Sabre wrote:When we discuss match threads, you mates always put an starting eleven.
But imagine you're Rafa and you're in the dressroom and you're telling the lads how to face the game. Would you tell them to attack and put them on siege from minute one? would you tell them it's just another game and just do what he have been training? what would be the last words you'd tell the lads before coming off to the pitch?
Sabre wrote:I'd tell the lads to play with a cool head more than heart. For me mind states are as important if not more as team selections. IMHO we have a great chance to beat Manchester United this time. Why? because they're a winning club. And a winning club with 4 points out of 9, will have anxiety, and we have to take advantage of that anxiety. I expect them to come to Anfield and try to win, and I expect we fúck them with quick transitions like Ace' asks. It's a big opportunity, and I think it would set the correct mind state for the following weeks.
Rush Job wrote:I just hope it doesnt look like men agaist boys like it normally does.
bavlondon wrote:We are weaker this time compared to the last time we played them at home. No Torres, a half fit Gerrard and a Robbie Keane still trying to get a goal doesnt bode well. Not to mention we are yet to put in a good performance yet this season. I know they always say we perform in the big games but that doesnt seem to happen with Man Utd. They may not have Ronaldo and Rooney may not be at his best but they still have Tevez and im sure Berbatov will be well up for it.
My prediction 2-1 to them.
john craig wrote:Sabre wrote:I'd tell the lads to play with a cool head more than heart. For me mind states are as important if not more as team selections. IMHO we have a great chance to beat Manchester United this time. Why? because they're a winning club. And a winning club with 4 points out of 9, will have anxiety, and we have to take advantage of that anxiety. I expect them to come to Anfield and try to win, and I expect we fúck them with quick transitions like Ace' asks. It's a big opportunity, and I think it would set the correct mind state for the following weeks.
Think they have 4 points out of 6 Sabre - didn't they miss a game to lose the super cup. They win their game in hand and they're no worse off than us.
Without Torres and Gerrard a draw is a respectable result for us in this game, although you'd hope we would at least play for the win. If we just try and shut up shop for the draw they'll eventually break us down and win. We have to be positive.
I find choosing formations and players increasingly pointless as Benitez is so unpredictable, but here would be my choice if Torres and Gerrard are out:
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Skrtel Dossena
Kuyt Mascherano Alonso Babel
Benayoun
Keane
Benayoun never gets a chance in his best position, so with Gerrard and Torres out, I'd stick him in 'between the lines'. Babel has to play because again, without our best two players we lack pace. This is a big chance for Keane to take on some responsibility and show what he can do.
Sabre wrote:When we discuss match threads, you mates always put an starting eleven.
But imagine you're Rafa and you're in the dressroom and you're telling the lads how to face the game. Would you tell them to attack and put them on siege from minute one? would you tell them it's just another game and just do what he have been training? what would be the last words you'd tell the lads before coming off to the pitch?
red_guy wrote:Sabre wrote:When we discuss match threads, you mates always put an starting eleven.
But imagine you're Rafa and you're in the dressroom and you're telling the lads how to face the game. Would you tell them to attack and put them on siege from minute one? would you tell them it's just another game and just do what he have been training? what would be the last words you'd tell the lads before coming off to the pitch?
Kick those Diablos Locos in the nuts!!!
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