Atalanta (A) - EL Quarter Final, 2nd leg - Thu 18th Apr 2024 (8:00pm)

[chrisbonnie]

11 hours ago, johnsusername said:

Traditional 442. Big man/little man up front. Long balls pumped into the box.

 

0-4 and back home for roast dinners and a pint of Marstons all round. 

Bovril at half time.... Do you think they Italians make good bovril? 

[bossy]

Just have a go, see what happens. 

[Aventus]

1 hour ago, DaveT said:

I have zero hope of turning this around- they don’t need to play any differently than they did at Anfield. Any kind of win would at least restore a bit of dignity after last week’s shitshow. 

I think us playing differently than we did at Anfield is a bigger issue than what they do.

[Simbo]

They’ll be play acting and time wasting from the first whistle which will make for a very frustrating evening.

 

0-0.

[Kevin D]

Our season starts now.

[Smell The Glove]

31 minutes ago, Aventus said:

I think us playing differently than we did at Anfield is a bigger issue than what they do.

Yeah, I mean if you're Atalanta you would approach the game in a similar fashion to Anfield until we prove we can handle it. First thing we need to do is be braver and play quicker through midfield instead of kicking long. Mac Allister looks tired but I don't know how we do that without him playing as the 6.

[Jordy Brouwer]

Just win 4-0. 

[Leyton388]

Big Div needs to start this game just like against Barca. Oh no we sold him and now have the Big Divy upfront. 

 

[Binomial]

We just need to go hell for leather and take it to them from the onset. 

 

Get the first goal and it's game on, get the first goal inside the half hour mark and it's game on mother fuckers.

 

Ali - Trent Konate Virgil Robbo - Mac Harvey Szobo - Salah Jota Gakpo

 

Nunez Diaz and Endo for me all need a rest, bring them on for the last 20-25.

[El Rojo]

I think we’ll score a couple and then concede and score again and go narrowly out. 
 

Really hope we give it a go, but if we are to go out, it will be hugely deflating regardless of scoreline. 

[SasaS]

Why would it be hugely deflating to go out if the tie is all but over?

[Bobby Hundreds]

I think we will get two and they will get twelvety seven.

[johnsusername]

4 hours ago, bossy said:

Just have a go, see what happens. 

 

No no no. We're a terrible football team and we're never going to win ever again, why bother! 

[johnsusername]

 

[joe_fishfish]

might be a different story with the Atalanta fans in the ground

[TD_LFC]

Has early pressure followed by conceding on their first real counter attack to go 1-0 down on the night written all over it.

 

That or we start really sluggish, hang on and give ourselves 45 minutes to do everything.

[TheRedMachine]

Biggest game of their club's life. Early goal to us and we could make it difficult for them. But then we've not scored for hours and lost our last two to nil against mid table teams. Fuck knows. 

[3 Stacks]

We have to go all guns blazing in this game, if anything, just to maybe get some confidence back. There's no saving ourselves for the league anymore.

[Elite]

Alisson

VVD 

Dom

Macca

Elliott 

Jones

Gakpo

Salah 

Jota 

Nunez 

Danns

[Bob]

34 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

We have to go all guns blazing in this game, if anything, just to maybe get some confidence back. There's no saving ourselves for the league anymore.

You dont always, but you're talking sense here.

 

Playing well and getting some mojo back here is more important than the result.

[SasaS]

20 minutes ago, Elite said:

Alisson

VVD 

Dom

Macca

Elliott 

Jones

Gakpo

Salah 

Jota 

Nunez 

Danns

 

Is Diaz suspended for this one?

[Trojan1892]

I’d start Danns tonight.

[Elite]

51 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

Is Diaz suspended for this one?

Knew I'd forgotten someone.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

We need to be ahead at half time, so we need at least 2 then.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Just now, Elite said:

Knew I'd forgotten someone.

Put him in goal.