

Sterling being asked to carry this team at 20 is fcking ridiculous.

Yep it's even more ridiculous that this is after spending 110m. He'll be gone soon a big team will have no problem paying 50m for him.

Lord Trollington

Basel are a technically better team than us. This fact is made all the more exaggerated by us not having no threat us front whatsoever.

All our progress under Rodgers undone in 5 months and one transfer window.

bennyl10

Suarez carried this team massivey last year..
Like its almost sad, he second best team in England last year, being bossed around, and looking like headlesss chickens

Rodgers being outed badly you feel.. Cant be that long left if this form continues.

Lets say united win well on Sunday, surely he's gone then..

martyos121

Remember lads, this is all Hodgson's fault for injuring Sturridge back in September.

TimRiggins

Why doesn't Rodgers bring on Lallana and Coutinho for Allen and Lucas and change into a 4-2-3-1 with Lalana and Sterling on the wings?

super_furry

JohnDaniels wrote: »

Lambert needs to come off. Offered next to nothing, having him up top as the game wares on will only become more and more detrimental to our play as we become desperate and start lumping it up to him which will play right into Basel's hands.

Absolutely, so it makes all kinds of sense for our manager to leave the club's only fit striker at home on the sofa.

slingerz

Gerrard as the striker

Getting zero from Enrique and little more from Johnson.

Henderson is lost out on the wing should be alongside Lucas to break up play harass the opposition

Skrtel has been flying by the seat of his pants and Lovren isn't inspiring confidence

5live

noodler wrote: »

Yeah, we get it.



He is the only available striker as long as Borini keeps tapping the Rodge's missus though.

He can tap Rodgers missus all he wants, it's his tapping Rodgers girlfriend that has him in trouble.

Guy:Incognito

castletownman wrote: »

Enrique wouldn't even get on the Dog and Duck team :eek:

I missed the line ups, didnt even realise he was playing, Has he touched the ball?

Ganymede Glow

Gerrard, Lambert & Henderson off, nobody on.

LuckyLloyd

Poxy - a gutless manager and team.

Guy:Incognito

martyos121 wrote: »

Remember lads, this is all Hodgson's fault for injuring Sturridge back in September.

I didn't realise he was that good a centre half tbh.

Blatter

Pyjamarama wrote: »

Both obviously.

Yeah, Rodgers had to have been doing good things last season in fairness.

Something has happened this season though, he can't seem to get anything right.

Mr Alan

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Basel are a technically better team than us. This fact is made all the more exaggerated by us not having no threat us front whatsoever.

All our progress under Rodgers undone in 5 months and one transfer window.

It's looking increasingly like Suarez was the reason for progress. Rodgers was just along for the ride like the rest of us.

Lord Trollington

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Basel are a technically better team than us. This fact is made all the more exaggerated by us not having no threat us front whatsoever.

All our progress under Rodgers undone in 5 months and one transfer window.

Lambert is not exactly getting much service to be fair to him, he needs support

Surely there some youth strikers rodgers can draft in

bad2dabone

Seriously how are Liverpool failing to get out of this group.

Woeful

Osmosis Jones

Only change I'd make would be taking Lambert off, he's played far too much recently and is a complete passenger here. Bring on anyone for him really.

Guy:Incognito

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Surely there some youth strikers rodgers can draft in

Basel would probably notice they weren't on the teamsheet.

monkey9

quarryman wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of other stadia in the Premiership that are similar. But Anfield is regularly extolled as this great atmospheric cauldron. It's nothing of the sort. You'll Never Walk Alone for 5 minutes with a bunch of scarves at the start can't hide that.

It's a uniqueness that Anfield has compared to other English clubs. The noise and colour, the banners and anthems etc. It does definitely stand out.

But then it can be just like any other ground on nights like this.

martingriff

Folwer and Scholes look like kids with there school uniform and plastered down hair. Also on a side note what a crap match

emo72

we're very static off the ball. playing it out from defence is super scary. i'd welcome back hoofball, i think it would be more progressive. stevie justs looks way off the pace. hendo and allen really poor. jose looks like hes waiting to be destroyed.

deary me, i've feck all to be positive about.....except its only one nil. look to the bench? nope.

