Tsunami Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 See Lawro been very complimentary about us again in his predictions. Stupid autocorrect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 See Lawrence been very complimentary about us again in his predictions. To be fair though I think we will get humped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 See Lawro been very complimentary about us again in his predictions. Stupid autocorrect No problem with that; just he's struggling a bit to see us staying up after watching the Brighton game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptoon Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Would like to see Aarons up against their god awful full backs I agree I think he'd cause them huge problems. But Rafa doesn't seem to rate him for reasons unknown. He's had a few off the pitch incidents I can only assume he's annoyed Rafa in some way. I'd use him and he will win us points before he gets injured. Darlow is another one. Did amazingly well for us last year really took his chance well and it looks pretty harsh that he has been dropped. If Shelvey had started against Brighton could the result have been different? Yes quite possibly. He surely has to start against Liverpool for either Hayden or Perez. Liverpool's defence struggles against quick players. Also I felt we needed to be a bit more adventurous after the Brighton game. Against Liverpool play deep get players behind the ball to try to nullify their threat and soak up pressure then hit them on the break with Shelvey, Merino & Ritchie etc supplying the through balls for Gayle, Atsu & Aarons running through Liverpools defence. If we do end up pushing Liverpool back then Merino & or Shelvey can push forward more. My team for this one with the above in mind would be: Darlow Yedlin. Lascelles. Clark. Gamez / Mbember Shelvey. Merino Ritchie Aaron's. Atsu Gayle Murphy to come on with fresh legs at some point second half for whoever is struggling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 That team ^^^ would get ripped apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I can see Rafa starting Shelvey and Merino in the "pivot" and playing Diame instead of Perez at no.10, to provide extra size. I think we'll see: Elliot Yedlin Lascelles Clark Mbemba Shelvey Merino Atsu Diame Ritchie Gayle Subs: Darlow, Manquillo, Lejeune, Perez, Mitrovic, Joselu, J.Murphy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hayden not even making the bench? I'd be really surprised by that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I think he'll make zero changes tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hayden not even making the bench? I'd be really surprised by that Totally forgot to include him on there. Probably best to ignore the bench, but that's what I think the starting team will look like. If I was choosing I'd stick with Hayden, Merino and Perez but swap Joselu for Mitrovic for this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I think he'll make zero changes tbh. Agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptoon Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I can see Rafa starting Shelvey and Merino in the "pivot" and playing Diame instead of Perez at no.10, to provide extra size. I think we'll see: Elliot Yedlin Lascelles Clark Mbemba Shelvey Merino Atsu Diame Ritchie Gayle Subs: Darlow, Manquillo, Lejeune, Perez, Mitrovic, Joselu, J.Murphy Good team ! Think we are both in agreement we can do better than Perez at number 10 for this one. Whilst I cannot fault his work rate, his deliveries could be better and despite starting every game he hasn't even looked like scoring and with Joselu also wasting good chances this looks like it could be a big problem if it continues. We can't just rely on defenders and Atsu chipping in with goals. Diame could be admittedly fantastic on his day (strong on the ball, good at nicking the ball off the opposition and setting up a forward move for us) , but in other games very off the pace, so very inconsistent for me. Come January a new number 10 and a new number 9 unless the current crop improve ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Reckon Rafa sees Diame as a central midfielder now tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Reckon Rafa sees Diame as a central midfielder now tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
louistoon Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I must have edited my post as you were typing, but yeah. Nobody is getting their knickers in a twist or 'following Dave', I honestly have no idea what you're going on about there. We have to take each game as the come and treat every game as if we can get a result, obviously with a weighted expectancy that it is more likely we will take more points on average from lesser teams come the end of the season. But if we play absolutely s**** against Liverpool and get battered then there shouldn't just be an acceptance of "well we never could have won this game anyway" and thankfully Rafa will definitely not be looking at it that way either. If we get battered because we played crap, we also need to remember that these aren't the games we have to get points from to survive, and if we think the world is falling in because we lost to Liverpool we are wrong. I got chewed out on here for inferring that after the Spuds loss, which I now admit was wrong, what I didn't see in the Spuds game however even when 11 v 11 was a will to win and a belief that we could get something other than a 0-0 out of the game, I also let the folks on here convince me we had a champo squad, which before the game I thought was underselling us. And people are getting their knickers in a twist, how many times has my original post been quoted and derided, it's a pretty innocuous comment really. We need to get points out of as many games as possible to survive. Writing off 1/3 of our season wont change the points tally we take from our relegation rivals anyway so I really don't understand the argument. We will lose games against bottom half teams this season regardless, and we need to pick up points against top 6 sides to make some of these back. Every point we take of these reduces the pressure we will have against the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexjack Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Elliot Yedlin Lascelles Clark Mbemba Shelvey Merino Murphy Perez Ritchie Gayle Subs: Darlow, Manquillo, Lejeune, Diame, Mitrovic, Joselu, Atsu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I'm not as confident as some given Liverpool's tendency to miss a lot of chances. They look to me like they could just as easily hammer someone without breaking a sweat. I'm hoping with how solid we have been, them playing in Russia this week and the weather being absolutely diabolical some of their players won't be at their best. I'll be optimistic and say 2-2 but I think we could be just as easy on the end of a pasting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 What is their front 3 expected to be? Mane back so him, Salah and Firmino? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Got a spare today. £30 Gallowgate Upper. pm or text Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Got a spare today. £30 Gallowgate Upper. pm or text Stick it up on Twitter mate. There's loads of people desperate for tickets on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 What a guy. Ryder, not Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 In hope gone for the 2-2 today, in reality fearing a good kicking especially if Shelvey plays deep centre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Think we will take a battering today like, although we are likely to score. 1-4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 It'll be fine, 2-1 to us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I think Shelvey will start on the bench again, with an unchanged line-up. If we can look as solid as we have most of the season, and limit Liverpool's chances created, I think we have enough about us to get a couple of goals and come away with some points. Excited for this, and really looking forward to seeing the flag display. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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