Topic: Liverpool vs Real Madrid 22/10 19:45 k.o

[Clint Eastwood]

Get Gerrard back to DM in a diamond with Coutinho at the tip, I'm not sure if Real will bother to press Stevie too much, especially if Benzema isn't fit. I'd also get Sterling in and around Balotelli.

Mignolet

Manquillo       Skrtel      Lovren      Moreno

Gerrard

Henderson              Allen

Coutinho

Sterling    Balotelli

This, except I'd have Borini, not Balotelli. I want us to really go for them, press them and not give them any time on the ball. Balotelli won't comply with this.

[Draex]

Mario winning goal because Why Always Him..

[Owl]

if we lose then I hope we get destroyed, maybe then rodgers will wake up and do something about the defense.

Hope anfield is rocking! still the result tho.. 1-4.

[Zlen]

Errrr....no. Just no.

[rocco]

'This is Anfield', so what?

Theres a banner


This is Anfield', so what?

4-0

This is 4nfield ', s0what?

[Rome-77]

lucas needs to start this game

[sinnermichael]

Arbeloa interview here:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/20/alvaro-arbeloa-liverpool-real-madrid-champions-league

[mkingdon]

Balotelli will play I think. I just don't see Rodgers trusting Lambert or Borini up front against RM.

Guessing how Mario is wired, this is the sort of game where he may well just do something special. Biggest selection dilemma is can you play Coutinho and Lallana in the same team? Both looked good vs QPR (not many did) and the rest of the side more or less picks itself.

For me it's a choice of either Allen or Lallana in the midfield 3.


                 Migs

Manquillo  Skrtel  Lovren   Moreno

                 Gerrard

   Henderson         Lallana or Allen

   Sterling   Balotelli   Coutinho             

[Darth Red]

It'll be fascinating to see how Rodgers sets the team up. Playing as we have been we'll be carved open from all angles. Yet Rodgers has never sorted out the defence so we've never seen him tactically snuff out an attacking opposition team. At least last season this could have been two teams trying to outgun each other - we've lost our bullets this season or have replaced them with rubber ones.

[jdpapa3]

lucas needs to start this game

He's had a few chances(League Cup, preseason, partnering SG) in that position after his injury in January, but he has not looked physically capable of holding that position down at a high level. To throw him in for our biggest game of the season would be madness.

Gerrard deepest, Allen and Henderson in front of him, and a front 3 of Sterling, Coutinho, and Balotelli. Even though he is better on the left, I'd still keep Sterling on the right because Markovic isn't integrated yet. Rodgers hasn't really shown a desire to play two inverted wingers and I can't blame him because the balance is essential. The Sturridge injury has still got players playing in less than ideal positions, but we've got to put out the side most likely to win.

[apassant77]

Our spanish fullback pair will be so up for this. Can't wait. Sterling vs Pepe makes me tingle all over.

So does Ronaldo vs Lovren... in all the wrong places

[Red Sea]

Our spanish fullback pair will be so up for this. Can't wait. Sterling vs Pepe makes me tingle all over.

pepe and ramos clowns that they are, have seen off more accomplished players than raheem.

[Fiasco]

If football was an exact science then I'd be worried. It isn't close to being so, however, so I can't be nothing but optimistic. We've waited 5 fucking years to be back in this competition. 5 years. I'm not going to sit her and bitch and moan about how scared I am of Real Madrid. They deserve our respect, absolutely. They are the reigning champions of Europe and have an amazing squad filled with superstars. But so what? It's not as if they are unbeatable. It's not as if they've got a god-given right to beat us. They are coming to OUR ground. They won't like that. They spouted their mouths off last time they did. A case of cowboyitis spread throughout their team and they were telling everybody how they'd batter us. They left with their tails between their legs after being twatted 4-0.

I'm not saying we'll do that again. I'm not even saying I believe we'll win. But if we all have a defeatist attitude and resign ourselves to losing that won't mean that the opposite will happen - a kind of reverse psychology. Anfield is truly an amazing place on European nights. It does funny things to visiting teams. It also seems to bring the best out of our own lads. Our start has been inauspicious but in the league we aren't far away from the top 4 and we still have a squad that has a lot of talented players in it. We have as much as a chance as anybody to beat this lot. Call me naive, call me deluded, I don't care. If you have followed this club over the years, especially in this competition, then I won't need to explain myself as to why I think that.

[Zlen]

pepe and ramos clowns that they are, have seen off more accomplished players than raheem.

Sure they have.
But there is something about Sterling.
He'll enjoy this and mark his entrance to the big european stage. Fearless.

[MrRaptorTurtle]

pepe and ramos clowns that they are, have seen off more accomplished players than raheem.

Raheem seems to play better against better players so hopefully he can terrorize Pepe and Ramos.

[indlfc]

So does Ronaldo vs Lovren... in all the wrong places

Don't worry, Skrtel is there besides him 

[Kopenhagen]

Zamora has set the benchmark for opposition strikers against us. A truly dominating performance. I can't think of a Madrid player who can top that.

Hmm, well maybe they could try, you know, scoring.

[apassant77]

Oh well I can put the medication away then 

[Upinsmoke]

pepe and ramos clowns that they are, have seen off more accomplished players than raheem.

They've also had more red cards than Raheem has had hot meals.

[AM76]

4-1 to Real Madrid is the score I'm going for. Can see their attackers tearing our defence apart with ease. Don't think it will be a pretty sight.

[killer-heels]

4-1 to Real Madrid is the score I'm going for. Can see their attackers tearing our defence apart with ease. Don't think it will be a pretty sight.

Love it when people like you are crying when we fucking batter that fucking bunch of shit club twats. Fucking greasy shit heads the lot of them.

