Match Day Thread Vs Aston Villa (A)

Play the best eleven and then the kids on the weekend.

 

Cant we just concede the game now

Its a loss all day long, the kids will play and we'll lose.

 

Or maybe just like Arsenal the kids will turn our season round. Our form cannot be worse. We’ve dropped more points and lost more games in 17 than we have in the whole of last season. VVD is injured but surely no team should depend on the fitness of one single centre back.

 

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't mind if we just played the kids and got knocked out. But I feel we need a bit of a confidence boost.

 

What if we played a strong team and lost? Our first choice players rarely perform in the cups, it's like they think they're above it. Not blaming the players here (although certainly not blameless either), it's the mentality Klopp as brought towards the domestic cups.

 

i think the choice will be taken out of Klopp’s hands. With the number of games played he will want to rest key players especially those who look really jaded like Salah. He will prioritise the premiership over the FA cup and this means reserves and youngsters. Yes he might lose yet another cup but needs must.

 

I'd say rest as many senior players as we can - especially all of the front 3, Robbo and Trent. They will have a 2 week break now.

 

We're thought he'd do that with the dead rubber Midtjylland game too

 

The hope would be that they'd want to put that nightmare 7-2 right... I'd go with a similar team to last night but put Hendo back in midfield over Ox, get Williams at CB, swap one of the front 3 with Minamino.

 

It'll be 9 days to the United game, rest then.

 

Rest and as important, avoidance of knocks and injury.

That MU match dwarfs any in importance. Not just because of our intense rivalry but because if we lost we could find ourselves in 5th place when the various matches in hand are caught up with!

 

Yep

 

I would say **** the game, but it's a big break till Utd. No reason to not go strong or relatively so.

The likes of Minamino deserve another start

 

Actually, this season I think the kids have been better than the first team.

We should be playing the kids in the league and the first team for these early cup rounds.

 

it won't be kids.

kelleher
williams williams phillips milner
Ox clarkson jones
shaqiri minamino origi

thats about it. one or two kids and squad players based on the season. Rhys williams and phillips are the only options at CB, the rest are all squad players.

 

Normally, we'd play the kids whilst the first team ****off to Dubai

 

Not enough money for that this year because we have dubai a few new players.

 

7-2 to Villa

 

Erm...