Pre-Match: Manchester City v Liverpool (2July 2020 - 8:15pm)

On to the remainder of the season story. Still worthwhile things to play for, records, etc.

The media will play this as City putting a marker down for next season, unless we win in which case they'll likely ignore it more of less.

All in all it could be a tremendous game of football. I expect our strongest team (and theirs).

Come on the Champions of England, Europe and The World.

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Should be a good game of football to watch. They will actually play and not sit back plus they will want to prove themselves. Could see a lot of goals.

Looking forward to it. They play free flowing attacking football but to many teams give them huge respect and don't try to play, just sit deep and wait for the inevitable. We counter press, why other teams don't do that against City is a mystery. Wolves did it..twice and even Norwich beat them, but standing off them dropping off plays right into their hands.

To have a chance tho you first have to compete, counter press then get at them and trust your team. Could be a cracker..

They will be desperate to beat the CHAMPIONS and prove they're still relevant.I'm not planning to take the afternoon off to watch.

They will have to attack but their defence is shaky, especially without Fernandhino, If we play well then we win.

They will have to attack but their defence is shaky, especially without Fernandhino, If we play well then we win.

Bang on, without fernandinho they’re a different side, Rodri is painfully slow.

I personally think it’ll be a good game, no pressure. Front 3 will be trying outrageous shots and hopefully bang in a few goals. 

Murphy must back on the ale again..


https://twitter.com/espnuk/status/1277681224560128000?s=21

Murphy must back on the ale again..


https://twitter.com/espnuk/status/1277681224560128000?s=21

Bizarre thing to come out with, so he must be pissed like you say.

Why is Hendo player of the year then?

No wonder it’s called talkshite.

Totally disgusted with Danny Murphy. Kevin de Bruyne should disassociate himself from those remarks. Such a sly mean spirited thing to say. Certainly would ban him from Anfield.

Murphy must back on the ale again..


https://twitter.com/espnuk/status/1277681224560128000?s=21

Or embracing the Talkshite ability to put out a total irrelevant point of view to generate interest.

The tit!

Or embracing the Talkshite ability to put out a total irrelevant point of view to generate interest.

The tit!

Exactly.
They get paid to stir things up.

Murphy must back on the ale again..


https://twitter.com/espnuk/status/1277681224560128000?s=21

What a dickhead

It's just a has-beens cry for attention.Look we're talking about it!I do agree the tunnel of love thing is sh*t corporate branding.

Can't F***ing wait!

Murphy must back on the ale again..


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Never liked the little c**t. Chip on the shoulder as the club never looked at him as an option to represent them in any capacity after he retired. Same as James - my source David James himself post the Kiev final I was involved in a fan match the next day coached by James and Smicer had a good chat to him.

It's just a has-beens cry for attention.Look we're talking about it!I do agree the tunnel of love thing is sh*t corporate branding.

Similar to the dime-a-dozen newspaper story where a journo rings up a former player for an opinion on some topic that basically has nothing to do with said player. Usually the opinion is casting some doubt/shade (at least the way the journo and the headline-writer spin it) on something the current team manager and players are doing. It's totally lazy and I can only think reflects how some former players just can't cope with being out of the spotlight.

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I will rotate Firmino and Wijnaldum.

I hope we use the remaining games to get rhe likes of Keita, Minamino, Jones, Elliot, Hoever, and Williams some minutes.  If our transfer business is going to be disrupted by Covid then we need to see who of the fringe players is capable of stepping up and playing a bigger part in our success next season.

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I will rotate Firmino and Wijnaldum.

Why rotate?

I hope we use the remaining games to get rhe likes of Keita, Minamino, Jones, Elliot, Hoever, and Williams some minutes.  If our transfer business is going to be disrupted by Covid then we need to see who of the fringe players is capable of stepping up and playing a bigger part in our success next season.

That's the issue isn't it. Do we go all out to set a new points record or do we experiment with the players coming through. Klopp said "we can't spend million and millions...we have to look for solutions within the club"..is he saying he will be giving Williams, Jones,Mini and other a lot more game time.

For me I think it's best to play younger players. Obviously having a points record would be great but we need a bigger capable squad for next season and beyond.

Should be a really entertaining game, just a pity, I do not have Sky tv, will have to make do with the highlights later on MotD.

Murphy must back on the ale again..


https://twitter.com/espnuk/status/1277681224560128000?s=21

Ironic part is that I think KDB wears boots with no laces. But it’s good to see Murphy is clearly still bitter about being binned off by the club.

What a weapon.


Regarding the game though, same line up but Keita coming in for Gini.

