Pre match: Wolves v Liverpool - Prem lge - Monday 15th March 8pm

Im on a roll with pre match threads so Ill go again......

Onto Monday nights game. Discuss

Im on a roll with pre match threads so Ill go again......

Onto Monday nights game. Discuss

It's an Away match plus Wolves are in a bit of a dip. If Klopp plays the same team as Wednesday then we win, if he reverts to Fab as CB then who knows.

It's an Away match plus Wolves are in a bit of a dip. If Klopp plays the same team as Wednesday then we win, if he reverts to Fab as CB then who knows.

I see no reason to change anything from the other night. Jones for Gini maybe, that man must need a night off

If fab plays in centre defence I won’t be surprised - but I won’t watch

6 defeats out of 7 league games F**k me

Relegation form

Have to credit the ability of some here to immediately place a negative, pessimistic context on any thread on this site. You are consistent in conjuring up the dark cloud (and always in the context of Jürgen doesn't know what he's doing, but you do).

Same team for me  . Different opposition who won't be as open just need to stay in the game and hope we can stick some of these chances away important we can get some  momentum now

Chelski lost 2 points today. This is still possible. But again: I'd heavily focus on CL (which is not a point here, but in the upcoming future).

Unchanged team for me

Let's be confident and go for a win for the champions. Need to start picking up maximum points and simply see where we finish.

Maybe Naby for a start? Divock for Diogo? Defo Fabinho in the 6 role though...

I'd go same again, this is the last game of the month for us so there will be some decent time off for everyone before the internationals after this.

Not expecting much from the league now but would be nice to push on from midweek.

CL spots are nowhere near decided teams dropping points left right and centre win on Monday and we still have a shot

Maybe Naby for a start? Divock for Diogo? Defo Fabinho in the 6 role though...

You can't be serious?Naby to start for who?no way does Divock deserve a start,same team as midweek and carry on the winning run,we will have to be careful not to play a to high line as wolves have quick players and Philips is not the quickest and like's to move forward beyond the halfway line.

You can't be serious?Naby to start for who?no way does Divock deserve a start,same team as midweek and carry on the winning run,we will have to be careful not to play a to high line as wolves have quick players and Philips is not the quickest and like's to move forward beyond the halfway line.

Diogo gas just returned from injury. Want to see him out again for doing too much too soon? And Divock made a huge impact when he came on. Naby for Gini. Gini deserves and probably needs a rest and Naby needs game time, plus he’s more of an attacking threat.

Wolves will park the bus as that’s what is Nuno’s default, can’t blame him he learnt it all from Mourinho.

Tempted to say Start with the same team as last time but Robbo and Gini desperately need a rest.

I'd go same again, this is the last game of the month for us so there will be some decent time off for everyone before the internationals after this.

Not expecting much from the league now but would be nice to push on from midweek.

I just want to win, please god 🙏

Gotta start with the same successful 11.
As I keep saying can’t push up too far with the lack of pace. If we cover that we’ll win !

Same team for me,we really do need to start improving  our league form if we have any chance of gatecrashing the top four.

Just go there and be Professional. If we do, we will come away with the 3 points.

Gini needs a rest.

Only chance I would like to see is him replaced with Jones or Keita.

Otherwise same players and same system.

Same as the Leipzig game both in starting personnel and result will do for me.

Just win anyway how.

Same team and we could go on a run

I feel positive for a win with Fab and Jota back where they should be 

Same as the Leipzig game both in starting personnel and result will do for me.

Has to be same team, surely

Hard one to call. Our league form has been so dire that I have little confidence it will pick up soon. That being said, we have injured players coming back and have just had a morale boosting victory in Europe.

If we lose, unless my maths is wrong, it’ll be mathematically impossible for us to win the title, which back in December would have been laughable.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Davies start at the back. Otherwise similar team to the other night.

2-2

Hard one to call. Our league form has been so dire that I have little confidence it will pick up soon. That being said, we have injured players coming back and have just had a morale boosting victory in Europe.

If we lose, unless my maths is wrong, it’ll be mathematically impossible for us to win the title, which back in December would have been laughable.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Davies start at the back. Otherwise similar team to the other night.

2-2

Who would you drop for the untested Davies?

Who would you drop for the untested Davies?

Phillips.
Davies needs to start sometime. Arsenal next isn’t a great game to do it. He needs to be integrated in case we really need him soon.

Phillips.
Davies needs to start sometime. Arsenal next isn’t a great game to do it. He needs to be integrated in case we really need him soon.

Yes but we have an OK partnership with Kabak and Nat, let's not F**k around with it unless we have to.

Yes but we have an OK partnership with Kabak and Nat, let's not f**k around with it unless we have to.

An ‘OK’ partnership might not cut it against the better teams.
Perhaps Davies and kabak is the dream ticket. We won’t know until we try.

