17th march .. home to braga

[Red Yoda]

.................................................reina

 

carragher................skrtel.....................soto..................johnson

 

.................................................lucas

 

kuyt.......................................meireles................................maxi

 

.............................carroll.............................n'gog

 

bench :

 

gulasci....wilson....poulsen....spearing....cole....jovanovic....pacheco

 

injured or unavailable :

 

kelly....agger....aurelio....gerrard....saurez

 

i think there are a cpl of choices in the line up for the 17th ..........

 

 

four at the back or play wing backs ..... with kelly and aurelio not being available i think we will go with four at the back ... but to be honest i think it will end up being more of a three .. carragher ... soto .... skrtel , i think johnson will dive forward at every opportunityto try a give us width down the right or left whichever side he is deployed on , with carragher generally staying back .

 

the midfield / forward question........... lucas....meireles....kuyt are def starters , its which other three start with them......... personally i'd go with

 

maxi ..... who has been more consistent the cole in the final third ,

 

carroll ...... i know hes short of match fitness and we may only get 60 mins at most , but his presence will be imense and could make such a massive difference

 

n'gog ..... i know he hasnt started much recently but with at least two goals being required i think the added body up front will help .

[CarraLegend]

Wouldnt start Ngog.

 

Should be Carra, Soto, Agger (if he fancies it, Skrtel if not), Johnson, Maxi/Cole, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi/Cole, Dirk, Carroll.

 

The Greek and Carroll to score 2 each.

[Epic Swindle]

Reina

Carra Skrtel Greek Johnson

Maxi Lucas Merieles Cole

Carroll Kuyt

[Red Yoda]

Wouldnt start Ngog.

 

Should be Carra, Soto, Agger (if he fancies it, Skrtel if not), Johnson, Maxi/Cole, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi/Cole, Dirk, Carroll.

 

The Greek and Carroll to score 2 each.

 

 

i agree that soto and carroll could score on the night , the heading ability from set pieces will be massive

[Sion]

plenty of seats left

 

Our fans are glory hunting knobs

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Cole should be at home watching it on telly

[Malcolm Bliss]

I guess I can assume UEFA did nowt with Kaka and his elbow to Carroll.

[richwilks]

.................................................reina

 

carragher................skrtel.....................soto..................johnson

 

.................................................lucas

 

kuyt.......................................meireles................................maxi

 

.............................carroll.............................n'gog

 

Kuyt up front instead of N'gog, Maxi on the right, Pacheco on the left.

 

Destroy them.

[johngibo YPC]

Kuyt up front instead of N'gog, Maxi on the right, Pacheco on the left.

 

Destroy them.

 

If Pacheco couldn't get on last time he's not starting this time

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

If Pacheco couldn't get on last time he's not starting this time

 

I fear he's been over-hyped by the internets.

[johngibo YPC]

I fear he's been over-hyped by the internets.

 

Maybe. I just think modern football is more and more like a game of chess, and he's not a very good chess player

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

Maybe. I just think modern football is more and more like a game of chess, and he's not a very good chess player

 

 

Unless he's a smart ass pawn.

[johngibo YPC]

Unless he's a smart ass pawn.

 

The King stay The King!

[richwilks]

I fear he's been over-hyped by the internets.

 

He's a very good player and will be ideal for this kind of game when we are playing against a team who will sit back. He's very good at picking up pockets of space and playing the killer ball which we will need in this game and I don't think we have another player available able to do that.

[Damian_de]

He's a very good player

how do you know that, really?

[Molby]

he's been treated like a dog

[Conrad]

Kuyt up front instead of N'gog, Maxi on the right, Pacheco on the left.

Destroy them.

 

Not again. Kenny's more likely to play

[fred milne]

how do you know that, really?

From the admittedly brief cameos from him I saw in Rafa's final season, he looked a very bright prospect. I understand he also did well representing his country last summer,.

 

If it were up to me and the choice was between him or Cole for LM in a tie like this at home, I'd go with Pacheco.

[Nate.]

We need to start Carroll.

[Damian_de]

From the admittedly brief cameos from him I saw in Rafa's final season, he looked a very bright prospect. I understand he also did well representing his country last summer,.

 

If it were up to me and the choice was between him or Cole for LM in a tie like this at home, I'd go with Pacheco.

He's not a very good player though, is he? he's a prospect who's not getting a chance at first team level - for some reason.

[BDB]

1pm Kick off on the west coast on St. Patrick's Day doesn't help me at all.

Silly Daylight Savings time.

 

1. Long lunch from 1-3pm.. Doubt I'm coming back from that.

2. Bar will be jammed with people drinking green beer and irish coffees.

 

They had already started last thursday making the whipped cream for the irish coffees.

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

1pm Kick off on the west coast on St. Patrick's Day doesn't help me at all.

Silly Daylight Savings time.

 

1. Long lunch from 1-3pm.. Doubt I'm coming back from that.

2. Bar will be jammed with people drinking green beer and irish coffees.

 

They had already started last thursday making the whipped cream for the irish coffees.

 

No Guinness with the shamrock then?

[BDB]

And even worse - March Madness starts. So it'll be all basketball all the time in bars.

[John am Rhein]

And even worse - March Madness starts. So it'll be all basketball all the time in bars.

 

I remember that - the tedious hiatus between (American) Football and Baseball

[Boca]

I remember that - the tedious hiatus between (American) Football and Baseball

 

 

March Madness is great.