Honest question …
What is the difference between (1) Player A plays today vs Porto, gets injured and misses 2 months versus (2) Player A does not play vs Porto, plays on Sat vs Southampton, gets injured and misses 2 months?
Thank you for the responses
Rotating a few players once we have qualified for the next round makes sense … for the players who needs a bit of breather. Even when we have yet to qualify, Klopp did it (e.g. vs Milan). But making wholesale changes to avoid players getting injured, that’s completely different
I believe we will see changes. Probably 4 or 5 of our key players will be rested. Had we have full squad i.e. Gomez, Robbo, Naby, Jones, Elliott, Bobby and Origi all available, perhaps more would be rotated
Klopp has been consistent in putting out a team that to him is good enough to win. For Porto, I think he will make a few changes, rested a few key players where appropriate and even give debuts to 1 or 2 youngsters. A League Cup like starting XI however I believe will be unlikely
To me getting injured whether in a relevant game, a meaningless game, by your own team mate in the training ground or a freak injury at home - they’re all the same. We will still be missing the player for a period of time