Exeter City v Liverpool pre-match thread (League Cup 2nd Round, Wed 24th)

Sounds like a really strong squad then

Full squad: Reina, Doni, Wilson, Carra, Adam, Sterling, Shelvey, Skrtel, Flanagan, Enrique, Meireles, Suarez, Carroll, Maxi, Henderson, Kuyt, Downing, Spearing.

Full squad:
Reina, Doni
 Wilson, Carra, Skrtel, Flanagan, Enrique,
Adam, Sterling, Shelvey, Meireles, Maxi, Henderson, Kuyt, Downing, Spearing
Suarez, Carroll,

That's a great mix for the squad.

Maybe go in and change my prediction now.

No Coady or Wisdom?
No Jack Robinson, huh?

Full squad:
Reina, Doni
 Wilson, Carra, Skrtel, Flanagan, Enrique,
Adam, Sterling, Shelvey, Meireles, Maxi, Henderson, Kuyt, Downing, Spearing
Suarez, Carroll,

From that i'd go for:

Doni
Flanagan   Carra   Skrtel   Enrique
Henderson   Meireles   Spearing   Sterling
Suarez   Kuyt

That should be easily enough to rip them apart.

                      Doni
 Flanagan, Wilson, Skrtel, Enrique,
               Adam, Spearing
     Henderson, Meireles, Maxi
                    Carroll

Surely that would be good enough to get a win, with Reina, Carra, Kuyt, Downing, Suarez, Shelvey, Suarez on the bench we have all the options to win the game.
Maybe
          To make win
          comfortable
Skrtel    -   Carra   
Meireles -   Kuyt
Carroll   -   Suarez

Or bring on Shelvey and Spearing if all is going well and we can give them a run out.

                      Doni
 Flanagan, Wilson, Skrtel, Enrique,
               Adam, Spearing
     Henderson, Meireles, Maxi
                    Carroll

Surely that would be good enough to get a win, with Reina, Carra, Kuyt, Downing, Suarez, Shelvey, Suarez on the bench we have all the options to win the game.
Maybe
          To make win
          comfortable
Skrtel    -   Carra   
Meireles -   Kuyt
Carroll   -   Suarez

Or bring on Shelvey and Spearing if all is going well and we can give them a run out.

Spearing will definetely start IMO.

If we start Suarez against Exeter having left him on the bench against Arsenal I might cry.

If we start Suarez against Exeter having left him on the bench against Arsenal I might cry.

Why?

Did we lose the Arsenal game?

Why?

Did we lose the Arsenal game?

Well tbf we didn't look like scoring till they went down to 10 and brought Suarez on, but I take your point.

Damn that squad is strong and sexy looking. Poor Exeter.

Brb, Fifa.

If we start Suarez against Exeter having left him on the bench against Arsenal I might cry.

Read Kenny's post match comments about Suarez re: the Arsenal game where he explains why he did not start the lad on Saturday.

I hope Suarez starts as another 60 mins would do him good.

Am chuffed to see we're taking a strong squad. I see a few have Sterling starting the match but i'd rather the lad comes on in the last 30 when the game is a little more stretched and their lads have a few tired legs. That's always the best way to blood young players I think.

This game isn't just about winning it seems, but also getting the players fitness levels up.

A good run out for those short on match fitness, or needing to settle into the team will do them the world of good.

Should be a fairly comfortable win.

Looking like a nice strong squad with a good mix of players in there....KD taking it seriously.

So only Kelly, Agger and Lucas are getting a complete rest it seems.

Happy with that. Lucas played 2 90 minute games with little pre-season so rest him for Bolton. No point risking Agger in this one either. Chance for Skrtel to regain match fitness. And Kelly got through 90 minutes for the first time in a while so resting him sounds good.

Hope to see Sterling play but apart from that I say play the first team completely (everyone that's travelled that is).

Missing this one as it's not being shown in Portugal so a bit disappointed, still hope to read about an easy win on here after the game.

I'll go 4-0. Carroll, Maxi, Suarez and Spearing with the goals.

So only Kelly, Agger and Lucas are getting a complete rest it seems.

Happy with that. Lucas played 2 90 minute games with little pre-season so rest him for Bolton. No point risking Agger in this one either. Chance for Skrtel to regain match fitness. And Kelly got through 90 minutes for the first time in a while so resting him sounds good.

Hope to see Sterling play but apart from that I say play the first team completely (everyone that's travelled that is).

Missing this one as it's not being shown in Portugal so a bit disappointed, still hope to read about an easy win on here after the game.

I'll go 4-0. Carroll, Maxi, Suarez and Spearing with the goals.

Would love Spearing to score.

Im going 5-1.

Carroll (2), Maxi, Suarez + Hendo

I'm going to stick with 4-0

To be honest, any win will do me.

Read Kenny's post match comments about Suarez re: the Arsenal game where he explains why he did not start the lad on Saturday.

I hope Suarez starts as another 60 mins would do him good.

Am chuffed to see we're taking a strong squad. I see a few have Sterling starting the match but I'd rather the lad comes on in the last 30 when the game is a little more stretched and their lads have a few tired legs. That's always the best way to blood young players I think.

Fair enough I hadn't read that. I wasn't expecting him to start against Sunderland and agree it was too early to bring him in. So I can understand why he was left out against Arsenal.

However what I cannot understand is why he would start against Exeter. What has changed in 5 days? Give the guy a rest, if he needs a rest.

Full squad:
Reina, Doni
 Wilson, Carra, Skrtel, Flanagan, Enrique,
Adam, Sterling, Shelvey, Meireles, Maxi, Henderson, Kuyt, Downing, Spearing
Suarez, Carroll,

That's a great mix for the squad.

Agreed, its nice to see the likes of Sterling among the names of Downing, Meireles, Adam, and Kuyt. I have a feeling Sterling is going to see some action....if not start.

Fair enough I hadn't read that. I wasn't expecting him to start against Sunderland and agree it was too early to bring him in. So I can understand why he was left out against Arsenal.

However what I cannot understand is why he would start against Exeter. What has changed in 5 days? Give the guy a rest, if he needs a rest.

He only got 20 mins at the weekend so it makes sense to give him some more time on the pitch tonight. Also, he's been back in training for a couple of weeks now so hopefully the minutes tonight will have him pretty much back up to full speed ahead of the Bolton game at the weekend.