Match Day 7 in the CL and Liverpool take on Lille, 8pm at Anfield on Tuesday 21 January. Match available on Amazon Prime. The two teams met for the first time in the 2009/10 Europa League with Liverpool coming away 3-1 victors. Predicted lineup: Alisson, Trent, Konaté, Virgil, Robertson, Gravenberch, Macallister, Jones, Salah, Diaz, Gakpo
I'd like to see some rotation here, Nunez and Elliot need game time. Bradley could also do with a game.
Yes, these are all decent options too - it's not like throwing anyone in at the deep end, utilise the squad as the games are coming thick and fast.
Elliot especially as he has the ability to find these short passes in and around the box that are essential when teams dig in. He's going to be important and needs games.
I would like Chiesa to get some decent minutes because he could be quite useful if he can get to full fitness, especially if Salah has his usual 2nd half season slump. Which on recent games looks like it could be happening once again
Ali Bradley Quansah VVD Robbo/Tsimikas (which ever won’t play v Ipswich) Endo Jones Chiesa Elliott Nunez Danns Give grav mac salah a rest. Get some minutes for Bradley Elliott jones after injury. At some point give vvd a rest and move Endo to CB and Morton in CM. give szobo 15/20 mins if needed.
I would focus on Ipswich at home and give this game the bird. However we won't. Kelleher must start. Bradley must start Quansah must start Robertson must start Vvd is a begrudging starter for me. Endo must start Jones must start Elliott must start Chiesa for 60 would be nice. 9 is questionable. Danns for me as jota is out. Start Diaz at lw Basically play the league cup team thst should be playing and get them used to each other. Konate must not start Alisson needs to be minded Trent has started too many in a row. Rest. Tsimiaks now no 2 lb? Gravenberch needs to be on 1 a week until the time comes for 2 per week in real cl. Macallister should be the same. 1 per week. Szoboszlai was sick so should be minded and used as sub here Nunez has to start v ipswich so should be minded here. Gakpo needs a rest Salah needs to start to be managed too. We can have a very strong bench to go with here. No asking for kids off it. I am sure thst 11 can work a result.
You know it makes sense. The team.need to not only look after the attempt for no 20 but have the players ready for 2 games a week when thr cl restarts proper. Either the squad is good enough or it is not. (Leaving aside i always talk sense and everyone hates when I am right even though I never said I told you so)
Very much doubt that Slot will start his second eleven . Most likely i would guess Nunez , Elliott Bradley and Quansah start .
Too many permutations to second guess everything but I’d like to see Danns (if he’s not going on loan) get a run out for at least 30m. Have no issue with the likes of VvD and one or two of the first team midfielders playing a half but not much more. Bradley on the right of defence and whoever is not playing versus Ipswich on the left. Kelleher should start. Forwards need properly rotating, not sure if Chiesa is fit but Salah needs a rest regardless. Shame Jota is injured again….just when his form looks good!
This game will probably see several things happening: I'm expecting a Lille bit of this, and a Lille bit of that in this game.
Win this,we are through to the last sixteen. We are playing Ipswich on Saturday and we must win too.Necessary to rest some players.
As alluded to by most on here, avoiding injuries and giving minutes to squad options are the important points for me in this game. I understand Slot's comments on Chiesa's fitness, but certainly Elliott needs minutes here. I think we will still pick a side that, on paper, should still beat Lille.
Don’t even need a win. A draw means we can’t finish lower than 8th and even a defeat means still high chance of finishing higher than 8th as it relies on at least 7 of Arsenal Leverkusen villa inter Brest Lille Dortmund Bayern atletico and Milan to win this week and the following week.
A win means we will finish 1st or 2nd. Then we can play reserves against PSV. I am not sure I agree with the whole team needs to change for this game just Chiesa, Bradley and Elliot need a good chunk of game time. Shame Gomez is out could have done with him recently as I dont think Slot rates Quansah. Thats also the worry if VvD dosent sign we will need at least 2 CBs in the summer.
