Match Day Thread Port-o v Liquerpool

The CL starts up again this week and we get our first taste of Port-o as Liquerpool go up against them.

Having hopped the group, Liquerpool go into this full of confidence. After a few poor results, they've schnapps'ed back into form with a comfortable win against their reserves on Sunday hoping to go on another unbeaten rum like they did before that Swansea defeat.

Port-o currently top their league and will be no pushover as they have only suffered 1 defeat in their last 25 games, that a 3-2 Loss against Vodka Red Bull Leipzig.

It's sure to be a good atmosphere under the moonshine at the Dragon stadium so the players will need to be careful not to get whisk-eyd in the emotion of it all.

These 2 teams have only played each other 4 times, twice in the CL in 2007 and twice in the UEFA Cup back in 2001, when Liquerpool famously lifted the Cup. Both away games were draws while both home games were comfortable wine's so put your drinking money on a 1st leg draw followed by a 2nd leg victory.

The game will be on Wednesday at 7:45pm

 

I expect we'll have the measure of them and will tot up a few goals.

 

Match threads have gone downhill.

But we won so **** it.

 

Gonna be a tricky game. Get the away goal and a lead back to Anfield

 

They've been playing well and like to attack but that may suit us.

 

The worry is that Klopp rotates and puts Moreno in. There's no need for it, Robertson has only played half the season so should be fine.

 

Can is suspended so Hendo will likely to come back.

 

some peeps are never happy

 

I agree.

away game in europe is not the place to rotate period and especially not put in a brain dead moron who can be put off by simply talking about playstation at HT.

IMO:

Mingolet might come in.... if he doesn't it says he is done.
Gomez was supposedly coming back for this one
Matip will start
VVD should start but we need to assess fitness. with 10 days off after if he doesn't we are being every cautious
robertson must start
Henderson was rested for this one so will play
IMO windy will start at CM to retain ball and sideways pass
CM is only debate. Milner rested at weekend..
Front 3 pick themselves

I think we need a couple away goals here.

 

My team...

Karius
Gomez Matip VVD Robertson
Hendo
Milner AOC
Salah Firmino Mane
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Might well be.

The only questions are in Klopps approach and its nearly impossible at times to tell what he is thinking.

Mingolet for Karius is continuation of rotation policy with keepers. For me its nonsense if he's now decided to drop mingolet down as karius needs to improve consistency. we are still praising him for doing the absolute basics an u18 should be doing.

Milner or Windy.. would milners style suit playing porto? I don't know. he's a clogger TBH. windy might retain it better and pass sideway but is useless away from home. who knows.

Really its not like there's much options so this is all fine tuning.

hopefully we get a couple of away goals even if its a draw as the more window we have for **** ups at home the better.

My nervy score is 0-0. We get then and i'm really worried going to anfield even though i should not be. 1-1, 1-2 or 2-4 would be my ideals.

 

I'm putting Milner and AOC in for thet reason (to win it and give it simple) although AOC is getting on my nerves at the moment.

 

AOC is not covering back towards TAA.

Salah is not playing RW. he's not tracking a LB like mane is on the other side. So OX HAS to double up with the right side and he is not.

 

They just can’t help but have a good wine

 

We need to get some shots away and try and tequila the game off in the first leg.

 

Our team has a few players who are lager than life so we've got a good shot at the wine

With Klopp's tactical ginius we should amaretto more goals past them and be scoring just for the sake of scoring

 

There really is no mead for such terrible puns

 

Any rumours on team selection?........maybe from an in-cider

 

We haven't got a game on the weekend, so no need to rest and rotate. Henderson will come in for Can and maybe Milner for Chamberlain