Pre Match: Liverpool V Chelsea (31st Jan 2017 - 8pm)

One of these tonight from the skipper to wet the tongue please...

 https://twitter.com/lfcflashbacks/status/826399637535862785

That would do very nicely, hopefully in the first minute.

I'm feeling quietly confident about tonight. We've had a tough run of it and the players/manager have come under some criticism but the same could be said of the United game at old Trafford where everyone had us pegged to lose.

I reckon we'll win 3-1 tonight.

I'll be on the road while this one is on, why we playing on Tuesday??

Maybe better that way, don't know that my nerves would be able to take it.

Just can't see a draw tonight. Either we'll win convincingly or lose.

Lets go reds. Smash them wide open.

Probably not the time to try things out but I feel we need to change the way we normally go about our business, it's well documented that sides have found a way to neutralise our system,
So we need to find a way to neutralise Chavs, 
So I'd play like for like and play 3 at the back,  Brian78 mentioned this a few games ago and it got me thinking, why the f**k not it has worked for them,

So I'd be very tempted to give this a go...   

                          Mignolet
          Matip     Lovren   Klavan
Clyne                                         Milner
         Wijnaldum      Henderson
    Lallana                       Coutinho
                        Firmino
Bench :
Karius, Lucas,TAA,Can,Sturridge, Mane,Origi

Set up like thus and see how it develops, if it doesn't look like it will work we can adjust and revert back to a more familiar set up,
There is no doubt Conte will have his X1 prepared to play against our normal way of playing, so why not play fire with fire, what's the worse that can happen?

2-1 Mighty Reds

YNWA

Would still start Can for Klavan, our regular 11 but set up slightly differently.

Mignolet
Can Matip Lovren
Clyne Hendo Gini Milner
Mane Firmino Coutinho

Start with the 4-3-3, and if reqd tweak to a 3-4-3, or vice versa

Have we ever lost 4 in a row at Anfield???

Don't think we'll lose but doubt we have enough about us at the moment to win it.

Only thing here is Chelsea will allow us play

Will be a new record Brian if we lose.   
On Radio 2 this afternoon.

You know I'd prefer him to start and then be subbed off early rather than sitting on the bench.  If he's on the bench then I'll expect the players to be treading water, looking over at the bench, waiting for him to come on to give them a lift.

Trying hard to be optimistic about tonight but the past three games are playing back at me.

After tonight, still 45 points to play for! 

Agree.

We rushed him home so may as well start him.

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