[MolbyLovesGravlax]

4-1 to Real Madrid is the score I'm going for. Can see their attackers tearing our defence apart with ease. Don't think it will be a pretty sight.

That's the fucking spirit...

[Samie]

4-1 to Real Madrid is the score I'm going for. Can see their attackers tearing our defence apart with ease. Don't think it will be a pretty sight.

They've yet to score one against us. Never mind four.

[Upinsmoke]

Why come into a thread saying were gonna get battered. I understand negativity after a poor performance but this is an exciting game, something we've waited years for.

Supporting us must be so hollow for you.

[JoeCole]

3-2 win, Balotelli hattrick

[MolbyLovesGravlax]

4-1 to Real Madrid is the score I'm going for. Can see their attackers tearing our defence apart with ease. Don't think it will be a pretty sight.

Fuck me those Nazis beat Poland 5-0, I'm expecting them to tear our pathetic air defence apart with ease. We'll be eating bratwurst for Christmas. - Winston Churchill

[Upinsmoke]

These lot beat ludogorets 2-1. Just a question for all the negative bellends out there, why should we be scared of a team that beat them by the same scoreline we did?

[AM76]

They've yet to score one against us. Never mind four.

Yet we concede nearly every week against massively inferior teams.

[Upinsmoke]

Yet we concede nearly every week against massively inferior teams.

Madrid Conceded four against Sociedad. That's more than we have in a single game this season.

[Number 7]

Raheem seems to play better against better players so hopefully he can terrorize Pepe and Ramos.

Ramos is out.

[Crosby Nick]

Ramos is out.

What's their likely starting line up?

[AM76]

Madrid Conceded four against Sociedad. That's more than we have in a single game this season.

Look how many they have scored tho. 30 goals in 8 league games. Their attack is a thousand times better than ours.

[m3sye]

Could SG play the Mario role for this game



    Allen Hendo
Lallana Sterling Lallana
      Gerrard

Surely can do more than Mario ? gives us a strong 2 in front of back 4 and 3 creative players in front.

Thoughts?

[Il Capitano]

Zamora has set the benchmark for opposition strikers against us. A truly dominating performance.

Jeez he wasn't even that good

[kcbworth]

Arbeloa interview here:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/20/alvaro-arbeloa-liverpool-real-madrid-champions-league

 

[Redsnappa]

This. Very much this.

If football was an exact science then I'd be worried. It isn't close to being so, however, so I can't be nothing but optimistic. We've waited 5 fucking years to be back in this competition. 5 years. I'm not going to sit her and bitch and moan about how scared I am of Real Madrid. They deserve our respect, absolutely. They are the reigning champions of Europe and have an amazing squad filled with superstars. But so what? It's not as if they are unbeatable. It's not as if they've got a god-given right to beat us. They are coming to OUR ground. They won't like that. They spouted their mouths off last time they did. A case of cowboyitis spread throughout their team and they were telling everybody how they'd batter us. They left with their tails between their legs after being twatted 4-0.

I'm not saying we'll do that again. I'm not even saying I believe we'll win. But if we all have a defeatist attitude and resign ourselves to losing that won't mean that the opposite will happen - a kind of reverse psychology. Anfield is truly an amazing place on European nights. It does funny things to visiting teams. It also seems to bring the best out of our own lads. Our start has been inauspicious but in the league we aren't far away from the top 4 and we still have a squad that has a lot of talented players in it. We have as much as a chance as anybody to beat this lot. Call me naive, call me deluded, I don't care. If you have followed this club over the years, especially in this competition, then I won't need to explain myself as to why I think that.

[007.lankyguy]

Could SG play the Mario role for this game



    Allen Hendo
Lallana Sterling Lallana
      Gerrard

Surely can do more than Mario ? gives us a strong 2 in front of back 4 and 3 creative players in front.

Thoughts?

Lallana's good and that but to cover two flanks seems a bit optimistic

[Samie]

If football was an exact science then I'd be worried. It isn't close to being so, however, so I can't be nothing but optimistic. We've waited 5 fucking years to be back in this competition. 5 years. I'm not going to sit her and bitch and moan about how scared I am of Real Madrid. They deserve our respect, absolutely. They are the reigning champions of Europe and have an amazing squad filled with superstars. But so what? It's not as if they are unbeatable. It's not as if they've got a god-given right to beat us. They are coming to OUR ground. They won't like that. They spouted their mouths off last time they did. A case of cowboyitis spread throughout their team and they were telling everybody how they'd batter us. They left with their tails between their legs after being twatted 4-0.

I'm not saying we'll do that again. I'm not even saying I believe we'll win. But if we all have a defeatist attitude and resign ourselves to losing that won't mean that the opposite will happen - a kind of reverse psychology. Anfield is truly an amazing place on European nights. It does funny things to visiting teams. It also seems to bring the best out of our own lads. Our start has been inauspicious but in the league we aren't far away from the top 4 and we still have a squad that has a lot of talented players in it. We have as much as a chance as anybody to beat this lot. Call me naive, call me deluded, I don't care. If you have followed this club over the years, especially in this competition, then I won't need to explain myself as to why I think that.

 


Sticky this post at the top.

[Upinsmoke]

Look how many they have scored tho. 30 goals in 8 league games. Their attack is a thousand times better than ours.

They can be stopped, course it's not easy but some teams have been resilient against them, others have crumbled. We need some luck and some brave intelligent defending, I know we've not shown that too much but when your the underdog your more likely to show that.

[joezydudek]

Look how many they have scored tho. 30 goals in 8 league games. Their attack is a thousand times better than ours.

That can't be disputed at this moment in time, but is Real Sociedad's attack better than ours? I think we are capable of scoring against them, it will of course need a much improved performance at the other end though!