Rafa warning to his stars

[Bootle Buck]

You're playing for your future

 

 

You tell em Rafa

[Hassony]

hopefully this will fire them up and produce a performance on tuesday rather than just relying on the atmosphere in anfield

[Dublinred4ever]

A barnstorming start will amplify the atmosphere.

 

Any player that needs to be motivated for a game like this shouldn't be playing anyway.

 

Gerrard needs to explode out of the traps and everyone else'll follow.

 

And there'll be forty odd thousand of us following.

[psl]

I think Liverpool will fly at them from the start, like they did Chelsea and Arsenal at Anfield previously. An early goal for us will lift the roof off.

Edited April 29, 2007 by psl

[hideNseek]

Really need 3 goals for sure.

[Magic8Ball]

Really need 3 goals for sure.

we only need 1 goal to get extra time surely - the point is the game is over 90 mins, and early goal means Chelsea will have to come out and play

which means we can plan on wearing them out and looking to attack again in the final 20 mins when they are exhausted

[_00_deathscar]

we only need 1 goal to get extra time surely - the point is the game is over 90 mins, and early goal means Chelsea will have to come out and play

which means we can plan on wearing them out and looking to attack again in the final 20 mins when they are exhausted

 

Too dangerous...lets not have our hearts in our stomachs for once...

[JonShar]

Yeah, cause it's that easy to score 3 goals against Chelski. Who were the last team to do it?

 

I think Stevie has got to be in the middle Tuesday, great chance for him to truly lead by example.

[Magic8Ball]

Too dangerous...lets not have our hearts in our stomachs for once...

so you really think we can go out and get 3 goals against a defense on a par with our own

in the first half, as that's what you're saying - start too fast and you wont be able to maintain that for 100 mins

and Chelsea have a reputation for scoring 50% of their goals in the last 10 mins

[Bootle Buck]

so you really think we can go out and get 3 goals against a defense on a par with our own

in the first half, as that's what you're saying - start too fast and you wont be able to maintain that for 100 mins

and Chelsea have a reputation for scoring 50% of their goals in the last 10 mins

 

A team inspired can score 3 goals in 6 minutes against anyone. I believe it has been done before.

[Dublinred4ever]

A goal in each half and a clean sheet will do the job.

 

And we're capable of that.

[psl]

Spurs got 3 against Chelsea in the FA Cup, but let 3 in too...

[floyd the barber]

so..riise,zenden,bellamy.....you better pull ya finger out ya asses...though i bet only riise startes against chelsea....and at left mid, Hopefully Finnan will be fit, then Arbeloa can start left bk.

[psl]

A goal in each half and a clean sheet will do the job.

 

And we're capable of that.

 

Indeed, Riise early on and Gerrard near the end. Job done.

[hideNseek]

We need to go out for 3 goals, sod if anyone else has done it or not. Chavs score once and we're out.

[Mr Makaveli]

Really need 3 goals for sure.

 

yess possibly but the most important thing is that we start with a very positive attitude... settle in quickly and try and stop them from adapting to our pressure.. to maintain pressure we will need to constantly close them down at the start especially, force errors.. chase down the keeper on pass backs etc... it'll be bloody tiring but it'll be worth it... we can do this!

[gkmacca]

We need to learn from the Benfica match, when the fans were even more shattered than the players by a setback.

[Big E]

Of the side that played Chelsea, who's really at threat though?

 

Arbeloa - early but maybe? Bellamy - the biggest risk? Zenden - gone anyway?

[_00_deathscar]

^ Riise for one.

 

What happens if we go 2-0 early...do we settle for it or look for the 3rd and kill the game off?

[Hassony]

Of the side that played Chelsea, who's really at threat though?

 

Arbeloa - early but maybe? Bellamy - the biggest risk? Zenden - gone anyway?

Reina

 

Rafa is looking to replace him with david james

 

^ Riise for one.

 

What happens if we go 2-0 early...do we settle for it or look for the 3rd and kill the game off?

we play on the break and hurt them using the "pace" of Kuyt and crouch

[Dublinred4ever]

^ Riise for one.

 

What happens if we go 2-0 early...do we settle for it or look for the 3rd and kill the game off?

 

We bring on bellamy, put three in the middle of midfield and use Risse Pennant and Bellamys pace to hit them on the counter attack as they throw men forward.

 

Its easy this management lark.

[Magic8Ball]

A goal in each half and a clean sheet will do the job.

 

And we're capable of that.

and if Chelsea score ????

we're gonna need 3 goals - if we have 2 with 10 mins to go it makes sense to shut up shop but we need to be thinking 3 goals and a clean sheet

scoring more is the best protection there is

[Mr Makaveli]

and if Chelsea score ????

we're gonna need 3 goals - if we have 2 with 10 mins to go it makes sense to shut up shop but we need to be thinking 3 goals and a clean sheet

scoring more is the best protection there is

 

this is totally true.. of course you are asking for trouble by sitting on a 2-0 lead especially when a goal from them puts us out... however there is the argument that chelsea dont have what it takes to break down a decent defensive unit. They are great at lobbing the ball up to drogba who can then muscle his way in behind and score.. however if we have our defensive line sit back and protect them with our midfield.. let them start attacking us and then have our lads try and catch them on the break for the 3rd and killer goal.

 

this of course is if we can manage to get a wonderful 2-0 lead on em...

 

 

 

we only need 1 goal to get extra time surely - the point is the game is over 90 mins, and early goal means Chelsea will have to come out and play

which means we can plan on wearing them out and looking to attack again in the final 20 mins when they are exhausted

 

we'll most likely be the tired ones id say... no matter what anyone says... early goals etc etc we have start the game chasing it. That drains you out. the sooner we can get ourselves intot he situation where we are not chasing the better but since they'll be comign here defending, soaking up and then lobbing it up in a counter attack... they'll be in better condition.

[hideNseek]

If we go 2 up is it worth man marking Drogba, say with Sissoko?

[Frosty Jack]

also remember Drogba is one card off missing the final, he might not be throwing his weight around so much out there.