FA Cup

[Trumo]

I'd want us to get past the bitters come what may. After that, my opinion will probably shift depending on our schedule. The 3rd Round is next weekend, and the 4th Round takes place towards the end of January. There are no FA Cup fixtures in February. The 5th Round takes place in early March, and the Quarter Finals take place later on that month. The Semis are around mid-April, and the Final is on May 23rd. From the 5th Round onwards, there are no replays.

 

Absolute priority must go to the league however.

[ZonkoVille77]

Used to love it but now I couldn't give a flying cock.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

8 hours ago, viRdjil said:

Adrian

Hoever

Matip/Lovren (whoever’s fit)

Phillips

Milner

Fabinho

Lallana

Oxlade-Chamberlain

Shaqiri

Minamino

Origi

Or....

Take it seriously and try to win it, because we're not tournament-swerving shithouses.

 

Everton will be up for it, so we have to be. 

[Pidge]

We'll rotate. We'll go through.

[Leyton388]

I really want us to smash the bitters in the cup but I also want us to go full out for the FA cup. Hopefully we have an even bigger lead in the league and can put some focus on the FA CUP.

[Pidge]

Allison will probably start, I see no need to take him out of it and Adrian has already played plenty.  No need to throw games at him for the sake of it.

Expecting the full backs to rotate. Williams or Hoever, possibly Milner. Wouldn't mind another look at Gallacher personally, but unlikely.

Expecting first team centre backs, unless Virgil needs the rest - in which case Phillips in.

Lallana, Henderson and Jones in midfield, although wouldn't be shocked if we stick with Keita.

Origi and Shaq will play since they are obviously good enough.

One of Mane or Salah.

 

Minamino and Elliott on the bench.

[Harry Squatter]

Hopefully a few lower league sides if we get past Everton. I doubt Ancelotti or Klopp want this fixture. Just want to go a whole decade without them beating us just to casually mention it about 5000 times to the Evertonians I know. 

[TheDrowningMan]

I think today’s game showed that we can’t risk fielding a strong team in this competition. It’s irrelevant to our real goals for the season and we don’t need a drawn out, physical battle with an Ancelotti Everton team in place of a 9 day rest for the majority of our players.

[Grinch]

Klopp will bin it, like he does every other year.  So it's really neither here nor there. 

[TheHowieLama]

2 minutes ago, Grinch said:

Klopp will bin it, like he does every other year.  So it's really neither here nor there. 

Yea, same as last year when we won the CL. Or the year before when we went to the final. Or the year before when we went to the Europa and the League Cup final.

 

It's what he does.

[Grinch]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

Yea, same as last year when we won the CL. Or the year before when we went to the final. Or the year before when we went to the Europa and the League Cup final.

 

It's what he does.

 

Not sure why you're bringing the European games into it for. 

 

You definitely missed him giving todays opponents a  bye in this piece of shit last year though. 

[TheHowieLama]

1 minute ago, Grinch said:

 

Not sure why you're bringing the European games into it for. 

 

You definitely missed him giving todays opponents a  bye in this piece of shit last year though. 

Cuz Europe y'know. Important.

[Grinch]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

Cuz Europe y'know. Important.

 

Which is exactly why we try to win that along with the league and pay no fucks to the domestic trophies,  haven't for years. 

[Tony Moanero]

10 minutes ago, Grinch said:

 

Not sure why you're bringing the European games into it for. 

 

You definitely missed him giving todays opponents a  bye in this piece of shit last year though. 

Why is it a piece of shit?

[TheHowieLama]

I know- which is exactly why it's so weird you keep posting the same thing about it

[Grinch]

Just now, Tony Moanero said:

Why is it a piece of shit?

Why should I give a fuck about a tournament the club nor manager doesn't? 

 

People need to wake up and realise it's not the 90s,  top premier League clubs care about the league and Europe. 

 

Like fuck am I gonna be bothered when klopp gives some shite team a bye in this,  again. 

[TheDrowningMan]

12 minutes ago, Grinch said:

Why should I give a fuck about a tournament the club nor manager doesn't? 

 

People need to wake up and realise it's not the 90s,  top premier League clubs care about the league and Europe. 

 

Like fuck am I gonna be bothered when klopp gives some shite team a bye in this,  again. 

I wouldn’t say it’s ‘shit’, but it is certainly a competition you should use as an opportunity to rest most of your players in if you have more important things to go for and don’t possess Man City level resources.

 

The fact that Championship clubs regularly use it as an opportunity for a rest tells you all you need to know about its status in today’s game. I’m sure we’ll get people shaking their heads and bemoaning the loss of the cup’s “magic” but the stock that used to be places in it was always an outlier compared to the rest of Europe.

[Tony Moanero]

14 minutes ago, Grinch said:

Why should I give a fuck about a tournament the club nor manager doesn't? 

 

People need to wake up and realise it's not the 90s,  top premier League clubs care about the league and Europe. 

 

Like fuck am I gonna be bothered when klopp gives some shite team a bye in this,  again. 

You make it sound like top clubs wanting to win the league and European Cup/Champions League is a new thing.

 

We’ve drawn Everton, this year. They need knocking out.

[TheDrowningMan]

4 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

We’ve drawn Everton, this year. They need knocking out.

Not at the expense of dropping points in the league when the team is knackered and a trip to Spurs is up next.

[TheHowieLama]

Not at the expense of our best players getting kicked for 90 minutes

[Tony Moanero]

12 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Not at the expense of dropping points in the league when the team is knackered and a trip to Spurs is up next.

The Tottenham game is almost a week later.

[TheDrowningMan]

Just now, Tony Moanero said:

The Tottenham game is almost a week later.

It is, but Sheffield United is three days before and we’ve just ground out a win while looking completely knackered. I just don’t see any point in risking injuries in a lesser competition when there’s the opportunity for recuperation at the end of this ridiculous run of fixtures. Yeah, it’s Everton but it’s the FA Cup; not worth jeopardising our progress in the top competitions for.

[johnsusername]

It's Everton - win at all costs.

[KMD7]

33 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Not at the expense of dropping points in the league when the team is knackered and a trip to Spurs is up next.

This, for once

[KMD7]

I'll be honest lads. It's not just the FA cup I'd sacrifice this season. I'd sacrifice the CL at this stage. We absolutely need to get this 30 year monkey off our back and from here on in nothing should come in the way of it*

 

*I'm aware I wanted the World cup this year but that was another thing we needed to win imo.