I hope we use the remaining games to get rhe likes of Keita, Minamino, Jones, Elliot, Hoever, and Williams some minutes.  If our transfer business is going to be disrupted by Covid then we need to see who of the fringe players is capable of stepping up and playing a bigger part in our success next season.

the fixtures will be pretty close together after Thursday, so Jürgen will likely mix some of these players in, a few at a time per match, not 11 changes for a game like we saw with some of the League Cup team selections.

Should be a really entertaining game, just a pity, I do not have Sky tv, will have to make do with the highlights later on MotD.

David its on Pick TV or Freeview .

Why rotate?

So we try different players and prepare for next season.

That's the issue isn't it. Do we go all out to set a new points record or do we experiment with the players coming through. Klopp said "we can't spend million and millions...we have to look for solutions within the club"..is he saying he will be giving Williams, Jones,Mini and other a lot more game time.

For me I think it's best to play younger players. Obviously having a points record would be great but we need a bigger capable squad for next season and beyond.

We will NEVER have a better chance of setting a points total record that will stand for all time, we play our strongest team every game and rotate in some youngsters when comfortable in each game, I think its easily possible to do both, especially with this 5 subs rule.

So we try different players and prepare for next season.

OK, but not against City, our closest rivals, against them surely we play our best XI.

Depending on how hard the celebrations have been I do expect this to probably be our strongest looking line up of the run in. 

So we try different players and prepare for next season.

Not away against City mate we want to put a marker down for next season with this lot.

Strong team for this one I think. After that think it's time to experiment a little.

Strong team for this one I think. After that think it's time to experiment a little.

Aston Villa, Brighton and Burnley should be good opportunities to rotate a bit. We have 5 subs on the bench per match in case it goes a bit wrong. For the other matches City, Arse, Chavs and the final game against the Barcodes as strong a team as possible please.

Same team again, he wont change it for this one. also 5 subs available for 2nd half.

He may start tinkering with lineups in the games after city, but even then, I cant see wholesale changes, they want to smash these records that are up for grabs.

David its on Pick TV or Freeview .

Did not think the match was on Pick or Freeview, will have to check, thanks anyway !

Batter these, then use the rest of the games to give the young ones some game time, especially now we have more subs to use, would love to see Neco given a few 30 minute stints.

I would like to see the same lineup that we saw vs Palace than we can roate 3 or 4 players into the starting line-up game by game until the end of the season.

Looking forward to seeing that guard of honor   

Give some game time for players who’d need games to qualify for a medal.

Klopp on this match and the guard of honor:

"We take it, it's a nice gesture, 100 per cent. I wouldn't need it, to be honest, because we go there and want to play a football game and either way we want to win the football game.

"I don't celebrate things what happened a week before or stuff like that. Again, it's a nice gesture but that's it pretty much.

OK, but not against City, our closest rivals, against them surely we play our best XI.

Not away against City mate we want to put a marker down for next season with this lot.

We won it and that is all for this year. The only record that mattered it's done for me.

I would prepare for next season.

We won it and that is all for this year. The only record that mattered it's done for me.

I would prepare for next season.

Oh, then I have a lot more pride and ambition than you. I'm hoping for a repeat of 4-0 or more in every remaining match. I would be pissed if we show any sign of slacking. I'd be utterly disappointed with the team if we fail to keep a clean sheet. They'd have let me down. We must be relentless in the pursuit of ultimate supremacy. I'm such an interesting LFC fan...

Don't get me wrong. I only want the best results for the club. I make no compromise that I'm heartless. If you want some love, go get a Klopp hug. We are back to the serious business of supremacy. You can have your Christmas after the season ends. Oops, wrong thread.        

Oh, then I have a lot more pride and ambition than you. I'm hoping for a repeat of 4-0 or more in every remaining match. I would be pissed if we show any sign of slacking. I'd be utterly disappointed with the team if we fail to keep a clean sheet. They'd have let me down. We must be relentless in the pursuit of ultimate supremacy. I'm such an interesting LFC fan...

Don't get me wrong. I only want the best results for the club. I make no compromise that I'm heartless. If you want some love, go get a Klopp hug. We are back to the serious business of supremacy. You can have your Christmas after the season ends. Oops, wrong thread.        

I know what you're thinking but I'm already looking to next season how to defend our title. I'm looking towards the future not the present. I think if with my team, I would win nonetheless.

So we try different players and prepare for next season.

