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

CSWS101

It begins.

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/981564388019703808

Fromvert

Overall if we can limit City to one away goal (or less!) I'd be content, I don't want them having two or three and us needing a few there. I'd like us going there knowing we need a low number of away goals to make it difficult for them.

jbt123

https://mobile.twitter.com/deancoombes/status/981566186264694785


Here is a periscope video of City arriving soon I think...

j8wk2feszrnpao

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Word is City have arrived early,
They had previous asked the police to keep the fans away from there bus route , the request was refused  They have now arrived early when there's no fans about,
Pep not sure about his players mind set ?

Not a bad move by them.
But honestly, unlikely to make much diff to the game itself.

marklazarcovic

we should have locked the gates and left them outside for 2 hours for the craic, scare the beejaysus outa them

With Trent 's confidence maybe not 100% and lovren playing after a media speel or two I'd be fearful that one or both of them could feck up....I'm not convinced about karius either truth be told.

Either ox or wij as a creative force in midfield isn't great either....the front 3 might well have to create their own chances.

All considered I reckon we'll win though, it's the games where you can't see any issue ya have to worry about :pac:

not yet

As MLK said ''I have a dream'' seems apt for the day that's in it.

YNWA

Riesen_Meal

Official Team

Iused2likebusts

Sterling on the bench.

mightyreds

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Amazing if true but surely its not. That would totally be disrupting their preparation and what they do before a game normally.

No it'll be exactly like arriving to their home ground with no one around

Harry Palmr

I wish I could be remotely optimistic

Agent Coulson

That City midfield is going to dominate the fcuk out of ours.

I just hope or front three are up for the game.

Knex*

Fieldog wrote: »

Official Team

That poster makes it look like a five a side where half our team are playing for City :pac:

Iused2likebusts

Agent Coulson wrote: »

That City midfield is going to dominate the fcuk out of ours.

I just hope or front three are up for the game.

They are missing their two top goalscorers in sterling and aguero from the starting lineup. A change in tactics with that set up. Let's hope it backfires.

citytillidie

BT blowing the bus arrival out of proportion you would think they are trying to get the club in trouble

marklazarcovic

That's pathetic from those fans bottling the bus,ya can be hostile without violence ffs

Riesen_Meal

marklazarcovic wrote: »

That's pathetic from those fans bottling the bus,ya can be hostile without violence ffs

It's a joke, no need for it...

PropJoe10

Milner and Henderson will need to help out Trent against Sane, and Ox really needs to front up in this one or we'll be overrun in the middle. Pep packing the midfield is a good move from their point of view, I think.

Knex*

Yeah, could only have been a couple of planks in the crowd that went too far, but it's a bad look. You can be a hostile and partisan crowd without actually being violent and scummy.

Fromvert

I wonder how they'll shape up

- If it's the usual 4-3-3 who is being put on the right?
- Could they be playing wing backs of Sane and Walker?
- Some other formation?

Gundogan and Fernandinho gives KDB and Silva a slot of freedom to dominate the ball and push forward. Also Gundogan has a knack of getting free and floating into dangerous positions. Would have preferred Sterling playing.

Also if it's a back four, Salah cutting in works a little better for Laporte (being a right footer, think Arbeloa versus Messi that time) I would like to see Mane take a few shots at him down the outside if Salah isn't having a lot of joy.

garra

Silva Gundogan Fernandinho V Henderson Oxlade Milner

That was my MF prediction so I cannot complain about the result in terms of personnel, even more bloody pressure! Another can reqd

marklazarcovic

I'm going to age a year before ko

HandsomeBob

As good a midfield as we could field tonight, buoyed by that.

SlickRic

Shítting it lads.

citytillidie

Time to crack open the

Osmosis Jones

Lads throwing stuff at the bus is a non-issue that a few are likely to overreact to because it's a bad look for a team they don't like.

ElTel

Fromvert wrote: »

I wonder how they'll shape up

- If it's the usual 4-3-3 who is being put on the right?
- Could they be playing wing backs of Sane and Walker?
- Some other formation?

Gundogan and Fernandinho gives KDB and Silva a slot of freedom to dominate the ball and push forward. Also Gundogan has a knack of getting free and floating into dangerous positions. Would have preferred Sterling playing.

