West Ham v Liverpool, pre-match thread

                             Reina

Kelly            Carra          Agger (Skrtel)    Johnson (Wilson)

                            Lucas

            Meireles              Gerrard   

                         Cole
            Suarez            Kuyt 

Skrtel in for Agger and Wilson in for Kelly if they arn't passed fit, with Johnson reverting to Right back.

Should be a easy game (but I thought that against Sparta!) with Suarez and Gerrard back. 2-0 to us with Suarez grabbing at least one of them.

I think without Agger we would get eaten in defense without 3 centre halfs.. especially with the amount of attacking players you have out.. Drop either Cole or Kuyt.

I vote keep Cole.

I think without Agger we would get eaten in defense without 3 centre halfs.. especially with the amount of attacking players you have out.. Drop either Cole or Kuyt.

I vote keep Cole.

With the exception of Kelly in the 1st half Kuyt was our best player on Thursday!

                           Reina

Kelly              Skrtel           Carragher          Wilson            Johnson

                                        Lucas

                    Gerrard                         Meireles

                                        Cole

                                       Suarez
This team should get a win.

Can't pick a team for this - looking at the injury tracker, we have quite a few players doubtful: Kelly, Aurelio, Johnson, Agger and Gerrard, time will tell who is able to play.  Whatever the team, take the game to them, get the ball to Suarez and watch the net ripple.

I don't care who gets selected, I want to see hunger, determination and Liverpool FC with three points more in the table.

Get at them from the first min, there defence is shocking!

Been looking at West Ham and I think this could have a banana skin game here. We all expect to win this but I feel West Ham could pull a shock. They are bottom but they have decent players in their team who can be a big threat.

We have a lot of injuries which could be the difference between winning and losing this game. If all Gerrard, Agger, Kelly, Carroll are not in the team then I feel this match could go either way, I'd imagine that Kelly and Gerrard will be fit while Agger and Carroll will miss out.

I am also concerned that West Ham will work harder then us simply because they are bottom of the table and they need to fight for every point, also didn't help our cause that we had a tough game on Thursday against Sparta which will impact on some players for Sunday.

I think we will need to drop the players who were very tired or were shockingly poor on Thursday, so Poulson, N'gog and Cole would be dropped IMO. While we hopefully welcome Johnson, Gerrard, Kelly and Suarez into the side. I'd guess Carroll and Agger won't make it for Sunday.

West Ham are 20th but they will be no mugs, they have got a few quality players like Parker and Ba who can win the match for them. If Wolves can beat United then West Ham can beat us. West Ham are in good goal scoring form recently, they got 5 in the fa cup and 3 against West Brom in that epic 3-3 draw. If we can stop them from scoring, then I'm pretty confident we can get a goal or two because there defense is awful. I expect West Ham to play a tight match and try to nick a goal. I don't believe that style suits them, and it hasn't so far this season.

The key to winning this will be our defense, if we keep a clean sheet then I think we'll win. If we're without our big names due to injury then I see this being a very hard match for us.

I'm guessing a 2-0 win for the mighty Liverpool  

Win this and we can really go for it until the end of the season its a massive game IMHO. But  we seem so strong now that if the game dictates it we can just grind out a 1-0 win in the 90th min.Love to see Carrol just for 15 mins at the end.

Could be a tough game this, but I still think we'll bring home the points.

They are all massive games from now till the end of the season if we are to finish top 4 or 5.

Win this and we can really go for it until the end of the season its a massive game IMHO. But  we seem so strong now that if the game dictates it we can just grind out a 1-0 win in the 90th min.Love to see Carrol just for 15 mins at the end.

Carroll isn't in the match squad.

Keep the traction going and get the three points.

I just hope that we get the three points , Come on Liverpool let's win this..

Chin up lads and lasses we have to be positive ,otherwise it could cause bad karma.

Raul for the winner anybody 

Good luck for tomorrow 
Honestly, I think that Liverpool can finish at the 3/4rd place in the end of season.. So bring 3 points from London !

suarez ,miereles, kuyt,all capable of scoring ,i think if poulsen is playing forget about it.

West Ham are rooted at the bottom of the table and they're bound to concede goals. Let's hope our players put on their shooting boots in 13 hours time.

Win and we're 3 points behind Chelsea!

If everybody is fit i'd say :
                              Reina
                      Carra Agger Skrtel
               Kelly                        Johnson
                       Gerrard Merieles
                Kuyt                      Cole
                            Suarez

  YNWA

If everybody is fit I'd say :
                              Reina
                      Carra Agger Skrtel
               Kelly                        Johnson
                       Gerrard Merieles
                Kuyt                      Cole
                            Suarez

  YNWA

I don"t think agger will make it or gerrard more like sotis and spearing instead.

At least we know Agger got injured from a knock. I think he got tangled with someone when chasing the ball and not a pulled whatever or his back again.

i see this as a draw 1-1 we have a weakened squad plus that sparta game was tiring for some players. west ham have some good scorers and have pace. there goalie is sharp as well. they are playing to win every time, and they are no pushover. have seen them on footytube many times,there defence is weak.but they need 3 points to get out the bottom three.

I don"t think agger will make it or gerrard more like sotis and spearing instead.

ye soto and spearing will be good enough replacements for them i reckon .