lio wrote:Just released from .tv :
Dirk Kuyt and Andriy Voronin will lead Liverpool's attack against Besiktas in Istanbul this evening.
Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso makes the bench after returning from a five-week lay off.
The team in full is: Reina, Finnan, Riise, Hyypia, Carragher, Mascherano, Gerrard, Pennant, Babel, Kuyt, Voronin.
Subs: Itandje, Hobbs, Alonso, Sissoko, Lucas, Benayoun, Crouch.
A couple of first impressions of that line-up:
1) Crouch certainly does seem surplus to requirements at this point. At best, he is fourth-choice striker by some distance (as in, will only get a look in for the domestic cup matches, all else being equal)
2) Only two selection changes from the derby (Pennant and Babel in, Sissoko and Benayoun out). Interestingly, that's one more change than Arsenal made (Walcott in, Eduardo out), but it's two less than Man U made (Vidic, Ronaldo, Fletcher and O'Shea in, Pique, Nani, Scholes and Evra out) between Saturday and last night. Just to get that on record.
