Liverpool (H) - Sun 23rd Feb, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[deano ou812]

Fucking hell. What's wrong with Haaland? Everyone's thought the injury was more serious than we made out now that's looking likely.
I bet our betting odds have tumbled seeing that lineup.

After the Newcastle game the medical team apparently felt he was ok,do these people actually know how to assess possible injuries ffs,it just sums up the whole season so far,although apparently he’ll be ok for spurs Wednesday night I wouldn’t be holding my breath on that ..

 

[paulchapo]

Worried about Diaz vs Lewis

I'm worried about anybody against Lewis.

 

[half & half derby scarf]

Suicidal line up but we must trust Pep knows what he's doing.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Worried about anyone vs Lewis

 

[Ajm1985]

That lineup is placing a hell of a lot of responsibility on Nico - for build up and for defence. Very attacking. Very eclectic. Very bizarre.

Ah well, let's hope we blow them away I guess

 

[bluemoon32]

Poor Nico.

Gonna have to do the grunt work for our entire midfield

 

[abu13]

Any links?

 

[Ezy]

Gonna have to do the grunt work for our entire midfield

Yeah actually crazy.

 

[paulchapo]

After the Newcastle game the medical team apparently felt he was ok,do these people actually know how to assess possible injuries ffs,it just sums up the whole season so far,although apparently he’ll be ok for spurs Wednesday night I wouldn’t be holding my breath on that ..

Me neither.

 

[Vester]

Lewis RB, a midfield without enough defensive balance + Doku who is good 1v1 but usually gives the ball away 50 times every game. Very possible we concede 5+ goals today.

 

[skillman]

No Haaland. Nightmare. My FPL team has taken a beating this weekend.

Looking forward to Marmoush being supplied by Kev, though.

 

[01cravend]

Gvardiol up the pitch..Lewis caught in midfield. 2 defenders back after 1 pass bypasses our 1 man midfield.. Nesta Maldini would look shite in this system so good luck to Khusa and Ake. Hopefully we score plenty too.

 

[super_city_si]

That's my fear too.

They are going to pump long balls over him.

Khusanov set to kill

 

[Brewster's millions]

Strange team selection.

Guardiola made a point of saying that he couldn’t play the likes of De Bruyne and Doku against Madrid because of our lack of physicality - he wanted more control and less up and down is how he put it.

Now we’re playing both of them against probably the best counter attacking team in the league.

It might work but it’s hard to see what the plan is at the moment.

Haaland not being in the squad makes the decision to take him to Madrid look even worse.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Why would I lie about being in a pub, bouncers patted us down and asked to see ticket, it is home fans only, but lots of half n half scarves.

Hence why I clearly stated "I'm not saying you are lying".

 

[Blu1]

We need a miracle today. I don’t even see how we take a point.

We can not go toe to toe with them. We should fill out midfield & make it hard for them. Pep is gambling with the line up

If they score in first 10 minutes we are going to be in serious trouble today get 30 minutes in and it’s 0-0 we have a chance

 

[bluemoon32]

Fuck it, come on The Harlem City Globetrotters

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

A good chance to move into 3rd, hopefully it will give the team extra motivation after being written off.

 

[Gazza]

That lineup is placing a hell of a lot of responsibility on Nico - for build up and for defence. Very attacking. Very eclectic. Very bizarre.

Ah well, let's hope we blow them away I guess

It's like Sunday league, as soon as the ball kicks off everybody disappears upfield never to be seen again.

 

[Dax777]

Suicidal line up but we must trust Pep knows what he's doing.

This was our normal lineup for the better part of the 4 in a row.

One DM, two 8s and 2 wingers and a striker or false 9.