Can't wait for this one. hope to see a few kids maybe like ibe but i hope to see us just control it, win it and can't wait for the next cup draw. magic of the cup.. its there if you seek it out.
Would drop Gerrard for the cup game but play him against Everton, he's bound to be up for the derby, would be silly to drop him IMO.
i agree any sort of game in him 2 days before everton and he'd not cope. we need to find an answer to that
Yeah. No way in the world can I see BR dropping his scouse club captain for the derby game, unless he's broken both his legs.
Would that mean Coutinho is playing against Everton or that Sterling will be playing both games because Ford needs a rest that much?
coutinho to play v everton... needs a rest but i think he'll play. sterling probably will be rested. too small and likes a kick.. can come on for coutinho... there is a thread for everton game! ibe to start the bournemouth game
That's hardly resting Coutinho but I agree I know there's a thread, I had a slight hissy fit about it on Monday
Yes I think Coutinho does. It's not just in the Villa game that he's run out of ideas and then legs. But I would play him in the Derby. Sterling would then have to play both games but I somehow feel that Rodgers is waiting for is form to dip slightly so that he can give him a rest too.
I don't know if Coutinho needs a rest or not but I will say, his last 6 months with us has been quite poor compared to first 6 months. Not that he has been all bad... just hasn't been the amazing creative force he started out as.
he just needs to look up and pass it better to create a few. be content with that and stop trying to beat 6 and score. it'd help if he moved more. thats the tiredness angle.
Pretty much that bit. He's said he needs to score more but he is trying far to hard to make that happen. He's trying to force chances / goals rather than playing his normal game and taking a chance what it presents itself. As you said, plenty of movement is needed, he'll get chances anyway.
so... FA cup 4th round Arsenal VS Coventry City Nottingham Forest VS Preston North End AFC Bournemouth VS Liverpool Sunderland AFC VS Kidderminster Harriers Bolton Wanderers VS Cardiff City Southampton VS Yeovil Town Huddersfield Town VS Charlton Athletic Port Vale VS Brighton & Hove Albion Southend United VS Hull City Rochdale AFC VS Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic VS Crystal Palace Manchester City VS Watford Birmingham City VS Swansea City Stevenage VS Everton Sheffield United VS Fulham Chelsea VS Stoke City lets look at the whole round... surely there's some shocks in here somewhere. I have marked out my predictions in bold my 5th round draw would be Arsenal Forest LFC sunderland Cardiff Southampton Huddersfield Brighton Hull Shff W Palace City Everton Fulham Cheslea thats 11 prem teams out of 6 so we're twice as likely of getting a prem team as a lower div one in round 5..... a home draw will be important for us. I'd love a draw v huddersfield meself but as long as we avoid the top 3 in the prem... we've a chance. can't wait to see who gets shocked... would love it to be cheslea...
yes. if his movement was as good (well lets be fair suarez put sterling in for easy ones) as sterling's lately he'd get a few tap ins. get beyond suarez, show calmness, aim, get it on target, score... not try to take it up wider left, cut in and get the head down and shoot wide.. its so predictable. the rest i asked for 2 weeks ago was predicated on him showing little in the way of movement and closing down. villa game proved it for me.
He likes to blast it rather then go for placement, I think this is because he likes to show how much power he can produce .
Can the title be changed to just Bournemouth? I love the FA Cup and would love us to win it again as I really do think the feeling you get as a fan is 10 times as good as you'd get on the final whistle if you finish 4th, however after being away from the CL for so long, maybe that feeling would be a lot better than when we were under Rafa and it was the more norm. Would like to see Kelly get some game time at RB to see how he get's on. Also give Gerrard a rest as he's going to be playing against Everton so why play him in this game as well? Maybe Allen Henderson Alberto in the middle and give Aspas another chance to prove he's good enough. Would hope we rest one of Suarez or Sturridge, we shouldn't need them both, at least not from the start.
