23 Oct 2016 00:42:39
I'm at my brother-in-law's wedding tomorrow so I won't be able to see the game live, but will be checking regularly to see how we are getting on. Have to say I am hugely confident of another comfortable win. I really hope we go with Dembele and Griffiths up front because their defence will have no answer to them: Sinclair and Forrest/ Roberts (I'd go with Roberts personally) and I hope Brown and either Rogic or Armstrong in centre midfield. The defence more or less picks itself apart from the centre back pairing, but I think any two of the three that are likely to be chosen will handle anything thrown at them (which I doubt will be much! ) . As is so often the case in these games, I think their only danger men are the officials. Here's hoping they don't do too much that so blatantly cheating, and I think we are home and hosed. Good luck buoys.
23 Oct 2016 08:09:37
Would be hugely surprised if BR ever starts a game with 2 upfront I think in all the years he's been a manager he could count on his hands the amount of times he's played 2 up top.
{Ed001's Note - 13/14 season, most of the games Liverpool played Sturridge and Suarez up front. At least 20 games from what I can remember.}
23 Oct 2016 09:35:47
Your right Ed and that was the season he nearly won the league. BR wrote something about not having the physical players to play a 4-4-2? What difference does that make? I wouldn't have thought Suarez and Sturrage are too physical so is he talking about midfield?
{Ed001's Note - he means the whole team, they have to be in the face of the opposition chasing around putting them under pressure. If they are not physically capable of that, then the team suffers. Look at Leicester, losing Kante alone has weakened their team to a massive extent.}
23 Oct 2016 11:35:48
Cheers ed I always thought BR favoured playing with the lone striker! Shows you what I know! Either way we have 2 very good strikers capable of playing the lone striker.
{Ed001's Note - he does prefer one up front, but he is not averse to playing 2 when it suits the team.}