Liverpool vs Swansea City Pre match thread - 29th Dec Sky Sports 1 KO 8pm GMT

I hope we revert to 4 at the back for this and freshen up some of the personnel given the congested schedule.

              Migs
Manq - Skrtel - Sakho - Moreno
         Can - Lucas
  Marko - Couts - Lallana
            Sterling

With Balo and SG coming on 2nd half.

Agree. Back to basics . 
Except for Migs and Sakho its a team I like.

I fully expect us to win this one easy.We maybe barely got three points from Burnley but today they won one point against the City.
Good team play will get us three points.

             Migs
Manq. Kolo Sakho  Moreno
             Can
       Hendo  Stevie
Lallana  Sterling  Markovic

Swansea have always played decent football against us since they joined the Prem and caused us a few problems so I don't see tomorrow nights game being any different...
Having home advantage should make a difference, not often we get a night league match at Anfield so much anymore, so the floodlit buzz around the ground knowing we can nudge our way up the table with a win I'm hoping will spur the players in to gear..
The new back 3 set up with Henderson and Markovic ghosting back as full backs has tightened it up so I see no change there.
I think he'll play Big Mario along side Sterling..with Lalana and Couthino zipping around the both of them...
We need Goals tomorrow night.. lot's of them..
as always against Swansea we need to keep an eye on Shelvey..

Seems like we've been playing in Yellow for ages !!

Would certainly be surprising if Stevie was dropped.

Isnt Stevie on four yellow cards? Not a bad idea resting him tomorrow.

Rumoured team:

Mignolet – Emre Can, Škrtel, Sakho – Manquillo, Henderson, Lucas, Moreno – Lallana, Coutinho, Sterling.

That's not a bad XI to be honest. Might be worth trying it as a 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 though:

Mignolet
Manquillo     Skrtel     Sakho       Moreno
Lucas
Hendo         Can
  Lallana                Coutinho
Sterling

That's not a bad XI to be honest. Might be worth trying it as a 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 though:

Mignolet
Manquillo     Skrtel     Sakho       Moreno
Lucas
Hendo         Can
  Lallana                Coutinho
Sterling

Yeah, I'd rather see a back 4. But I don't know about the rest. Maybe Markovic for Lucas.

Big game now after a lot of teams slipping up. Need to capitalise. 3LFC, 3SW and 3draws from these fixtures. Wont be easy.

Big game now after a lot of teams slipping up. Need to capitalise. 3lLFC, 3SW and 3draws from these fixtures. Wont be easy.

What?

What?

I clearly wasnt paying attention when I wrote that,  on my phone... should have read "in the head to head it's 3 wins to lfc 3 draws and 2 wins to swansea".

I clearly wasnt paying attention when I wrote that,  on my phone... should have read "in the head to head it's 3 wins to lfc 3 draws and 2 wins to swansea".

Oh, I see. Well, I think past form goes out the window on that one. If we come out like v Burnley, there won't be anything in it for us. We need to show up like v Arsenal and finish the chances, then we'll get a result. And yes, what an opportunity to gain some ground. It'd be absolutely brilliant to get a win.

              Enrique
Manq, Toure, Sakho, Moreno
           Can   Hendo
             Coutinho/Sterling
   Lallana   Borini   Markovic

Still prefer 4 at the back and still believe Borini is the better option as a striker.

I think that we will have to work really hard if we think winning this one,they are no pushovers,we need good attacking play with a lot of pace and speed.I would love to see how would Ballo and Lambert play together.Something like this....

                                        Jones
                       Manquillo Sakho Skrtel Moreno
                                     
                        Coutinho Gerrard Can Sterling

                               Balloteli Lambert

Please be gentle,dont tear me to for this team

              Enrique
Manq, Toure, Sakho, Moreno
           Can   Hendo
             Coutinho/Sterling
   Lallana   Borini   Markovic

Still prefer 4 at the back and still believe Borini is the better option as a striker.

At least Borini is mobile. Something Balotelli and Lambert just don't offer. So until Sturridge is ready or we bring a new striker in, I agree to give Borini a shot.

I think that we will have to work really hard if we think winning this one,they are no pushovers,we need good attacking play with a lot of pace and speed.I would love to see how would Ballo and Lambert play together.Something like this....

                                        Jones
                       Manquillo Sakho Skrtel Moreno
                                     
                        Coutinho Gerrard Can Sterling

                               Balloteli Lambert

Please be gentle,dont tear me to for this team

No way. I don't wanna see Balotelli and Lambert together.

Would certainly be surprising if Stevie was dropped.

why?

he's been terrible lately.

why?

he's been terrible lately.

Yes, but not any worse than half the other lot.

why?

he's been terrible lately.

Why? Because if you look at his performances this year and the amounts of minutes he gets regardless then of course it would be surprisingl.

Stupid question.

I'd say, cut the supply to Bony and we should be ok, meaning we have to control midfield. Swansea's passing is very fluid and we must not give them an inch of the space and time on the ball.

I would've gone with

              Mignolet
       Toure    Skrtel    Sakho
Manquillo                        Moreno

              Can  Henderson

Lallana                       Coutinho
                Markovic

Just to keep Sterling fresh. Although I'm almost as happy if the rumoured line-up turns out to be correct.

I would've gone with

              Mignolet
       Toure    Skrtel    Sakho
Manquillo                        Moreno

              Can  Henderson

Lallana                       Coutinho
                Markovic

Just to keep Sterling fresh. Although I'm almost as happy if the rumoured line-up turns out to be correct.

What's the rumoured line-up?

What's the rumoured line-up?

Chats posted it on the first page mate.

Rumoured team:

Mignolet – Emre Can, Škrtel, Sakho – Manquillo, Henderson, Lucas, Moreno – Lallana, Coutinho, Sterling.

Somehow I hope this is a rumour that won't come true. They are most likely gonna play a lone striker. So let's just go with a standard back 4. Can should definitely get a start, and Lucas doesn't deserve one after his last outing. Markovic needs game time. He had a pretty dismal outing last time but he seems to be starting to settle in and I wouldn't interrupt that.