Liverpool FC Forum

[Fowler_E7]

You know us playing games this early could work out well for us, and I say that because if we play games then we won't be as rusty when the Premiership starts, but then again it can also have a negative effect.....

It could work either way, but traditionally it has a detrimental effect on the team. For example if you look at teams that have entered the intertoto cup in previous years, they benefit at first from playing competetive games early, and have a good start to the league, but later in the season they tire and fade away, this happened to Fulham and West ham a few years ago if i remember correctly. Im not saying this will be the case with us but starting the season early could prove costly in future but we'll have to wait and see.

You obviously posted while i was still typing,

great minds...

ha ha beat ya to it

[jymbojetset]

Seem to be repeating what others are thinking.

[A.B.]

We need to use some of our reserves and youngsters for certain games, such as in the Carling Cup again along with that one game for the Super Cup.

[JC_81]

We need to use some of our reserves and youngsters for certain games, such as in the Carling Cup again along with that one game for the Super Cup.

For the carling cup yeah.

Not for the super cup though.  Either we pull out of it or play our best team.  Putting a lot of youngsters in in this game and then getting hu.mped won't do their confidence any good.

I'd pull out of the world club championships too.  There's no prestige attached to it really and its just extra games for the sake of it.  Everyone regards the champions league as the world's premier club competition anyway

[dawson99]

we better get busy in the transfer market i say

[A.B.]

The Liverpool Echo reports that we'll sign our players by the 25th of this month in order to start the pre-season,etc....

[dawson99]

lol..rumour thread overdrive? according to geordie press the cheatski are gonna buy SWP, dunno, all madness, cant weait for the season already tho

[115-1073096938]

City don't get the extra place.

We need to make the correct signings pretty quickly i would think. 30 odd days till our first game of the season.

[Fowler_E7]

City don't get the extra place.

We need to make the correct signings pretty quickly i would think. 30 odd days till our first game of the season.

This whole situation is a real spanner in the works, all our preparations for the new season will probably have to brought forward for the team to be ready in time, Rafa probably wasnt expecting a competetive game till august but now we start a month earlier than expeced! Hopefully we will be able to finalise some transfers soon to bolster the squad, coz we are in for a long hard season.

[Adebisi]

Hopefully these extra games wont jade us too much later in the season, we have a bigger and better squad that West Ham and Fulham did during their Inter toto seasons so hopefully it wont effect us as much as it did them

But if we go far in all cup competitions we could be playing a record amount of games, 60+ I calculate, a lorra lorra games!!

EPL - 38
Champ League - 15?
FA Cup - 4?
League Cup - 5?
Euro Cup - 1
World Cup - 2

[xd3vilx]

Nah Those Two Round Extra Is Just Some Game Again Some Crappo...Hope Third Round We Would Meet Everton And Kik Their A@@ Out...

[laza]

How much of detrimental effect these early games will really depend on who we draw and how well we do at home against them
Play some team that we have to travel to far flung regions of some country with stan at the end of its name after only beating them one nil at home will make it tougher.
Drawing someone close by who we smack 3 or 4 past in first leg at Anfield and it wont be such a problem

[xd3vilx]

If We Draw Again A Weak Team...What are the ticket prices gonna be for the qualifier home legs? Can't see them charging more than a few dollar else the stadium is gonna be empty

[Ace Ventura]

You know us playing games this early could work out well for us, and I say that because if we play games then we won't be as rusty when the Premiership starts, but then again it can also have a negative effect.....

It SHOULD mean we start the league season in fine form cos the players will have a better level of fitness and new signings will have slotted in.
Its a few months in that problems might arise, as at present our squad isn't anywhere near strong enough to mount a title challenge. Lets hope some quality reinforcements are brought in quickly.

[xd3vilx]

I Found A List Of Team We Might Be Playing In The First Round...

1st Qualifying Round (24 teams) 

Seeded teams                   coef.              Unseeded teams                 coef.
------------------------ --- -------              ------------------------ --- -------
Liverpool (TH)           Eng 115.864              Rabotnicki Skopje        Mac   1.484
Anorthosis Famagusta     Cyp   4.694              Dinamo Minsk             Bls   1.347
Nova Gorica              Slo   4.189              Sliema Wanderers         Mlt   0.989
Dinamo Tbilisi           Geo   4.034              Pyunik Yerevan           Arm   0.989
CL                       Svk   3.849 -  4.849     SK Tirana                Alb   0.879
Haka Valkeakoski         Fin   3.158              Levadia Tallinn          Est   0.824
FH Hafnarfjardar         Isl   2.594              Glentoran                Nir   0.714
Shelbourne               Irl   2.374              Llansantffraid           Wal   0.604
Zrinjski Mostar          Bos   2.364              F91 Dudelange            Lux   0.549
Skonto Riga              Lat   2.199              CL                       Azb   0.439
Sheriff Tiraspol         Mol   2.089              HB Torshavn              Far   0.329
FBK Kaunas               Lit   1.759              Kairat Almaty            Kaz   0.220