Pre Match : Brighton v Liverpool : 3pm Sat 14th Jan

Thought I would carry on with the depressing theme on the Forum with our next match 😁

If we set up the way we have been and carry on playing the high line we are going to get battered.
Brighton are very good side with midfielders who can wreck our grand dads.
Hoping Klopp goes back to something like how we set up against City.

Alisson
Trent
Matip
Konate
Robbo

Bajcetic
Henderson
Thiago

Gakpo
Nunez
Salah

Don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say this lot could have scored 6 at Anfield a few months ago. Completely outplayed us that day.

Luckily I’ll be at a wedding so will miss this one.

Alisson

Alexander-Arnold
Matip
Konate
Robertson

Henderson (c)
Fabinho
Thiago

Salah
Firmino
Nunez

Subs:

Kelleher (GK)
Gomez
Tsimikas
Elliott
Carvalho
Keita
Milner
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Gakpo

Reserve:

Adrian (GK)
Ramsay
Phillips
Jones
Bajcetic

Injured:

Van Dijk
Arthur
Diaz
Jota

Most likely be same team as last weekend.

3pm KO. unusual.

If we play like we have in the last three games this will be zero points. At some point they are going to have to pull their finger out.  A week without a game - no excuses.

Looking at the date they will be a month too late !

If we play like we have in the last three games this will be zero points. At some point they are going to have to pull their finger out.  A week without a game - no excuses.

Just hope we can sort it

Doesn't matter what team goes out. Unless there is a 100% improvement, which their won't be , we're getting battered here.

Defensively we are poor. Midfield we are poor. Tactically we are poor. Game nous we are awful.

Doom n gloom ... yes. Hiding from the truth ... no. I'm going to change it up ... and even throw a surprise in.

                                Alisson

Gomez          Konate          Matip        Robertson

                Henderson        Bajcetic

   Salah                     keita                  Gapko

                                 Nunez

I'd be telling Henderson and Bajcetic to sit infront of the back 4. Their job is to protect and block the space. We stay compact. We play deeper and we use our pace upfront on the break.

We need to be hard to beat. We need to be organised. And we need to counter quickly. Carry on as we normally do they'll rip us to shreds.

Doesn't matter what team goes out. Unless there is a 100% improvement, which their won't be , we're getting battered here.

Defensively we are poor. Midfield we are poor. Tactically we are poor. Game nous we are awful.

Doom n gloom ... yes. Hiding from the truth ... no. I'm going to change it up ... and even throw a surprise in.

                                Alisson

Gomez          Konate          Matip        Robertson

                Henderson        Bajcetic

   Salah                     keita                  Gapko

                                 Nunez

I'd be telling Henderson and Bajcetic to sit infront of the back 4. Their job is to protect and block the space. We stay compact. We play deeper and we use our pace upfront on the break.

We need to be hard to beat. We need to be organised. And we need to counter quickly. Carry on as we normally do they'll rip us to shreds.

Wow you must be at loggerheads with your inner self picking Naby 

Ali
Trent
Ibou
Matip
Robbo
Fab
Naby
Henderson
Mo
Nunez
Carvalho(heard Gakpo will not start?)

Thiago and Gakpo off the bench

Well, does it really matter who will start the game? No matter who we let play the game always looks the same.

We can only hope Brighton won’t take their chances and a lucky punch from us

Think we will bounce back and get a win. For no other reason than if we are to make top 4, we are going to have to start winning here at some point. If we don't start winning I fear the calls questioning Klopp will grow too loud to ignore or brush off which will create even more "noise" that won't help this team.

I'd be telling Henderson and Bajcetic to sit infront of the back 4. Their job is to protect and block the space. We stay compact. We play deeper and we use our pace upfront on the break.

Been saying this or similar for weeks. Not gonna happen is it. High line, fail to defend the through ball or the ball over the top 

It's on January 14th isn't it? I know the seasons messed up but definitely this weekend right?

Don’t think somehow this will be a walkover

I don't expect we will lose to Brighton. Yes we have been a shambles lately, but only relative to our own high level, it's not as if we've morphed into Everton, expecting to get hammered every week. Reign in the silly mistakes and start taking some of these very presentable chances we're creating and we might just get through this period relatively unscathed.

It's on January 14th isn't it? I know the seasons messed up but definitely this weekend right?

Yeah 3pm kick off too!

Christ knows what to expect these days. Every time I predict a win we massively stink the place out. It almost feels like we are the underdog going into this fixture. A point between the teams and they are at home. We have given ourselves a lot of hard work to do to get anything at all from this season and this will be a huge test of our ability to meet that challenge.

It's on January 14th isn't it? I know the seasons messed up but definitely this weekend right?

Cheers mate 🤭

Allison

Trent    Matip    Konate    Robertson

Henderson     Keita

Elliott        Salah        Gakpo

Nunez

Will take a draw now, but will most likely get  a beating, Brighton will dominate and create more, hopefully Ali saves us and we nick a win

Play 4-4-2, be hard to break down, give the back 4 cover, and hit on the break with pacy forwards.
Everyone else is doing it to us so ...

NB: Team no longer available

If we are not on our best concentration and alert, we will lose.

A week to prepare for this match, there is no excuse.

Hope, fingers crossed that we will win this one.