League Cup semi-final: Stoke on a wet and windy Tuesday night (A)

[Sputnik1]

Get Rafa on the phone and get him on the phone, now.

 

From one set of reactionary knee jerking window licking loons to another. I think not.

[whtwht]

Stoke starting XI is stronger in my opinion. How did it come to this ?

 

Bojan, Shaqiri, Affellay and Arnautovic will have a field day.

Indeed how did it come to this.. can see a score draw.

[suzy]

Get Rafa on the phone and get him on the phone, now.

 

I wondered who would be the first!

[Gym Beglin]

Mignolet, Clyne, Toure, Lovren, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Allen, Coutinho, Lallana, Firmino

 

Bogdan, Milner, Benteke, Brannagan, Ibe, Smith, Randall

Good god.

 

I've seen it all now.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

What seemed like the easiest option in the draw now looks quite tricky.

 

We are really struggling with injuries now. Plus our form is declining and Stoke's form is largely on an upwards curve.

 

Could be a long night, this. I think I'd take a draw with an away goal, or even a narrow 1 (maybe 2) goal defeat, provided we score.

 

Just want us to have a go and not be so bloody soft as we've been against West Ham and Watford.

[ZonkoVille77]

We'll cryuff turn the fuck outta them.

[suzy]

What seemed like the easiest option in the draw now looks quite tricky.

 

We are really struggling with injuries now. Plus our form is declining and Stoke's form is largely on an upwards curve.

 

Could be a long night, this. I think I'd take a draw with an away goal, or even a narrow 1 (maybe 2) goal defeat, provided we score.

 

Just want us to have a go and not be so bloody soft as we've been against West Ham and Watford.

 

Yup think I would take a draw tonight!

[Stickman]

How the fuck did Geoff Cameron win that appeal?

 

He swung for and connected with Yacob, right in front of the ref, didn't he?

Because it's the FA and they want Stoke to have every chance to knock us out.....although having a three man Independent commission that consisted of Hodgson ,Pulis and Allardyce didn't help our cause.

[Bobby Hundreds]

We are gonna win this.

[ben48]

Does the away goals rule apply in this.

[Red Phoenix]

Shaqiri, Affellay and Bojan vs Toure and Lovren?

 

Yeah this could be a bad night.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Does the away goals rule apply in this.

Repped for optimism.

[Hades]

Klopp has given up this season. Run the shitcunts into the ground and hope they get injured seems to be the plan.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Does the away goals rule apply in this.

The competition has its own strange version of away goals. They don't count if it's level after the two 90 minute games. It then goes to extra time. Away goals only count if its level after extra time.

[manwiththestick]

I'm clinging to the hope our front three has a bit of movement about them enought to cause Stoke some problems.

 

Only thing is their front four can and will also.

[Sputnik1]

Ha ha, love Klopp.

[jimmycase]

Does the away goals rule apply in this.

 

only if the scores are level after extra time in the second leg. Its not Europe away goals.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

We're fucked.

 

Graeme Sourness has just said that Kolo Toure "hasn't got any legs."

[stringvest]

our underperformers are all going to come good tonight.  Fluid, quick ball on the ground.  Bamboozle these twats.

[Gnasher]

Onw saving grace for tonight, looking at the line ups is Cats do the funniest things is on channel 5.

[Sputnik1]

I fucking hate mark hughes the granny headed twat.

[TheHowieLama]

our underperformers are all going to come good tonight.

 

All 25 of them?

[suzy]

Ha ha, love Klopp.

 

That was funny! Basically he didn't drop Benteke, brought in Lallana, counted and realised he has 11!

[suzy]

We're fucked.

 

Graeme Sourness has just said that Kolo Toure "hasn't got any legs."

 

How I would love to see a player like Souness in a red shirt again!

[stringvest]

All 25 of them?

 

13.  Lucas is playing at his normal level.