Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2020/2021

koppy

happyoutscan wrote: »

With Utd sitting back I'd like to see Shaqiri start (or Locksmith Luscious Locks as someone called him here ).

I want to see some bloody creativity today.

Is that not what thiago is for.

jebidiah

koppy wrote: »

Is that not what thiago is for.

We have one Tiago, yes, but what about two Thiago's?

koppy

Need a bit of balance aswell..

Muahahaha

mightyreds wrote: »

I hope klopp's words of signing no one is a ploy, we can't lump from game to game constantly worried what CB's are going to be available, it's looking bleak though

Dont think it is a ploy, if we were signing a CB I would have thought it would be done within a few days of the window opening. VVDs injury was October 17th so its not like they didnt have time to put something together. Id imagine it is Klopp having a specific target who we cant get right now and he wont accept the next best option, similar to how the VVD transfer happened.

PropJoe10

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Maybe a bit of a mad one but....should we take a shot on Dele Alli? He fits the age profile you'd assume we're looking for as a Gini replacement, and the actual current Gini replacement has already been signed in Thiago.

Jaysus, not for me anyway. Always thought he was highly overrated and fame seems to have gone to his head the past year. I'd steer well clear.

yourdeadwright

No Matip

jebidiah

yourdeadwright wrote: »

No Matip

Don't see a line up announced?

yourdeadwright

jebidiah wrote: »

Don't see a line up announced?

He was 100% not on the team bus which left the hotel

~Rebel~

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Rumors no Matip
Something to do with a leaked room plan for player at the hotel Matip name missing

Why would they be in a hotel?

yourdeadwright

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Why would they be in a hotel?

They stay at a hotel before all home games

Fitz*

It's from this video. Matip is missing

https://twitter.com/IanStano1966/status/1350812274315948036?s=19

retalivity

fcuk

~Rebel~

Is it impossible he’s already at the ground getting pre-match treatment?

I’ll reserve my disappointment for the team sheet..
(Though admittedly it doesn’t look great)

yourdeadwright

Could he have left early to do a fitness test

not yet

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Could he have left early to do a fitness test

Are those straws you're grasping at...

Agent Coulson

Very strange that they are at a hotel for a home game and not meeting at the new state of the art training centre and going to Anfield from there in these COVID times.

The Mig

3-1 handy victory against a bang average side who are punching above their weight in the league recently

yourdeadwright

not yet wrote: »

Are those straws you're grasping at...

No sign of Fabhino in that video either

yourdeadwright

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Very strange that they are at a hotel for a home game and not meeting at the new state of the art training centre and going to Anfield from there in these COVID times.

They always stay the night before a game at a hotel away from distraction at home

yourdeadwright

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Is it impossible he’s already at the ground getting pre-match treatment?

I’ll reserve my disappointment for the team sheet..
(Though admittedly it doesn’t look great)

I noticed no Fabhino in that video

Ken Tucky

Have a bad feeling about this one. Their pace up front will hurt us.
Needs to be a very controlled aggressive performance from us today.

willabur

rumoured team Alisson

Trent
Hendo
Fab
Robbo

Thiago
Gini
Milner

Salah
Firmino
Mané

bdmc5

willabur wrote: »

rumoured team Alisson

Trent
Hendo
Fab
Robbo

Thiago
Gini
Milner

Salah
Firmino
Mané

I really really hope that is wrong.Hendo in defence will never sit well while Milner along Gini in midfield is not a combo for a game of this magnitude

rob316

Please no henderson in defence he is a huge loss to the midfield

Fitz*

The talk now is no Matip but Shaq starts.

ShamoBuc

Hendo in at cb and Milner in mid is awful in reality, Shaq a better option

awec

willabur wrote: »

rumoured team Alisson

Trent
Hendo
Fab
Robbo

Thiago
Gini
Milner

Salah
Firmino
Mané

Good grief.

paulie21

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1350827735258705920?s=19

The White Wolf

Jaysus that's a positive attack.....can't complain I suppose.