An ‘OK’ partnership might not cut it against the better teams.
Perhaps Davies and kabak is the dream ticket. We won’t know until we try.

or perhaps Davies and Kabak they would be a disaster, I'm a firm believer in the adage "if it aint broke why fix it", especially when you are in a tricky spot. We desperately need some stability at the back and we also need to build some momentum after a very promising display midweek.

An ‘OK’ partnership might not cut it against the better teams.
Perhaps Davies and kabak is the dream ticket. We won’t know until we try.

How about Philips and Davies!!

                 Alisson
Trent - Phillips - Kabak - Robbo
                Fabinho
            Keita  -  Thiago
     Salah - Firmino - Mane

                 Alisson
Trent - Phillips - Kabak - Robbo
                Fabinho
            Keita  -  Thiago
     Salah - Firmino - Mane

That looks good to me

or perhaps Davies and Kabak they would be a disaster, I'm a firm believer in the adage "if it aint broke why fix it", especially when you are in a tricky spot. We desperately need some stability at the back and we also need to build some momentum after a very promising display midweek.

I see your angle. I just think Davies could offer something a lot more.

If we get a run going there’s no reason why we can’t finish top 6.
Top 4 unlikely but we can give it a go but would need to be prettt flawless from now until end of season.

Massive impetus a win can give tomorrow everyone dropping points Top 4 not gone yet

If we get a run going there’s no reason why we can’t finish top 6.
Top 4 unlikely but we can give it a go but would need to be prettt flawless from now until end of season.

Top 4 very much on after this weekend even more so if utd beat west ham and us beating Wolves

An ‘OK’ partnership might not cut it against the better teams.
Perhaps Davies and kabak is the dream ticket. We won’t know until we try.

I feel quite confident that Davies and Kabak is not "the dream ticket." 

Pearce writes that Klopp believes Davies needs more time to adapt to Liverpool's style of play. At some point it's evident that Jürgen does not rate him highly enough to pick in the starting XI (like when he picked Rhys Williams over Davies last week), and barring any evidence otherwise, I'm inclined to take Jürgen's opinion for it. When we say "Davies has to start sometime" well in fact, he does not have to. You'd like to think the players that are recruited will be good enough to be picked at some point but, that doesn't mean the manager is obligated to do so.

It's a weird one I know, but I really don't expect to see Davies in action for us this season unless maybe we have a dead rubber toward the end, or we get another wave of center back injuries.

I feel quite confident that Davies and Kabak is not "the dream ticket." 

Pearce writes that Klopp believes Davies needs more time to adapt to Liverpool's style of play. At some point it's evident that Jürgen does not rate him highly enough to pick in the starting XI (like when he picked Rhys Williams over Davies last week), and barring any evidence otherwise, I'm inclined to take Jürgen's opinion for it. When we say "Davies has to start sometime" well in fact, he does not have to. You'd like to think the players that are recruited will be good enough to be picked at some point but, that doesn't mean the manager is obligated to do so.

It's a weird one I know, but I really don't expect to see Davies in action for us this season unless maybe we have a dead rubber toward the end, or we get another wave of center back injuries.

Which is odd considering Phillips and Williams are simply not good enough.
Why buy someone who isn’t fancied.
Either way, we just need to win tomorrow.

Hate that we are champions and back to wondering whether Utd finishing 2nd is a good thing so we can scrape into 4th

All of our final ten games are finals and are must win if we still have aspirations of a top 4 finish,  this will need everyone to be on it %100, no slackers need apply,

Understandable some want to keep the same side V RB, but RB didn't park any buses whereas I  think Nuno might, maybe not so much park a bus but certainly be more defensive, so I'd go this.......

                         Allison
        Trent Kabak Phillips Robbo
                       Fabinho
             Thiago             Keita
          Jota        Salah      Mane

Toyed with the idea of dropping Bobby into midfield with Fabinho and Thiago with a front three of Jota, Salah & Mane,  but we'd probably get run over by their mids, and it's not the time to be experimenting when we're chasing a top 4 spot, I seen enough against Leipzig to convince me that finally we can start getting back to somewhere near how we can dominate teams again when you have round pegs in round holes ,

There was a better flow to our game and you could see the confidence that it gave our players when playing close to what they were more familiar with, there is no reason we can't do the same at Molyneaux tomorrow,  same recipe please with added tempo and Bob's yer Aunty.

1-2 Champions



                                   YNWA

All to play for with other sides dropping points. Obviously important to try to pick up three points against Wolves tomorrow night.

All to play for with other sides dropping points. Obviously important to try to pick up three points against Wolves tomorrow night.

Yup. Win tomorrow and we’re 5 points off Chelsea with 27 to play for. Not easy, especially since there are 3 other teams ahead of us, but definitely not out of it.

Yup. Win tomorrow and we’re 5 points off Chelsea with 27 to play for. Not easy, especially since there are 3 other teams ahead of us, but definitely not out of it.