Not the game for trying things out,  for me we go there and show them exactly why we are CHAMPIONS, they f***in scraped ahead of us last season, their win against us tipped the balance overall, this season we have essentially pissed it, and currently have a 23 point lead, not 1point, Twenty f***in Three, so let’s go there to the virtual Emptihad and f***in batter them,

I want us to play them off the f***in park, don’t give them a sniff, pass them to f***in death, show how WE are the best side ever ever ever ever to grace the EPL, Ever, show them we don’t need to BUY the f***in league, show them how to win it with sheer hard graft determination, passion, and never say die mindset,

I’m looking forward to their guard of honour, all their players, Pep, the tea ladies, the chef, their board, and right at the very end is that kunt Gallagher, High Flying Turd, I’d have that pr**k presenting Hendo with a mock up trophy, watch the tw*t squirm with f***in envy as he ties on the red ribbons( great musician btw)

From Citizens to Shitizens.


1-4 CHAMPIONS

                                                               Alisson

                                              Trent   Gomez.  Virgil. Robbo
         
                                                                Fabinho
                                                  Hendo.                     Gini

                                                 Salah.        Bobby.      Mane


   f***in HAVE IT ! !


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Is Fernandinho banned?

David its on Pick TV or Freeview .

Are you sure mate, just looked at Pick on freeveiw (ch 11), and does'nt say its on.

Can’t wait to see sterling’s grid 😊 🐍🐍🐍🐍

We will NEVER have a better chance of setting a points total record that will stand for all time, we play our strongest team every game and rotate in some youngsters when comfortable in each game, I think its easily possible to do both, especially with this 5 subs rule.

It was only a few days ago you were talking about dropping Firmino for Minamino and even Chamberlain.

Is Fernandinho banned?

Yes he is.

A possible 107 points on the table.

Smash the cu*ts.

Has to strike the right balance between winning games and also having one eye on the future. Obviously City away has to be a strong line up. But having these 7 games with little or no pressure is to good an opportunity not to test younger players. Progression within the squad is vital for the future of the club.

Also younger players have to feel there is a route to the first team. Could be the Gaffa will try to do both. It's a fantastic position to be in. Great to hear the Gaffa also say "we attack next season"...gauntlet well and truely chucked down.

Yes he is.

My word I hope they play Otamendi...

Regardless of who we field we NEED to beat this Shiteh team to display our dominance not only of the PL this season but of the winners of the last 2 seasons, everyone slips up now and again (draws against the Scum and Bitters and a Buzzin' from the Hornets) but we don't want another one against this lot!
2-1 to the reds. YNWA

The thing is we dont 'need' to do anything. As title winners and champions league holders the superiority is proven already.

Seems like for years we have gone from must win game to must win game, for the fans at least its time to sit back and enjoy.

The thing is we dont 'need' to do anything. As title winners and champions league holders the superiority is proven already.

Seems like for years we have gone from must win game to must win game, for the fans at least its time to sit back and enjoy.

I see your point Foar,  but there is nothing like rubbing their noses in it is there, they will hate it standing in that guard of honour, they’ll be f***in cringing as we march down that line with heads held high, and they’ll be f***in livid, they’ll want some sort of recompense and they’ll try and do it on the pitch, but it ain’t gonna happen, cos we’ll be ready, Jürgen will want the boys to hammer home why we are Champions, we may not need to prove anything, you’re right, but there’s nothing like kicking your rival in the bollocks when their already hurting.

F**k ‘EM’




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Hope to win this game tonight, to show we are the champions, City look good in attack, but vulnerable at the back. A 2  1 win for the Reds tonight at the Eithiad stadium.

Oh, then I have a lot more pride and ambition than you. I'm hoping for a repeat of 4-0 or more in every remaining match. I would be pissed if we show any sign of slacking. I'd be utterly disappointed with the team if we fail to keep a clean sheet. They'd have let me down. We must be relentless in the pursuit of ultimate supremacy. I'm such an interesting LFC fan...

Don't get me wrong. I only want the best results for the club. I make no compromise that I'm heartless. If you want some love, go get a Klopp hug. We are back to the serious business of supremacy. You can have your Christmas after the season ends. Oops, wrong thread.        

Can you just for once post without all the childish sarcasm, I honestly never know when you're being serious or not.

It was only a few days ago you were talking about dropping Firmino for Minamino and even Chamberlain.

That was based on how he played against Everton not Palace, in any case against City we play our strongest most stable team, not a time for experimentation.

I think the Boss is going to unleash the beast against city.. pure attack attack attack..

The thing is we dont 'need' to do anything. As title winners and champions league holders the superiority is proven already.

Seems like for years we have gone from must win game to must win game, for the fans at least its time to sit back and enjoy.

Exactly.

All this "lay down a marker" thing is fan stuff, sometimes fed by ex-players to try and ramp up rivalry etc to get more subscriptions for whatever sh*t show they work for.
Players say it because fans like to hear it, so it builds excitement and isn't just a dead rubber.

