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ancoats said:
and i think that will be key. also we got to get KDB on the ball where he can hurt them or shoot and score with that magic in his feet

front half of the team does look good aguero, sterling, jesus, B.silva, KDB, Mahrez and liverpool will be daft to underestimate us and like i said if they want a war we can do that as well
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Yes but we’ll get booked & they won’t
 
By some of the posts on here, you would think we were fielding 11 EDS players on Sunday. We still have a very good team (agree not one that would have been picked no doubt), but nonetheless, some serious talent within it.
 
Tried to be optimistic in the lead up but now that Ederson is out—and I hate being all doom and gloom—I would be very surprised if we got something out of this. We just aren’t confident at all with Bravo in goal and Laporte won’t be there either so there won’t really be any proper leaders at the back.

The only hint of optimism I have is that players live for games like these and hopefully our boys will step up just like they did last season. If the rags got a result then surely we can too.

Have a feeling that they’ll do us and it will be a miserable trip home but I really hope I’ll be proven wrong.
 
Don’t think I can remember such a pessimistic outlook on a game for a long time. Maybe that’s what we need after years of hoping/expecting a win and getting fuck all.
 
racecar said:
Tried to be optimistic in the lead up but now that Ederson is out—and I hate being all doom and gloom—I would be very surprised if we got something out of this. We just aren’t confident at all with Bravo in goal and Laporte won’t be there either so there won’t really be any proper leaders at the back.

The only hint of optimism I have is that players live for games like these and hopefully our boys will step up just like they did last season. If the rags got a result then surely we can too.

Have a feeling that they’ll do us and it will be a miserable trip home but I really hope I’ll be proven wrong.
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You mean we as in some fans? no need to answer
 
People seem more bothered about who we have missing rather than who we available.

We have the best player in the premier league at present and probably top 5 player in the world with Raheem.

We have a arguably the best striker in the world with Aguero and also the best attacking midfielder in the world with KDP. On top of those we have an array of very good at top quality players to compliment them.

This Liverpool team is unbeaten in a long time. The only reason it is unbeaten though is because its not played us for a long time. Ignore all the blancmange coming from the media and pundits, we are a better team than them and we play better football. The team we put out on Sunday will be good enough to beat Liverpool.
 
mosssideblue said:
You mean we as in some fans? no need to answer
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You’re kidding yourself if you think the players feel as comfortable with Bravo in goal as they do with Ederson. Not really up for debate that Ederson is the better goalkeeper and his absence will have an effect, but each to their own! Don’t think I’m the only one who’s worried about Bravo in goal (and I hope he makes me eat my words)
 
Nightmare Walking said:
People seem more bothered about who we have missing rather than who we available.

We have the best player in the premier league at present and probably top 5 player in the world with Raheem.

We have a arguably the best striker in the world with Aguero and also the best attacking midfielder in the world with KDP. On top of those we have an array of very good at top quality players to compliment them.
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Add Kev to that, and we have the makings of a decent team.
 
rnblade said:
As much as I would love us to steal a win there with a flukey goal I can’t really see it happening due to the amount of injuries we have. The team looks like it met in the car park.
If the dippers do win, I doubt we will ever manage to claw it back. Yes we have a great squad, but it’s ravaged with injuries and indecision and poor game tactics at the moment. As long as we don’t get embarrassed by the vermin at Candlepool, we will just have to take it and move on.
There will be the usual dipper love in media wankfest prior to the game and if they win, it will be unbearable.
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Yes, agree with you 100%. A fair summary of the situation we find ourselves in going into this crunch game. If we had a fully fit squad - Sane excepted who was never going to be in the picture for this one - then I might feel confident we could give the Dippers a bloody nose. But we are far from full strength and our second half performance against Atalanta has further dented my hopes. I’m clinging simply and desperately to the old ‘law of averages’ rule and dreaming of ‘Alamo-like’ rearguard heroics. I’d gladly settle now for a lacklustre draw.
 
racecar said:
You’re kidding yourself if you think the players feel as comfortable with Bravo in goal as they do with Ederson. Not really up for debate that Ederson is the better goalkeeper and his absence will have an effect, but each to their own! Don’t think I’m the only one who’s worried about Bravo in goal (and I hope he makes me eat my words)
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I never said Bravo is/was better than Eddie and I would pick Eddie every time , but I keep hearing this line that Bravo makes the defence nervous and brings down their performance and, I believe that is just fan perception not unless you or some other poster can share the inside knowledge that proves otherwise.
 
CC1 said:
there's no 'decidedly' about it. He had to make an instant decision and did what Eddy would probably have done. He didn't get the man - VAR was wrong.
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So he didnt get the man. What happens if the guy didnt dive?

Bravo is on the floor 40 yards from goal with a striker clean through.

And you think that's not a fuck up! Unbelievable.

Dive/no dive, contact/no contact he has fucked up.
 
Nightmare Walking said:
People seem more bothered about who we have missing rather than who we available.

We have the best player in the premier league at present and probably top 5 player in the world with Raheem.

We have a arguably the best striker in the world with Aguero and also the best attacking midfielder in the world with KDP. On top of those we have an array of very good at top quality players to compliment them.

This Liverpool team is unbeaten in a long time. The only reason it is unbeaten though is because its not played us for a long time. Ignore all the blancmange coming from the media and pundits, we are a better team than them and we play better football. The team we put out on Sunday will be good enough to beat Liverpool.
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In last 10 matches between Liverpool and City, we won 6 drew 2 and lost 2.
The stats disagree with you there my friend
 
Think the loss of Laporte, Rodri, Silva and Sane are a bigger problem for us.

Even with Ederson in goal we'd be up against it without these key players.
 
FlokeyTheRed said:
In last 10 matches between Liverpool and City, we won 6 drew 2 and lost 2.
The stats disagree with you there my friend
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I think you’ll find that @Nightmare Walking referenced Liverpool’s unbeaten run in the league, not our last ten meetings.

What is Liverpool’s record over our last three meetings in all comps?
 
I think what Bravo did was give the player a chance to find the contact. He was already on the way down and reached for the contact with his trailing leg.

That said though, that line of reasoning is for a referee's real-time decision, without the benefit of seeing a replay. He did look on the monitor, so he doesn't have that excuse. A good ref would have interpreted the attackers intentions easily and he failed to do so.
 
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