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Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:26 am**

Okay everyone. It is time. I am thinking that the team that Rafa fields will be very similar, if not the same, as the team he has been fielding for the past month or two.

2-0 for Liverpool FC!! :buttrock

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:33 am**

id change it after the weekend

id go for:

reina

finnan carra skrtel riise

gerrard masch alonso benyoun

torres crouch

arebola
hyypia
lucas
pennant
babel
kuyt
nemeth

1-0 to the reds ofcourse

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:35 am**

RedBlood wrote:id change it after the weekend

id go for:

reina

finnan carra skrtel riise

gerrard masch alonso benyoun

torres crouch

arebola
hyypia
lucas
pennant
babel
kuyt
nemeth

1-0 to the reds ofcourse

I do like the formation. However, I would take Alonso out and put Gerrard in the middle. RM would be a toss up between Kuyt and Pennant.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:50 am**

We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him would only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly. :;):

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:05 am**

LFC2007 wrote:We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly.

Sarcasm at its worst.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:12 am**

Bamaga man wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly.

Sarcasm at its worst.

So I guess Gerrard and Torres will keep training at Melwood?

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:19 am**

skatesy wrote:
Bamaga man wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly.

Sarcasm at its worst.

So I guess Gerrard and Torres will keep training at Melwood?

PMSLH

NOT

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:23 am**

Bamaga man wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly.

Sarcasm at its worst.

That told me.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:28 am**

LFC2007 wrote:
Bamaga man wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly.

Sarcasm at its worst.

That told me.

Yeah, your not funny are ya.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:30 am**

I don't proclaim to be.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:33 am**

Dont try to be then.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:35 am**

We'd better keep the same team for this one in the interests of fluency and cohesion, you simply can't change a team that managed to get such a good result against Arsenal, it wouldn't do confidence any good. How could you drop Plessis?, that would be crazy, he put in a very good performance and dropping him only dent his confidence. Nope, everything should stay the same for this one, rotating would be silly.

Sarcasm at its worst.

So I guess Gerrard and Torres will keep training at Melwood?

PMSLH

NOT

Likewise.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:05 am**

I really don't know about this one, it would be very risky to change formations, but Crouch has done so well against Arsenal, their defense just can't handle him. I trust Rafa to pick the right team though.

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:42 am**

i dont care what team he puts out ! as long as we get to the semi finals ---------------------------- AGAIN ! :cool:

Posted: **Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:43 am**

I doubt Rafa will change his plan, the system we'd been using before Saturday saw us win 8 out of 10 and lose only one, he rested the players he intended bringing back so I doubt it will be anything other than the same XI that started the first leg.

It's unfortunate on Crouch and Plessis in particular, but Rafa's not going to drop Torres for Crouch, he's not going to play Crouch in Kuyt or Babel's role and I doubt he will suddenly switch back to 4-4-2. Mascherano is available again and unless you lot have suddenly done a u-turn over your views of him then he will start. And I can't imagine the inexperienced Plessis will displace the much more experienced Xabi Alonso who has 157 appearances for Liverpool to his name. They should both make the bench mind, Crouch and Plessis.

EDIT : and don't forget Saturday wasn't a crucial, high pressure game as we didn't need to win it (they did), Tuesday is going to be a whole different kettle of fish and a whole different game.

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