Liverpool 0:1 Manchester United

DomesticTadpole · Jan 12, 2016

bosnian_red said:
Normally I'd expect us to lose because it's at Anfield and our current form, but Liverpools team is laughably bad, especially with all their injuries. So I'm going to go for a draw. Even all their players who are close to returning or might be back aren't fully match fit and are more just hopes to make it, so I can't see Klopp playing all of them.

Whoever wins here though will be the one to finish above the other (and finish 5th or 6th or whatever, neither will get top 4 unless there's a drastic change, be it new manager or signings). Anyway, prediction is:

De Gea
Darmian Smalling Blind Young
Schneiderlin Carrick
Lingard Herrera Martial
Rooney
Just please no Fellaini is all I ask for.

I just hope Carrick isn't injured or BFS is back or we are screwed as it will be bogbrush in there again. Either that or he will drop Herrera right back and put Mata there. Not sure Mata deserves to be in there.

bosnian_red · Jan 12, 2016

DomesticTadpole said:
I just hope Carrick isn't injured or BFS is back or we are screwed as it will be bogbrush in there again. Either that or he will drop Herrera right back and put Mata there. Not sure Mata deserves to be in there.

Ideally what I would do (if schweiny and carrick are out) is Herrera and Schneiderlin in midfield, and then get Memphis on the left, Martial right, Mata 10 and Rooney up top and then we try and hit them on the break. One thing all Klopp teams are good against is possession oriented sides, especially our current one, and we are useless going forward if we do that. At least if we counter attack, we can focus on defending and then break when we get the chance with actual pace on the wings.

Galactic · Jan 12, 2016

A draw will be fine with me. Same hope/expectation as pre-LVG/Moyes. It's Anfield and it will get extra minutes in their season review DVD.

VorZakone · Jan 12, 2016

NinjaFletch said:
Honestly think we'll get battered

By an injury-riddled Liverpool? Come on.

Feed Me · Jan 12, 2016

Galactic said:
A draw will be fine with me. Same hope/expectation as pre-LVG/Moyes. It's Anfield and it will get extra minutes in their season review DVD.

More dropped points. Falling further behind the fourth position.

NinjaFletch · Jan 12, 2016

VorZakone said:
By an injury-riddled Liverpool? Come on.

The only games they've been anything other than cack in are the big games. And we all know its their cup final.

Gerald G · Jan 12, 2016

De Gea
Darmian-Smalling-Blind-Young
Schneiderlin-Schweinsteiger
Martial-Herrera-Lingard
Rooney

We have got to play on the counter, if not, they will cut through us time and time again.

Moriarty · Jan 12, 2016

Perhaps we'll win.
Hope we play well
I'll take a 0-0 draw.
Let's hope we score.
Or stop them from doing so.
Send high balls to the mop.
Or sideways passes in midfield.
Possession is all important.
However, no matter the result.
You'll be on here screaming for his head afterwards.

Jayvin · Jan 12, 2016

Gerald G said:
De Gea
Darmian-Smalling-Blind-Young
Schneiderlin-Schweinsteiger
Martial-Herrera-Lingard
Rooney

We have got to play on the counter, if not, they will cut through us time and time again.

I'd play nearly the same team but with Mata in for Herrera and Memphis in for Lingard.

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Blind - Young
Schneiderlin - Schweinsteiger
Mata - Rooney - Memphis
Martial

What's the situation with Carrick and Jones? If they are fit I'd put them in too.

#07 · Jan 12, 2016

Just pray. If we get stuffed by the Scouse I may have to just lose myself at the bottom of a bottle of whiskey.

Gerald G · Jan 13, 2016

#07 said:
Just pray. If we get stuffed by the Scouse I may have to just lose myself at the bottom of a bottle of whiskey.

You won't be the only one.

Offside · Jan 13, 2016

Going to be a worse case scenario. We draw so the reaction won't be strong enough for him to leave, but we drop even more points.

AngeloHenriquez · Jan 13, 2016

I think Darmian needs to be dropped as does Fellaini...

Dave
Young Smalling Blind Jackson
Carrick Herrera
Lingard Rooney Pereira
Martial

Offside · Jan 13, 2016

AngeloHenriquez said:
I think Darmian needs to be dropped as does Fellaini...

Dave
Young Smalling Blind Jackson
Carrick Herrera
Lingard Rooney Pereira
Martial

Why on earth would be start Pereira? Honestly.

AngeloHenriquez · Jan 13, 2016

Offside said:
Why on earth would be start Pereira? Honestly.

He wouldn't.. It's my preferred line up, not expected...

VG says Dave, Mike Fellarni and Wayne + 7

Offside · Jan 13, 2016

AngeloHenriquez said:
He wouldn't.. It's my preferred line up, not expected...

