Salah has a little injury. Keita has apparently impressed most in training in the last few weeks so given the nod over Wijnaldum.
Premier League Gameweek 30+31
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Are Shaqiri and Lallana still injured? Surprised they’re not on the bench!
Why's Salah on the bench?
Robertson, Salah and Wijnaldum have all picked up little niggles in training according to the media over the last couple of weeks and they've missed a few sessions. No need to risk them
Its the last home game of a league winning season?
I also think Liverpool and sides with nothing to play for will use the end of the season as pre season for next season. They cant slack off. They cant have basically 6 months off and straight into next year with not even a pre season to prepare
That's devastating news, my heart bleeds for them.
I imagine that you are pretty heartbroken. Good news is that they should all be back soon
Going to be difficult to knock Chelsea out of the top four. I doubt we are going to win all of the remaining games, which I think is close on to what we are going to need to do.
Chelsea occasionally pull off good results against City, so it is far from a guarantee that they will drop points there.
Chelsea occasionally pull off good results against City, so it is far from a guarantee that they will drop points there.
I think Leicester will get dragged back into the conversation too. They've been on a terrible run, and their fixture list is brutal. They've benefitted so much from not playing European football this year, but the new fixture pile up essentially means they are.
I think our final game of the season will be a winner takes all for top 4. I genuinely don't think we'll drop more than 2 points here on in. Those lower-table away games at this point in the season appear much less daunting when there are no fans allowed in.
Doubt you'll need top 4 tbh. Hoping City's ban is upheld
The campaign will be over in a few weeks, I hope they make it back in time.
Especially Salah, I really like Salah
I like your positivity. I remember you being similarly confident of top 4 last season when i was saying otherwise.
Me too, he's a great player. Good to see that 'Be Kind' has carried over onto RedCafeThe campaign will be over in a few weeks, I hope they make it back in time.
Especially Salah, I really like Salah
We have a fairly easy run-in, to be fair. We only have ourselves to blame if we blow it.
You’ll be cheering them on when we play Chelsea.
It's a Utd forum if you hadn't noticed. How much Utd love is there on YAWN?Me too, he's a great player. Good to see that 'Be Kind' has carried over onto RedCafe
You'll still be fighting for the league title by the time you play Chelsea, so probably not.
Aaannnd the sky sports Liverpool wankfest is back.
True. Chelsea have Watford at home, which won't be easy, Palace away which also won't be easy and Sheff Utd away which definitely won't be easy.
He's also approaching 25..
He's a squad player at best.
I wouldn't have him at United put it that way.
We do but I'd rather have Chelsea's run in +5 points so it's not in our hands to blow.
I think no Gilmour was the biggest problem. For these type of games a DLP is a must.
Not quite right. I remember you saying Spurs had an advantage because they had harder home games then they went and basically dropped points in every one of those games.
Theres no advantage when everyone is shit.
Nice of you to support the side in these tight runs though
Those fixtures are winnable and the other teams have tougher fixtures than us, it's totally not impossible to say at this point.
And beside, if we can't even secure the top 4 given our players are back from injury now and the advantage of fixtures ahead of us compared to the two teams above us then it's simply show that we are not good enough and we truly don't deserve it.
Hope Villa plummet down through the divisions after today’s result. Also Everton will bend over once again this evening.
I feel like that's bad management though if you're unable to secure them permanently in the next season and rely on them too much when they're on loan.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I reckon Everton are going to lose.
Yeah, that's fair that you had to spend that, I understand. My point was more what you've said in your second line about the transfers you actually made. Douglas Luiz does look decent but you're right that you should have spent more of the budget on proven players. You made a similar mistake to Fulham.
Anyway, time to logoff so I can't see the caf laughing at us get beat 5-0.
Has a knock. Robertson does too.
If Everton can't beat Liverpool's under 16 then they have absolutely no chance today
i reckon this will be over by half time
i reckon this will be over by half time
Yeah, you're probably right.
Then again, finishing fifth and/or winning the EL will see us qualify, so we have plenty of options available to us. No excuses.
I'm not expecting much from Everton, but I really hope this isn't the usual Everton capitulation
Come on Everton. The massive slip is still on. City can win it still.
Lot of bench options and that’s even without Shaqiri Lallana and Jones. I think strength in depth will be a key factor for many teams.
Klopp rarely rotates much though. You think he will start now?
I expected Spurs to finish above us you argued otherwise, they did by 5 points. They won 3 of their last 5 at home.
I support the side, i'm just realistic when others seem to think we'll win every game and Chelsea will drop points in every tough game. Bookies give us at best a 40% chance of beating Sheff Utd and Brighton in our next two games.
Sky have blocked pick tv on sky boxes without a card basically the uk channels
Merseyside Derby up next. A near full strength Everton lost to Liverpools school kids in the FA Cup this season so in theory Liverpool should win this game comfortably 3 or 4-0
Yet they probably won't and instead will rely on a late winner via VAR or another goalkeeping error. Time to cut the lawn no way am I watching that..
Yet they probably won't and instead will rely on a late winner via VAR or another goalkeeping error. Time to cut the lawn no way am I watching that..
@SilentWitness what do you think going into this? You’re not bad at home right?