Pre-match thread..Liverpool v Spurs League Cup 4th Rd 25/10/16 KO 7.45pm

Hopefully there aren't too many changes to the side. I'd love to see us make deep runs in both cup competitions.

Mignolet
Clyne Klavan Lovren Moreno
Lucas Grujic Wijnaldum
Sturridge Ins Origi

Fancy that team to do the job and think they all deserve game time. Keep the momentum going lads!

So in our contest, is the score at 90 minutes, 120 minutes what we go by?

Klopp says we will have changes, and it is true that he could change the whole team if he wanted.

I would really like to see us go 4-4-2 with Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi up front. I would expect to see Gini and Emre in central midfield. You could Mane on the right and Phil on the left, or you could use Lucas or Stewart as a d-mid and let Phil or Sade play behind the strikers, even in a free role.

Moreno and Klavan might be the most likely to get a game in the back, but the team will probably be somewhere between all change and our strongest lineup.

Even if Spurs rotate, I still expect a difficult game.

Difficult game to predict, Spurs having one eye on Europe. Think it could be a score draw, with penalties the decider !

So in our contest, is the score at 90 minutes, 120 minutes what we go by?

Not sure if you're referring to our prediction league (I'll let our mods handle this). But the actual match format is 90 minutes followed by extra time, failing which, penalties.

Gone for the draw  1-1

and we win on pens.

We are one trophy overall ahead of the Mancs .   
We need to pull away and make that gap bigger again.

Think we'll win this as long as the changes aren't to many. Think I'd also give Ings a run with either Studge or Origi, and the other on the bench. Need Bob or Couts behind them though. I also wouldn't rest Mane for this one, he's been vital to us. Will likely be Can or Gigi in the centre with Can sitting a bit deeper. Clyne, Lovren, Matip, and Moreno at the back with Migs in goal.I think Llalana might need a rest due to him coming back from injury, but jeez we'll miss his energy if he does. Think I'd play him, and put Lucas in front of the back four to tidy up later on behind the centre mids.
In a nut shell,                                             Migs.
                                             Clyne.   Lovren.    Matip.   Moreno.
                                                 
                                                               Can./Gigi
 
                                                 Mane           Couts            Llalana

                                                          Ings       Sturridge/Origi.


Have to take a peek back. Think I went for 2 - 1 in the prediction league, if so I'll stick with that. May have been 2 - 0 but a win's a win.

We can play a few more fringe players in the next round, depending on who we draw. Always the optimist, sure we'll go through, and there won't be many tougher teams to play than spuds. Glad they're hung up on european games as well. They may need to make more debilitating changes than us   
I don't think i'll get to watch or listen to this game so it's gonna be a long nervous night for me.

                                               

Barrett saying AAT, Ejaria, Grujic and Ings likely to start tomorrow.

Barrett saying AAT, Ejaria, Grujic and Ings likely to start tomorrow.

Good, as much as we should take the competition serious we also need our squad players to be as near to match ready as they can be. I don't think a few of those are too far from competing for a first team place and are rightfully getting their chance.

Clyne, I think, has been one of our weaker performers and I want to see a bold showing from AAT to really put the pressure on. Ejaria I thought looked excellent in preseason and rightfully should get a start. Ings has been banging them in left, right and centre. He's apparently been stellar in terms of his training and I really hope he plays well as his efforts deserve it.

Really looking forward to Grujic, possibly more than the others, I think he's a big talent not only in terms of physical stature but the way he plays the game. That in between role seems made for him from what I've seen and his physical attributes should help out massively on set pieces.

Really looking forward to this one, should be a cracker. Whoever wins this will have a massive chance of lifting the trophy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37749695

Hes out . Three match ban to include our game , Leicester and the Arse.

Saw him play in France v us August 2007 .  CL qualifier .

Useless then and useless now.

That's a shame. He's useless.

Barrett saying AAT, Ejaria, Grujic and Ings likely to start tomorrow.

Very excited for Grujic and TAA but Ejaria hasn't been impressive in the u23s. Rather see someone like Harry Wilson get a run.

All I am hoping for is a injury free passage to the next round. We have to take this seriously, and we will.

Don't like this lot, never have... always overrated, always praised beyond what's warranted.

They have bother scoring... we score, we win. I reckon we will want to keep the momentum going and the team selected will reflect that.

Ate and sh*t them at White Hart Lane without the proper result... that changes tonight.

I hope we don't rest too many players. This is a great opportunity to bag some silverware.

I think we will definitely need to rotate a few players and keep them fresh for a tough game against Palace over the weekend.
I would rest Clyne and Milner in defence, rest Firmino, Mane and Lallana up front.

So my team:      Mignolet

          T.A.A    Matip  Klavan  Moreno
                          Lucas
              Grujic              Wijnaldum
                       Coutinho
            Ings                      Sturridge

Ate and sh*t them at White Hart Lane without the proper result... that changes tonight.

Thats fighting talk ....... 

I hope we pound the living sh*t out of them tonight..

4-2 win...

Most of us said at the start of the season that top 4 and a cup was our minimum aim. Why field a reserve team in a cup competition against Spurs then? I'd understand possibly if we were playing a league 1 side at home but we're up against title contenders here who are currently playing in the champions league.

Get the strongest 11 out and F***ing smash them.

           Mignolet
TAA Lucas Klavan Moreno
           Can
      Grujic  Gini
Ejaria Sturridge Ings

perhaps??   

I hope Ings gets some game time. He has been working hard in the reserve team and not even a word of complain. Out for about a year and a first team spot would do him a world of a good in terms of confidence while we need more penetration into the oppo defence apart from Mane and I sees Ings being the player to do just that.

Just need to sneak a win here - keep the momentum going

3-2 to us with Ings bagging himself a goal.

YNWA

can appreciate people saying put out our strongest team. But lads if were hoping to contest the league we cant bring the same players to the well every game. It will run dry before may. Plus we have some very god players not seeing game time and they'll need it A) to keep there spirits up and B) eventually they will be needed due to injuries , suspensions or poor form and how could they be ready if they have had little or no serious game time?

Coutinho, Firmino, Mane, Milner should be nowhere near the squad tonight. Origi and Sturridge to start with Ings getting a run out. Stewart Id like to see in the middle with Grujic 

COYR

YNWA

Just get a win and go through to next round.