Swansea City (Away) - Sunday 1st May 12:00

[Allan]

No match thread as yet, so here goes...

 

                Ward

 

Randall Skrtel Ilori Smith

 

        Stewart  Milner

 

Ibe        Teixeira      Ojo

 

            Sturridge

 

Bench: MIgnolet, Flanagan, Caulker, Brannagan, Chirivella, Kent, Benteke.

 

Milner & Sturridge to play no more than 60 minutes. Give Benteke the last half hour.

 

[aladdinsane]

Normally I can't wait for our next game but I've got little interest as it will probably be like Bournemouth and have a pre season friendly feel. Just no more injuries please.

[Arl arse]

This one's on BT Sport again, not sure I can put myself through Owen's commentary twice in the space of a week.

[LFC 6 Times]

He'll play a youth side with Sturridge with a cob on and Benteke up front.

[jimmycase]

Cant wait myself. Be interesting to see who he plays. Ward talked about in goal but I dont think there'll be wholesale changes.

 

Could see the lump starting with sturridge coming on for the last 30 minutes.

[Hades]

Rumoured Twitter team: Ward, Randall, Skrtel, Ilori, Smith, Stewart, Chirivella, Ojo, Brannagan, Ibe, Benteke.

[TheHowieLama]

Studge left out there...

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

Studge left out there...

Can't even get a game for our reserves.

[bonesman]

This one's on BT Sport again, not sure I can put myself through Owen's commentary twice in the space of a week.

 

The Nbc streams are usually good quality mate, and owenless.

[Arl arse]

The Nbc streams are usually good quality mate, and owenless.

Cheers mate, might give it a go.

[Kevin D]

Swansea will win this comfortably.

 

If you look at his body language, some of the bizarre things he's been saying and his tactics, Klopp looks and sounds like an utterly broken man. He's not recovered from that second half against Newcastle where Rafa exposed him. I hope I'm wrong and we're fine for Thursday, but I think Rafa took his soul last week.

[Kevin D]

Rumoured Twitter team: Ward, Randall, Skrtel, Ilori, Smith, Stewart, Chirivella, Ojo, Brannagan, Ibe, Benteke.

Fucking hell, it's worse than I feared.

[Harry Squatter]

Worse than the Hodgson era

[stringvest]

Rumoured Twitter team: Ward, Randall, Skrtel, Ilori, Smith, Stewart, Chirivella, Ojo, Brannagan, Ibe, Benteke.

 

 

Good looking team that.  Light on experience, but heavy on weight.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Rumoured Twitter team: Ward, Randall, Skrtel, Ilori, Smith, Stewart, Chirivella, Ojo, Brannagan, Ibe, Benteke.

[Creator Supreme]

We'll lose 5-0

[Josef Svejk]

Good looking team that.  Light on experience, but heavy on weight.

 

Chubby Randall alone balances out the lack of experience.

[Arl arse]

Good looking team that.  Light on experience, but heavy on weight.

Did someone say Heavyweight

 

[mouse1989]

Rumoured Twitter team: Ward, Randall, Skrtel, Ilori, Smith, Stewart, Chirivella, Ojo, Brannagan, Ibe, Benteke.

How long can this fraud continue managing this great club?

[Russ Atmosphere]

..and yet Napolean complex is described in texts as a theoretical condition.

[Jairzinho]

Chubby Randall alone balances out the lack of experience.

Not a bad 1940s Jazz saxophonist name that.

[Josef Svejk]

Not a bad 1940s Jazz saxophonist name that.

 

It's an awesome name.

 

Incidentally...

 

Pre-fat camp

 

 

Post fat-camp

 

[Lario]

Swansea are on their holidays for the last few weeks. Any team we put out should beat them.

 

Mockers well and truly applied. Mortgage on Swansea.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

I think Sturridge needs to start, even if he doesn't get 90 mins.

[Allan]

From James Pearce at The Echo.

 

Daniel Sturridge is in the Liverpool squad for Sunday's Premier League clash with Swansea City – but Jurgen Klopp has left a host of key players behind.

 

The Reds striker is expected to feature at the Liberty Stadium after being overlooked for Thursday night's Europa League semi-final first leg away to Villarreal.

 

However, Roberto Firmino, Joe Allen, James Milner, Alberto Moreno and Kolo Toure have all been spared the trip to South Wales with one eye on next Thursday's second leg at Anfield.

 

The rest of those players who were involved at El Madrigal have travelled to Swansea, including Philippe Coutinho, who has recovered from the sickness bug which forced him off at half-time.

 

Klopp will field a much changed side with the likes of Martin Skrtel, Connor Randall, Brad Smith, Kevin Stewart, Danny Ward, Cameron Brannagan, Joao Carlos Teixeira, Pedro Chirivella and Sheyi Ojo all in contention.

 

However, there is no place in the Liverpool squad for Jon Flanagan.

 

Klopp revealed on Friday that the full-back, who last featured against Southampton in March, needed to build up his “physical resistance” following his 18-month absence due to a knee injury.

 

“Flanno’s situation is not too easy to explain,” Klopp said.

 

He cannot train all the time and when you are out for such a long period you cannot build a base.

 

“That is all. It is a little bit similar, but a different story, to what I said about Daniel Sturridge.

 

“If we want to help him we need to work on his physical resistance so he is really ready for more than one game and does not need two or three days recovery. That is not how it should work. That is what we will try to do.”