Capital One Cup Thread 2015/16

[Manchester_lalala]

I wouldn't go out to play football against this Liverpool side because they will just press you off the park.

They have struggled at home recently because I think both Palace and Swansea sat deep, stayed organized and countered when they could and left minimal trigger points for Liverpool to look for in their press.

I am hoping Manuel sets up like when we played Sevilla away of we are to play Liverpool again because we left ourselves in situations where Sevilla didn't have many 2 v 1's as we sat relatively deep and countered.

If we try and play an attacking game we will get picked off because I don't think our team does well against good pressing teams as proved when we have played the likes of Pochettino's Southampton and Spurs, Klopp's Dortmund and Liverpool, Rodgers Liverpool etc... Even Stuttgart in pre-season for example.

This is what most posters have been saying. If we set up to defuse Liverpool counter attack, we win all day long. If we play yaya and Fernando in midfield, we get dicked again. Hopefully our thick manager gets it right if we play them. Very big test for pellegrini if we do draw them in the semis.

 

[George Hannah]

Just like last season when it was so obvious that spurs would avoid Chelsea and L'pool and draw div 1 Sheffield utd.
Get warmin' chaps.

Not sure the red dippers would fancy us again - in fact we're a 'must to avoid'​

 

[deafmanstevo]

Do they play 186 minutes in the final

Ha ha you know what I mean

 

[worsleyweb]

Didn't palace beat them 2 weeks ago? And they struggled against Swansea last week?

 

[deano ou812]

No doubt Klopp has already changed things drastically at Liverpool,but be interesting to see how they get on with the run of games over Christmas and his high pressing by the time fa cup third round they could be knackered and surely bound to have a few injuries to contend with...

 

[Atypical]

Can't wait until teams starting sitting back against the dippers.

 

[mat]

Not sure the red dippers would fancy us again - in fact we're a 'must to avoid'​

Their fans will expect us to get bummed again.

The players will see what Silva did yesterday and think "Oh shit..."

 

[super_city_si]

Let's how effective the frantic press is after the Christmas period. They'll be fucked. Klopps used to giving them a break in winter.

 

[Jazzman]

Can't wait until teams starting sitting back against the dippers.

That's the trick IMHO. Pressing only works if there is anything to press against.

 

[super_city_si]

I can't imagine Pellegrini changing his style against them if we draw them.