Pre Match: Aston Villa v Liverpool Sun 14/2/16 14:05KO

Mine, she does not know if a ball is round or square

Thanks to all of you mates

All the best man   

YNWA 

Tony Barrett

Jürgen Klopp is considering giving Daniel Sturridge his first Barclays Premier League start
for four months after the forward made “a big step” when he played almost 70 minutes of
Liverpool’s FA Cup defeat by West Ham United.

Sturridge trained yesterday, having had two routine recovery days after Liverpool’s Cup exit,
and Klopp’s decision on whether or not he is ready to start against Aston Villa tomorrow will
rest on how well the England international trains today.

Klopp’s recently rediscovered optimism over Sturridge’s fitness remains tempered by a
caution that is inevitable given his injury record over the past 18 months, but there is hope
that the 26-year-old may finally be ready to provide Liverpool with a cutting edge that has
been lacking in his absence.

The change in mood over the past ten days has been noticeable and began on Friday last
week, when Sturridge illuminated a training session at Melwood with finishing skills that
reminded both his team-mates and his manager of the talent they had been missing.
That display prompted Klopp to name him as a substitute for Liverpool’s 2-2 home draw
against Sunderland the next day, although Sturridge was not brought on in the game.
Sturridge’s subsequent comeback against West Ham was a success in terms of everything but
the result, as Liverpool lost the game 2-1 despite the former Chelsea player looking sharp
after coming on in the 59th minute and completing the rest of the game, including extra time.
It was the longest that Sturridge had played since he started and finished the Merseyside derby
against Everton on October 4. “Daniel played about 70 minutes, so he had normal recovery.
After training with less minutes, he could have trained a bit more, but he was involved in all
the things with the players who played the full time against West Ham, like Divock Origi did
too,” Klopp said.

“He [Sturridge] feels good, he made a big step in the last week. I have not made a final
decision with the starting line-up, but all is like it should be.”

Sturridge’s potential return is unlikely to enhance Christian Benteke’s chances of facing his
former club and although the Liverpool manager refuses to write him off after going 11 games
without a goal, the striker has been told that the onus is on him to prove himself.

“We’ve had a few talks, especially on the pitch, and we’ve done a few things in training, for
sure,” Klopp said. “But to put the finger in a problem does not automatically solve it. We can
not ignore it, but it is not as bad as it seems. Carry on, but you have to change things or the
problem will not be solved.”

Seeing Daniel shows the need for several quality match winning or match saving players in a team.

Surely to f**k we can beat Villa no matter who we put out.

These days nothing can be taken for granted

We need to be beating Villa. Getting bit F***ing pissed off with the excuses. These are sh*te. We should beat them. End of.
In the words of some guy from Star Trek, just 'make it so'.

Mine, she does not know if a ball is round or square

Thanks to all of you mates

All the best!

Seeing Daniel shows the need for several quality match winning or match saving players in a team.

Indeed. Apart from one or two others, the dirth of real quality all over the pitch is apparent in my opinion. Daniel is our best player, followed by Coutinho and Firmino.

All the very best to Jim and Clint  Massive day for both of you 

Well I'm off to Villa Park tomorrow morning to support the Mighty Redmen, so I hope we press them hard right from the off, get a couple of goals and then we can think about Thursday, looks like Jürgen has a few more players to choose from and that can only be a good thing...going for a win, and let's face it, we should easily be able to smash them !! Come on you Reds !!

F**k, Clint and Jim missing the match due to proposing marriage tomorrow and I'm missing it so I can get some sleep before work.

I feel ashamed.

Good Luck lads tomorrow lads, am sure it will go wonderfully well for both of you.

Gotta win this one after todays results. Can we take advantage of the situation, just this once please ?
I'm going for a 2 - 1 reds win. No confidence in us keeping a clean sheet, even against this sh*te side.
Think i'd go with....
                                                     Mignolet, or any stand in at training who looks half decent.

                             Flanno                Sahko   Ilori          Smith

                                                 Milner          Lucas

                                       Stewart       Coutinho          Allen         

                                                        Firmino


Studge off the bench on 60 mins, and possibly Benteke, at any time, if we are more than 5 goals to the good.
and  perhaps Brannigan if Lucas tires after his huge performances recently.

I think Flanno and Smith will be fine, but a bit worried about out centre backs, as always. We don't seem to ever overcome the vampires curse on crosses. Hope they prove me wrong of course, but with better players returning from injuries, it does sometimes give the rest a bit of a lift as well. Here's hoping. 
And Clint and Jim.... Good luck with that lads. Hope all goes well for you. If not, you'll always have each other eh ! 

Aston Villa away, bottom of the league....should be a no brainer..

If Sturridge plays from the start with a point to prove when he gets the ball Villa are f**ked...

It wouldn't surprise me if Benchteke went and scored a hat trick... that's the crazy JurgenExpress journey we're having these days..

Feeling very confident we can turn this lot over... weds knockout is still raw and we need to bounce back straight away..

Europe and a Cup Final is just around the corner and we need a win, end of.

 

Fancy getting into bed with a manc or worse, a bitter

Strange how we all think differently isn't it ?
I'd take personal satisfaction from shunting a seriously energetic one up a manc or a bitter, and then tell them after, do you realise you've just been fu**ed by the reds again !   

All the very best to Jim and Clint   

No matter how man times I read this I keeping thinking Jim and Clint are hooking up 






We'll batter these, this is the start of the corner being turned, players coming back available for selection, more options...  More time on the training pitch..

Telling you, this is the start of a big run.

2-0 / 3-1 Redmen.

Mignolet
Clyne
Moreno
Sakho
Lovren
Hendo
Can
Coutinho
Origi
Firmino
Sturridge

Batter
Them






Best of luck to Clint and Jim.


 

Not seeing Flanno mentioned much on todays posts.
Is he out of favour, or is he injured ? I thought he was doing o.k. if maybe a bit erratic  at times. Which is to be expected after such a long lay off.

Strange how we all think differently isn't it ?
I'd take personal satisfaction from shunting a seriously energetic one up a manc or a bitter, and then tell them after, do you realise you've just been fu**ed by the reds again !   

Well there is that I suppose mate but I couldn't live with the stench 

No matter how man times I read this I keeping thinking Jim and Clint are hooking up 

Not that there's anything wrong with that. 

Not that there's anything wrong with that. 

Of course not 

Jim's long term girlfriend may be a little shocked like though 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkqC5v5-4aM

Fantastic goal. And a fantastic pass!

We were a very good entertaining side with the likes of Suarez, Gerrard, Sterling, Countinho, Sturridge et al.

 

Mignolet
Clyne
Moreno
Sakho
Lovren
Hendo
Can
Coutinho
Origi
Firmino
Sturridge

Batter Them

Milner & Caulker in place of Can & Sahko... (That's if we want a clean sheet)

Please do not pick Moreno, must be the worst defender in the league at this time.

With Smith injured I think your wish will not come true

She said YES mates

She said YES mates

Congrats Clint and soon to be Mrs Clint 

She said YES mates

FANTASTIC !

All the best for you both .