Liverpool v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread.

[Steve67]

I hope they beat Man City tonight and then have a rest on Sunday by playing a load of kids.  Either than, or they suffer outrageous injuries and sendings off tonight. That said, the way we are playing, without setting all those wonderful traps and being really hard to beat and the fantastic spending we have been involved with, I reckon their kids will beat us.  Hope for the best, expect utter tosh.  This is Villa.

[Gareth]

I would 100% be playing Drinkwater alongside Luiz anchoring midfield for the first hour of the next two games - we have to find a way to get Jack / McGinn etc further up field and none of the other central midfielders have taken their chances

                 Reina
Guilbert Mings Hause Taylor
          Luiz Drinkwater
     McGinn Jack A.N.Other
                Davis

Who would get the other shirt I have no clue - Nakamba / Hourihane / El Ghazi have done barely nothing since restart to deserve to start
Trezeguet / Jota / Lansbury have done little all season to deserve a go

Sure Reina won’t start as Nylands brain fart vs Wolves didn’t cost a goal but his inability to catch is worrying me more
Not sure if Guilbert fit but if he is he’d be busy tracking Robertson :-)
Sure Taylor will give Alexander-Arnold a game :-)

[Goldie.7]

Hause and Taylor will be our defence, yikes!

6-1 pulverising.

[colin69]

I’m just glad we aren’t being given another free day pass by the club.
I’m expecting a good hiding but you never know.

[BoVillan esq]

2-1 Villa, we have to start getting something, somewhere, Bournemouth are away to Man Utd, tough call for them, just when you think it couldn't get more tricky Watford are at Chelsea, fortunately Watford are no West Ham, but the West Ham win will give them renewed hope and a target to aim for, we need to get something from Liverpool. can't let Watford, Bournemouth or West Ham to start pulling away from us now.

[Des Little]

Some people have clearly been allowed in the pub a day early. If we win a corner on Sunday I’ll be pleased, let alone the game.

[Tony Erdington]

The answer is ;
Phone Ross McCormack up and ask him to lock the Doors to our changing rooms with the players in there, and accept a pools panel liverpool 2 = 0 victory.

[olaftab]

It’s not going to be fun😥

[AlexAlexCropley]

Liverpool will be knackered.2-0 us.

[Drummond]

It's their first game back at Klanfield as Champions.  They will win.  I hope I'm wrong.

No, you're right, it is their first game back there.

[Skerra]

Maybe a 3-5-1-1 which would allow for Jack playing just behind Samatta:
                                     Reina

                Gilbert             Mings         Hause


Elmohamady      Luiz        McGinn   Hourihane  El Ghazi

                                      Grealish

                                       Samatta

Something different is worth a try. However, Mane not going to have another stinker and will suddenly find his shooting boots.

[Skerra]

Silly phone has put Ghazi under Elmo. Ghazi should be on the right hand side after El

[eamonn]

Them 1 Us 3

Yep, all day long. Benteke x2 and Weimann.

1-3, Dublin, Hendrie and Vassell. Gerrard sent off for hacking Boateng's leg off. Two days later the twin towers come down.

[Axl Rose]

17-12

[adrenachrome]

On the plus side, Sheffield Utd., Burnley and West Ham all looked sluggish and below par in their earlier games before springing into life.
Back to reality: we will get a severe tonking.