Liverpool (a) Pre-Match Thread

[Tricky_Trev]

I better rip up season card then

Glory hunter

 

[FantasyIreland]

Nothing like setting yourself up for a fall :)

'mistakes' pmsl

 

[NorCalBlue]

Just curious, anyone in here thinks we can still win the title?

Pedantic reply: Yes, as long as Chelsea drop at least 4 points between now and the end of the season, we can win the title. If they don't, then we can't.

Schrodinger's reply: Our true chance of winning it is currently either 0% or 100% - we just can't possibly know which one yet, so the best answer should be a probability rather than a yes/no. If you convert the probability into a yes or no, anything over 50% is a yes, so if you think we have a 51% chance of winning or a 100% chance of winning, your answer's the same (even though 51% shows a lot of faith in Pep and the squad, but acknowledges we have a very good chance of not winning, whereas 100% is simply blind optimism).

Personally, I'd put us at about a 20% chance of winning it, so my yes/no answer would be no, but that doesn't mean we've no chance of winning it (I think Trump was down to about a 13% chance of winning a couple of weeks before the election). Incidentally, I'd give Chelsea a 50% chance right now, Liverpool 20%, and the rest 10%. That means there's no team that crosses the 50% threshold in my opinion, so I wouldn't say 'yes' to any team winning the title.

(Just checked SkyBet and they have it as Chelsea 55%, City/Liverpool both 15%, Arsenal 7.5%, United/Spurs both 3.5%, so that makes me a little more optimistic than the pros!)

 

[Blue Coop]

First 20 mins are key for us. You feel like we can't afford to go behind early or it's a typically long afternoon at Anfield. Get through that and we're in with a good chance; Aguero and KDB will cause them problems. I'd consider Sane instead of Sterling, purely to avoid giving the crowd another thing to get lively for.

 

[Kompany is King]

Sterling should play, on recent form.

Hope he has a good game.

 

[CrownPointBlue]

Just do not see how we are going to get anything out of this game, however I will be over the moon to be proved wrong

You missed POOPER out of your name mate.

 

[BillyShears]

Crikey, an awful lot of seriously negative opinions on here. Granted Liverpool have been very good so far this season, but we do have some alright players of our own.

As an aside, confidently predicting we'll get dicked three nil or something like that is a ****'s trick in my book but keep them coming. Last time i recall this kind of negativity was when Pellegrini's City had to go to Bayern and win. Lots of predictions around then that we'd get dicked too.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Thankfully raheem has more gut than you lot are giving him credit for. He will start, and i think he will rip em a new one

 

[CrownPointBlue]

Thankfully raheem has more gut than you lot are giving him credit for. He will start, and i think he will rip em a new one

I hope you're right,but on what basis do you make your prediction ?

 

[deano ou812]

Did West Ham draw at anfield and along with Bournemouth (I know they where at home) did they play with two up top?

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I hope you're right,but on what basis do you make your prediction ?

Against liverpool we need pace, to cut through their press. He is our pace.

 

[CrownPointBlue]

He's got it in spades alright.

I wish he'd use it for 90 minutes for us like he used to AGAINST us !!

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Just curious, anyone in here thinks we can still win the title?

No - Fighting for 4th. We won't win Saturday and the gap will be impossible if Chelsea win.
Very disappointing considering the start

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Does anyone think he might unleash Delph? Purely, just to get amongst them...

You must surely be joking?

 

[Peggy's a blue]

You must surely be joking?

At my signal unleash Delph ha ha :-)

 

[Akiva]

No - Fighting for 4th. We won't win Saturday and the gap will be impossible if Chelsea win.
Very disappointing considering the start

Oh bore off, you also said we'd lose to Arsenal.

 

[Len Rum]

I better rip up season card then

Why?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Against liverpool we need pace, to cut through their press. He is our pace.

No. To get through a press you need players picking up the space in behind.
Hopefully we have them on Saturday.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

No. To get through a press you need players picking up the space in behind.
Hopefully we have them on Saturday.

You mean like Sterling did against Arsoles after KDB completed that world class pass :-)

 

[gios_left_boot]

Good point. If we set out to defend too high up the pitch they will murder us for pace on the break just like Chelsea.
I find it difficult to say it but this is a Maureen type game if ever there was one. Frustrate them then shackle them.
Not sure we can execute this plan though so not hopeful of getting much out of it.

Exactly mate we just dont have the pace at the back to push up the pitch.. if they do a ball over the top with manes pace and we are fucked.. we know they are going to press the fuck out of us if we fuck around at the back. other teams we can afford to do it but not with klopps team.. horses for courses, it felt dirty when you said Maureens plan ewww, and to be fair it didnt look like a Maureen plan when we did it to Barca ;)