Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018 (MOD NOTE: POST #2805)

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Hmmm.

Arsebiscuits.........

BorneTobyWilde

Grayditch wrote: »

Not impossible.

I expect we'll have it won in game at Anfield. They've no hope in all fairness.

BeepBeep67

Holy Sh1t Balls - the semis are gonna be epic

Thanx 4 The Fish

Doable but would not have been my first choice. We out first does that mean first game is at Anfield?

One_Of_Shanks

Probably the last bloody draw we'd have wanted.

SlickRic

A better draw than getting Madrid or Messi.

murpho999

Tough draw but what can you do.

We beat them already this season but two legs will be tough and 2nd leg away is harder too.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Doable but would not have been my first choice. We out first does that mean first game is at Anfield?

I'd say so

BorneTobyWilde

murpho999 wrote: »

Tough draw but what can you do.

We beat them already this season but two legs will be tough and 2nd leg away is harder too.

Tie will be over at Anfield in my opinion.

murpho999

One_Of_Shanks wrote: »

Probably the last bloody draw we'd have wanted.

Would you have wanted Barcelona, Real or Munich?

Nerdlingr

SlickRic wrote: »

A better than getting Madrid or Messi.

Dunno. I would loved to have played madrid or barca.....or juve and bayern!!
We play city every year...give me any of the European heavyweights any day of the week!!

LuckyLloyd

Arrah, gonna be an epic epic tie. Would have preferred the second leg at home mind, but alas.

BullBlackNova

Was the one I wanted to avoid. Bad enough to get another PL side but to play at home first, too, heaps the advantage their way.

F*ck it, we've beaten them once this season, let's do it again!

Once Mané doesn't get sent off in Manchester, we might be able to have a go at them.

citytillidie

Manchester and Merseyside derbies in the middle of the two games, Liverpool should be on to the FA now to play those games on the same day to give no team an advantage

Thud

would have liked at least one of Barca, Real, City or Bayern to knock each other out, semi's will be tough

SlickRic

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Arrah, gonna be an epic epic tie.

It could easily be the best 2 legged tie in years.

The worst part of this is all the biggest boys are likely to get through too.

Thud

Thud wrote: »

would have liked at least one of Barca, Real, City or Bayern to knock each other out, semi's will be tough

Absolutely. As hard as you can get really if we make it past City.

One_Of_Shanks

murpho999 wrote: »

Would you have wanted Barcelona, Real or Munich?

Yeah I'd have preferred a non-English side personally.

Mr.H

To be honest I wanted juve Madrid Bayern or barca. This tie is one of the "easier ties" imo. We can beat City.

BorneTobyWilde

Thud wrote: »

would have liked at least one of Barca, Real, City or Bayern to knock each other out, semi's will be tough

You'd have to wonder how none of them faced off . If UEFA had to hand pick this outcome this would be it.

Potential Underachiever

Gutted by the draw.

HandsomeBob

/resigns self to age another 10 years over the two legs.

murpho999

One_Of_Shanks wrote: »

Yeah I'd have preferred a non-English side personally.

We'll just have to wait till the semi-final now.;)

GBX

Its a cliche, but at the end of the day, when you get to this stage there are no easy ties. Just gotta hope the same heads dont turn up that started the United game and they are mentally prepared.

Vicxas

Wow.

Probably the toughest tie we could have gotten.

BorneTobyWilde

Mr.H wrote: »

To be honest I wanted juve Madrid Bayern or barca. This tie is one of the "easier ties" imo. We can beat City.

City had easiest group in CL , they followed it up with easiest round of 16 . They've played no one of note. Liverpool can win this tie at Anfield.

BorneTobyWilde

Vicxas wrote: »

Wow.

Probably the toughest tie we could have gotten.

