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      Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool

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      Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Dec 07, 2008 02:55:12 pm
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      The Liverpool squad in full that have travelled for this game:
      Reina, Cavalieri, Dossena, Agger, Carragher, Arbeloa, Darby, Kelly, Spearing, Gerrard, Alonso, Lucas, Mascherano, Benayoun, Riera, Keane, Babel, Ngog.


      Rafa ready to shuffle pack in Holland http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_4605189,00.html

      Rafa Benitez is preparing to make several changes for Liverpool's UEFA Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday.

      The Reds have already qualified for the last 16 of the competition and Benitez has the luxury of being able to rest players for his side's final Group D game.

      Liverpool will still be looking to secure top spot ahead of Atletico Madrid but Benitez wants to rotate his squad in Holland.

      The likes of Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Dirk Kuyt, Jose Reina and Alvaro Arbeloa could be left out, meaning Lucas, Ryan Babel, Yossi Benayoun, David Ngog and goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri are all in contention to start.

      Benitez, who may even gamble on rookie reserves Stephen Darby and Jay Spearing, said: "It is difficult to say now who will play in Eindhoven, but it is clear that we will be making several changes.

      "But we will probably take most of the senior players because of the prospect of injuries.

      "The players are involved in more matches these days. Kuyt, Carragher and Arbeloa have all played a lot of games this season.

      "But we have to send out a squad with four local players because of the regulations, so that does not make it easy.

      "We cannot obviously, use young players who are not on the list registered for the tournament, so we are limited in making many changes.

      "But Lucas will be involved. People have criticised him recently but he has been working so hard, he is the kind of player with a great character who will become very important for us."
      Difficult

      Benitez is wary of the threat posed by PSV as they seek to clinch a place in the Uefa Cup.

      "There is still a lot on the match itself. It is still important for PSV and Marseille to get points to get into the Uefa Cup," said the Reds boss.

      "But it will be difficult for Marseille against Atletico because their opponents are very good on the counter-attack and dangerous.

      "And PSV also need to win, so they will make it very difficult for us. They have ability, pace and they are playing at home."

      Important

      Finishing top should benefit Liverpool in the draw for the next stage but Benitez realises that it is not quite so straightforward.

      He explained: "It is difficult to know whether you want to finish first or second in the group.

      "We cannot play an English side in the last 16, so that reduces the options.

      "Looking at the groups we could finish top and still end up playing against Juventus or Real Madrid, it is also possible to face Lyon or Bayern Munich so it is very difficult to decide who you would rather play next.

      "The best thing about winning the group is that you play the second leg of the next round at Anfield, which is very important for us."
                                                                                                                                                     
      I will play like this:
                    Cavalieri
      Darby  Carra.  Agger  Insua
                     Plessis
      Benayoun    Lucas      Babel   
                Ngog    Keane

      Subs: Reina, kelly, dossena, gerrard, spearing, reira, kuyt. My pred 1-1 keane scoring. I would like more to feature spearing rather than plessis but rafa played him more.
      « Last Edit: Dec 08, 2008 10:37:40 pm by redkenny, Reason: squad added »
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #1: Dec 07, 2008 03:44:27 pm
                   Cavalieri
      Darby  Carra.  Agger  Insua
                     Plessis
      Babel         Lucas      Reira   
                Ngog    Keane

      I'd go with that line up
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #2: Dec 07, 2008 04:17:54 pm
                   Cavalieri
      Darby  Carra.  Agger  Insua
                     Plessis
      Babel         Lucas      Reira  
                Ngog    Keane

      I'd go with that line up

      Mine pred. squad and yours are very similar. the only change is that of babel & reira(i think yours is better).
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #3: Dec 07, 2008 04:23:02 pm
      Mine pred. squad and yours are very similar. the only change is that of babel & reira(I think yours is better).

      I'll take that victory and run with it :laugh:
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #4: Dec 07, 2008 04:35:29 pm
      I'll take that victory and run with it :laugh:
      Hope we win this match to be the leaders but I do think that we will neither win nor lose.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #5: Dec 07, 2008 04:41:01 pm
      I'd go for

                       Reina

      Darby   Agger   Carragher   Insua

      El Zhar     Lucas     Plessis    Riera

                     Keane    Babel

      Subs: Cavalieri, Dossena, Arbeloa, Alonso, Pennant, N'Gog, Kuyt

      I cant see Cavalieri playing because he had a shocker in the Carling Cup and because we are figting ith Athl. Madrid for top spot we need the best goal difference so with Reina in goal at least we are more likely to keep a clean sheet.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #6: Dec 07, 2008 04:43:21 pm
      my prediction will be 2-1 with keane and ngog on the scoresheet.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #7: Dec 07, 2008 06:15:24 pm
                                           Cavalieri

                  Darby           Hyypia      Agger         Insua

                                Mascherano     Plessis

                 Pennant                  Lucas                 Babel

                                             Keane

                                       
      « Last Edit: Dec 07, 2008 06:20:38 pm by smigger15 »
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #8: Dec 07, 2008 06:16:51 pm
      I'd go for

                       Reina

      Darby   Agger   Carragher   Insua

      El Zhar     Lucas     Plessis    Riera

                     Keane    Babel


      I think he isn't qualified to play in champions league like hyypia.
                                           Cavalieri

                  Darby           Hyypia      Agger         Insua

                                Mascherano     Plessis

                 Pennant                  Lucas                 Babel

                                             Keane

                                            Keane
      I think we have one keane in our squad  ;D :lmao:
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #9: Dec 07, 2008 07:02:26 pm
      Can't see many youngers playing,bar insua and maybe darby,more fringe players like KEANE!!!! :lmao:

