Topic: West Ham United vs Liverpool (Premier League) - 12:30, Saturday 27th April

[JRed]

Surely Danns has to get on the pitch today?

[killer-heels]

Konate, Szobozslai, Salah and Nunez in particular deserved dropping.

[Nick110581]

Rumour is this

Alisson, Trent Quansah Van Dijk Robertson, Gravenberch Endo Mac Allister, Elliot Gakpo Diaz

Zero goals and pace in the side.

Might as well have whacked Danns in instead of Elliott.

[Caston]

Rumour is this

Alisson, Trent Quansah Van Dijk Robertson, Gravenberch Endo Mac Allister, Elliot Gakpo Diaz

Confirmed now.

[Phineus]

Meritocracy in action, good stuff.

Zero pace or runs in behind again though, the balance of the attacking 5 players we have really is off.

Let’s just win our duels and go from there.

[killer-heels]

Zero goals and pace in the side.

Might as well have whacked Danns in instead of Elliott.

Opposed to picking who else? Honestly all the players dropped deserved it.

[latortuga]

Pretty much chosen on form. And rightly so.

Struggling to feel any excitement over this game though to be honest.

The old saying 'it's about the journey, not the destination' springs to mind.

So we're not going to win the league this year, big whoop!  Look at that lineup, look at the young players in it that are still developing their game.  There's so much potential there that no matter where we finish, every game is an opportunity to watch them grow as players and as people.

That's enough for me and if we add a title onto that in the coming years, happy days.

[Hazell]

Thanks for the OP Jack

Need a pick me up after Wednesday, so hoping for a win (obviously) but also a much better performance.

[kezzy]

Hoping to see this team

Alllison, Gomez, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson
Elliot, Mac Allister, Gravenberch
Diaz, Danns, Gakpo

Come on the mighty reds.

[jillcwhomever]

Opposed to picking who else? Honestly all the players dropped deserved it.

Dozens of people have spent the last few days having a go at the likes of Salah and Nunez, then when they're not picked they're still complaining!

[elkun]

Rumour is this

Alisson, Trent Quansah Van Dijk Robertson, Gravenberch Endo Mac Allister, Elliot Gakpo Diaz

Good team. The players that got dropped, deserved to be dropped.

[The Final Third]

[SerbianScouser]

Glad the message has been sent to Darwin and Mo.

Gakpo in the middle though 

[kop306]

really pleased with our team

would be great if steffan could get a few mins before the end of the season

[Rosario]

Not much pace in that side is a bit concerning but agree with others that it’s hard to say the dropped/rested players don’t deserve it.

[disgraced cake]

Danns not even on the bench with Gakpo through the middle. Can't say I'm very arsed given the title predicament but kills off any enthusiasm really. Whatever, was only looking forward to the home games anyway before Klopp goes.

Hope Bajcetic can get a few minutes and start the last three. Nothing to lose now which is why I'd have preferred Danns playing. Good to see Quansah start again.

[Clint Eastwood]

Dropped all the players who have shat it recently. Nice.

[deano2727]

Those who deserved to be dropped have been dropped, so I'm pleased with that.

Hopefully, now the league is gone, they can play stress-free and put a performance in.

[Adeemo]

Going to really struggle again today, that West Ham line up looks certain to cause us a lot of problems.

[AndyMuller]

Glad to see those players dropped.

[JRed]

Danns not on the bench? Zero goals in that team really. Let’s hope we don’t concede!

[Tokyoite]

Zero goals and pace in the side.

Might as well have whacked Danns in instead of Elliott.

Zero goals with Salah and Nunez on too to be honest so not really that different when you think of it that way.

Both have deservedly been dropped imo.

[jillcwhomever]

Danns not on the bench? Zero goals in that team really. Let’s hope we don’t concede!

Trent can score, Grav has scored recently, as has Gakpo and Elliot.

[Adeemo]

Let’s hope we don’t concede!

Hmm, seems unlikely!

[Mighty_Red]

Really hate Elliott on the right, he always struggles there. Dunno why he isn't given a chance to play deeper.

Hope we can see a reaction today but the effort and intensity level has to be upped else we'll make a struggling West Ham side look good.

COMON U REDMEN!!

[Hestoic]

Really hate Elliott on the right, he always struggles there. Dunno why he isn't given a chance to play deeper.

Hope we can see a reaction today but the effort and intensity level has to be upped else we'll make a struggling West Ham side look good.

COMON U REDMEN!!

I thought Diaz looked good coming from the right, Gakpo looks better on the left. Would've been nice to see here with Elliott in the middle.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Not bothered about the result, very bothered about the mentality of some players. How they all respond to the shitshow at Goodison matters.

Yeah same.

Pretty much impossible to win the league now. Might as well just enjoy footy for footy. All the pressure is well and truly off now.

[Gerard00]

Would love a win but would take a point too just to get closer to securing top 4 - win the 2 home games remaining and it should be enough.

[PEG2K]

The problem with that front 3 is that both wingers aren't goal threats, nor will they make runs behind, but then the only player who can shoot will play false 9 and drop deep as well. 

[Bastion Of Invincibility]

Stefan!

For the people wanting Danns, lad's just had a concussion and is 18. The club has a duty of care not to risk his long term health. Keep him for next season.

[TepidT2O]

Yeah same.

Pretty much impossible to win the league now. Might as well just enjoy footy for footy. All the pressure is well and truly off now.

To be fair to the player, it must be really really hard.  Klopp leaving makes it weird psychologically. 

Think that’s why Elliot is playing well at the moment.  He’s first and foremost Liverpool crazy ….

[Coolie High]

Why does Gomez never get a chance at CB?

[jillcwhomever]

Stefan!

For the people wanting Danns, lad's just had a concussion and is 18. The club has a duty of care not to risk his long term health. Keep him for next season.

I didn't realise about the concussion. In that case the club is correct too many clubs ignore it and that's far too risky.

[Crosby Nick]

Let’s hope we win the odd header in our box given they have players who thrive on set pieces.

Please win. My miserable little heart can’t take any more misery at the moment.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

To be fair to the player, it must be really really hard.  Klopp leaving makes it weird psychologically. 

Think that’s why Elliot is playing well at the moment.  He’s first and foremost Liverpool crazy ….

Absolutely mate. I'm not blaming the players or the manager at all.

The players have run through brick walls for years and have played out of their skin - some of the best footy this club has seen in the modern era. They should all be proud of how we've competed against fucking cheats for fucking years.

A shake up and a change next season and who knows what might come.

The only thing obvious at this point is that the corrupt fuckign shithouses in the so-called 'Premier' league will do fuck all to City and cheating is here to stay. And their media fuck buddies also not calling it out is all part of the corruption. If fans of the league no longer give a fuck because of cheats then where does that leave them?

Shite league. Boring as fuck. Don't even watch most games thesedays. Fucking turgid shite.

[rocco]

That’s as strong as West Ham gets

Would have liked to see Danns on the bench

[JP!]

Fuck it, why not.

I don't think I've been less arsed about one of our games in a while.

[LFCEmpire]

Glad the players that stank the place out these past few games are on the bench. Lets win this for Klopp!

[disgraced cake]

Stefan!

For the people wanting Danns, lad's just had a concussion and is 18. The club has a duty of care not to risk his long term health. Keep him for next season.

Serious question here, how long can they linger? Because that was the end of February and it's nearly May now. He's been playing for the 18s since I think.

[Redman78]

Glad the players that stank the place out these past few games are on the bench. Lets win this for Klopp!

Agreed, it's gonna be tough though, that's a very strong West ham side.