The Merseyside Derby Build Up Thread

KevMirallas · February 5, 2015

toffeemax said:
does he work for the mirror?

I have no idea, so I'm going to assume yes.

ste d' indica · February 5, 2015

TheFinnFan said:
Where can I see this

It's here Finners:

Starts about 13 mins in.

Big Fat Sam · February 5, 2015

Praying for McCarthy alongside Besic, but know deep down it'll be the crab Barry in there.

Jeff Jones · February 5, 2015

butters said:
Praying for McCarthy alongside Besic, but know deep down it'll be the crab Barry in there.

So am I, though there must some doubt about McCarthy's match fitness. If he's physically OK I'd chance it.

matty1878 · February 5, 2015

Jeff Jones said:
So am I, though there must some doubt about McCarthy's match fitness. If he's physically OK I'd chance it.

Barry might be useful against these

meagher94 · February 5, 2015

ste d' indica said:
It's here Finners:

Starts about 13 mins in.

Haha love that from Martinez. They were desperately trying to get him to join in the Gerrard jizzfest and he completely shut them down. Well in.

COYB · February 5, 2015

couldnt find a formation thread but when all fit
i reckon this would be decent or swap naisy with Barkley

TheFinnFan · February 5, 2015

ste d' indica said:
It's here Finners:

Starts about 13 mins in.

Thanks mate

pablo315 · February 5, 2015

Sorry if this has already been covered I haven't got time to read the thread but I 've just seen sky's joke of an advert for Saturday and liverpool tv strikes again. How can they set a backdrop on one team's anthem when they are supposed to be impartial broadcasters. Then there's there's the caption, 'could there be one more moment of magic' biased g0bsh!es, I hope we ruin there script. I was quite calm before I saw that but the usual pre Derby hatred has got me going now. Can't wait to take my seat in sat now, we gonna give me laa the send off he really deserves!

R.Reddington · February 5, 2015

butters said:
Praying for McCarthy alongside Besic, but know deep down it'll be the crab Barry in there.

Coutinho vs Barry, lol..

Jeff Jones · February 5, 2015

matty1878 said:
Barry might be useful against these

Well, this whole game is a mismatch, according to you, matty, so why would Barry make any difference?

We've been underachieving all season and have nothing to lose by trying something a bit different. McCarthy
and Besic together in front of the back four hasn't been tried, yet. Could be the start of a long and productive
partnership. Who knows?

Jozzy · February 5, 2015

I'd go in unchanged. I'd still start Naisy over Barkley, this is a Naisy game, his passion, leadership, toughness and ability to make something out of nothing or snatch a goal are exactly what we need.

McCarthy won't be up to starting, neither Lennon would like both to still get a decent stint on the pitch though.

If Howard is back to fitness I'd still go Joel over him too.

CrabbyPaddy · February 5, 2015

Coyb said:
couldnt find a formation thread but when all fit
i reckon this would be decent or swap naisy with Barkley

When I seen the colours, I thought that we had signed Man City's team for a second lol

Fearthainn · February 5, 2015

Haha that press conference is brilliant. FFS Bobby just come good again.

marty mcfly · February 5, 2015

ilikecheese said:
Sure he's trained a lot...but not with our team...massive mistake in my opinion. Only setting him up for failure with the fanbase.

Frankly, starting Lennon will do more harm than good if he isn't up to speed with the system.

It's a risk but an even bigger one is playing McGeady. Sometimes a poorer team can beat a better team when the better team isn't quite on it but with derbies both teams are always up for it so it's the quality that normally decides the games.

If we leave two better players on the bench (Barkley and Lennon) for two worse players (Naismith and McGeady) we will almost certainly weaken our chances of winning. Put it this way, if they dropped Gerrard or Sturridge to the bench I would be happy. I expect both to start.