Liverpool vs Stoke City (Pre-Match) Wed 2/2/11 K.O. 8pm

Hopefully we can keep the momentum going and get another home win. Lets hope the atmosphere from Anfield is better also.

I would go with this personally myself:

                    Reina

 Kelly     Skrtel     Agger   Aurelio

G.Johnson  Meireles  Lucas  Maxi

                  Gerrard

                  Torres

SUBS: Jones, Wilson, Krygiakos, Poulsen, Shelvey, Pacheco, Ngog.

Expect Stoke to come to Anfield looking for 0-0. Lets show we can break teams down!

Poor Joey Cole, everyone hates him!

I reckon it will be the same team as last night, but with Lucas in for Poulsen.

You have about 3 or 4 changes in the team there. We have won the last 2, why change a winning formula.

Poor Joey Cole, everyone hates him!

I reckon it will be the same team as last night, but with Lucas in for Poulsen.

You have about 3 or 4 changes in the team there. We have won the last 2, why change a winning formula.

Last night was sh*t and we will need width to break them down.

Kuyt was sh*te and deserves to be dropped. I really want to see Johnson on the wing and I forgot about Cole haha.

The changes are only Lucas in for Poulsen which is obvious.

And drop Kuyt, play Johnson on the wing and play Aurelio left back. Nothing drastic

I can see where your comimg from. Stokes pace is out wide with Ethrington and Pennant so it wont be tight and there will be gaps. Johnson v Pennant would be a good battle.

If we play too many technical players and not enough grafters, we will get kicked off the field, again.

anyways, Stoke wont park the bus I reckon, unless they get an early goal.

I can see where your comimg from. Stokes pace is out wide with Ethrington and Pennant so it wont be tight and there will be gaps. Johnson v Pennant would be a good battle.

If we play too many technical players and not enough grafters, we will get kicked off the field, again.

anyways, Stoke wont park the bus I reckon, unless they get an early goal.

Come out of it.

We are at Anfield. We want to play nice, attractive football.

We shouldn't not play attractive players and bring ourselves down to Stoke's level.

Thats something Woy would do. Concentrate on grafting with Stoke.

Dalglish will try and out football them. Its Anfield.

Do you think United, City, Arsenal or Spurs would think they shouldn't play "too many technical players" as you said.

If we play at a high tempo, press high up the field- our ability should show in the end.

I didnt say not to. I said not to many. The only ones I would play are Lucas and Kuyt. Thats 2 in the front 6, leaving 4 'technical' players attacking. Thats the norm for United and Chelsea. How many do you want? We're not Barcelona.

I'm all for Johnson to play instead of Kuyt, but I would trust Kuyt more when covering Kelly + Srktel from Stokes best attacking outlet.

I don't want to watch Kuyt again for a while.

We don't have to be Barcelona. How many Kuyt types do United,Spurs, Arsenal or Chelsea play on the wings.

Johnson is a full back so if you cant trust him to cover back when needed, then would you trust him to start defence at all Fitz?

And JD, there has been no prediction at the top in our last few games we have won.

The last predictions, we didnt win!

Never change a winning habit

"Never change a winning habit "

Yet you have a few positional changes on your team!  

well I would trust him, but Johnsons main strength is attacking space in front of him by wingers cutting inside. How many times have you actually seen Johnson beat a man from a standing position?

he nullified Coleman and Jarvis in 2 out of the 3 games he played at left back. 2 good wide players, didnt see the full game last night but when i did see a few minutes, i saw Johnson attacking space down the left and setting up Torres. He's playing grand at left back. Why fix it if it isn't broken;)

"Never change a winning habit "

Yet you have a few positional changes on your team!  

well I would trust him, but Johnsons main strength is attacking space in front of him by wingers cutting inside. How many times have you actually seen Johnson beat a man from a standing position?

he nullified Coleman and Jarvis in 2 out of the 3 games he played at left back. 2 good wide players, didnt see the full game last night but when I did see a few minutes, I saw Johnson attacking space down the left and setting up Torres. He's playing grand at left back. Why fix it if it isn't broken;)

Yes thats completely different.

We didnt deserve to beat Fulham. We got lucky.

So make the changes so we dont need luck

And you have got to be kidding.

Johnson was beating men for fun at times last nite. End product from the left side just isent great but its his weak side.

My heart says we'll win

My head says we'll draw

Stoke are a very hard team to beat at times and the performance against Fulham wont be enough

               Reina

Kelly    Skrtel    Agger    Aurelio

         Lucas    Meireles

      Kuyt   Gerrard  Maxi

                Torres

I think we'll win this, but not by much. Stoke are a difficult team to beat so will be tough. But being at Home we should get a win. I'll go for a tough fought 2-1 win for us(Torres, Raul).

I don't think Kuyt deserves a start. He's been pretty poor and his place should either go to Johnson (with Aurelio left back) or to Gerrard with Cole getting a start behind Torres.

Gutted no weekend football, have to wait a week to see the lads.

Like to see Skrtel given a rest for this, hopefully Sotis with his heading ability at both ends to be given a go. Apart from that Lucas in for Poulsen and I'd like to see Joe Cole given some minutes. We need as much quality on the pitch as we can get against these Bus parkers.

Kuyt for Cole. We should beat these, I hope so, I want an early goal from us so they can't park the bus.

                 Reina

Kelly     Agger     Soto    Johnson

        Gerrard         Lucas   

  Pacheco                    Shelvey

                Meireles

                  Torres

That's what I'd like to see. Maxi in need of a rest I think. Kuyt needs a rest, he's always been playing. Skrtel dropped for obvious reasons.

They have a week to get right. No rest needed. Bring Lucas back in and leave the winning formula in tact

I picked draw because every time i'v picked win it's been a draw !

               Reina

Kelly    Skrtel    Agger    Aurelio

         Lucas    Meireles

      Kuyt   Gerrard  Maxi

                Torres

I think we'll win this, but not by much. Stoke are a difficult team to beat so will be tough. But being at Home we should get a win. I'll go for a tough fought 2-1 win for us(Torres, Raul).

So drop Glen Johnson? How about no!

I picked draw because every time I'v picked win it's been a draw !

Nobody should pick anything.

There has been no poll for our last 2 games. 2 wins

There were polls for Everton and Blackpool

I'd put Joe Cole on the left every day of the week in place of Maxi. Don't know what people are seeing in Maxi.

Let's hope the fact Stoke have a cup match on Sunday is beneficial to us.

ANd I hope Kenny knocks that F***ing special cap from Pulis's Fergie licking potato head.

I'd put Joe Cole on the left every day of the week in place of Maxi. Don't know what people are seeing in Maxi.

Let's hope the fact Stoke have a cup match on Sunday is beneficial to us.

ANd I hope Kenny knocks that f**king special cap from Pulis's Fergie licking potato head.

I think I agree.

The two wings should actually be Glen Johnson and Joe Cole cutting in from the left.

Play Aurelio left back and drop both Kuyt and Maxi.

Both were non-existent last night!