Liverpool (H) - Sun 9th Nov, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Ric]

The selection question for me is whether to start Cherki. I would.

I'd be disappointed if he didn't.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I'd be disappointed if he didn't.

Pep might feel Cherki is better suited to the last 30 mins, keep it tight for the first hour, wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[the blue panther]

Play narrow, with Doku, Foden and Cherki terrorising the scouse defence.
Whoever plays left back needs to stay on Saleh for the full game - that's why I'd pick Ake for today as he's the least productive of our potential left backs going forward. Ake always does a good job on Saleh and if you give him space.......

So, Pep: there's your blueprint. Now go and get me 4-1 for City. Put Liverpool out of the race for a while, and Arsenal will start shitting the bed.

 

[stonerblue]

Very much doubt it. Our record with Dias and Gvardiol at CB has been great since February.

Yep, stick with them and the 2 full-backs O'Reilly and Nunes.

 

[St.Pauli support]

Hope to see a Pep Lijnders effect in some way...

Wouldn't be surprised if we start the game to get control and look what's going on, before we shift up a gear or two 2nd half like we often do to win the match.

I actually wouldn't mind starting Sav with intensity again to let their defence work hard and get Cherki on later to finish them off.

 

[Woody13]

Play narrow, with Doku, Foden and Cherki terrorising the scouse defence.
Whoever plays left back needs to stay on Saleh for the full game - that's why I'd pick Ake for today as he's the least productive of our potential left backs going forward. Ake always does a good job on Saleh and if you give him space.......

So, Pep: there's your blueprint. Now go and get me 4-1 for City. Put Liverpool out of the race for a while, and Arsenal will start shitting the bed.

There’s a case for pushing Salah back though? Or if he wants to cheat and stay upfield we’ll be able to frequently overload down that left hand side depending how quickly a Liverpool midfielder can get across.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Play narrow, with Doku, Foden and Cherki terrorising the scouse defence.
Whoever plays left back needs to stay on Saleh for the full game - that's why I'd pick Ake for today as he's the least productive of our potential left backs going forward. Ake always does a good job on Saleh and if you give him space.......

So, Pep: there's your blueprint. Now go and get me 4-1 for City. Put Liverpool out of the race for a while, and Arsenal will start shitting the bed.

Ake has been fucking garbage any time he’s taken to the pitch this season, and slow as fuck. I’ll be gutted if he starts ahead of O’Reilly today.

 

[69FACUPfinal]

I remember years ago when the **** Owen went on his dryist spell at Liverpool.

He rocked up at our place and smashed 3 past us!!!

That's exactly what I mean....

 

[the blue panther]

Ake has been fucking garbage any time he’s taken to the pitch this season, and slow as fuck. I’ll be gutted if he starts ahead of O’Reilly today.

Horses for courses. We haven't seen him for a while so hopefully his fitness is much better. I doubt he'll play though, as Pep usually likes to do the positive thing, which means NOR will start, and I'm fine with that - I just worry about Saleh and hope that, one way or the other, we can freeze him out.

 

[Longballutd]

Wouldn't be at all surprised if we cancelled each other out in this game and it finished a boring 0-0

No way this will be a 0-0

 

[Sid C]

That's exactly what I mean....

My memory is fucked but I remember that like yesterday. Walking through the Kippax car park and saying “You know what’s going to happen today “. Everyone agreed.

 

[MellowJoe]

No way this will be a 0-0

Haaland will see to that

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

The selection question for me is whether to start Cherki. I would.

100%, he’s our best right winger. Nobody comes close.
For me, I’d be wondering does he go with Khusanov or Nunes.

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Our defence gives me the willies. They’re going to create at least ten chances but so are we. We have to score first.

 

[hammersmithlad]

I'd be disappointed if he didn't.

Would love him to start but have a feeling Pep will go a bit conservative with this fixture & we may even see Rico - I hope not.

Think he will start Savinho & then realise he won’t have the same space Dortmund allowed him before most likely throwing Cherki on towards the latter part of the match.

 

[citeh94]

Oh boy im fucking up for this one. i wonder would pep let me start the game and fucking smash into that twat bradley or maybe wirtz. then he could take me off and put cherki on.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

If we have serious title aspirations, we can’t really afford to lose this one.

I’d love to see Cherki start but think we will see either Savinho or Bernardo on the right.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I think Pep will start with the extra midfielder today, and no right winger. Bernie over that way, with Nico and Reijnders in the middle, Phil behind Big Erl, and Doku on the left wing.

 

[Hgblue2]

I think Pep will start with the extra midfielder today, and no right winger. Bernie over that way, with Nico and Reijnders in the middle, Phil behind Big Erl, and Doku on the left wing.

Agree with most of that, but Savinho would tear Robertson a new one, may just sway it for Pep. Then again, he loves Bernardo so you may be right.