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[tubby]

We must beat them to get confidence. Im sure were playing Man Utd after that and then Chelsea.

[2520years]

Looks like Nando and Cisse have slight injuries from international duty.  Crouch is just coming back from injury, as are FSP and Mellor.

What is it about our strikers that makes them ALL get injured?  It was the same last season.

[stoney]

I say 2-0 LFC, crouchy to get a goal.

[skipper]

We must beat them to get confidence. Im sure were playing Man Utd after that and then Chelsea.

Yes.

An away win at Tottenham would boost the team's (and hopefully the strikers') confidence.

We'll need it against teams like Man U and Chelsea.

[zarababe]

Cisse doubtful for France aganist the republic .. tgwisted ankle.. hopefully he can recover for Sat .. Mmorientes out too

[A.B.]

I rather Cisse be doubted for France then for us against Tottenham, we'll see what happens.

[XSD]

I think we are going to see a squad rotation either Saturday or the following Tuesday. Tottenham, Betis and Manchester in a short period of time..

[hobbes]

play a 3-4-1-2 formation which will be a knock -out

[The_Rock]

so moro won't play.... so whatcha think rafa will play. me think cisse will play as crouch just recovered from injury.

                        Reina
     Finnan   Carra    Hyppia   Warnock
                       Alonso
       Garcia      Sissoko      Risse (hopefully)
                      Gerrard
                        Cisse

Should be a win for us 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I would play:

               Reina

Finnan Hyypia Carragher Warnock

          Alonso Hamann

   Zenden   Garcia   Riise

               Crouch

Subs

Cisse
Pongolle
Gerrard
Troare
Carson

I think Rafa will play:

                Reina

Finnan Hyypia Carragher Warnock

          Alonso Sissoko

   Garcia   Gerrard   Zenden

               Crouch

Subs

Cisse
Pongolle
Hamann
Riise
Carson

[liverpoolrich]

i would play

reina

finnan
carra
hyypia
risse

garcia
gerrard
alonso
zenden

cisse
crouch

[Red Rafa Revolution]

it will be a tight game. spurs has improves much over the summer but i still see us overcoming them 1-2 liverpool

[Ace Ventura]

I would play:

               Reina

Finnan Hyypia Carragher Warnock

          Alonso Hamann

   Zenden   Garcia   Riise

               Crouch

Subs

Cisse
Pongolle
Gerrard
Troare
Carson

I think Rafa will play:

                Reina

Finnan Hyypia Carragher Warnock

          Alonso Sissoko

   Garcia   Gerrard   Zenden

               Crouch

Subs

Cisse
Pongolle
Hamann
Riise
Carson

Its a good point about having Gerrard sub, although most might disagree he looks absolutely shattered and in the 2 Englang games he should of been subbed at halftime.
I hope he is sub, and Rafa brings him on last half hour.
He needs to regain his fitness slowly.

[The_Rock]

yeah.......it looks like gerrard has to be given a few games to come back into form.....focking sven. How can let a player who just came back from injury play over 150 mins (for 2 games within 4 days)......

yeah, i think we should take it easy with gerrard...don't want any more injuries....

[Cool Hand Luke]

I did think that Gerrard looked fucked during the England game, and with only 2 days in between, maybe it would be wise to use some of the players that weren’t over used in the internationals.

Hamann and Zenden didn’t link up with Germany and Holland, so I would include both in the starting line up. I think Cisse, Pongolle and Gerrard would be rarely useful as impact players during the second half.

I know in an ideal world we would put our strongest team out every game, but we don’t live in an ideal world. Even Chelsea are into the whole squad rotation thing, Mournhio realised that his players ran out of steam towards the end of last season and their performance levels dropped.

So during the course of the season lets make use of all the players we have, after all isn’t that one of the reasons for having a strong squad. It is a fine balancing act between resting players and not weakening your team too much, but that’s what the boss gets paid for.