username wrote:woof woof ! wrote:god_bless_john_houlding wrote:Tomorrow will be 1-1.
Gerrard with the goal for us, couldn't give a toss about their scorer.
I still see us dropping this 4-2-3-1 formation though, I think it's more likely to be 4-1-4-1. With Kuyt down the right, Riise down the left, Gerrard and Lucas in the middle with Mascheranho just in front of the back four of Arbeloa, Carra, Hyypia and Aurellio. Torres up front on his own. Defensive minded but I couldn't care less as long as we go through.
We're off to Moscow in a couple of months time (with a Premiership title under our belt)
Appreciate the sentiment but Hyypia instead of Skrtel and Lucas alongside Mascherano worries me.
Why? Hyppia is still up for it and lucas played with mascha in the first leg (or did everyone forget that?)
Don't want to knock Sammi, his performances this season have been beyond expectations, but Skrtel looks to be settling in and playing well , I'm concerned that at some stage Sammi will get done for pace, sod's law he'll play and score from a corner , in which case I'll look like a mug , but an extremely happy mug.

As for Lucas, I'm far from convinced . Yeah , the fella has loads of potential and of course with Alonso out Rafa's options may be limited, but Lucas just still seems to be a bit lightweight (imo), and to answer your question ,
lucas played with mascha in the first leg (or did everyone forget that?)
yeah I forgot, thats how much of an impression he made on me.