Liverpool (h) CL QF pre-match thread

[ChicagoBlue]

If Raz starts give him maximum support for everything he does. He will pay back at home.

Just like in the derby, eh?

He doesn’t need “support,” he needs benching until he can hit the side of a barn from 10-12 years out 10 times out of ten. Woeful finishing that cost us the game and the Championship...so far!

 

[St.Pauli support]

Hand on heart after the last two games can anyone actually honestly think we will score enough goals to get past Liverpool,to be fair we can’t see them not scoring at least one,stranger things have happened but what doesn’t fill me with confidence is when was the last time we went into a game and just went at a team from the 1st min to the 90th min..we either seem to play well first half then drop off second or vice versa,we need to be ruthless and relentless for the whole game ..

1.) It's just 1 match and everything is possible. Even a 6-1.

2.) Tbh, we cannot be relentless over 90/120 minutes. But we also don't have to. Dippers scored within 20 minutes mind.

We all know what the place will be like when we score 1-0.
Klopp will try to prepare his team not to shit themselves then, but some dynamics will unfold.
If our players feel strong and confident it could be some great night.

At least we don't need to attack an opponent's coach to win a match.

 

[Easy]

I agree.

But it REALLY pisses me off that the likes of Sterling are still being bood years after he left, and having done nothing more than decide he wants to change clubs. And it's not unique to the red dippers. Arsenal are just as bad if not worse. They probably still boo Nasri now if he was still playing for us.

I think it's pathetic, but the even sadder part is that it works. None of our bood players ever played well when subjected to abuse like this. So Milner deserves the full treatment as far as I am concerned, and if it ruins his game, great.

This.

Had nothing against Milner for leaving even after running his contract down and going on a free. But his comments infuriated me. So he fully deserves to be booed every time he plays against us. You are right this effects their game and it could give us an advantage.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

If we score early, and get the crowd behind us then anything is possible. The big worry is that if/when they score then it's pretty much game over. The odds are stacked heavily against us, but stranger things have happened.

Need to keep a clean sheet. Liverpool will sit deep and play long balls from the back the press from the front has to be constantly.

4-2-4

Ederson

Walker
Stones
Laporte
Delph

Fernandinho
Kdb

D Silva
Sterling
Jesus
Sane

 

[Gabriel]

And loud booing from the moment he walks out. I'm not normally one for booing, and generally find it rather childish. But there are exceptions.

Generally find booing the opposition to be counterproductive and deflects attention from supporting the team. Best occasions recently have actually come from refereeing injustices that have spurred the crowd/players on into an atmosphere of near hysteria. At those points, it often feels as if the everything is out of control, absolute bedlam, and then suddenly space appears and the better players exploit it. Sometimes it can be the referee turning down a clear penalty that ignites it. Never thought we've responded to anything choreographed.

 

[hawkhurst]

Ederson

Walker
Stones
Kompany
Delph

Fernandinho
Silva
KDB

Sane
Aguero
Sterling

3-1 City.

 

[Chippy_boy]

If by some miracle we get to 3-0, I hope to God we don't take our foot off the gas because the 94th minute Liverpool goal or penalty for absolutely fuck all, would be inevitable. We need to score 5 or more. That's where our heads should be at.

 

[shevtheblue]

I've got a good feeling about this game now, don't know what it is but this game is going to define a lot of these guys going into next season, i think something special is going to happen.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

We will need to score 7 goals to progress to the semi-finals. It’s inevitable we will have a spell of 20 crazy minutes where Liverpool end up scoring three.

 

[Ric]

Guardiola's press conference due to start in a couple of minutes, hopefully no fresh injury concerns.