Man City (H) - Premier League - 7/2/21 - 16:30

[Section_31]

Can't wait for this. Go team.

 

 

[Anubis]

Just win. Thanks.

[JustTosh]

If we win this I'll burst once again in anger of the games played against WestBrom, Burnley, Brighton and others.

 

Maybe it's better if we don't

 

I'll just adapt our players state of mind: Would be nice to win it, but heck who really cares?

 

[magicrat]

Ali better be back for this if we hope to get a draw. 

[3 Stacks]

This game barely matters.

[Jairzinho]

 

Alisson

TAA Kabak Davies Robertson

Henderson Wijnaldum

Thiago

Salah Firmino Jones

[dockers_strike]

That team would get fucking spanked by city.

[Jairzinho]

That's the best team we can put out, but I agree. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Haggerty F

 

Haggerty R

Tomkins

Noble

Carrick

 

Dobson

Crapper

Dewhurst

 

MacIntyre

Treadmore

Davitt

 

Just get these beat, Reds. 

Please. 

 

[Captain Howdy]

Take a draw now obviously. We have to finish top four. 

[Red Shift]

If we beat City and Utd lose another this weekend, or draw, then this early in the season its still very tight at the top. Our season won’t be over. A Big if I know.

 

Presumably, our 2 new CBs are training with the lads now, and frankly, I think one of them has to play alongside Nat this weekend. Without Hendo in midfield, City will find it too easy to dictate. With Hendo back in his prime spot, City will have to play a careful game, and just maybe, our defence will be under less pressure. Big maybe I know.

 

2-1 Liverpool. Its the Eternal Optimist in me.

[sir roger]

Can't see either of the newbies starting on Sunday

[Captain Howdy]

19 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Can't see either of the newbies starting on Sunday

Neither can I but they should, fuck all to lose now, might as well have a strong midfield.

[an tha]

Would like to be wrong, but got a feeling might take up to a month before we see a centre half pairing of actual centre halves and our midfiled back.

 

Which for me makes waiting until the last second of the window to act (seemingly with Matip news forcing it) all the more wrong.

[Bellflower]

2 hours ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Haggerty F

 

Haggerty R

Tomkins

Noble

Carrick

 

Dobson

Crapper

Dewhurst

 

MacIntyre

Treadmore

Davitt

 

Just get these beat, Reds. 

Please. 

 

If only !

Davitt to score the winner.....

[AngryOfTuebrook]

31 minutes ago, an tha said:

Would like to be wrong, but got a feeling might take up to a month before we see a centre half pairing of actual centre halves and our midfiled back.

 

Which for me makes waiting until the last second of the window to act (seemingly with Matip news forcing it) all the more wrong.

Indeed.  I was saying at the start of the window that I wasn't expecting them to break the bank for some of the big-name CBs that people were talking about: a Klavan-level signing and maybe a loanee would do me fine.  There really is no good reason for wasting a whole month before completing those deals.

[therevivalist]

You might as well throw in the new guys at defense--- nothing to lose--- since we're losing anyway. Play Henderson in his proper position and see if the outcome could be any different.

[dockers_strike]

31 minutes ago, therevivalist said:

You might as well throw in the new guys at defense--- nothing to lose--- since we're losing anyway. Play Henderson in his proper position and see if the outcome could be any different.

Im just amazed folks think this is a good idea. Two guys who've never played together before, one from a Championship team the other from a struggling Bundesliga club, never played a minute in the PL and sling them in together for their first game, possibly in front of Kelleher against city? Really?

 

City would be salivatating more at that centre of defence than they will Nat and Hendo or Fab if we're lucky.

[Brownie]

4 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

 

Alisson

TAA Kabak Davies Robertson

Henderson Wijnaldum

Thiago

Salah Firmino Jones

[Mark M]

Apart from VVD most signings Klopp makes usually never start playing for straight away.

id be amazed if we saw either of the new signings start on Sunday.

 

[Brownie]

I reckon Kabak might start but there's no way he'll pick both of them and neither should he, this early, and against such a good team.

[Jairzinho]

3 minutes ago, Brownie said:

Could go with Henderson and Phillips at centre half against City and have Robertson and TAA crossing the ball from our own half. 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

The team isn't what I think he'll do. I think he'll play Henderson and Phillips, and we'll get battered. 

[Brownie]

25 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Could go with Henderson and Phillips at centre half against City and have Robertson and TAA crossing the ball from our own half. 

 

 

I think one of Henderson/Fabinho will play centre half with Kabak and the other will be in midfield with Gini and Thiago.

 

That would make sense to me.

[sir roger]

What is Kabak's quarantine situation ?