The Liverpool FC Thread XII

i miss crazy legs
that guy won a champions league medal.
just think about that for a second...

as for sakho, if he can replicate anything near his international performances, he could be a rock in our defence that we can build around.

oh definitely; all 3 of those CBs on a bad day can make a terrible mistake.
i'm worried that higher quality teams will start to target Can because of his lack of experience at the back.
plus if we're ever playing markovic as wing back, that means our entire right side consists of players defending in an unnatural position.

surely sturridge won't be seen tomorrow?
even if he is "technically" fit, would you risk him?
you know what chelsea are like - dirty but in a clever way; i wouldn't trust them.

we go in to this game as the underdog.
the expectation is that chelsea will bounce back - they won't want to go out of cups consecutively at home because that would be embarrassing.
the expectation isn't on us; let's just give it a go and see what happens.

i'd stick exactly as we are and go at them like last time.
chelsea will definitely attack us more, but maybe that will free up space in their defence.
either way, it should be interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30991717

FA Cup: BBC to show Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool

With Can it's that lack of experience as a defender - which means he reacts a little slowly but also he's not got the fastest acceleration over the first 3 steps which doesn't help either. Markovic has done surprisingly well at RWB. Worked harder at RWB than a number of others we've tried.

Well I think he's been training for a bit so we'll either see him on the bench against Chelsea or West Ham? I'd be tempted to put him on the bench just to try and worry Chelsea a little? If we get to extra time, he might be perfect for the last 15 mins when everyone else is knackered?

Yea Chelsea will bounce back but equally I don't think we fear them as much after that result?

Realistically we know we need to score either way (whether they score or not) although Chelsea scoring doesn't really change that much for us other than it would end in 90 mins rather than 120 mins.

Michael Oliver I believe is the ref tomorrow rather than Martin Atkinson so maybe he won't be so Chelsea biased?

Crystanbul

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Should be an easy victory for Liverpool tonight. Chelsea's confidence will be very low. Should be a high scoring game, maybe 6-0 to Liverpool?

It's hard to score too many against so many parked buses and planes.

I'd be delighted if we get through to the final - whether we batter you or scrap through by scoring the 20th penalty in a shoot-out

I imagine Mourinho will send his team out to be fired up. If I was a betting man, I'd put some money on someone to get sent off.

Chelsea are less likely to park the bus at home anyway, plus the bus didn't work too well at Anfield - basically Thibaut bailed out the rest of the team. With Chelsea's out of form defence, conceding 4+ should be on the cards, especially if Sturridge is back.