Liverpool (A) - Sun 10th Mar, 15:45 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[eastmanc]

Come on you Dolly Blues.

 

[ScottSinclair]

This from everyone involved, zero respect.

A legendary moment only someone like Bernardo could deliver. He fucking hate scousers

 

[foggy1974]

Hope to god Pep hasn't had any brilliant ideas about the squad today and changed it all up

City win - Pep is a genius
City lose - Pep has had a brain fart & over thought it

 

[ws01]

We're gonna fookin batter this lot

 

[Legal Alien]

Surprised Dias is not playing to mark Nunez, but Akanji was great the other night.

I'm sticking with 3-1 to us.

COME ON CITY!!!

 

[Keeper!]

 

[Blue-Ghana]

Very unhappy to see no Dias and Kovacic. Delighted to see no Salah.

Dias has been underperforming for a while now. Should have played Kovaic in place of Alvarez though

 

[Blue2202]

Looking at the teams we have a real opportunity to gut these cunts today. Need a fast start like we have been on the receiving end of playing at this shithole. Up the blues

 

[domalino]

That’s the spirit!

I just don’t think he’s a midfielder, and all Pep does by picking him there is force Foden out to the periphery while taking away Alvarez’s biggest strength in the box.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Called akanji for Dias. The pace difference is huge and akanji is in good form.

I had a sneaky feeling he would go with alvarez purely based off him playing the unfamiliar left midfield role against Copenhagen, it was clearly a practice run but I still thought and hoped he'd go with kovacic.

Nothing against Alvarez, he will put in a shift and a half today It's just too top heavy in my eyes and causes imbalance in our midfield. Rodri alongside kovacic with stones and bernardo moving in there when neccesary brings us the most balance. I fear that team will leave too many gaps as we did against united, only the dippers will capitalise on them. Please, please prove me wrong.

Looking at their back 4, we would be mad to try and dominate the ball in our usual stylr, play them at their own game today, go toe-to-toe all out attack, we've got a much better defence and a much better attack.

Lose to that and we don't deserve the title.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

What time have the PiGMOL set aside for Rodri's sending off?

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Their ony tactic with that team is the big boot/long ball we will dominate this game for 90+ minutes and they will hope for a lucky breakaway , keep the ball for the first 15/20 minutes shut their crowd up and then turn the screw. If we dont win this one we never will win at Klanfield , really need to ram our superiority home today.

 

[heslops barnet]

Smart move bringing in Akanji for Dias..was our best player the other night and he gives us a better out ball alongside Stones.

Having seen the Liverpool team, we don't have to worry too much about their full backs bombing on too high, so their main threat will be quick and long in to Diaz and Nunez.

Sounds like the usual…..one shot, one goal scenario

 

[TrentGrisham]

I agree that Alvarez works hard, but his lack of pace mitigates that. Foden is averaging more tackles + interceptions than Alvarez this season.

 

[eastmanc]

Was afraid of the idea of Alvarez in the mid. against the dippers

He did well when he came on against the rags. He was much better than Jezzer.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Surprised Dias is not playing to mark Nunez, but Akanji was great the other night.

I'm sticking with 3-1 to us.

COME ON CITY!!!

Akanji is quicker than Dias. Nunez is quick, so that must be the logic

 

[argyle]

LOL, Dias has had a very poor campaign

Very poor? He's been great.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Lovely bit of shithousery

 

[PaleBlue]

Right, off to the local social club, a real six-pinter of a game this one.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Must not lose game.