Because we thrash them every time we play them/?

citytillidie

Date Team TV
17th Mar Watford BT Sports
31st Mar Palace (a) Sky Sports
4th Apr Man City BT Sports
7th Apr Everton (a) Sky Sports
10th Apr Man City (a) BT Sports
14th Apr Bournemouth BT Sports
22nd Apr WBA (a) Sky Sports
24th / 25th Apr UCL SF 1st Leg??? BT Sports
28th Apr Stoke Sky Sports

rob316

No problem with City, just would have preferred the 2nd leg at Anfield.
We swept them aside at home and we troubling them plenty in the away game earlier before we went down to 10 men.

It's a tough but winnable tie definitely.

Bloody excited

MayoForSam

So City will be playing ManU on the weekend between, probably to seal the title, but will have to let the United players know that they have a much more important game the following week :pac:

Dickerty

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Gutted by the draw.

We will have to beat the very best teams to win it. If we get past City, every team will come to Anfield PETRIFIED...

SlickRic

GBX wrote: »

Just gotta hope the same heads dont turn up that started the United game and they are mentally prepared.

the United game bears absolutely no relevance to the City tie.

City will not go direct to a giant centre forward.
They won't drop off.
They will try to press us and impose their game upon us at every moment.
They will play out intricately from the back, backing themselves to beat the traps that we set.

this will be two teams, playing to their offensive strengths, and trying to just outdo each other.

it will look like a different sport entirely compared to the Utd game.

Mr.H

If we can take a lead into the second leg then city will play into Liverpool's hands in the second leg. We can do this. I'd almost play a second string in the palace and everton games. I mean f*ck it. Top 4 isn't guaranteed but we should be ok

BorneTobyWilde

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

You'd have to wonder how none of them faced off . If UEFA had to hand pick this outcome this would be it.

UEFA top brass delighted. Chances of a big club breakaway reduced. :cool:

Mr.H

Milner Hendo and Can in midfield should be our best mids for the games

gafferino

suffering golfer

City fan here, definitely haven't come in peace. Should be a great game, only happy that the second leg is at ours. If it's anything like the league games, then we are in for a goal feast.

What price Sterling to score a last minute winner :pac:

Seriously though, it will be really tough, have no idea how it will unfold.

Harry Palmr

Cracking tie as far as I'm concerned. City have beaten Liverpool about 5 times in the last 15 years.

Devilman40k

We have to play and beat bigger teams at some point - bring it on

niallo27

**** of a draw. I really didn't want city. should be a cracker of a game.

super_furry

The team that wins the Champions League this season will have to beat Man City at some stage and I’d give Liverpool a better chance of doing it over two legs than a one off final in a neutral venue.

Sofa Spud

Ouch, not the first choice draw by any means, but happy that we have the first tie at home - if we can keep a clean sheet - and VVD will be playing this time - then we have a chance on away goals. Hopefully not the end of the world....

Dcully

I see the obsession with Liverpool continues over on the utd thread :D:D usual suspects too lmao

Tough draw , bring it on.

Thanx 4 The Fish

super_furry wrote: »

The team that wins the Champions League this season will have to beat Man City at some stage and I’d give Liverpool a better chance of doing it over two legs than a one off final in a neutral venue.

Not if we beat them and someone beats us!

Gaillimh1976

Away leg is the Tuesday after Everton (currently on "Super" Sunday)

Will the Everton game be switched back to Saturday now ?

Knex*

City was probably the last team I wanted, tbh.

niallo27

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

Away leg is the Tuesday after Everton (currently on "Super" Sunday)

Will the Everton game be switched back to Saturday now ?

And city have utd in between as well, bit of a coincidence that.

Thud

early first leg odds from b365:
Liverpool 9/5, City 7/5, Draw 12/5
Barca 1/4, Roma 11/1, Draw 9/2
Juve 17/10, Real 8/5, Draw 9/4
Sevilla 14/5, Bayern 10/11, Draw 13/5

Agent Coulson

One thing for sure these two teams will play football how it should be played and the footballing world will be in awe of them.

May the best team win and of course that will be Liverpool