Maxi is due a game. He a genuine goals threat for us. Gerrard is yet to have a real big game this season. Suarez needs to proove his worth too.
I would like to see Maxi behind the striker though, I feel he always plays out wide where he doesn't really have the pace but he has intelligence and likes to get in the box so why not at CAM/SS?
Only once this season have we been beaten by more than one goal, 4-0 at WBA the other week. I think this game will be just as close, with maybe a single goal deciding it. Sunderland will play their usual counter-attacking football, conceding possession....I would say LFC 68% - SAFC 32%, and hitting Liverpool at speed. I reckon keeping Bellamy quiet is the key to a SAFC victory. Prediction - Sunderland 0 0 Liverpool.
The problem is you can't afford to drift in and out of the game when in the AM spot, you're constantly being tested and pressurised. I don't think Maxi is good enough to play the role consistently, there would be too much pressure on him to create in possession rather than just find and create space for himself and others off the ball and keeping it simple as he does from the left wing. My team for tomorrow would be: (4-2-3-1) Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Coates, Enrique; Adam, Spearing; Suarez, Gerrard, Bellamy; Carroll I don't think we'll go for that though, and we'll probably go for the good old standard 4-4-1-1 which sees our midfield sitting too deep and not enough players in Sunderlands box with the Gerrard & Adam partnership standing on the centre backs toes trying to take the ball off them instead of pushing up and trusting the centre backs to distribute the ball properly.
I would take out Adam and have only Spearing as the holding with Suarez and gerrard as AM's. I know it is a gamble, but **** it why not, get players in the box, get creative around the area, get in the box, in the box!
Match Facts. Head-To Head. Sunderland have won only two of their 21 Premier League encounters with Liverpool. This will be the 150th league game between the two sides. Liverpool have won 66, Sunderland 50, with 33 draws. Liverpool have won four of their last five visits to the Stadium of Light. Sunderland Martin O'Neill has won just one of his last eight Premier League games against Liverpool - a 3-1 victory for Aston Villa in August 2009. Sunderland have conceded seven goals in their last three league games, after three consecutive clean sheets. O'Neill won only one of 17 Premier League games in March as Aston Villa boss and began this month with a draw against Newcastle. The Black Cats have won five out of nine Premier League games without the suspended Lee Cattermole in the side this season, as opposed to four out of 18 when he has played. Sebastian Larsson is one short of 25 Premier League goals, but has not scored in his last 11 league games. Michael Turner is in line to make his 100th Premier League appearance, while Matt Kilgallon could make his 250th club career appearance. Liverpool. Liverpool have lost their last two Premier League games - they have not lost three in a row since October 2003. The Reds have have missed four penalties in the league this season, more than any other team in the division. One of those penalties was missed by Luis Suarez in the opening game of the season against Sunderland. If they lose it will be Kenny Dalglish's 100th league defeat as a manager. They have won just one of seven Premier League games in 2012; the equal fewest wins in the division this year. Liverpool have hit the woodwork 21 times in the Premier League this season - more than any other side. Craig Bellamy has scored six Premier League goals for four different clubs against Sunderland. Match facts are taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17243482.
We need a win and with Sunderland missing a couple of key players we should step up and take the three points. Spearing needs to start and play and work hard in midfield I would also like to see Suarez and Carroll start.
I can see us starting with Suarez and Carroll with Gerrard in the hole and Downing wide. Spearing and Henderson in the middle. They are not going to beat us for pace out wide so the question will be Coates or Carra? Personally I'd like to see Coates given an opportunity. With Kuyt, Adam, Kelly, Bellamy and Maxi on the bench
My ideal team would be ...............Pepe................. Kelly...Coates...Turtle...Jose ..............Spearing............. ..Hendo...Gerrard...Downing. ......Suarez........Kuyt......... Subs Sterling Maxi Johnston Carra Coady I'd have left Carroll at home, until he gets the message to pull his lazy finger out and get his greasy hair cut!
this might sound like a stupid question but do you have the next stevie g or jamie coming through...because i know you have good youth coming through but it seems they arnt in the team and liverpool seem to be missing that heart of players who love the club and the majority of them just treat it like a job... i think liverpool are missing that passion by having grease ball, hendo and downing
