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Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:50 am**

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Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:17 pm**

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:25 pm**

Stoke 1 - 3 LFC

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:34 pm**

we need to win this for a confidence boost.
it will be interesting to see how we fair out there after the league encounter where we again dominated and couldnt score.they will set up the same against us as well so lets hope we learned our lesson.
ive given up trying to second guess a score as i think we have no right to automatically assume a win.

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:54 pm**

Tough game, be very interested to see the team Kenny picks.

Lucas will play I hope, would like Agger, Carroll and Maxi in for Skrtel, Kuyt and Downing who are on the bench.

Reina
Johnson
Carragher
Agger
Enrique
Maxi
Lucas
Gerrard
Bellamy
Suarez
Carroll

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:34 pm**

Our finishing or the ability to kill off the opponents is one of our weaknesses. At the moment we lack a quality striker in the class of Rooney, Hernandez, Drogba, Dzeko to do it. I am concerned about the outcome.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:18 pm**

Reina
Johnson
Coates
Agger
Enrique
Maxi
Lucas
Gerrard
Bellamy
Henderson
Carroll

I think suarez needs a rest so would have him on the bench

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:36 pm**

Rimetto_ wrote:Reina
Johnson
Coates
Agger
Enrique
Maxi
Lucas
Gerrard
Bellamy
Henderson
Carroll

I think suarez needs a rest so would have him on the bench

That looks pretty good to me.

Gonna be a hard one. Away to Stoke just like earlier in the year. Both sides will be playing strong lineups.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:38 pm**

the last thing we want here is extra time and penalties.

i fully expect kelly, coates, spearing, henderson, maxi and carroll all to start.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:54 pm**

We want to win this cup and we couldnt beat Stoke with our first 11 a few weeks back so almost a full strength team for me minus Suarez, who needs a rest.

Reina
Johnson Carra Skrtel Enrique
Lucas Adam
Bellamy Maxi
Gerrard
Carroll

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:30 pm**

Won't be an easy game by any means. But if we create half as many chances as we did against Norwich we should win.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:30 pm**

I doubt we would win if we play our subs.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:20 pm**

We need to put out a strong side but we also need to give some of our more established substitutes some game time. For me, Kuyt, Adam and Suarez should be dropped to the bench for this one. Bellamy, Henderson and Carroll can come in and try to prove their worth. Ideally, we'll try to give as much playing time to our strongest back 5 so expect all of Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger (assuming he is now fully fit), Enrique to start here. Down the middle, Lucas should be back and Gerrard needs more time.

Leaves one big question mark. Downing or Maxi ?

Downing has been disappointing recently but then again hes been played out of position often. Also, he is arguably our best bet for crosses from wide areas and his partnership with Enrique showed promise early on.
On the other hand, Maxi has been inexplicably shut out of the first team this season despite impressing at every chance since Kenny took over. He HAS TO feature in this game at some point.

This is what I expect/hope for:

Reina
Johnson Carra Skrtel Enrique
Lucas Henderson
Bellamy Downing
Gerrard
Carrol

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:56 pm**

Id swap Bellamy for Kuyt. Bellamy should be starting all league games, Kuyt shouldn't so it's a good chance for him to get some game time.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:28 pm**

aCe' wrote:We need to put out a strong side but we also need to give some of our more established substitutes some game time. For me, Kuyt, Adam and Suarez should be dropped to the bench for this one. Bellamy, Henderson and Carroll can come in and try to prove their worth. Ideally, we'll try to give as much playing time to our strongest back 5 so expect all of Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger (assuming he is now fully fit), Enrique to start here. Down the middle, Lucas should be back and Gerrard needs more time.

Leaves one big question mark. Downing or Maxi ?

Downing has been disappointing recently but then again hes been played out of position often. Also, he is arguably our best bet for crosses from wide areas and his partnership with Enrique showed promise early on.
On the other hand, Maxi has been inexplicably shut out of the first team this season despite impressing at every chance since Kenny took over. He HAS TO feature in this game at some point.

This is what I expect/hope for:

Reina
Johnson Carra Skrtel Enrique
Lucas Henderson
Bellamy Downing
Gerrard
Carrol

I like your lineup, however, I would like to see Agger back there instead of Carra or Skrtel.

Maybe give Coates a game.

Anyways I predict a scrappy 2-1 win for us

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