Newcastle V Liverpool 1st April 2012 1.30 ko

I'd just want to see us press them high up, sick of us giving space to teams to play

Seems to be the new style 

Raheem Sterling has supposedly been training with the first team all week and has been very impressive.

Raheem Sterling has supposedly been training with the first team all week and has been very impressive.

Not really that difficult. It would be good to see him on from the KO.

Would be great for Sterling to start, something different, somebody going out to make a big impression and try to get some first team action till the end of the season.

Gonna be a difficult game with the pace they have up front and the trickery of Ben Arfa. But if we could grind out a win I'd say we'll eventually pip them for 6th spot by the end of the season.

It's a big game for us.

I'm hoping Johnson, Agger and Bellamy will be fit by Sunday, we've not been the same team since they've been injured.

I'd really like to see Sterling start, apparently he's been training with the first team all week and if the 8 minutes he got against Wigan are anything to go by - He's going to be a brilliant player. Maybe he's the Right Midfielder we've needed!

I'd like to see this line up:

Reina

Kelly
Skrtel
Agger
Enrique

Sterling
Gerrard (c)
Spearing
Downing

Suarez
Carroll

Subs; Doni, Johnson, Coates, Henderson, Shelvey, Kuyt, Bellamy.

If Agger is fully fit i'd put him straight in the team, Carra has lost it this season and has been at fault for a number of goals recently. Let's try and get Skrtel and Agger's partnership back! Not sure if Johnson will be fit enough for a start, so I'd put Kelly in and maybe bring Johnson on for Sterling in the 70/75th min to ease back him in. I'd start Sterling over Kuyt on the right - Kuyt is slow and has no real skill, where as Sterling is the opposite! Play Gerrard and Spearo in the middle - Spearo dropping deeper so Stevie can push up and support Suarez and Carroll. There is no reason not to play those two upfront, we play so much better when they lead the line. I'd also bring Bellamy on towards the end of the game.

Newcastle have real defensive problems and with Coloccini out i'm sure we can win this.

I'm going for a 1-2 win, Suarez and Gerrard (pen) to win us the game

YNWA!

Would have Aurellio playing Left Mid and helping out Enrique as Ben Arfa could cause Havoc especially if Agger isnt back. Mind you their back four is little short of s**t so should go for the julgular, Sterling to play the last 20 minutes

At this point, I don't really care how our league results go.... I think it is much more important for us to develop youngsters who will help us for seasons to come.  That being said, I'd like to see how the following lineup fares: 

               Pepe
Flano Skrtel Coates Enrique
       Spearo  Shelvey
  Hendo  Stevie  Downing
              Suarez

***  Bring on Suso and Sterling with about 30 minutes left in the game to give them both a good taste of Premier League action. 

At this point, I don't really care how our league results go.... I think it is much more important for us to develop youngsters who will help us for seasons to come.  That being said, I'd like to see how the following lineup fares: 

               Pepe
Flano Skrtel Coates Enrique
       Spearo  Shelvey
  Hendo  Stevie  Downing
              Suarez

***  Bring on Suso and Sterling with about 30 minutes left in the game to give them both a good taste of Premier League action. 

Great Team and bringing those two on are a deffo to me.

Reina
Flanagan  Skrtel  Coates  Enrique
Spearing
Kuyt      Suarez Gerrard    Downing
Carroll

Something like a 4-1-4-1, with Suarez pushing higher, Gerrard pulling back behind Suarez. Bring on Sterling with 30 left.

Just attack. We really don't anything to lose at this point.

Reina
Flanagan  Skrtel  Coates  Enrique
Spearing
Kuyt      Suarez Gerrard    Downing
Carroll

Something like a 4-1-4-1, with Suarez pushing higher, Gerrard pulling back behind Suarez. Bring on Sterling with 30 left.

Just attack. We really don't anything to lose at this point.

Like the look of that team, would put Bellamy in for Downing if hes fit though, that team would really fill me with confidence.

