Liverpool FC Forum

[JoeTerp]

Not sure how we can give Rafa stick for not focusing on the league when all he has talked about during the week is the game this weekend, and we haven;t even started the match thread yet.  I think the result of the Chelsea Everton match today might have an effect. If Everton win, then we certainly have to go in with the strongest possible 16 that we can come up with and batter the sh.ite out of Fulham.  But in the Likely outcome of Everton winning, we can afford to rest or take off Gerrard and Torres at halftime and blood in some young players.  I think I am being too lured into the fact that Fulham are terrible, our reserves are really good and we have Chelsea (who will be more rested than us) coming up on Tuesday and the CL is our only shot at silverware and we almost certainly have 4th place locked up, but maybe its just me.

[spion]

We'll play our best eleven again on Saturday & will have Macher back so that clown Levia can go back to his best position i.e on the bench. I reckon that thing about ten clubs inquiring about Levia was Rafa dreaming, I think he's doing a Momo & trying to convince some mug of a club to pay ten million for him.

[JoeTerp]

pretty harsh on someone who is playing for Brazil at the age of 21

[Owzat]

Not sure how we can give Rafa stick for not focusing on the league when all he has talked about during the week is the game this weekend

Talk is cheap, we'll see if it the same side that played in the first leg at Arsenal plays or a few players have a rest. I recall at least one instance where Rafa SAYS he takes each game at a time, but that's ballacks and everyone knows it. When he doesn't put out the best XI available it is for resting, you can offer the excuse that he's putting out a team that he thinks can do the job, but that's a bit of a smokescreen. In fact he would be an idiot if he didn't consider a few games in advance and I'm betting he'll care more about beating Chelsea than winning at Fulham.

And he knows if he doesn't qualify for the Champions League he will be out of a job. Fourth isn't safe yet so he's got to at least try and focus

Anyway, I expect a side similar to that against Arsenal in the league.

[stmichael]

presuming everton don't win tonight against chelsea, play the same team that started against arsenal in the league game.

i read gary megson saying yesterday that we have a moral obligation to play our strongest team. this from the guy who rested six or seven players in a UEFA cup game a few weeks back after they've spent years trying to qualify for it. megson can f#ck off.

[Leonmc0708]

We'll play our best eleven again on Saturday & will have Macher back so that clown Levia can go back to his best position i.e on the bench. I reckon that thing about ten clubs inquiring about Levia was Rafa dreaming, I think he's doing a Momo & trying to convince some mug of a club to pay ten million for him.

This is the Fulham match thread, try and keep it relevant.

If you want to discuss the virtues of Lucas, do so  here or maybe in here.

Nice Swan

[The Manhattan Project]

Full strength team.

Sow up fourth place once and for all.

Send Fayed down.

[JoeTerp]

I would like to see one of Insua, Plessis, and Nemeth in the XI with the other two on the bench.  90% Strength squad

[Seano Kop]

We'll play our best eleven again on Saturday & will have Macher back so that clown Levia can go back to his best position i.e on the bench. I reckon that thing about ten clubs inquiring about Levia was Rafa dreaming, I think he's doing a Momo & trying to convince some mug of a club to pay ten million for him.

Very harsh. Hasn't played many games this season where he's had to adapt - still been better than Alonso for mine though.

Personally, I'd play a full strength squad if we can (other than Mash of course) and when we are 2, maybe 3 up, we can sub Torres off and Gerrard and maybe Kuyt as well.

[66-1112520797]

I'm gonna do a militarusher

                                      Reina

                 Finnan    Carra   Skertel      Arbeloa

                             Alonso    Plessis

                 Pennant       Lucas       Babel

                                  Torres 

Key to this one is rotation.


Nah just kidding;


                                    Reina

                  Finnan     Carra  Skertel   Arbeloa

                              Mashca  Alonso

                   Kuyt           Gerrard       Babel

                                    Torres

Go for the win !

[Bad Bob]

Fulham are at home battling for their lives so it won't do it all to take them lightly.  Start with our strongest team and sub once the 3 points are secure.

[dward]

Fulham are at home battling for their lives so it won't due it all to take them lightly.  Start with our strongest team and sub once the 3 points are secure.

Totally agree. Wrap the game up as we should have enough to get a healthy lead before subbing players.

[Boocity]

We should play our strongest team and sub torres, gerrard, masc when the game is won. The last thing we need is a defeat or poor performance leading up to the Chelsea game.

[JoeTerp]

all I am saying is that MAYBE Insua > Aurelio MAYBE    Plessis + Mascherano > Alonso + Mascherano and MAYBE  Nemeth > Kuyt  If there were ever a time to test    ONE of the theories, this would be the game.  Nemeth didn't play in the ressie game this afternoon in the Lancashire FA Canterbury Senior Cup.  Neither did Insua and PLessis only play 16 minutes.

just found out that the reason Nemeth didn't play against prescott cable was that all the hungarians were on international duty. Pacheco scored a great goal in that game by the way, and apparently Bruna had a nice free kick today against Wigan (he hit the bar from a ways out in the last ressie league game)

[stmichael]

Liverpool's reserve side today in the 3-0 win over Wigan:

Hansen, Kelly, Darby (Irwin 45), San Jose (Spearing 45), Huth, Ayala, Flynn, Pacheco, Brouwer (Plessis 74), Lindfield, Bruna.

No Insua or Nemeth. Might be telling us something about their possible involvement at the weekend.