***Swansea Vs Liverpool Match Thread***

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Date Monday 16th
Kick off 20.00
@ Liberty Stadium

Hello and welcome to the match day thread for the upcoming Fixture with Swansea. We are in for a tough game and a result at Swansea will show we are in with a real shot at a top 4 fight.

Injury update
Player Injury Return Date
D Sturridge Hip/Thigh Injury 16th Sep 13
G Johnson High Ankle Sprain no return date
A Cissokho Ankle/Foot Injury 11th Oct 13
J Allen Hamstring Injury 16th Sep 13
K Toure Groin/Pelvis Injury 16th Sep 13
S Coates ACL Knee Injury May 14


J Shelvey Knock no return date
N Taylor Hip/Thigh Injury 5th Oct 13
N Dyer Hamstring Injury 16th Sep 13


Form

Liverpool 1 - 0 Man Utd
Aston Villa 0 - 1 Liverpool
Liverpool 1 - 0 Stoke


West Brom 0 - 2 Swansea
Tottenham 1 - 0 Swansea
Swansea 1 - 4 Man Utd

Ok have got the thread up early so we can enjoy the banter with our Swansea counterparts

And have tried to keep the thread App/Mobile friendly.
Have a good one lads

 

Nice one SJD

 

Tough...but we have to go for a win. killer ball from Skrtel to Sturridge.

 

#bringbackChris

 

At last the international break is over...Wooooohooooo

Going to be a hard game, but im hoping we can continue are good run of ground out results. Need to keep getting 3 points as often as possible, so it is the rivals playing catch up.

The good thing is that we have options. Options in defence. Good solid midfield and options upfront

 

Do We stick with Agger and Skrtel?
Surely after the last game they deserve to keep the shirt, but that will leave the new 18 million pound man on the bench!!!

#nicetohaveoptions

 

Lets beat these tight bastards that wouldn't stump up a ticket for me.

 

I'd work him into the team gently, we know and he knows that having spent that much money on him, he's been bought in as one of the main CBs but his transition to regular starter will take time.
I'd not drop Skrtel, he did nothing wrong in his last outing to warrant being dropped.
Hope Sturridge is fit to return so we can pretty much put out the same team that started against United.

#keeptherungoing

 

I think it maybe too soon to bring Sakho in.

I think Toure will come straight back into the team if fully fit. Whilst Skrtel had a good against Man Utd, Michu is a big, physical, aerial presence and we need Toure's strength to combat this.

 

Id start with Agger and Skrtel/Toure.

If we get the opportunity we can give Sakho 20 minutes at the end to get a bit of match fitness

 

Why should you get a ticket? If I go by boat, I live nearer than you!!!!

 

Eh? By boat, where are you?

 

this is a game we should be winning and it would be nice to see an assured win rather than another 1-0 nail biter.

if we approach the game with no fear we should win comfortably but swans are a good side no doubt, 1st goal is vital here I think.

 

I think that mentality is slowly developing. Winning breeds confidence, and 4 straight wins (incl League Cup) has helped us.

I posted on another thread about signing players who have experienced winning leagues will come in handy in boosting the squad mentality.

 

Toure has done fantastic. Start him and Agger.

 

On a boat.

Has been for nearly a century....

 

I know have a vision of Dave living on a boat parked on his drive wearing one of those captain hats.

 

Mumbles harbour.

 

Cheeky sod!

I'm in Somerset close to the Bristol Channel coast.

Now when I had my own boat it was rarely parked in the UK but when it was it was in The Solent, Dartmouth and Plymouth. But mostly I kept her in France and Spain.

Hate to disappoint you but my 2 favourite sailing hats - one looks like a cap from a Chaucer play and the other has a chicken on the top!!!

 

I have a feeling Liverpool will win this one.
For me, Swansea are going to shock people this season in that everyone expected them to do well, but I think they will struggle badly.
They are over rated, when you look past their forward line, the rest of their team is distinctly average.
Oddly enough, I think it will be their home games in which they will struggle, because their modus operandi at home will be to attack with gusto.
Any team with a half decent defence will soak it up and slaughter them on the counter, as Man Utd did on opening day.
I think they will perform better away, where they will tighten up. They beat Brom away and were unlucky not to get a point at WHL, but I think they will struggle at home against top 10 sides.