At this point, I don't really care how our league results go.... I think it is much more important for us to develop youngsters who will help us for seasons to come.  That being said, I'd like to see how the following lineup fares: 

               Pepe
Flano Skrtel Coates Enrique
       Spearo  Shelvey
  Hendo  Stevie  Downing
              Suarez

***  Bring on Suso and Sterling with about 30 minutes left in the game to give them both a good taste of Premier League action. 

Wouldn't have Hendo as RM.

My team:

Reina; Johnno (If fit; Kelly if not; If both are still unfit then Flanno), Carra, Skrtel, Enrique; Maxi, Gerrard, Spearo, Downing; Carroll, Suarez

Reckon we'll do this lot 4-1 and start a run of form, from now until the end of the year.

^ I just don't see any point in playing the likes of Carra, Maxi, Kuyt, or Bellers over some of our younger players for the rest of the league season.  We have nothing other than pride left to play for, and at least a few of these players will probably be moved on either this summer or the following one.  We should use this as an opportunity to develop some of our young starlets and help ease them into the 1st team setup. 

                      Reina
Flanagan    Carra    Skrtel    Enrique

Henderson    Gerrard   Spearing     Downing

                    Suarez   Carroll

Just go for it....

Predict result - not this time. Have no idea. Depends what team shows up.
Cmon boys, show some spirit ...

Reina
Flanno - Carra - Skrtel - Enrique
Spearing - Gerrard
Kuyt - Henderson - Maxi
Suarez

Sterling, Suso and Carroll subs at some stage...

I won't celebrate if I score against club I love, says Carroll ahead of Newcastle return

Newcastle fans may not have forgiven Andy Carroll for leaving them to join Liverpool last January, but the striker claims he still loves his hometown club.

In fact, Carroll, who Liverpool paid £35million for on deadline day last year, says he will not celebrate should he score when the Reds visit St James' Park on Sunday.

In an interview with the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, the 23-year-old admitted he still looks out for the club's results, and that he hopes to get a good reception on his return.

'If I scored on Sunday then I wouldn’t celebrate,' said Carroll. 'I hope I get a good reception from the fans, they’ll be getting one from me.

'I thought I did well for the club when I was there and loved it. I have some great memories from playing there.

'I have always had a good relationship with the Newcastle fans and it stems back to playing for them.'

Carroll scored 17 league goals as Newcastle won promotion from the Championship in 2009-10, before notching 11 Premier League goals prior to his transfer last season.

His departure drew resentment from Magpies fans, expressed in their 3-1 defeat at Anfield in December, but the sixth-placed club have since pulled eight points clear of Liverpool as recruits signed from money raised by Carroll's sale have flourished.

And Carroll is hoping that those factors will lead to a good reception from the club he says he loves.

Struggling: Liverpool have lost five of their last six league games
 
'I still love the club and have a lot of friends still at Newcastle,' he said. 'I always want to see them doing well.

'I want to do well for Liverpool of course. But when I come off the pitch playing for Liverpool, how Newcastle have got on is the first score I look for.

'That will always be the case. I want to see them win because I’m still a fan.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2122730/Andy-Carroll-wont-celebrate-scores-Newcastle.html

well you can look up at the scoreboard during the game and see just how well they're doing in real time andy, let's just hope they aren't doing well at all at that time!

The good news is that Newcastle are not in the bottom 3 so we might show a bit of fight.

Irrespective of current form or opposition - I could never bring myself to predict a defeat... so victory it is. We beat them easily enough at home so, if we can get some sort of shape again at the back, I can see us do them away.

We just need to start winning, improve our league record and start buidling some momentum and confidence for the cup semi final.

Defeat would leave us 11 points behind the Geordies FFS, but a win and I think we'll finish above them.

                  Pepe

Flanno  Carra  Skrtel    Enrique

        Spearing  Gerrard
  Maxi                      Downing
           Suarez   
                    Carroll

We have nothing other than pride left to play for

Totally disagree mate, I want 10 wins from now until the end of the season!

Came home from the pub thinking we played tonight. 24 hours premature. F**k sake.