GW14 Captain

Good man father i was waiting for this thread to see what others are doing, like you i just have to decide, to erling or not to erling, Mo is the second choice for sure if there is any doubt in the morning

yes i hear you, i'm leaning towards Mo to be honest unless i hear Erling has trained, pep won't play him if he hasn't i wouldn't think

The early KO curse is a big factor! He's also a prime candidate to be subbed early if City have the game won.

Just looking at his stats and away from home he has "only" scored 5 goals and no assists in 5 games. For comparison his home stats read as 12 goals and 3 assists in 6 games.

Leicester look to have tightened up too - since been hammered by Spurs they've only conceded 1 goal in 5 games (against poor opposition admittedly).

It'd be risky but there's definitely an argument for looking elsewhere this week.

As a fan, I was hoping that he wouldn't start against Ajax, out of fear that he would be over worked and get injured. It was his 5th start in 14 days, at an old looking 31. He ended up playing the full 90!

Starting tomorrow will be his 6th in 17 days. It's a lot. So on one hand, Klopp might be forced into resting him.

But on the other hand, there are only 3 senior forwards that are fit & available. And they are a bit lobsided in terms of the positioning. 2 CFs and a RF. There's no LW there. Does Klopp play Carvalho there again, where he gets a bit lost, or does he try the diamond again with Firmino in the 10. The last 30 mins of the Ajax game were played at a slower pace, so maybe some chances for resting there, while playing.

Thiago is back so there could also be a change back to the 4-4-2 with Elliott & Salah as the wingers with Firmino & Nunez up front.

TL,DR; I haven't a clue 😂 but I'd lean towards him starting, with the rest coming midweek in the (basically) dead rubber against Napoli.

Can I interest you in Firmino -> Darwin?

Salah blanked against Forest last week.

Maybe you mean Leeds?