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Basel would probably notice they weren't on the teamsheet.

I mean rodgers going to need it for Xmas period

Mr Alan

Mr Alan wrote: »

It's looking increasingly like Suarez was the reason for progress. Rodgers was just along for the ride like the rest of us.

You are forgetting about Sturridge's significant contribution.

Guy:Incognito

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I mean he's going to need it for Xmas period

I may have been having a jolly jape with you young man.

ThunbergsAreGo

emo72 wrote: »

we're very static off the ball. playing it out from defence is super scary. i'd welcome back hoofball, i think it would be more progressive. stevie justs looks way off the pace. hendo and allen really poor. jose looks like hes waiting to be destroyed.

deary me, i've feck all to be positive about.....except its only one nil. look to the bench? nope.

Id rther we hoof it to be honest going nowhere but backwards at the moment

Mr Alan

Augeo wrote: »

You are forgetting about Sturridge's significant contribution.

I suspect he too will be a different beast without Suarez beside him causing havoc.

Lord Trollington

The next 45 minutes his decisions and changes will decide whether I'll back Rodgers or not.

madalig12

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Only change I'd make would be taking Lambert off, he's played far too much recently and is a complete passenger here. Bring on anyone for him really.

Are you for real? Johnson has been a timid liability. Enrique looks out of his depth and overweight.
Allen hasnt done a tap.
Lucas not much better. Everyone wants Gerrard to score so they pass to him instead od shooting.
Watching the replay of the goal...Lovern standing on the penalty spot picking his hole. Shocking stuff.

super_furry

Rodgers spent £110million in the summer. Why are we starting the biggest game of the season with Johnson and Enrique as fullbacks, Gerrard and Lucas in the middle and a sub-par Niall Quinn as the lone striker?

DaveSuarez

Standard stuff from us so far.

When 5 of your front 6 consists of Lucas, Allen, Gerrard, Henderson and Lambert then you're gonna have a bad time.

Peist2007

Broken record time but its all about the signings. Mad how Rodgers spoke of doing a Spurs yet it is clear that Spurs, despite being laughed at for wasting their Bale money, have spent much better than Liverpool

Osmosis Jones

madalig12 wrote: »

Are you for real? Johnson has been a timid liability. Enrique looks out of his depth and overweight.
Allen hasnt done a tap.
Lucas not much better. Everyone wants Gerrard to score so they pass to him instead od shooting.
Watching the replay of the goal...Lovern standing on the penalty spot picking his hole. Shocking stuff.

Oh yeah forgot the new CL rules where we get 17 subs

Harry Palmr

Moreno and Markovich coming on.

Lambert and Enrique off.


AmazBALLS

ThunbergsAreGo

Really really strange subs

emo72

so who is gonna come on and change the game for us? i thought we added strength in depth to the squad? oooo marko and moreno!

rossie1977

super_furry wrote: »

Rodgers spent £110million in the summer. Why are we starting the biggest game of the season with Johnson and Enrique as fullbacks, Gerrard and Lucas in the middle and a sub-par Niall Quinn as the lone striker?

if you told someone a year ago that liverpool needed to win a game against basel at home to qualify and they started with lucas and allen in midfield and ricky lambert upfront on his own nobody would have believed you

super_furry

Markovic and Moreno on for Lambert and Enrique.

We officially have no strikers on the pitch.

mada999

mental subsitutions ?!?! wtf !!? ?!??!!

marklazarcovic

now or never boys

martyos121

Loads of pace on for us at HT, this could be a stroke of genius or just pure insanity.

Ulysses Gaze

Markovic? WTF?

monkey9

Is Rodgers actually losing the plot in front of our eyes here?

murpho999

Bizzare subs!

Why not Lallana or Coutinho?

Rodgers may just have signed his own death warrant.

martyos121

44 more minutes of that please Markovic!