Why the need to micro analyse everything? International break turns some of you in to a right odd bunch
Ndidi, Soyuncu and Pereira are still out, Castagne, Fofana and Schmeichel are fit.
I think even with injuries we're a horrible, horrible match up for any Rodgers side. He's faced with the same old dilemna - play to his side's (and his own) strengths, which leaves them horribly vulnerable to our counter pressing, or attempt a defensive job that he's not actually particularly good at coaching. The scoreline hasn't always reflected it but we've consistently dominated them under his management. Of course, it'd be ludicrous to say that our back four won't be a factor at all but it's hard to get at us that much when you hardly have the ball and you're being smothered by the press, as has been the case in recent match ups.
Crosby Nick never fails.
Agree with the above, despite our problems we should still be fancying our chances here. Weirdly I’m less worried about the defence and more slightly concerned about midfield just because we have so many options missing or having to be deployed elsewhere. No Hendo, probably no Thiago, presumably Fab at centre back and do we think Milner at RB?Think we can have Gini, Keita and Jones which is still decent but with Keita being out for quite a while there’s no given he’ll be up to speed straight away. Wonder if we’ll see anything a bit unpredictable with Shaq or Minamino.
Yeah, that’s the most likely. Doesn’t give us many midfield options but we’ve seen Shaq play half an hour there. Plus if Gini or Keita had to go off I guess you could move Milner up and drop Neco Williams in.
Is there an argument for starting Fabinho in midfield just to give us more quality in the middle of the pitch? It would obviously mean either Phillips or Williams would have to start alongside Matip.
Shaq has looked really good when he's played in midfield so I wouldn't be against him even starting there if Keita isn't 100%.
Just seen one of their fans put this team up on their forum... Kasper Justin Evans Fofana Albrighton Castagne Mendy Tielmans Praet Barnes VardyBoth teams riddled with injuries but our team is still better than their's. We should still be winning this game.
No maddison?
No idea. I think somebody else had Maddison starting. He does seem to be in and out of the team quite a bit.
It’s mental how Gomez got injured 10 days ago - it feels like a lifetime ago. I’d love a gritty 1-0 but I think it’ll be quite open and wild. If the Leicester side that dismantled City a few weeks ago turn up we’ll be in for a tough night. But we are 63 games unbeaten at home and this side will fight to the death to keep that record intact.
. He is no Diego Jota.
Big 3 points up for grabs now - chance to go 8 ahead of City.
You are my hero Prof.
Spurs are the biggest threat this season
What's the possible team looking like for this with all the injuries?
They have played 9 matches. Lets see where they are in January.
Just come in this thread to see how we're all doing, because I hear everyone is moaning about all these injuries and playing the victims. Just looking for excuses incase we lose our record. Is this true?
Alisson.Milner, Matip, Tavares, Robertson.Wijnaldum, Keita, Jones. Da Silva, Firmino, Mane.
@ Veinticinco de Mayo The way you talk to other users on this forum is something you should be ashamed of as someone who is suppose to be representing the site.
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No, not really.Most are saying despite our injury woes, we're still the stronger side and expect to win. That's the difference with this Klopp team.
I am all for authoritarian rule
