It's going to be a lot to ask bearing in mind the form that Liverpool are in, but we are going to need a win after today's results.
Apparently Sandro was having a fitness test today. Gave the thumbs up at the end so hopefully should be available.
Not your favourite player then? EDIT: I'd rather see Townsend playing, but I do like the idea of playing Dembele further forward. A bit worried about Naughton. I'd rather have Benny back. EDIT: Why isn't Holtby starting? Surely coming from an Evertonian family Holtby might be up for it more than others.
Lloris; Walker, Capoue, Dawson, Naughton; Paulinho, Sandro; Lennon, Dembele, Chadli; Soldado. Friedel, Fryers, Holtby, Lamela, Townsend, Sigurdsson, Defoe. Liverpool - Mignolet, Flanagan, Sakho, Skrtel, Johnson, Allen, Lucas, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Suarez. Jones, Kelly, Agger, Toure, Moses, Aspas, Alberto.
Suarez must be licking his lips at the sight of Capoue and Dawson as the centre back pairing. I've got a bad feeling about this.
The only reasoning that I can see for starting Chadli is that he might help out at the back a bit better than Townsend The CB issue - yeah ok, we've got injuries there and Capoue has played CB before for his previous club. What's happened to Rose now though - surely he's not injured again?
Capoue and Dawson are both around 6 foot +., might be out of his range..... I think he'll bite Naughton.
Townsend can come on as sub and run at some tired full backs. His advantage as a sub is that he can replace either Lennon or Chadli.
AVB hasn't got a clue. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that Coco, himself, could manage this team better than he. This team is going to get slaughtered by 'Pool, with or without GBH.