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by ***XABIALONSO*** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:22 am

a 3rd round clash with luton in the fa cup we all know what happened at this stage last yr a one djimi traore who rafa still persists to play scored a great goal dissapointingly in the wrong end

seriously after that embarrasing exit last year and carling cup this year is rafa gonna field a weak tem ie players like potter and whitbread most people know that the race for the premiership is over so liverpool need to win something this season aswell as the champions league by the way does the super cup count as this years honour

my team vs luton

dudek

finna
carragher
hyypia
warnock

pongolle
sissoko
hamman
risse

mellor
crouch

by **red37** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:16 pm

what banana skin

id go with.......................

carson

kromkamp?
carragher
hyypia
warnock

cisse
gerrard
sissoko
kewell

crouch
pongolle/mellor (if fit)?

a strong line-up i think you'll agree. more out of bad memories than anything else!

by **tubby** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:30 am

Id give Crouch a rest on this one and maybe go with Pongolle /Cisse up front. Crouch is obviously Rafas 1st choice striker so id expect him to be rested given that we have some tough games coming up in the next few weeks. To be honest as silly as it may sound the FA cups never really hit my buttons so i wouldnt mind if Rafa put out a kiddies squad.

by **Effes** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:37 am

bavlondon wrote:Id give Crouch a rest on this one and maybe go with Pongolle /Cisse up front. Crouch is obviously Rafas 1st choice striker so id expect him to be rested given that we have some tough games coming up in the next few weeks. To be honest as silly as it may sound the FA cups never really hit my buttons so i wouldnt mind if Rafa put out a kiddies squad.

Dont you like going to Cup Finals?

The weekends we've had in Cardiff have been great, and to get to the first New Wembley final would be sound.
Come on... the FA Cup is still a great cup to win.

I'll be pis.ssed off he plays a "Burnley" squad. I'm hoping Rafa's learnt from last year.

by **dawson99** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:45 am

but we have to play aburnley type squad. All teams have played too much over the mas period, but weve also been to japan and back. i love the fa cup but its lost some ofs its pizazz so in all honesty i dont really care about this cup

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:47 am

I've siad all along that if the FA granted a champions league placing to the winners of the FA Cup instead of the UEFA Cup - teams would take the cup more seriously

by **Judge** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:47 am

why is this thread not done in CAPITALS :veryangry

by **Effes** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:49 am

Disagree.
We dont play for another week after Luton.
Riise, Alonso, Cisse and Garcia are fresh.
The only players needing a rest are Carragher, Hyypia (obviously not at same time) and maybe Gerrard.
Burnley last year made us look foolish as a club.

by **red37** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:52 am

SouthCoastShankly wrote:I've siad all along that if the FA granted a champions league placing to the winners of the FA Cup instead of the UEFA Cup - teams would take the cup more seriously

good point.

imo this competition shouldnt be allowed to sink into the obscurity that the carling and uefa cups now lie in.

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:23 pm

Effes wrote:Disagree.
We dont play for another week after Luton.

What do you mean? We continue our normal schedule, Spurs - 14th, Man U - 22nd

by **Effes** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:49 pm

SouthCoastShankly wrote:
Effes wrote:Disagree.
We dont play for another week after Luton.

What do you mean? We continue our normal schedule, Spurs - 14th, Man U - 22nd

Yeah, 7 free days after Luton we play Spurs.
Plenty of time to rest.

I dont agree with this resting players baloney to the extent at which some believe.
OK, rest a couple from time to time when busy, but we've got Spurs 7 days after Luton and Man U 8 days after that.
Plenty of time to rest.

by **Raoul** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:05 pm

Effes is right. This is a good chance to reward (note, I said 'reward', not 'test') one or two standouts among the youngsters and rest one of two of the 1st XI (if they need it), but it should be a strong team. Luton will be up for it after all.

I'll leave it to others who've seen the reserves play to come up with the right team, but I don't want to see Sissoko and Hamann together in the centre again!

by **mikopool** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:05 pm

by **tubby** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:10 pm

I think 3-0 to Liverpool, not sure what sort of side Rafa will put out as i expect him to be catious of injuring players with too important games against Spurs and Utd which could srop us down into 5th if were not careful.

by **7_Kewell** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:10 am

dunno who i'd play, but i'd give Gerrard/Crouch/Hypia and Kewell a rest.

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