Topic: Number 7

[RichardM]

Agree with most here, CL should be 100% our focus now. 4th is basically impossible with the points difference and the form of the teams above us. Get through tomorrow and we'll all feel a bit more optimistic, then rest Sadio and Bobby and let them get their mojo back ready for a big push for number 7!

[liverbloke]

number 7 - the king's number and in his 70th year?

would love that

[rob1966]

consecutive home defeat or CL?

King Kenny has just turned 70, you know where this is going...............

[Lfc19ynwa]

In the words of another of our great number 7’s , I’d love it , I’d love it

[Robinred]

City in the semis? I'd love tha'

Prefer them in the final to be honest.

[stockdam]

On current form we are the least likely to win. In fact getting through to the next round would be a small achievement.

I can’t see us winning the trophy but we have the players to do it.....well we would if we had a full squad to pick from. It would take a mammoth effort and no doubt a lot of luck.

[Robinred]

On current form we are the least likely to win. In fact getting through to the next round would be a small achievement.

I can’t see us winning the trophy but we have the players to do it.....well we would if we had a full squad to pick from. It would take a mammoth effort and no doubt a lot of luck.

I think most observers - LFC supporters or not - would agree. But we have a fantastic record in this competition, and have reached 3 of the last 4 finals we’ve reached (winning two) with arguably a poorer, and certainly less experienced team than this one, notwithstanding our lack of centrebacks.

[Fromola]

It's funny that at the start of the season I thought our handicap in the CL was going to be not having fans in at Anfield. Now I think the fact we might not have to play games at Anfield might be our saving grace 

First step is getting through tomorrow but it's key to get a decent draw for the next round in we achieve that. Someone like Juventus, Dortmund or Real Madrid would be winnable. The Spanish and Italian sides are really weak this season. We need to avoid Bayern and City in particular with our defence the way it is.

Then if we're in the semi final everyone raises their game that bit more, we could have the likes of Henderson back and in a final anything can happen.

[Sharado]

Reckon we could make a half decent fist of it against Dortmund or Porto.

[RedSamba]

steady

[Rush 82]

Reckon we could make a half decent fist of it against Dortmund or Porto.

Christ on a bike!
If we make it past RBL tonight and get Dortmund we'd best hope that Haaland is sidelined - he is lethal and I'd be worried if we had VVD/Gomez/Matip fit
Just imagine we won it this year of all years...

[Sharado]

Christ on a bike!
If we make it past RBL tonight and get Dortmund we'd best hope that Haaland is sidelined - he is lethal and I'd be worried if we had VVD/Gomez/Matip fit
Just imagine we won it this year of all years...

Porto in the QF, Dortmund in the semi [after haaland does his knee in the 85th as they knock out city in the quarters]. PSG in the final with Virg and Joe back.

[Fromola]

Porto in the QF, Dortmund in the semi [after haaland does his knee in the 85th as they knock out city in the quarters]. PSG in the final with Virg and Joe back.

If we get through we need luck with the draw, but if we get it we'd have a chance.

Losing Henderson on top of everything else means we'd be pretty reliant on drawing someone like Porto in the next round to have a good chance and then hoping he's back for the semis and we're playing better.

If we draw a Bayern or City in the next round it'd take some effort over two legs and we haven't got the great leveler of an Anfield crowd.

[Sharado]

If we get through we need luck with the draw, but if we get it we'd have a chance.

Losing Henderson on top of everything else means we'd be pretty reliant on drawing someone like Porto in the next round to have a good chance and then hoping he's back for the semis and we're playing better.

If we draw a Bayern or City in the next round it'd take some effort over two legs and we haven't got the great leveler of an Anfield crowd.

Yeah if we draw a big hitter next round it's hard to conclude we'd be anything other than fucked to be honest. We need whoever the weakest side in the competition is next.

[vivabobbygraham]

Ey! Ey?

[missis sumner]

Five games from glory...?

[MD1990]

If Henderson was fit for the quarters.

Where would he play?

Our midfield tonight was brillant

[vivabobbygraham]

I make us favourites

[Red_Rich]

*Clive Tyldsley*  "Hello! ..... Hello!"

[vivabobbygraham]

Who's putting us out over two legs? Us?  Six times winners

So, we're in the final...

[billylad]

I'm a believer......

[Sarge]

When is the draw?

[HeartAndSoul]

When is the draw?

Week today I believe

[farawayred]

I wanna see Bayern-City and PSG-Real in the draw, pretty please!

[jckliew]

Christ on a bike!
If we make it past RBL tonight and get Dortmund we'd best hope that Haaland is sidelined - he is lethal and I'd be worried if we had VVD/Gomez/Matip fit
Just imagine we won it this year of all years...

Play a high line against haaland and he will kill you.

[Bobinhood]

 it looks like Halland is quickly becoming a new Zlatan but much faster over the ground, which is pretty scary, but i still cherish the memory of his smug face at the back of the tunnel smirking at us pre game and then off he goes on his patented little scamper and Virgil takes a couple of steps takes the ball off him like candy from a baby and sits him right down. Boom.

Yessir.

Over two legs we can play with anyone especially if they come at us, simply play football, or dont get a game slowing whistle every 30 seconds for something they just did first but  theirs was ignored.

If all 3 things happen we are going to make a terrible opponent for a team or 2. or 3. 

