Chelsea (A) - Sun 13th Aug 2023 (4:30pm)

[Jordy Brouwer]

1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Who the fuck is McConnell?

 

One of our youngsters - he got a go pre-season. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Very attacking, expected left side heavy attacking by Chelshit. Very high.

Come on Liverpool!

[niallers]

Chelseas bench is abysmal apart from cucarella and mudryuk.

[FrenchEyeGlass]

That's an insanely attacking line up. Very surprised Dom starts over Curtis, genuinely thought the midfield would be Macca, Jones and Gapko.

[TheHowieLama]

9 minutes ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

 

Other teams don't push their defenders really really high up the pitch like we push our defenders really really high up the pitch. 

 

If other teams did push their defenders really really high up the pitch then we could just lump it to Salah because they would have pushed their defenders really really high up the pitch. 

 

But we don't have to lump it really, really far, just a normal lump.

[Razoray]

Chelsea playing 3 at the back. They haven’t done that in pre-season from what I hear. James and Chilwell will give them width,  that we don’t have,  but at least they don’t have pure wingers to attack our right back area. 

 

[Jordy Brouwer]

I've always wanted us to play with an attacking midfielder so now we've got two I've definately lost the right to complain on that score. 

[an tha]

1 minute ago, FrenchEyeGlass said:

That's an insanely attacking line up. Very surprised Dom starts over Curtis, genuinely thought the midfield would be Macca, Jones and Gapko.

We aren't playing 4-3-3 though are we.

 

Wouldn't it be Szobo anyway instead of Gakpo if it was a 3?

[joe_fishfish]

Cunt ref. Cunt kick off time. Not fussed on the team either.

[diamondjoe]

Any of you slags been to Naples and can recommend a bar to watch this game in? 

Sweating my bollocks off here. 

[Jordy Brouwer]

We are going to have those good Szobo corners. 

[Carra_is_legend]

For some reason I thought James left them in the summer.

But then it's easy to get confused about who the fuck they buy and sell these days.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 minutes ago, FrenchEyeGlass said:

That's an insanely attacking line up. Very surprised Dom starts over Curtis, genuinely thought the midfield would be Macca, Jones and Gapko.

Gap Ko it’s money money money with you!

[Rushies tash]

4 minutes ago, Razoray said:

Chelsea playing 3 at the back. They haven’t done that in pre-season from what I hear. James and Chilwell will give them width,  that we don’t have,  but at least they don’t have pure wingers to attack our right back area. 

 

 

I imagine it'll be a back 5 for long spells with them looking to go long and over the top. He had Spurs set up like that against us with Kane and Son.

 

Edit: With that in mind, I hope we sit a bit deeper and look to hit them. If we play that high line, we're fucked.

[Kevin D]

16 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Couldn’t give a shit who plays or what the formation is. Just win.

It’s only the first game, Jurgen, calm down.

[Jordy Brouwer]

1 minute ago, diamondjoe said:

Any of you slags been to Naples and can recommend a bar to watch this game in? 

Sweating my bollocks off here. 

 

[andyj]

I'm quietly optimistic  2-1 to us 

[John102]

Happy that they haven't found  way to bring Kante back for this.

 

I think we have the better team and hopeful of a win.

[Fugitive]

For all the money they have spent, that Chelsea team is fucking shit.

[3 Stacks]

Szoboszlai has shown a willingness to drag people down when they run past him, so at least there's that.

[LFC 6 Times]

That Chelsea team is fucking abysmal 

[Megadrive Man]

10 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Who the fuck is McConnell?

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-is-james-mcconnell-liverpool-27336068

 

[FrenchEyeGlass]

2 minutes ago, an tha said:

We aren't playing 4-3-3 though are we.

 

Wouldn't it be Szobo anyway instead of Gakpo if it was a 3?

 

Yeah I meant Jones and Mac as a double pivot, akin to a 4231 but moving to a box midfield in possession (Jones becoming more progressive and Trent moving into the faux 6 role).

 

It would be Gakpo over Dom for me only out of my own bias, because the former showed last year how good he is putting pressure on the ball and closing passing lanes, we haven't seen anything of Dom yet, but he may be great at that too.

[Razoray]

0-3

[Tj hooker]

No Caecaido fuck sake FSG out