I still want us to win, of course I do, but that's because I always want us to win, regardless of the opposition.

We need to go full throttle, start to finish. We know they can’t cope with it, and so do they.
We’ll also plant massive doubts in their heads about next season.

You’ll probably see a topic on blue moon soon,
“How do we close the gap on Liverpool”

Most of all I want fab to show de Bruyne whos the boss in that midfield 💪✊🏻

Come on you mighty red men 😊

I'm cool tonight... A win will be good. I mean we got over the line. And our most important match, Everton is already over. For once, I'm cool and I'm not desperate for any outcome. A win will be good. Otherwise, not the end of the world.

I see your point Foar,  but there is nothing like rubbing their noses in it is there, they will hate it standing in that guard of honour, they’ll be f***in cringing as we march down that line with heads held high, and they’ll be f***in livid, they’ll want some sort of recompense and they’ll try and do it on the pitch, but it ain’t gonna happen, cos we’ll be ready, Jürgen will want the boys to hammer home why we are Champions, we may not need to prove anything, you’re right, but there’s nothing like kicking your rival in the bollocks when their already hurting.

F**k ‘EM’




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Always subtle .

Love your work 

I'm cool tonight... A win will be good. I mean we got over the line. And our most important match, Everton is already over. For once, I'm cool and I'm not desperate for any outcome. A win will be good. Otherwise, not the end of the world.

I agree with you, I want to win and actually expect us to win, but as long as we don't get a humiliating loss then I'm fine, having said that lets F***ing smash them, show them what a proper football team looks like!!

From the official site today: Klopp added: “In an ideal world, we would not have had eight days. In our specific situation it was OK, but when you could see how many changes City could make, then I think they can deal with the situation.

“When I thought about the fixtures we will face and what City will face, especially with Champions League coming up plus the FA Cup, I knew it would be really tough for Pep and his boys. But then you watch the games and you think, ‘Wow!’. It’s pretty impressive. I don’t know – they have rhythm, we had a break, what is better we shall see tonight.”

Liverpool prepared for this evening’s fixture with a light training session at the home of rugby league club Salford Red Devils.

“It was good, a good pitch,” said Klopp of the workout at the AJ Bell Stadium. “It is not a long session on the morning of a game, but it’s an important one with a few set-pieces, couple of routines on the pitch, so that’s important. We did it, so now we are here, the boys are eating and I give you an interview!”

The one thing I'm sure about today's match is that we won't be suffering for lack of effort or desire. There will be no hangover or whatever.

Just watched extended highlights from the match at Anfield, which feels like it was played in about 1988...! Buzzin' for this one now.

Should be a cracker. About 5 hours now.

Nice surprise, this. Any other situation I'd probably be infatuated with the thought of this game for about a week or two beforehand. But after everything that's happened in the last week I keep forgetting that it's on. Even today I've been opening Twitter and keep having a "oh f**king hell yeah, the match is on tonight" moment

Was also reminded today of that snide video they all made last season after they won the league, so after our guard of honour I hope we f**king batter them & rub salt completely in the wounds.

Going off ours & their last two performances you'd expect it like, but the bookies for some reason have us at nearly 3/1 to win

I know the lads had a few beers after we won the league but that was 7 days ago now. Expect them to be up no less up for this than they would be any other game

Looking forward to the game, it is just a pity, only Sky tv are showing the match live, there is no football on Pick.

Gonna be pissed off if I miss this, but without sky, has anyone got a decent streem They can recomend.

Gonna be pissed off if I miss this, but without sky, has anyone got a decent streem They can recomend.

Hesgoal is always sound for me mate. Hardly any popups. I've got sh*te WiFi speed too and very rarely have any problems with buffering

Can you cast to your telly mate?

Seemingly need Smart tv it is ok, I will listen to the game and watch highlights later, thanks anyway !

Basically our best 11. Just seen their side too, pretty poor in comparison. Even more confident now

Seemingly need Smart tv it is ok, I will listen to the game and watch highlights later, thanks anyway !

Plenty of sites will be streaming it if you want to watch on your PC / phone. I can post a link in the thread before KO if you want

Can't wait for this to kick off at beer o'clock
And wtf has Danny Murphy been smoking. Whatever you think about a guard of honour, the boot lace comments are a bit mad. Looking forward to seeing them line up like overpaid losers though !!
They still have FA cup and CL, so maybe this isn't their focus - and we've won the BIG ONE, so maybe it's not ours either - so hard to predict it. They are playing well, so are we. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
The great thing is that, no matter what the result is, we are STILL THE CHAMPIONEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool beer, two good teams, enjoy..