[Caligula?]

It's in the bag. Parallels between 04/05 and this season:

1. Champions League final held in Istanbul
2. The winner travels to Japan for the FIFA Club World Cup
3. Liverpool struggling in the Premier League with injury problems
4. Liverpool breeze past the Bundesliga club who finished third the season before in round of 16
5. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fail to reach the quarter-finals 
6. Manchester United fail to win group topped by French club
7. Manchester United suffer humiliating defeat to Istanbul-based club
8. Manchester United lose their final group game by conceding three goals
9. Manchester United draw AC Milan in European round of 16 tie
10. Barcelona fail to win group topped by Italian club 
11. Barcelona concede five goals to crash out in the round of 16
12. Real Madrid play in a group with a German, Ukrainian and Italian club
13. Real Madrid defeat Italian club 1-0 in first leg of their round of 16 tie
14. David Moyes-managed club reaches/challenges for Premier League top four
15. Chelsea top a group in which a French and Russian club don't qualify

[ToneLa]

I can really see it. I think pat of our PL downturn is vicious circle style "we're doing shit so we play shit so we do shit". Not an issue in the CL. and we have players returning, slowly

In the CL? we are TITANS. Klopp's record over two leg knockouts is, well knockout

The squad, for all our injury problems do NOT have attitude problems and here they can exercise their belief to get a truly amazing result.

It is time. The Premier League is not the place; the CL is. We need some balance. Poor league? I'd take that for Big Ears.

Number 7.

[disgraced cake]

Wouldn't be surprised per se if we did win it, we're in the final 8 and I'd never write us off against anyone in Europe, but I just don't see it. Not having fans in the ground changes everything. I think we could be in the exact same position with all the injuries we've had etc and everything else that's gone wrong, but if you added a packed Anfield into the equation I'd feel a lot better about it. It can't be overstated how much of an advantage an empty ground is in a European tie when you're playing Liverpool, especially if you're a Abu Dhabi or PSG etc

[Sarge]

I make us favourites

Really, i have us behind Bayern and City.

[Sarge]

Week today I believe

Thanks.

[Clint Eastwood]

I think we can give it a good go, but ultimately once our defence comes up against the likes of Mbappe we’ll be fucked.

In 2005, we punched above our weight but we had a good core with Carragher, Hyypia, Alonso, Gerrard.

[ScouserAtHeart]

Feel like we'll get City again in the quarters

[UntouchableLuis]

We have to avoid Bayern, City or PSG in the next round IMO. By the semis we could have VVD or Matip/Gomez back. You just never know. I think we could get past Porto, Chelsea (if they get through) and maybe Madrid. Dortmund could go either way and I don't fancy Haaland up against our defence unless Hendo is back.

If we reached the semis then we would definitely miss the Anfield effect this time and would need a huge chunk of luck.

[Chris~]

Klopp's most recent comments are that Gomez and Van Dijk are unlikely to make the Euros. Matip with a similar recovery time as well. They're not making it back this season

[vivabobbygraham]

We have to avoid Bayern, City or PSG in the next round IMO. By the semis we could have VVD or Matip/Gomez back. You just never know. I think we could get past Porto, Chelsea (if they get through) and maybe Madrid. Dortmund could go either way and I don't fancy Haaland up against our defence unless Hendo is back.

If we reached the semis then we would definitely miss the Anfield effect this time and would need a huge chunk of luck.

I don't fancy Dortmund's defence against our front 3 either. We'd win that 7-5 over two legs, Luis, no sweat. PSG and City not much better. Bayern is the only worry in a final. Over two legs, we'd smack their arse

[keyop]

I think we can give it a good go, but ultimately once our defence comes up against the likes of Mbappe we’ll be fucked.

In 2005, we punched above our weight but we had a good core with Carragher, Hyypia, Alonso, Gerrard.

'We'll be fucked'?

So we had a good core in 2005, but we don't have a good core now with Fabinho as DM protecting the CB's, Trent and Robertson either side of them, Alisson sweeping up behind, Gini and Thiago alongside Fabinho, plus our usual front 3 and Jota?

[Fromola]

I think we can give it a good go, but ultimately once our defence comes up against the likes of Mbappe we’ll be fucked.

In 2005, we punched above our weight but we had a good core with Carragher, Hyypia, Alonso, Gerrard.

It depends how we defend as well though. You need that defensive solidity. That core you mention were extremely exposed in the final until Hamann came on. Fabinho back in midfield makes a big difference.

The Henderson injury has been the killer on top of everything else. He was playing really well at the back and then if you add Fabinho in midfield (or even the other way around) we could just absorb the losses of our main CB's.

We're well capable of beating 3 or 4 of the teams in the next round with the team we had out on Wednesday. You do feel if we're going to have a chance against City or Bayern we'd at least need Henderson back and no more injuries or suspensions.

The frustrating thing is watching City make 6 or 7 changes from one game to the next and still having strong teams and strong benches. I think the best chance we'd have against City is a one off game in the final. Not having Anfield crowd would be a huge blow to us in a tie against City or Chelsea, added to the injuries. THey don't rely on their home support.

[harleydanger]

Maybe the best thing to happen in history will be Everton finishing 4th, us winning the CL and an Arsenal/Spuds Europa League final.

[ToneLa]

Feel like we'll get City again in the quarters

Hope so!