Utrecht vs Liverpool Pre-Match Thread

We need to win this one get some much need confidence

I would go with:

Reina

Johnson---Carragher---Skrtel---Auriello

 Kuyt----Gerrard----Merieles----Cole

             N'Gog---Torres          

Assuming Aurelio will still be injured.

                       Reina

Kelly         Carra      Skrtel      Agger

Johnson    Gerrard    Meireles    Cole

               Torres     Kuyt

 Reina

Kelly         Carra      Skrtel      Agger

Johnson    Gerrard    Meireles    Cole

               Torres     Kuyt

The best line up we can field by a long way. Won't happen though will it?

Don't know about this one. We're so unpredictable right now.

                      Reina

Kelly         Carra      Skrtel      Agger

Johnson    Gerrard    Meireles    Cole

               Torres     Kuyt

This I would like to see, we def need width. They will put 11 behind the ball and hit on the break. I can see "whatever von winkel" being their only danger.

Just put a stong team out and start winning games. Screw resting players,  the first 11 need to play more games together so can gell. Our distribution moving the ball from defense to attack quickly is so poor atm. We  need to score more on the counter in my opinion. Johnson gives that pace on the flank.

Hm... I would like to see Jones, Kelly, Babel, Pacheco & Torres all starting. Hope Aurelio will be fit by then

            Reina
Kelly  Carra  Agger  Johnson

Kuyt Gerrard Meireles Pacheco

                Cole
             Torres

Im not sure i care about who plays & formation- just win the bloody game!!

I'll be at the game in Utrecht, looking forward to it!

Hard to say how Utrecht will play, but I can see them having the balls to go for the win, especially after their last European game against Napoli. Utrecht's biggest threat for us isn't van Wolfswinkel, it's their winger Dries Mertens, likely playing on the left wing but switches to the right too, if Johnson plays as RB for us I can see him have serious problems defending him and Konchesky too to be honest. Mertens is unpredictable, fast and technically gifted, but he's also short and lacks physique. Then ofcourse their striker van Wolfswinkel, but he's very inconsistent. I think van Wolswinkel and Mulenga will be the 2 main strikers for them, Jacob Mulenga is a tall, fast and physically strong African player. Besides that they have a good keeper, Michel Vorm, he's the 2nd choice keeper for the dutch national team behind Stekelenburg.

We should be able to easily win this, but we shouldn't take them too lightly.

Im not sure I care about who plays & formation- just win the bloody game!!

It's away. Ms T. So i'd reckon he'll go .......
   1.. 5.. 5 in the hope they score an o.g. we could win
  with that set up

So are we in for another 11 changes Roy because the ones who played against Sunderland didn't create any impression.

                      Reina

Kelly         Carra      Skrtel      Agger

Johnson    Gerrard    Meireles    Cole

               Torres     Kuyt

That's spot on. That team needs more playing time together.

If we're leading comfortably with about 20-25 minutes left, bring on the likes of Pacheco to play with the big guns and Lucas and/or Poulsen to protect the scoreline.

We should always attack from the start, kill the game off early and then bring on the defensive minded players. That's how it should always be.

Reina
Kelly - Skrtel - Carragher - Agger
Babel - Lucas - Raul Meireles - Kuyt
Jovanovic - Torres

I can see us being beaten here, Hodgson does not know how to set us his teams away from home and this will be a real struggle.

I'm hoping for at least a draw, it will be very interesting to see who Roy picks 

At this very moment in time I couldn't really care too much about this 2nd group game.

We best F***ing win our next Premier League game. That is all.

I recon this is all we have a chance at winning this season so hopefully roy puts out a decent squad.
would be nice to give some of the young lads some game if we have a grip of the game

-------------- Reina
Johnson--Carragher--Skrtel--Agger
----------Mereiles--Gerrard
Kuyt----------Cole-------Jovanovic
--------------Torres

                      Reina

Kelly         Carra      Skrtel      Agger

Johnson    Gerrard    Meireles    Cole

               Torres     Kuyt

Use that for our next Premier League game.
Possibly our strongest available eleven right now

Woy has to give the first choice XI a chance to start playing together, so:

                           Reina
Johnson     Carra            Skrtel     Agger

                   Lucas   Meireles

Cole                Gerrard        Kuyt
                          Torres


This is what I consider our strongest team

However Roy would pick Poulsen over Lucas

5-1 for us

For this match...

                 Reina

        Skrtel         Agger
Kelly                            Darby
         Lucas      Meireles

Amoo       Gerrard         Pacheco

              Torres