Liverpool FC Forum

[Igor Zidane]

We should stick to the same formation that's been serving us so well .If we find that it's not working so well against the mancs , we can easily change to a 4-4-2 and see what happens . At the moment i'm all for sticking with what works. For those who say it's only worked against the lesser sides ,the simple answer is inter milan twice.

[god_bless_john_houlding]

Go out and attack. If we sit back they'll beat us. We have to try and win, and with Torres in this rich vain of form any side is beatable. 2-0 Liverpool and we won't see Ronaldo do anything because he bottles it against the better sides.

[ruskiy playmaker]

Go out and attack. If we sit back they'll beat us. We have to try and win, and with Torres in this rich vain of form any side is beatable. 2-0 Liverpool and we won't see Ronaldo do anything because he bottles it against the better sides.

Exactly, I want to see us go for it right from the start.  If we play cautiously we will get beat, there's no doubt about it.  It's all or nothing for me.

[KennyisGod....still]

First time in ages I genuinely think we can do well here. Only thing that worries me is carelessness in front of goal. Hopefully the vast majority of any chances we get fall to Torres or Gerrard and we put a couple away. Optimistic i know, but win here and ar$e/chavs draw, then a few more eyes'll be openin next sundy evenin. Las price I saw for us was 100/1.......that'll change if we beat the mancs for sure...

Formation wise I'd go with what we're playin to start with, and have the option of 4-4-2 should we need it. Reina's in awesome form, no keeper in the world would'v stopped that shot satdy, so it's lookin good from the back movin forwards. Defence jus kept out the apparent heirs to the European throne twice. Alonso's startin to put things together again, even if it aint quite what we know he can do. Babel.... i aint over-struck but time on the pitch is helpin him. I'd keep Kuyt as we need players prepared to bust a gut for this one, and then Mascherano, Gerrard and talisman Torres speak for themselves.

Yes, next sundy could be good for any number of reasons, jus hope a Liverpool victory is among those reasons.

[john1992]

i rele hope we win this game, cant wait for it and i think if we go out with our winning heads on it is winning we will be doing.

if we go out and let them have most of the ball they will on us from a great hight but im going 2-1 liverpool gerrard, torres and old greasy will knock a late one in for manure

[SupitsJonF]

I am not a Crouch fan, but if we go with a 442 i would feel comfortable with him playing as forward, especially against a top three team.  (He always seems to score against a good team). 

I'm thinking 2-1 Lpool.  Rooney in the first, Torres after half, Gerrard near the end.

[Emerald Red]

These c*nts have so much luck, that it's not worth predicting. Who scores for them? Yep. It's greasy bollox. Keep him quiet and we're good. Now, all we have to worry about is deflections, rub of the green, and John O'Gay. We don't need Rafa; we need a physicist to work out all these variables.

[JC_81]

These c*nts have so much luck, that it's not worth predicting. Who scores for them? Yep. It's greasy bollox. Keep him quiet and we're good. Now, all we have to worry about is deflections, rub of the green, and John O'Gay. We don't need Rafa; we need a physicist to work out all these variables.

In fairness Emerald, I think the luck has unfortunately evened out over the last few years.  Undoubtedly they've had the luck in the last few years with Ferdinand's last minute winner when we were all over them and Tevez's winner at Anfield, but before that there were a few games when we were completely outplayed only for Danny Murphy to dig us out of the sh.it.

I think it's about time for these games to start swinging our way again though.

As for Ronaldo, I may be tempting fate, but he's never had a great game against us, and neither has Rooney (although I can remember one lucky goal in particular that Dudek assisted him with).  These games can go either way and United do have home advantage, but with Torres, Gerrard and Mascherano playing the way they are we have a good chance of upsetting the odds in this one.

[username]

Turns out im going paintballing the same time as this match is on,has had me swearing for the past couple of hours, at least ill be able to shoot some utd fans
Anyway, stick to the formation, my team would be

                     Reina
Finnan/Arbeloa  Carra   Skrtel  Arbeloa/Aurelio
             Mash        Alonso
Kuyt             Gerrard           Babel
                   Torres

2-0. Torres and... Skrtel

[RedBlood]

this is a massive game not just for bragging rights....if we can win not only can we take 3points off utd we will gain 3points and with arsenal dropping points lately we COULD be back with a chance in the leauge (slight chance but better then no chance)...
if it was against anyone else i would be predicting a win but lately no matter how well we play against them they seem to get a 1-0 win.....i really do hope this changes but im not confident it will and very very rarely am i not 100% confident in our team

all i know is im watching the game in a bar in mexico because they have sky, and if we win ill be getting carried out there with a half empty bottle of tequilla in my hand and one big fat juicy smile on my face

come on lads 

[skatesy]

This is a huge game and because of the fact that we will have a week rest and a full week until our next match we need to go all out, balls to the wall. We need to attack hard

[Kewell2Dominate]

All this chat about greaseball never playing well against us and bottling it against the big teams makes me nervous. He really is a player that can win a game by himself. He is just one of those players that makes you nervous when you play him. Ddin't realise GH knocked back a chance to sign him when he was younger. As for the score i guess 1-1. Stevie and Tevez

[66-1112520797]

Toughie this one.

One thing I do think, Ronaldo is going to have a whale of a time against Aurelio if he is selected. He'll have a good time too against Riise, but Riise is more experianced than the Brazillian and should no what to expect. Riise is more solid at LB and is stronger in the tackle, I honestly would opt for him over Aurelio as I dont think the Brazillian is up to the task defensively.

Apart from that I'd stick with the same team we've used of late, and hopefully we can nick three points from the theatre of queens. I think the back four and Mascha and Alonso are well matched up to their attacking threat, if we can subdue them and smother their play going foward I'm hopeful that Babel, Gerrard or Torres will do something for us up the other end.

Its perfectly poised, Rafa needs to break his duck ... 1-0 to the Reds.

[Toffeehater]

Reina
Arbeloa                            Carra                        Skrtel                           Riise


                                      Alonso                      Masch
Kuyt                                                                                                 Babel

                                                     Gerrard
                                                   
                                                     Torres

I'd want riise to play as clearly he's better then aurelio and last time he played against the mancs earliar this season , he did not give ronaldo the time he wanted on the ball. We need kuyt as he's better as a winger and someone to run back and track , evra is pacey and kuyt is fit enough to take him . Although i'm not happy using the 4-2-3-1 formation in this game as torres will get isolated i think , never change anything when we are winning . I'm going for a 2-0 victory for us with the mancs getting a red card . Kuyt and torres

Who's greaseball btw?

[skatesy]

C. Ronaldo is the greaseball.

Albeit he is a little less of a greasball than he was a couple seasons back.