If we can win tomorrow then I’ll start to believe again 🙏

I'd play Phillips and Kabak again with Jota up front instead of Salah. We need to rotate these forwards. I think Jones, Fab and Keita in midfield.

I'd play Phillips and Kabak again with Jota up front instead of Salah. We need to rotate these forwards. I think Jones, Fab and Keita in midfield.

Same team as RB - why change a winning formula

Same team as RB - why change a winning formula

Agree, plus after this game there is plenty of rest with the international break.

At this point i have no idea who is going away on internationals or not, but i hope our "key" players choose to skip meaningless friendlies to stay and rest and focus on finishing the season strong.

Had a 1pm to 9pm shift today, so set the alarm for 6.45am KO down here at 7am , went through pre game ritual  , got comfy on the couch, turned the telly on and realized our game is tomorrow morning. 

Agree, plus after this game there is plenty of rest with the international break.

At this point i have no idea who is going away on internationals or not, but i hope our "key" players choose to skip meaningless friendlies to stay and rest and focus on finishing the season strong.

I think Jürgen will change the team again,Firmino unless injured will come back in for Jota who has just come back from injury and he may put Fab back into the back four as wolves have a lot of pace on the counter and Philips is not the fastest and is caught out of position a lot when he steps up,have a feeling he will play Ox tonight.

Agree, plus after this game there is plenty of rest with the international break.

At this point i have no idea who is going away on internationals or not, but i hope our "key" players choose to skip meaningless friendlies to stay and rest and focus on finishing the season strong.

It’s World Cup qualifiers not sure if Jota has been called up need to check later on today. Portugal going to play their home games in Italy so that their players from the premier league do not have to quarantine when they return to the uk 

Finally I'm able to see this one.

I'd go same again and build on the result last week.

Match day, love it

Win tonight will have a few teams looking over there shoulder.

We need to get a run going

Hopefully, we won't have to worry about top 4 if we number 7. 

We couldn't have a better opponent, a team that wants to play football, is out of form, lost their best players & captain, and hasn't a clue how to win back to back games in the league. Woeful at home, so my only worry is that we are at home.

view from Wolves forum ffs.

we're away though

I've got a lot more hope for tonight than expectation.

Be nice to see more of the Liverpool from midweek than last weekend, and if the team is the same then hopefully we will.

I'm about 10% more confident for this league game than our last one.  Goals for both teams tonight - hope we've took our shooting boots.

Hopefully, we won't have to worry about top 4

Chance of us finishing top four now must be less than 10%.  Fulham result was probably the nail. 

It's a shame that Chelsea and Leicester don't have each others points totals because Leicester do have a more difficult run in.  You can't see us collecting 27+ points and Tuchel's honeymoon period wearing off in time.

I've got a lot more hope for tonight than expectation.

Be nice to see more of the Liverpool from midweek than last weekend, and if the team is the same then hopefully we will.

I'm about 10% more confident for this league game than our last one.  Goals for both teams tonight - hope we've took our shooting boots.

Chance of us finishing top four now must be less than 10%.  Fulham result was probably the nail. 

It's a shame that Chelsea and Leicester don't have each others points totals because Leicester do have a more difficult run in.  You can't see us collecting 27+ points and Tuchel's honeymoon period wearing off in time.

100% Chelsea in the driving seat but if we can get a run going and keep them on edge well we just might do it.

No team, bar City, is immune to dropping points anywhere, and history shows that teans will drop crazy points on the run in.

We have dropped our share of crazy points so if we cango the opposite way and string a bunch of wins together.....just maybe

Match day, love it

Win tonight will have a few teams looking over there shoulder.

We need to get a run going

Yeah Ten of them 😆

Had a 1pm to 9pm shift today, so set the alarm for 6.45am KO down here at 7am , went through pre game ritual  , got comfy on the couch, turned the telly on and realized our game is tomorrow morning. 

Sill something to look forward to

Looking forward to this tonight.
I hope the starting line up from last week stays unchanged.

I hope Jota doesn't let the return to Molineux affect his game.
We've all seen it happen over the years.
I get the no celebrating thing, so I hope he scores a hands down poker face silent hat trick

Big Nat at the back please Jürgen !

 

100% Chelsea in the driving seat but if we can get a run going and keep them on edge well we just might do it.

No team, bar City, is immune to dropping points anywhere, and history shows that teans will drop crazy points on the run in.

We have dropped our share of crazy points so if we cango the opposite way and string a bunch of wins together.....just maybe

I still think its more likely to be Leicester that we snatch Top 4 from. If they lose Vardy they are fu**ed, even with him they are in extremely patchy form, don't let the Sheff Utd match fool you.

All I care about is that we are 6th by the end of the night, if that means a ugly win, I’ll take it.

Same team I have heard

Ok it really is win or bust time

Come the F**k on reds