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Match Day Thread Liverpool v Luton

Discussion in 'Liverpool' started by saintanton, Feb 17, 2024.

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Who will win?

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  2. Them

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  3. No-one

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  4. We'll ****ing smash'em

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  1. saintanton

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  2. Zanjinho

    Zanjinho Boom!
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    Fixed ffs
     
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    Milk.. Well-Known Member

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    I'm sorry to hear that. Was it painful?
     
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  4. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    should be a good one.

    they have heart.

    I'd go like this.

    kelleher
    Bradley gomez vvd Robertson
    Elliott endo macca
    salah gakpo diaz

    maybe i could be convinced to see quansah at cb and gomez at lb just to protect robbo for the final on Sunday.

    in any event we have an exciting opportunity to debut koumas in another klopp moment.
     
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  5. InBiscanWeTrust

    InBiscanWeTrust Rome, London, Paris, Rome, Istanbul, Madrid
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    Tsimikas is back so no reason can’t play lb or do half each.

    Set pieces are going to be the biggest threat. Ideally you’d want Konate, depends if he can do get through all the games though
     
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  6. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    1 game a week imo.

    I really think we need to protect him
     
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    Quansah...?
     
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    Solid Air 2 Well-Known Member

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    I'd go Quansaah
     
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  9. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    yeah I think we need to take great care with robertson so gomez at lb and quansah at cb then.

    old national super star in goal
    New world super star at rb
    New local super star at cb
    golden oldie at lb
    bad hair day at rcm.

    That's less than 10mil spend over 5 of the team.

    through in leg-endo and not it's 6 for less than one chelsea youth punt.

    kelleher
    Bradley quansah vvd gomez
    Elliott endo macallister
    salah gakpo diaz

    get the crowd going at night at anfield on a rearranged fixture (less tourist types, hopefully more youngerr fans)

    let's go.
     
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  10. SIR_KENNY_KLOPP_KING

    SIR_KENNY_KLOPP_KING Well-Known Member

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    We really need to score a couple quickly and then cruise…..they’re a battling team, last thing we need is more knocks but it’s still a must win.

    Quite a few players who could ideally play just a half in perfect circumstances but I doubt we’ll be so lucky, even at home.
     
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    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    3 points is all that's important. the league cup can do one.

    seriously though, I think if we protect Robertson and konate using the squad then we just have to mind salah and macca somehow.
     
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    yeah, we do need to rotate. We now start 2 games a week for the foreseeable
     
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  13. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    Well it's all about getting those players back up to speed without getting a knock.

    the fa cup tie v Southampton is also alright for a couple to come in. we have good options even with alisson, trent, konate, Robertson, Szoboszlai, Jones, nunez and jota all "resting"

    now thats a ****ing squad.:emoticon-0165-muscl

    it's better than the squad that got close to a quad. maybe not as strong a first 11 par se but a better squad.
     
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    still need two fit options for evert position, even if a couple of them are kids. I think, in defence, we’re covered atm. Up front is a worry but Salah back is great news. Midfield is where we need it most though; we can’t expect Endo and Macca to play every game, so who replaces them? Szlob coming back is pivotal!
     
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  15. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    Well we can't have 2 fit players for every position in every eventuality.

    we have the squad to cope with exactly what we have now, some injuries.

    Jones won't be too serious imo.
    alisson will be a couple weeks
    Szoboszlai will be a couple weeks more
    trent, who knows
    jota who knows.
    nunez hopefully ok

    the squad is amazingly well covered

    we can select an 11 to play Luton amd hopefully win we'll at home but the key is not to stress salah and Robertson.

    this is the best squad depth klopp has had due to emergence of "many many fine cadets".

    Bradley, quansah, McConnell, Clark all add to our squad massively and I can't wait to see if klopp repeats the trick with a couple more now.
     
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    obviously some players will cover more than one position. If we win the league, Gomez should get 3 medals; one for every position he’s played! I think that the kids will play an important part of what we will do from here on in. We need legs against Chelsea; we dominated them when we could press hard…..but we were spent when we played Arsenal…..will be interesting to see how JK mixes it up now.
     
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  17. LuisDiazgamechanger

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    They have to pay for what they did when we played them earlier in the season. I am going for 5:0
     
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    Salah should not play more than 60m as he’s returning from injury and there’s more to go for after this game. Elliott can come on for him.

    Gapko as 9 (no risk with Nunez) and Diaz on the left. Nunez on the bench if deemed fit.

    midfield, Macca and Endo should play limited minutes….with Gravenberch stepping in for 90.

    gomez on the left, VvD for 45, quansah for 90 and Bradley (should also try to limit his time)

    players to be hooked early: VvD, Salah, Macca, Endo, Bradley. Obviously, we need to be in complete control to do this…..not always guaranteed but a must this game please <whistle>
     
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    REFEREE IS :ANDY MADLEY

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    Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Eddie Smart, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Tom Bramall. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Darren Cann.

    Note: Andy Andy Madley was also the referee when we played Luton earlier in the season

     
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  20. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    that'd be nice to see.

    I'd doubt it.
     
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