Pre-match: Blackburn v Liverpool

After some of our performances lately when we didn't dispose of teams we should of I am going to remain optimistically cautious, Blackburn are 'in a bit of bother' (as the Captain of the titanic once said) and Ewood has always been quite lucky for us (heres to a divot today) but a team in a dogfight is a dangerous thing and I think this is one of those games where Rafa's one striker approach will be ideally suited.

I will go for 3-1 to the reds (cautious soon went out the window!) and the start of a good run.

After some of our performances lately when we didn't dispose of teams we should of I am going to remain optimistically cautious, Blackburn are in a bit of bother as the Captain of the titanic once said and Ewood has always been quite lucky for us (heres to a divot today) but a team in a dogfight is a dangerous thing and I think this is one of those games where Rafa's one striker approach will be ideally suited.

I will go for 3-1 to the reds (cautious soon went out the window!) and the start of a good run.

Did the captain of the Titanic actually mention Blackburn,or did he just say we are going down after they hit the iceberg called Liverpool.

appartarly the scum on Sunday is gonna do a big expose on Robbie and Rafa tomorrow,along the lines of Robbies leaving...

I would take any sort of win , Rafa  just needs to get the right team take a seat Robbie

Any links to watch this game online?
Thanks

I've got a really bad feeling we're going to struggle again. I seriously hope I'm wrong. Come on Redmen!

I have that bad feeling too PaulRobbo, hope its not contagious!!!

Any links to watch this game online?
Thanks

try this http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/sat6.12/Blackburn_Liverpool.html

At 3pm tho!!!

I would go with this team

                       REINA

ARBELOA     CARRAGHER    HYYPIA     AURELIO

RIERA     GERRARD    ALONSO    BABEL

                     KUYT   KEANE

Please Rafa DO NOT play Lucas ahead of Alonso today, I wouldnt mind Mascherano that much tho!!!

                     

SQUAD ANNOUNCED

The Liverpool team in full: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Insua, Benayoun, Mascherano, Alonso, Babel, Gerrard, Kuyt.
 
Subs: Cavalieri, Keane, Dossena, Agger, Riera, Lucas, El Zhar.

NOT SO SURE IN INSUA THOUGH MAYBE HE WILL PROVE ME WRONG

I think our major problems in the last few games wasn't the player selection or the formation. we seem to be moving the ball well and create plenty of good chances, the problem is with the finishing touch going either out of target or to soft to go past the keeper. i think this is a matter of the pressure coming through to the players, and Rafa's most important task in my opinion is transforming the pressure and overeager to get the score into positive crushing football.
The place Rafa is wrong in his personnel choosing is who to substitute when time is running down and we're still not ahead. at the earlier matches he would bring in the same attacking players (benayun, babel, n'gog) but he would gamble and change he's formation pulling out a defender or defensive midfielder (i even remember a match where we played the last 10 minutes with a 2-6-2 formation after pulling out both sidebacks), while lately he doesn't make any formation changes during the match. perhaps the fear of losing is creeping into rafa's mind as the season progresses and we're still in the race.
or maybe lfc can only flow when facing disaster and not when staring at the prize?
i hope we have the character takes to be champions this time, and even if we don't at this moment, character is a matter of building and there's still plenty of time that.
this is my first post ever, thanks for reading  

Here's the match thread, use this instead:

http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php?topic=11261.msg208881#msg208881

Here's the match thread, use this instead:

http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php?topic=11261.msg208881#msg208881

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