Also if it's a back four, Salah cutting in works a little better for Laporte (being a right footer, think Arbeloa versus Messi that time) I would like to see Mane take a few shots at him down the outside if Salah isn't having a lot of joy.

Laporte is left-footed.
I don't expect them to go with a back three but that 11 is very adaptable.

Our fullbacks have to keep them honest. Delighted Sterling is on the bench.

citytillidie

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Lads throwing stuff at the bus is a non-issue that a few are likely to overreact to because it's a bad look for a team they don't like.

It happened more as City fans cried about it online as soon as the Liverpool fans started to arrange it on their forums

Agent Coulson

Very clever from Pep dropping Sterling and putting on one of Klopp's boy's in Gundogan on the pitch.

garra

WTF Coachgate

Fromvert

ElTel wrote: »

Laporte is left-footed.
I don't expect them to go with a back three but that 11 is very adaptable.

Our fullbacks have to keep them honest. Delighted Sterling is on the bench.

Ah ok, read he was a righty.

~Rebel~

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Very clever from Pep dropping Sterling and putting on one of Klopp's boy's in Gundogan on the pitch.

Sterling's never looked great in his returns to Anfield. Reckon we'll see him in the final 30 alright though still.

jeff bingham

Can't sit still at home been awhile since I was like this before a game if ever...

not yet

Fcuking sh1theads throwing stuff at the bus..

HandsomeBob

Ah well, media and twatters will get good mileage out of this one.

PropJoe10

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Ah well, media and twatters will get good mileage out of this one.

Let them at it. 4 or 5 idiots don't represent our club. Nice words from Guardiola there.

martyos121

I’m surprised the “neutrals” haven’t started a thread about the bottle throwing yet.

Harry Palmr

re Sterling dropped - It means they have 11 on the pitch this time.

Utopia Parkway

martyos121 wrote: »

I’m surprised the “neutrals” haven’t started a thread about the bottle throwing yet.

Think RTE were really making a bigger deal of it than it was. Sounds like one broken window which isn't great but the way they were going on I thought they had just driven down Mosul high street.

martyos121

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Think RTE were really making a bigger deal of it than it was. Sounds like one broken window which isn't great but the way they were going on I thought they had just driven down Mosul high street.

My point exactly. Massively blown out of proportion by those with an agenda.

HandsomeBob

martyos121 wrote: »

I’m surprised the “neutrals” haven’t started a thread about the bottle throwing yet.

Already have one knob texting me his outrage.....it's cool though, dude's a shady fcuker in his own right so I don't take him calling someone else scum seriously.

liam7831

Utopia Parkway wrote:

Think RTE were really making a bigger deal of it than it was. Sounds like one broken window which isn't great but the way they were going on I thought they had just driven down Mosul high street.

Manchester City team bus badly damaged by projectiles while makin its way through crowds to Anfield. Nobody hurt but bus has been rendered undriveable and a replacement sent. Liverpool expected to issue a statement apologising and have apologised at boardroom level #LFC #MCFC
BBC News

Osmosis Jones

"A bus was damaged? Well quick, tell me what teams were involved so I know how to feel about it"

Knex*

Pep just compared the bus thing to the Dortmund terrorist attack. I don't think that's going to help things at all...

razorblunt

There’s been threats of doing this all week on twitter. Absolute apes, what goes through their heads. Probably nothing.

mrsoundie

There is no need for that behaviour.

citytillidie

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Think RTE were really making a bigger deal of it than it was. Sounds like one broken window which isn't great but the way they were going on I thought they had just driven down Mosul high street.

Broken window beside the door, unable to see the mirror which is why it would not be safe to drive

Super-Rush

I haven't been as up for a game since Rafa had us marauding all over Europe.

May Fowler have mercy on our souls.

sabat

sabat wrote: »

I'm preparing myself for the worst - probably going to be something like 3-5 over the two legs. It'll be doubly disappointing that Klopp and the team didn't get a shot at any glamour knockout tie against a Real or Bayern.

Changed my mind completely-5 or 6-1 tonight.

marklazarcovic

Our manager has publicly apologized for the behavior,so it is very much a issue,it's a terrible scummy sort of action that is needless to say the least.mindless fools.