Wednesday, 14th February - FC Porto vs Liverpool. Happy Valentine's Day

[G Richards]

Will have to record this and stay on radio silence so I don’t hear the result. Won’t be back home until about 9pm (2am GMT).

 

Firmino gave an assertive interview yesterday with his comments about what we are going to do to Porto. I wonder if that was some sort of Colonial Brazil/Portugal thing? Usually I don’t like it when our players say what we are going to do as we often come a cropper. I’m from the generation where you don’t say it, you do it! Mind you, after the Spurs game Karius gave a forthright interview about his own form and I thought he had just jinxed it and would revert to being a bag of nerves, but then he did well against Southampton.

 

Conclusion: I don’t mind our players talking IF they back it up on the pitch.

 

Any win tonight would be great. Hopefully Mane hits top form as he’s been a bit off his standards of last season in the Prem, and at his best he can make stuff happen from nothing and is a match winner.

[ZonkoVille77]

Don't be fucking shite.

 

Coming away from Porto with a one goal advantage will be nice.

[3 Stacks]

Porto almost never lose at the Dragao, no matter the opponent. Would take a score draw here. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I want some away goals to open up the tie. We need it hectic, as we're still terrible at being calm and methodical in big games.

[Guest]

I want some away goals to open up the tie. We need it hectic, as we're still terrible at being calm and methodical in big games.

Hopefully Porto watched the Southampton game and will set up in a similar way as they did. Especially the second half.

[3 Stacks]

I'd actually go with Lovren to partner van Dijk as Porto have a bunch of physical specimens up front in Marega, Aboubakar and Soares. They're all huge and fast and I'd rather have Lovren to try to deal with that threat than Matip.  

[an tha]

I'd actually go with Lovren to partner van Dijk as Porto have a bunch of physical specimens up front in Marega, Aboubakar and Soares. They're all huge and fast and I'd rather have Lovren to try to deal with that threat than Matip.

Seems they are especially good from set pieces too - so no/not many cheap corners/free kicks that they can sling into our box would be good - kind of free kick like City got right at death the other week for example

[Boss]

I'd actually go with Lovren to partner van Dijk as Porto have a bunch of physical specimens up front in Marega, Aboubakar and Soares. They're all huge and fast and I'd rather have Lovren to try to deal with that threat than Matip.  

 

Lovren's a walking disaster zone. He'll give away penalties with his rashness. Would rather have Matip starting.

[Gym Beglin]

These Porto cunts can give up, they haven't seen a full court press like this before.

 

There's going to be a trench cut into the field by Mane dragging his massive balls all over the place.

[Jairzinho]

Porto almost never lose at the Dragao, no matter the opponent. Would take a score draw here.

They're shit, and we're going to hammer them.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2-2 for me.

[Red Hot]

1 - 3 to us for me

[Ranxerox]

And a BJ.

Spicy BJ

[Red House]

No idea what to expect here. So, I'll just set my initial expectations to us shitting ourselves when it matters yet again, and just hope to be surprised. 

[Guest]

Hoping for more of this...

 

 

and this...

 

 

topped off with a little bit of this...

 

[3 Stacks]

There we go. Lovren starts. 

[Guest]

[Gym Beglin]

0-6

 

Have that.

[Megadrive Man]

Anything less than 0-8 will be a joke!

[an tha]

There we go. Lovren starts.

Hope it is right shout at some stage though surely he needs to get his pairing and stick!

[Captain]

I don't like that team at all.

 

Fingers crossed they can get a result.

[Ne Moe Imya]

No idea what to expect here. So, I'll just set my initial expectations to us shitting ourselves when it matters yet again, and just hope to be surprised. 

 

This is where I'm at too.

 

I've gone back and forth about 4 times today between "we'll beat these 0-6 and really send a message out to the rest of Europe" and "Porto are really good at home you know, and I fully expect us to lose 3-1 with the defense gifting them a goal."

 

I was just starting to get confident and then I saw Lovren was starting and now I'm right back to "he's going to put one into our own net, isn't he?"

[3 Stacks]

Lovren is generally bad but he's better suited to the challenge tonight than Matip. 

[Gym Beglin]

Klopp will send these out to put the tie to bed.  He won't want a tight game at Anfield, it's all about putting away goals on the board tonight.

 

Van Dijk to be a fucking colossus against their yard-dog forwards.

[TheHowieLama]

I don't like that team at all.

 

Fingers crossed they can get a result.

 

HENDO!!!!