VG says Dave, Mike Fellarni and Wayne + 7

I meant to say we. Periera for a big game like that is madness.

Stack · Jan 13, 2016

wonder how many years till we all feel like we have a chance of winning the league during a season

mav_9me · Jan 13, 2016

vibe said:
No way we're getting a result at Anfield, regardless of how dire Pool are.

We just threw away a 2 goal lead against a relegation team that hadn't scored in 4 games.

2-0 would be my call.

Agree.

Green_Red · Jan 13, 2016

0-0 draw written all over it

Red Dreams · Jan 13, 2016

Stack said:
wonder how many years till we all feel like we have a chance of winning the league during a season

we will feel we have a solid chance once van Gaal is gone.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Jan 13, 2016

Schweinsteiger update?

Devil may care · Jan 13, 2016

This is the football equivalent of two fading, punch drunk prize fighters scrapping for leftovers.

Shark · Jan 13, 2016

Compare us now to when we last visited these tossers at Anfield. We looked like we were finally clicking under LVG and dominated them for large parts of the game. What the feck happened?

CM · Jan 13, 2016

Fellaini has to be dropped, he was bloody awful last game. Schneiderlin wasn't much better. There was no control in the midfield at all, Newcastle actually had more possession than us :lol:

Anyone know what's happened to Carrick? I was expecting him to feature in at least one of the last two games but hasn't been in the squad for either. As immobile as he and Schweinsteiger are, we missed the calming presence in the midfield yesterday.

I'm not optimistic of a free scoring United performance but at least if we get the defensive side of things right, it won't be a complete disaster.

Cooksen · Jan 13, 2016

We need to win this game and make a huge statement.

Sultan · Jan 13, 2016

CM10 said:
Fellaini has to be dropped, he was bloody awful last game. Schneiderlin wasn't much better. There was no control in the midfield at all, Newcastle actually had more possession

You hardly needed to be a football genius to work out the midfield pairing was not going to work. A lot of us said commented prior the match last night.

CM · Jan 13, 2016

Sultan said:
You hardly needed to be a football genius to work out the midfield pairing was not going to work. A lot of us said commented prior the match last night.

Of course, Fellaini is always awful in a two. I was more disappointed with Schneiderlin though, he was invisible.

DomesticTadpole · Jan 13, 2016

Jayvin said:
I'd play nearly the same team but with Mata in for Herrera and Memphis in for Lingard.

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Blind - Young
Schneiderlin - Schweinsteiger
Mata - Rooney - Memphis
Martial

What's the situation with Carrick and Jones? If they are fit I'd put them in too.

So after the pacy football of last night you want to go back to slow boring football?

2 man midfield · Jan 13, 2016

Not been a draw in this fixture for a while. I'll go 1-1.

El Zoido · Jan 13, 2016

I'm dreading this. I think we'll lose. Maybe if we take a beating it'll finally be the end of LVG.

PTSTSL · Jan 13, 2016

I fear for us if we try the possession game here, I recall this high press high energy game they employed against city and see smalling and blind getting caught out by it.

As much as he stunk us out last night Fellani might be the safe (let's not get beat) option up front as a target man to nullify the Liverpool pressing game. Horrible.

Phil · Jan 13, 2016

Feed Me said:
Even if we lose, he stays.

Even if we win, it won't be pretty.

Current United is the definition of purgatory.

Very true

CM · Jan 13, 2016

El Zoido said:
I'm dreading this. I think we'll lose. Maybe if we take a beating it'll finally be the end of LVG.

I don't want LVG to stay beyond the end of the season, but supposing he was sacked now, who would you want? Giggs interim?

marukomu · Jan 13, 2016

I'd actually take a 0-0.

ivaldo · Jan 13, 2016

Confident of at least a point.

KiD MoYeS · Jan 13, 2016

We'll win then go back to being shit the following week.

Fer · Jan 13, 2016

I don't think is going to happen, but I would like to see a 433 formation.

De Gea
Darmian - Smalling - Blind - Young
Carrick
Herrera - Schneiderlin
Martial --- Rooney ---Memphis

vibe · Jan 13, 2016

El Zoido said:
I'm dreading this. I think we'll lose. Maybe if we take a beating it'll finally be the end of LVG.

Rapid-fire losses against Bournemouth, Stoke and Norwich weren't the end of him. Fixtures he should have cruised.

Why would an actually loseable match get him sacked when 3 easy fixture losses didn't?

Van Gaal is staying until the summer. All we have left for this season is to hope for a miracle top 4 finish.

K2K · Jan 13, 2016

We've gone to Anfield with far far better sides and them with quite weak sides and still lost.

Anyone that has seen this fixture over the years know that Liverpool raise their game for us.

They'll be up for it.

.Rossi · Jan 13, 2016

I've this feeling in my gut that LvG will not be at the club after this game.

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