The Liverpool FC Thread XIII

Yh but my point was that Spurs haven't had to play without their best striker for half a season and put a 20 year old out of his natural position as a striker and yet only manage 4 more goals than Liverpool. That says a lot about how good Liverpools attack is despite not having a striker who can score which you stated as being the most important aspect of a good attack.

Imagine if we did have a fit and form Sturridge for the whole season...

True although he hasn't been particularly good since returning so in terms of the origin of this discussion - whether United will be playing against a better attack when we play Liverpool compared to when we played Spurs - him being back isn't a big factor.

Tomorrow's game is massive, we really need to win it to stay among the race for top 4. I hope Gerrard isn't redrafted into the team just because he's fit again, if he starts I doubt we'd win.

I watched the United game today and they played very, very well. Tbh Spurs were extra **** today, poor passes and no tactical awareness but credit to United they look like a new team. I don't see them playing this well at Anfield though, I can imagine Fellaini and Rooney (if he plays upfront) causing us problems so they'd have to be marked well.

Well he's been out for half a season so it's not a suprise he's not been good. You never know, he could come out guns blazing against United ,

Besides, the game is at Anfield so all our players will be up for it unlike Spurs. Should be a close game though like the Arsenal vs United FA cup game.

Yeah tbf the possibility of him tearing Smalling and Jones apart a la Torres vs Vidic is always there

Naa, BaloGOATelli to come on and run riot .

To be honest, losing at Swansea, or even drawing isn't even that bad as Swansea have proved to be a quality team who are difficult to beat at the Liberty. For example drawing with Swansea and beating United is favourable. It just puts pressure on beating United you'd say.

United still need to show a similar guile over a run of games. Lest we forget, this was the team that in the week lost to Arsenal at home. It's going to be close regardless of tomorrows result.

If Liverpool win tomorrow they will get top 4 though I believe.

To be honest, losing at Swansea, or even drawing isn't even that bad as Swansea have proved to be a quality team who are difficult to beat at the Liberty. For example drawing with Swansea and beating United is favourable. It just puts pressure on beating United you'd say.

United still need to show a similar guile over a run of games. Lest we forget, this was the team that in the week lost to Arsenal at home. It's going to be close regardless of tomorrows result.

If Liverpool win tomorrow they will get top 4 though I believe.

Yeah, apart from Arsenal and Chelsea, tomorrow is our toughest game. Winning tomorrow would be akin to our away win at Soton last year.

haha, that burn. Ouch. Not bad at all

Tbf, generally playing away is tougher than playing at home, Uniteds dire away record yet a good home record highlights this.

True, but it still hurt! WBA away may be a tough game too, though they are already safe so should be ok.

The same would have also applied to Swansea if Shelvey wasn't playing for them, I swear he almost always manages to solely influence our games....

I don't like the idea of Rooney playing up front against us, they're so much better with him as opposed to Radamel.

Rooney usually goes missing when we play Liverpool, especially at Anfield. I'm pretty sure he's never scored a goal there.

If you drop points tomorrow and don't beat us then your season is over.