ICC Game 1: Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea

Capacity is 80,000
I am going to say it going to be pretty damn close to that.
It's a great old stadium in a fantastic area. A night game under the floodlights on a pretty damn good pitch is going to fantastic.
The stadium is at most 2 miles from my house but I will be thousands of miles away in orlando, Florida doing a commercial for Disney.
My life sucks.

Have you thought about sending a mate to do the job? There are always inventive solutions to these kinds of problems   

Have you thought about sending a mate to do the job? There are always inventive solutions to these kinds of problems   

If only that was a possibility....

I've gotta be up for work at 4:30 so I'm gonna watch the first half before I start work at 5:30 😂

First half I'd go with:

Karius

Clyne
Lovren
Klavan
Moreno

Henderson (c)
Grujic

Mane
Wijnaldum
Coutinho

Firmino

Second half:

Mignolet

Randall
Wisdom
Klavan
Moreno

Milner (c)
Stewart

Markovic
Brannagan
Lallana

Sturridge

Doubt we'll see that many changes but it would give us a chance to see a glimpse of the lads who were at the Euro's.

Let's smash 'em 👍

Got my ticket to this game (and the next). Cannot wait to see the boys hammer the Chelskies... and then the Milanese.
Hope the games will be worth the long trip. YNWA.

https://twitter.com/empireofthekop/status/757810254050582528

That tweet makes an interesting point. I remember watching the first 20 minutes of the game thinking how empty it was. Hope it's not like that for our game.

Inter and PSG are not as big in the states because Serie A and Ligue 1 are not televised a lot over here. Since LFC and Chelsea are in the Prem, I imagine more people will show up.

Inter and PSG are not as big in the states because Serie A and Ligue 1 are not televised a lot over here. Since LFC and Chelsea are in the Prem, I imagine more people will show up.

Makes sense.

Inter and PSG are not as big in the states because Serie A and Ligue 1 are not televised a lot over here. Since LFC and Chelsea are in the Prem, I imagine more people will show up.

Is Ligue 1 being broadcast anytime soon? Budweiser just signed on as PSG's sponsor.

Is Ligue 1 being broadcast anytime soon? Budweiser just signed on as PSG's sponsor.

Ligue1 are shown every week in the U.S. by BEIN Sports (an Al-Jazeera affiliate). This is the network that shows La Liga and Serie A matches as well, plus English League Cup.

Call in... "sick"... 

Yeah call in sick....tell them you've got Anal Glaucoma.....

....you can't see your ass making it to work today      

YNWA

Call in... "sick"... 

Exactly mate and when they ask you how sick you are you say: "Well I'm in bed with my mum..." that should swing it.

Thats the wrong pic mate, thats the cotton bowl in Texas!
Anyway might catch a bit of the game before heading to work, always nice to get one over on Chelsea, be nicer still to humiliate them 

Google is not my friend so!

All the bowl stadiums look the same anyway sure!

Do you reckon Klopp will continue with the two shifts for these next three matches.

I expect him to as a number of the squad have only been training for a week or less. He may make it more like 60-30 than 45-45, but something similar. There is a rule for the ICC that says you can only substitute at 3 occasions (up to the manager which 3).

So a guess for the lineup tonight:
Fit Group

GK: Karius
RB: Randall
LB: Moreno
CB: Klavan
CB: Lovren
CM: Stewart
CM: Grujic
ACM: Firminho
RF: Mane
CF: Ings
LF: Coutinho

Less Fit Group
GK: Mignolet (or he may just have the GKs play full games and save Simon for Saturday - that's what I would do)
RB: Clyne
LB: Milner
CB: Wisdom
CB: Lovren/Klavan
CM: Henderson
CM: Wijnaldum
ACM: Ejaria
RF: Markovic
CF: Sturridge
LF: Lallana

Not expecting Can or Ojo to play since they've just come in, and I read Origi stayed at Stanford for more fitness work.
This leaves Brannagan and Alexander-Arnold out and that may be wrong as well.

How do you see us lining up?

Do you reckon Klopp will continue with the two shifts for these next three matches.

I expect him to as a number of the squad have only been training for a week or less. He may make it more like 60-30 than 45-45, but something similar. There is a rule for the ICC that says you can only substitute at 3 occasions (up to the manager which 3).

So a guess for the lineup tonight:
Fit Group

GK: Karius
RB: Randall
LB: Moreno
CB: Klavan
CB: Lovren
CM: Stewart
CM: Grujic
ACM: Firminho
RF: Mane
CF: Ings
LF: Coutinho

Less Fit Group
GK: Mignolet (or he may just have the GKs play full games and save Simon for Saturday - that's what I would do)
RB: Clyne
LB: Milner
CB: Wisdom
CB: Lovren/Klavan
CM: Henderson
CM: Wijnaldum
ACM: Ejaria
RF: Markovic
CF: Sturridge
LF: Lallana

Not expecting Can or Ojo to play since they've just come in, and I read Origi stayed at Stanford for more fitness work.
This leaves Brannagan and Alexander-Arnold out and that may be wrong as well.

How do you see us lining up?

I think we will see an integration of the starting XI over the rest of the pre-season as each individual player hits whatever milestone the manager has for them in order to be it, by the Barca/Mainz matches the starting XI should be all ready to go.

Hearing that 45-54,000 tickets sold so far for an 80,000 capacity stadium.

I think we will see an integration of the starting XI over the rest of the pre-season as each individual player hits whatever milestone the manager has for them in order to be it, by the Barca/Mainz matches the starting XI should be all ready to go.

I agree that Barca/Mainz matches should show us the first and second XIs, respectively. But with the fitness level so far apart between the most recent returnees and those who have been in since July 1, I think he will put fitness as the main priority in selecting lineups at least for tonight (perhaps to the chagrin of those paying to watch).

But who knows? I'm just glad there is a match after 7 days of chatter.

Have we signed a left back yet?

I used to like them way back as a team but their fans have always been from the gutter and now the club is a reflection of the fans.

Without a doubt Mozzie and although this might be something to do with my mangled napper... I genuinely can't help calling their new manager Cunty every  time I reference him.

I reckon it's the proper way to pronounce it anyhow. 

There is ...regrettably for him .... and amusingly for us .... no other way to pronounce it.

C**t  for short.

Hearing that 45-54,000 tickets sold so far for an 80,000 capacity stadium.

This sure as hell won't be another MCG spectacular.

My God - what a moment that was three years ago.

Midnight and an LFC game is 4 hours away.

You Aussies and Americans must be mad supporting the reds!

Just spoke to Ian Rush on the phone!!!!
Even though I am away for the game due to work in orlando, I still got my Liverpool moment of a lifetime!
My wife went along to an event he was doing at Dunkin donuts in Atwater village (pretty close to Pasadena where we live and where the game is tonight) and got him to sign a bunch of my of my Liverpool stuff and the had him speak to me on the phone!!!
Wow. Mind blown.

Midnight and an LFC game is 4 hours away.

You Aussies and Americans must be mad supporting the reds!

  It was far worse for me in the early days before I had a DVR.

Just spoke to Ian Rush on the phone!!!!
Even though I am away for the game due to work in orlando, I still got my Liverpool moment of a lifetime!
My wife went along to an event he was doing at Dunkin donuts in Atwater village (pretty close to Pasadena where we live and where the game is tonight) and got him to sign a bunch of my of my Liverpool stuff and the had him speak to me on the phone!!!
Wow. Mind blown.

Pretty cool mate! You must be stoked. :^)

Don't know if anyone pointed it out but that pic is of the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.