Match Day Thread Stoke City v Liverpool

if you combine our front 4 conditions you get.

firmino and salah, coutinho is supplying mane

or fascism for short.

 

We'll find out whether Salah can do it on a cold Wednesday evening at Stoke.

 

yes is he better than messi.

on current form neither messi nor ronaldo shoudl win the golden balls this year.

messi is actually a shoe in

 

Sure am






as long as you disregard the one we lost.

 

Keep up the goodish work.

 

#doingamourinho

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...mourinho-refuses-to-accept-loss-at-hull-video

 

So my brief and silly thoughts on this match.

1. I have absolutely no idea what team we will pick

2. I have no idea how stoke will play, they are SO inconsistent.

3. I am very confident that if we are no on it by taking it for granted we will be done over. If we rest two more players (why? i want to know now) or certain players turn up thinking its easy.... well they will do us.

4. its an away game and absolutely must win for us. We are awful away.

5. only lovren and can are doubts yes?

I just really hope our front 4 pare actually played. coutinho, firmino, mane and salah were either subbed or rested at various times. If we go into this game with say coutinho and salah on the bench I will be very dissapoointed and i'm sure it will lift stoke massively.

 

i think at least 1 will be rested probably Coutinho or Salah though it depends if he thinks a second string can beat BHA on Saturday.

 

That really scares me.

We will be fit in January but out of race for 4th.

 

if everyone is running on empty in Jan we're screwed anyway.

 

I know but..... well coutinho hasn't been played that much and not done 90 yet.

Salah got subbed off a few times.

Tbh if the team that recent predicted was true I would probably take it. If the sub on 60mins is salah for lallana and coutinho drops back into cm.

 

mind you just like last season it appears the first choice LB will be flogged within an inch of his life.

 

Yup.

He should have been rested twice now. Both maribor games... ridiculous he was not.

 

Sadio Mane: The goals will come but winning is more important
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/fir...goals-will-come-but-winning-is-more-important

 

KLOPP: FANS MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Jurgen Klopp has called all Liverpool fans to continue building the atmosphere at Anfield.
This comes a day after QPR fans were criticised for leaving before the full-time whistle during their dramatic 2-2 against Brentford last night.
"It can make all the difference. We found it a week ago. In an empty stadium, it is much more difficult," he told reporters.
"Football only works when we all work together. So we involve the crowd 100 per cent. We can perform better when the atmosphere is there. I’m happy that I’m not the only person who sees it like this."
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Daniel Boswell 5ptsmoderatorFeatured13:16
KLOPP NOT GIVING UP ON THE TITLE
Jurgen Klopp is determined not to hand Pep Guardiola the title too soon, despite his side making a record-breaking start to the Premier League season.
"Have I conceded [the title]? I don’t know. I saw the game against Huddersfield. Yes, Man City deserved to win but it was not like Huddersfield could not have won," said Klopp.
"The last game before that I think they won 1-0. As long as they win, no one else has the chance. If they stop winning, it is possible that you can get them still. I don’t care about that at the moment.
"We have to get the next three, and if someone struggles then you can be there."
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Daniel Boswell 5ptsmoderatorFeatured13:11
MANE AND FIRMINO TO START?
Jurgen Klopp says forward-pair Roberto Firmino will "probably" start against Stoke after they were substitutes for Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Saturday.
When asked whether they will start, Klopp said: "Probably but there are not the only two. We had to make a few changes, this is the part of the season to use the strength of your squad. It is not completely unlikely that they will start [against Stoke].
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KLOPP LOOKING FORWARD TO A COLD WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN STOKE?
Jurgen Klopp doesn't seem fazed by the prospect of heading to a windy Stoke tomorrow night.
"When we were there last time the weather was good. But at least this time it will probably be dark and windy," he told reporters.
"Stoke for sure is a difficult place to go because it's a good side with a really good manager, a very experienced manager and the team is experienced as well.
"They live for moments like this - home games under the floodlights. But we are not there to enjoy any atmosphere or suffer under any atmosphere. We got there to get the points that's clear."
http://www.skysports.com/football/l...ue-managers-ahead-of-a-full-midweek-programme

 

Super super duper excited about this match

 

Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants: Lee Betts, Stephen Child
Fourth official: Chris Kavanagh


Fireworks coming