      Pennant?Babel,Ngog.etc
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #10: Dec 07, 2008 07:06:52 pm

      Not Pennant. He doesn't deserve to play for us.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #11: Dec 07, 2008 07:16:38 pm
      Reina

      Arbeloa     Agger     Carragher     Insua

      Benayoun     Plessis     Lucas     Babel/Riera

      N'gog     Keane

      Subs: Cavalieri, Darby, Alonso, Mascherano, Gerrard (just in case), Babel/Riera, Kuyt
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #12: Dec 07, 2008 07:30:42 pm
      I'd go for:

      ------------Cavalieri-------------
      ------Agger---------Sami--------
      Darby----------------------Insua
      ---------Plessis----Lucas---------
      El Zhar----------------------Babel
      ------------Keane----------------
      ----------------Nemeth-----------


      Hopefully we won't be as bad as against Tottenham.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #13: Dec 07, 2008 07:44:07 pm
      I'd go for:

      ------------Cavalieri-------------
      ------Agger---------Sami--------
      Darby----------------------Insua
      ---------Plessis----Lucas---------
      El Zhar----------------------Babel
      ------------Keane----------------
      ----------------Nemeth-----------


      Hopefully we won't be as bad as against Tottenham.

      Sami isn't in the UCL squad, and I'm sure Nemeth isn't either.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #14: Dec 07, 2008 07:47:50 pm
      Sami isn't in the UCL squad, and I'm sure Nemeth isn't either.
      & El zhar too
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #15: Dec 07, 2008 07:56:27 pm
      You can trust this wont be the B team.

      Reina
      Arbeloa
      Carra
      Agger
      Dossena
      Xabi
      Stevie
      Yossi
      Babel
      Kuyt
      Keane
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #16: Dec 07, 2008 07:59:59 pm
      You can trust this wont be the B team.

      Reina
      Arbeloa
      Carra
      Agger
      Dossena
      Xabi
      Stevie
      Yossi
      Babel
      Kuyt
      Keane
      Sorry mate but don't agree with you 'cos rafa said that he will rotate or change players.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #17: Dec 07, 2008 09:32:04 pm
      Sami isn't in the UCL squad, and I'm sure Nemeth isn't either.

      Proper rookie error that.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #18: Dec 07, 2008 11:59:29 pm
      I may be wrong, I haven't seen much of him, but what I have seen, I don't think Ngog could score in a brothel with a £50 note hanging out his arse pocket. I think we will win on Tuesday but not with Ngog. Keane and Babel mabey. Insua's worth his place at L.B as well. The form of Lucas is a bit worrying for me. Needs a good first 15 mins to up his confidence. We will need to keep the game at a high tempo. The dutch liketo play more slowly in the build up, we need to keep pressing the ball and hurry them up. That will put them out of thier stride a bit.
      We can do this and go top in the group with plenty of goals but only with experienced strikers. Ngog won't do it for us i'm sure.There's his invite for a hat trick then !
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #19: Dec 08, 2008 12:12:23 am
      I may be wrong, I haven't seen much of him, but what I have seen, I don't think Ngog could score in a brothel with a £50 note hanging out his arse pocket. I think we will win on Tuesday but not with Ngog. Keane and Babel mabey. Insua's worth his place at L.B as well. The form of Lucas is a bit worrying for me. Needs a good first 15 mins to up his confidence. We will need to keep the game at a high tempo. The dutch liketo play more slowly in the build up, we need to keep pressing the ball and hurry them up. That will put them out of thier stride a bit.
      We can do this and go top in the group with plenty of goals but only with experienced strikers. Ngog won't do it for us i'm sure.There's his invite for a hat trick then !

      Did you watch N'Gog in pre-season?
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #20: Dec 08, 2008 12:33:48 am
      Inusa is also not in the UCL squad so we will have to use Dossena I guess. It will be a lot of fringe players

      - - - - - - - - - - - Diego - - - - - - - - - -

      Darby - - - Carra - - Agger - - Dossena

      Kuyt - - - - Lucas - - Gerrard - - Yossi

      - - - - - - - - N'gog - - Keane - - - - -

      Subs: Pepe, Kelly, Spearing, Alonso, Riera, Javi, Babel
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #21: Dec 08, 2008 07:01:56 am
       I think Rafa will put out the strongest team possible as he wants to finish top of the group.Athletico Madrid will have a battle to overcome with Marseille so this is a good opportunity for us to secure top spot.Also as I hit the big 70 on Wednesday I think the Mighty REDS owe me for my support for over 60 years.So go RAFA and the lads knock P.S.V. for 6 or even 7 and make my day.
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      Re: Pre Match: Psv vs Liverpool
      Reply #22: Dec 08, 2008 07:20:36 am
      This are the players that can play in Champions league taken from http://uefa.com:

      1   Diego Cavalieri »
      25   Pepe Reina »
      2   Andrea Dossena »
      5   Daniel Agger »
      12   Fábio Aurélio » Injured
      17   Álvaro Arbeloa »
      23   Jamie Carragher »
      27   Philipp Degen » Injured
      32   Stephen Darby »
      34   Martin Kelly »
      36   Steven Irwin »
      37   Martin Škrtel »[/s] Injured
      8   Steven Gerrard »
      14   Xabi Alonso »
      15   Yossi Benayoun »
      16   Jermaine Pennant »
      20   Javier Mascherano »
      21   Lucas »
      26   Jay Spearing »
      7   Robbie Keane »
      9   Fernando Torres » Injured
      11   Albert Riera »
      18   Dirk Kuyt »
      19   Ryan Babel »
      24   David N'Gog »

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