Liverpool vs Aston Villa pre-match thread.

[Woody17]

I’m out all day Saturday but was planning to get back for the kick-off but not sure I want to watch what I think will be a very painful 90 minutes. Prove me wrong Villa, please.

[Risso]

Think I'd try:

                 Martinez
Cash (if fit) Konsa Torres Digne
Rogers Onana Kamara Ramsey
       Tielemans
              Watkins

Tielemans dropping into a midfield three when we're out of possession, and getting forward to support Watkins when we're attacking.

[Richard]

Think I'd try:

                 Martinez
Cash (if fit) Konsa Torres Digne
Rogers Onana Kamara Ramsey
       Tielemans
              Watkins

Tielemans dropping into a midfield three when we're out of possession, and getting forward to support Watkins when we're attacking.

This for me too.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Cash out till 23/11 a/c epl injury table

[Baldy]

Think I'd try:

                 Martinez
Cash (if fit) Konsa Torres Digne
Rogers Onana Kamara Ramsey
       Tielemans
              Watkins

Tielemans dropping into a midfield three when we're out of possession, and getting forward to support Watkins when we're attacking.

This for me too.

I like it. From the Brighton game referred to above the only changes would be:

Rogers for McGinn
Onana for Luiz
Ramsey for Zanioli
Tielemans for Diaby

With a stronger bench.

[Sexual Ealing]

I just looked at our starting eleven against Brighton about 13 months ago when we were at the height of our powers. We beat them 6-1.

From our starting eleven we have lost Luiz, Diaby and Zanioli. We now have Rogers, Onana, Maatsen as extra players, a fit Mings and Bailey and a much improved Tielemans and Duran.

I believe we now have a stronger squad and am also at a loss as to our current form. I can only put it down to Unai is currently trying to find his strongest starting eleven, experimenting, trial and error, new formations, style of play etc and our players need time to adapt accordingly.

I do believe that come January, Unai will achieve his aims and we will go on a Man City style run (they are normally brilliant from January til May).

In the meantime, we just have to be patient.

Liverpool 3 - Villa 0

I just can't see any reason for such a downturn in form. We've got largely the same nucleus of core players, and we spent a fortune in the summer. I can't see that the players are being asked to do anything different than the way we've always played.

It's quite simply the fact I'd just accepted that we are actually really good and we're here to stay at football's top table, so of course such hubris needs to be stamped out by the football gods.

Here, have 3 increasingly dispiriting deafeats inside a week mortal fool.

Well you've fucked us there Lee.

[Nunkin1965]

Am off to Dublin for the weekend so will get to see the game in different surroundings!
Any recommendations as to where to watch it?

[Clampy]

Am off to Dublin for the weekend so will get to see the game in different surroundings!
Any recommendations as to where to watch it?

The Dublin Lions watch the games in a pub called The Wool Shed. I've not been in there. They moved from Buskers on the Ball (a sports bar/pool type place) which you could also try.

[VillaTim]

------- Martinez --------
Cash Konsa Mings Digne
--- Onana - Tielemans --
Ramsey ------------ mcGinn
-- Rogers --- Watkins ----

[Nunkin1965]

Am off to Dublin for the weekend so will get to see the game in different surroundings!
Any recommendations as to where to watch it?

The Dublin Lions watch the games in a pub called The Wool Shed. I've not been in there. They moved from Buskers on the Ball (a sports bar/pool type place) which you could also try.

Great stuff Clampy.
Much appreciated and will report back if we make it to either venue.

[Reuben]

Liverpool were 12/25 to win as the game was ending last night... was tempted to put big money on that as the result seems inevitable to me.  I'm still hoping the 'you never know with this team' mindset continues for a while but we're resorting to old, pre-Emery habits recently.....conceding late goals, lapse to collapse, and now failing to respond when going behind.

Maybe Ned can be introduced and be our Andy Comyn, although I have no idea who the Liverpool John Barnes is these days

[VillaTim]

4/9 now still pretty decent

[Ads]

Martinez

Konsa
Torres
Carlos
Digne


Rogers
Kamara
Onana
Ramsey

Tielemans
Watkins

[langleylions]

Liverpool were 12/25 to win as the game was ending last night... was tempted to put big money on that as the result seems inevitable to me.  I'm still hoping the 'you never know with this team' mindset continues for a while but we're resorting to old, pre-Emery habits recently.....conceding late goals, lapse to collapse, and now failing to respond when going behind.

Maybe Ned can be introduced and be our Andy Comyn, although I have no idea who the Liverpool John Barnes is these days

You leave andy alone....played with him at alvechurch . He signed 2 days b4 that liverpool game and i know for a fact he was shitting himself to go from playing in front of 100 to 43, 000 !!

[PaulWinch again]

Think I'd try:

                 Martinez
Cash (if fit) Konsa Torres Digne
Rogers Onana Kamara Ramsey
       Tielemans
              Watkins

Tielemans dropping into a midfield three when we're out of possession, and getting forward to support Watkins when we're attacking.

Yep works for me.