Match Thread Liverpool v Everton - Preview, Report and MotM Poll

[messymascot]

If we get one clear cut chance I hope it falls to Sigurdsson as he is the player in form.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Need to go 3 at the back as Mane vs Coleman is a nightmare waiting to happen. Even if Coleman doesnt concede a pen if Mane keeps getting by him and able to put a cross/ball in I would feel much better having 3 CB's in the box to get it out to safety.

By all means at 70 minutes + if we are level/behind take one of the CB's off for Bernard/Lookman and go back to 4-2-3-1 but for me we have to start with 3 at the back.

I also think we struggle to score from open play against the top sides- Arsenal, Utd and Chelsea we haven't scored a goal from open play and I feel our best chance sunday is to keep it tight, hit on the counter and when we get Freekicks / corners - get all of Mina, Zouma, Keane, Rico and Gomes in the kopites box and try nick a goal or two from set pieces.

Disagree with 3 at the back unless Marco has been trying this out in training for a number of weeks. Every time we've switched to this in recent times the players all look so uncomfortable with the system. Not just the CBs but the FBs and midfielders too. Clever players (and Liverpool's front line is full of them) will pick holes in our defence and we'll get slaughtered.

I'm not against 3 at the back provided our players are well schooled in it. Sunday, away to the RS, is not the time to experiment.

I do agree with keeping it tight to start with, especially in the first few minutes as they normally kick off games like a train. They will tire though, I think that is guaranteed after last nights game. I think you could also be right re pinching a goal from a set piece.

 

[Barnfred 55]

wouldnt be surprised to be alot of changes for them, i think shaqiri, alexander-arnold, sturridge and keita will all start...maybe even fabinho as well

Hope you're right Neil. Mind you Sturridge always seems to score against us, and as for Shaqiri. The little hobbit.

 

[Agent Blue]

Question.

When will the contentious refereeing decision occur?

A. First half

B. Second half

C. Both

 

[Barnfred 55]

There is an obsession on here(and some other forums) concernng the lack of goals from corners. Fact is not too many goals come from corners throughout the Prem. Theres a statistic somewhere showing that a goal is scored in the sequence of play from a corner only once every twenty plus corners. THe actual figures would be interesting, if anyone has them.

Add to that the fact that we have scored 6 headed goals this season. Leading up to the last International break that was the second highest in the league.

 

[bol-uk]

Bernard will draw fouls from Trent all through the game,or until Trent is sent off.....

meanwhile Bernard is tasked with tracking back to assist with Salah....it's gona be a foul frenzy.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

They haven't got the legs right now to do that mate, also Keita and Fabinho haven't adjust to that system, klopps not a total idiot, he's seen last season and in training this that he's got a squad whose legs haven't got that game in them for another season, not a chance he'd be playing this was otherwise as he's wedded to that gegenpress tactic normally.

They'll try turn this into a scrappy game and look to hit the channels for mane and Salah. Guarantee they will try kick the crap out of Gomes and Richarlison early on.

Think is with Gomes and sigurdsson we have two in the centre who can handle that press if they try it, and have the pace to expose them if they try and fail

What a turn around that would be, us, now playing fast, free flowing footy, and them turning into Stoke!

 

[The_Street_End]

I'm certain we can match their ability.

For me, it boils down to whether we match their mentality..

History says no, although we do have some top players with a real pedigree behind them.. who knows.

 

[Parker]

Need to go 3 at the back as Mane vs Coleman is a nightmare waiting to happen. Even if Coleman doesnt concede a pen if Mane keeps getting by him and able to put a cross/ball in I would feel much better having 3 CB's in the box to get it out to safety.

By all means at 70 minutes + if we are level/behind take one of the CB's off for Bernard/Lookman and go back to 4-2-3-1 but for me we have to start with 3 at the back.

I also think we struggle to score from open play against the top sides- Arsenal, Utd and Chelsea we haven't scored a goal from open play and I feel our best chance sunday is to keep it tight, hit on the counter and when we get Freekicks / corners - get all of Mina, Zouma, Keane, Rico and Gomes in the kopites box and try nick a goal or two from set pieces.

I disagree, stick to what we know. I'd go with exactly the same team again. You don't change a team that has won 5 of the last 7, especially to experiment in a game this important.

 

[Tel001]

If we get one clear cut chance I hope it falls to Sigurdsson as he is the player in form.

I want it to be gomes, smash it Top Corner in the last minute to secure 1-0, strip down to his underwear and stare seductively into the sky camera and say “ I’m signing in jan”

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Bernard will draw fouls from Trent all through the game,or until Trent is sent off.....

Don't be silly.

 

[bluestevon]

It's a big game for Walcott. He needs to be available to help out defensively with Coleman as you can guarantee Robertson will be marauding down that flank too. But he also needs to be alert for the counter opportunities. If I was Silva I'd be telling him to go all out for an hour and then replace him with Lookman.

Similar for Digne at left back who will be asked to cope with Salah and TAA. I'd be saying the same to Bernard, all out for 60 mins, then bring on DCL and move Ricky over to the left.

The way Liverpool play they tend to tire anyway, but I expect that with knobs on following the hard game last night. Defend like we did against Chelsea and then take the game to them in the last 20 and I think we can possibly upset the bookies.

Start fast against them mate imo, force them to play all out from the first whistle, they haven't got the legs for it, we get ahead on Sunday, we'll go on to win big, when a streak like they have goes it tend to with a bang.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I'm certain we can match their ability.

For me, it boils down to whether we match their mentality..

History says no, although we do have some top players with a real pedigree behind them.. who knows.

Our mentality has always been focused on just not getting beat by them, we now have to focus on thinking we can actually beat them.

 

[brian labone]

I believe if we can hold out until after half time then tiredness will be a factor after their game on Wednesday, and then it will be our turn to show how much we have improved this year.

 

[Tipp blue]

It was a pan BUT, as you say,he was always going to go down.

The rat was well on the way down before contact