[League Cup Final] Newcastle United Vs. Liverpool - 16/03/25 @ 16:30 (Live on ITV & Sky)

[et tu brute]

38 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Think that would be a mistake. We aren't going to win the possession battle so we should just go with raw end product. We could set out a plan to concede possession over the 90 mins - which will happen anyway - but just beat them with sheer end product.

 

Barnes-Isak-Murphy might not give you flowing football, but there's a potential winning goal or two if we can keep it tight at the back.

 

 

Howe will be looking for protection down that side and Barnes won't provide that 

[Pancrate1892]

                                Dubs

Trippier        Krafth           Burn      Targett/tino

 

      Tonali.            Bruno.       Joelinton 

 

    Murphy.           Wilson.           Isak

 

Playing isak against TAA will expose him giving Liverpool a massive problem, and playing Wilson and isak is not something that Liverpool would be prepared for. 

 

I think you need at least one left footer on that side so I'd be prepared to play targett, however defensively a right footed leftback might deal with Salah better than a lefty 

 

Krafth in for me, never puts a foot wrong and we always look more solid with him in there. Schar and burn together will get destroyed 

 

       

[Superior Acuña]

Not a chance Schar is getting dropped for Krafth

[Earp]

5 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said:

                                Dubs

Trippier        Krafth           Burn      Targett/tino

 

      Tonali.            Bruno.       Joelinton 

 

    Murphy.           Wilson.           Isak

 

Playing isak against TAA will expose him giving Liverpool a massive problem, and playing Wilson and isak is not something that Liverpool would be prepared for. 

 

I think you need at least one left footer on that side so I'd be prepared to play targett, however defensively a right footed leftback might deal with Salah better than a lefty 

 

Krafth in for me, never puts a foot wrong and we always look more solid with him in there. Schar and burn together will get destroyed 

 

       

I would start with Barnes - this is his moment 

[STM]

If we start with 4 at the back, we lose IMO.

 

Schar and Burn look terrible right now.

 

Doing the same thing, will only give us the same results.

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by STM

[joeyt]

12 minutes ago, STM said:

If we start with 4 at the back, we lose IMO.

 

Schar and Botman look terrible right now.

 

Doing the same thing, will only give us the same results.

 

Harsh on Sven

[SteV]

Kraft’s benefitting massively from not playing at the moment. Give him a run of ten games and it’ll be back to ‘not good enough’.

 

As ever, the truth is always somewhere in the middle.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by SteV

[Pancrate1892]

1 hour ago, Superior Acuña said:

Not a chance Schar is getting dropped for Krafth

Aye, that's what I would do rather than what I think will happen 

[Pancrate1892]

23 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Harsh on Sven

Aye, he bound to look shite if he can't walk 

[Novocastrian]

1 hour ago, Earp said:

I would start with Barnes - this is his moment 

He’s an impact sub at best. Bring him on for the last 20 mins if we are still within 2 goals of them.

[STM]

32 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Harsh on Sven

 

Aye i meant Burn.

[Pearljam10]

                                Dubs

 

Trippier    Krafth    Schar    Burn      Tino 

 

   Murphy     Tonali     Bruno     Joelinton

 

                                  Isak         

[STM]

1 minute ago, Pearljam10 said:

                                Dubs

 

Trippier    Krafth    Schar    Burn      Tino 

 

   Murphy     Tonali     Bruno     Joelinton

 

                                  Isak         

 

Yep, me too.

[cubaricho]

That’s negative as fuck.  

[Interpolic]

                        Dubravka Pope

Murphy Trippier Krafth Schar Burn Tino Targett

                            Longstaff

                               Osula

 

HTL

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, Interpolic said:

                        Dubravka Pope

Murphy Trippier Krafth Schar Burn Tino Targett

                            Longstaff

                               Osula

 

HTL

Solved the goalkeeping issue, no worries. 

[BUJ]

Got 2 train tickets

out 06.50 Sunday

rtn 13.30 Monday. 

 

Drop a PM. Reserved seats

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

On 05/03/2025 at 12:40, LiquidAK said:

I'm choosing to believe that this is an elite misinformation campaign from the club to lull Liverpool into a false sense of security. They put out the reserves thinking it'll be a walkover, then the squads are released and BAM

 

- Isak plays

- Hall plays 

- Botman plays

- We secretly signed an elite GK and RW in January 

- We actually did appeal Gordon's ban, and it was double upheld so we start 1-0 up to compensate for the distress caused 

 

5-0, Salah in tears, somewhere in Germany Klopp falls to his knees, Tindall spends the next 72 hours on a London bender in spearmint rhino

 

Fixed

[Oregon_Geordie]

                           Dubs
Tripps.       Schar.        Burn.      Tino (Man marking Salah)

 

                       Sandro
           Bruno                 Big Joe

 

Murph              Isak                  Barnes (Fingers Crossed he turns up)

 

 

Sandro is Key in sitting in deep to protect the slow coaches at the back.

I think Tino should be a better match for Salah, with him being right footed and slightly faster than Hall.

That Middle three and Isak are a match - it's if Murphy and Barnes show up.

 

But fuck knows....

 

 

[huss9]

reckon Eddie goes for liitle joe instead of barnes

[OpenC]

1 hour ago, cubaricho said:

That’s negative as fuck.  

 

But potentially shithousetastic. I don't see us standing a better chance opening up and trying to play beautiful expansive football with the personnel we have available.  Heroic rearguard action and win 1-0 after 93 minutes with a horrible goal line bundle and 18% overall possession for me

[craigmadge]

I remember the cup finals of the 90s but my childhood brain can’t remember how much of an underdog we were then. 
 

how does then compare to now? Which out of the last 4 was our best opportunity?

[Scoot]

2 hours ago, Interpolic said:

                        Dubravka Pope

Murphy Trippier Krafth Schar Burn Tino Targett

                            Longstaff

                               Osula

 

HTL

 

Can we not slot Ruddy in there between Pope and Dubravka? Fuck Longstaff off 

[Maggies]

21 minutes ago, craigmadge said:

I remember the cup finals of the 90s but my childhood brain can’t remember how much of an underdog we were then. 
 

how does then compare to now? Which out of the last 4 was our best opportunity?

Best opportunity - Man Utd 23

2nd - Man Utd 99 (as they were resting players ahead of Euro final)

3rd = Arsenal 98 and Liverpool 25

 

I fancy us to score at least in this one.

[Hovagod]

22 minutes ago, craigmadge said:

I remember the cup finals of the 90s but my childhood brain can’t remember how much of an underdog we were then. 
 

how does then compare to now? Which out of the last 4 was our best opportunity?

Would have said we have way more chance in this one than in the 90s two