Muahahaha

Thats a killer about Matip, didnt expect Shaq starting though.

Agent Coulson

I'd swap Hendo and Gini other than that it's the team I predicted a few days ago now what formation do they go with.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Matip plays if fit the question is then who plays beside Fab if he isn't fit.

If Klopp doesn't trust Phillps & Williams for this game then it comes down to Hendo or Gini and I would rather Hendo in midfield.

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Ali

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TAA

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Gini

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Fab

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Robbo

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Hendo

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Thiago

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Shaq

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Bobby

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Mane.

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Salah

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yourdeadwright

At halftime time he will have shaq off and One of the CBs on

koppy

Shaqiri..seriously can't believe he's in. That is shocking.

~Rebel~

Fairly huge blow to our chances... can only hope perhaps it’s Gino that sits into defence, but it’s probably Hendo. Losing him and Fabinho from midfield in a game like this is fairly damaging.

With Shaq starting it looks like we’re trying to get ahead of it, starting on the front foot.

theoneeyedman

paulie21 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1350827735258705920?s=19

Looks like a 4- 2-3-1 which I kinda expected. Didn't want to see Henderson at the back, but look...... Klopp knows, he's seeing them all week. Quite attacking, can always get 3 up and bring on an extra defender when Shaq is tired!

Agent Coulson

Weak enough bench as well no real game changers on it.

~Rebel~

koppy wrote: »

Shaqiri..seriously can't believe he's in. That is shocking.

Why so? Who else could have? He’s definitely well ahead of Ox who has been really poor since coming back, and Jones is in a bad run of form too, while Shaq has looked very sharp. Also plays well with Thiago.

Osmosis Jones

Hopefully Thiago can continue to find Shaq between the lines, he's great from those positions but no one else in the team can ever get the ball to him

Utopia Parkway

Klopp must have very little confidence in Williams and Phillips at this point. Not that I disagree with him necessarily but they really should have had a CB ready to sign on January 1. Pulling Hendo out of midfield alongside Fabinho already is far from ideal.

.G.

.G. wrote: »

4-2-3-1 is how I would go, put Williams beside Fab, Hendo and Thiago in front, Shaq right side, Bobby though the middle, Sadio left and Mo up top. We need to try something different to try get the goals flowing although the simple act of Thiago being back and able to start playing could change that by itself.

Maybe Hendo will be CB and Gini can play with Thiago.

Great minds Jurgen! Hope it comes off.

passremarkable

Not confident without matip or more so hendo out of midfield. Have to trust klopp and the players.
Fast start required

Shanee.

Step up Xherdan lad. Big game in you today! 3-1 Liverpool

fyfe79

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Why so? Who else could have? He’s definitely well ahead of Ox who has been really poor since coming back, and Jones is in a bad run of form too, while Shaq has looked very sharp. Also plays well with Thiago.

I think this is a big thing which Klopp has recognised. The two played together at Bayern and obviously have some kind of rapport.

ShamoBuc

2 very interesting teams, I think it wont be as dire a game as they have tended to be in the past.

Ken Tucky

That's a brave line up from both managers really.
This could be fun or horrible😂

not yet

yourdeadwright wrote: »

No sign of Fabhino in that video either

Stop, please stop.

Vicxas

Hendo at the back is a gamble, but what can we do in these situations.

atilladehun

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Maybe a bit of a mad one but....should we take a shot on Dele Alli? He fits the age profile you'd assume we're looking for as a Gini replacement, and the actual current Gini replacement has already been signed in Thiago.

He doesn't come across as intelligent, something I think klopp requires.

not yet

Vicxas wrote: »

Hendo at the back is a gamble, but what can we do in these situations.

Buy a fcuking Cb

Riesen_Meal

atilladehun wrote: »

He doesn't come across as intelligent, something I think klopp requires.

Did Alli not fail a medical with us before joining Spurs year's ago?

Thought there was an issue with a valve in his heart or was that all b*llox?