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by **fivecups** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:10 pm

rocky29 wrote:if rafas stays next season he will make lucas captain and kuyt vice captain. And put aquilani at left back?

WUM?
Alter-ego?
Dawson??

by **NANNY RED** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:32 pm

just forgot an all Maxi is not playing on Thursday niether

by **Zidane** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:44 pm

This is going to be a tough game, bit worried about it. Hope the atmosphere is as good as ever.

by **Fauxy** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:11 pm

Since our strikers are out we need a very attack minded setup.

Reina

Johnson Carra Kyrgiakos Agger

Mascherano

Gerrard Aquilani

Benayoun Babel

Pacheco

I will bet any money though that Aquilani doesnt play and Lucas will sit in midfield and be invisible.

by **NANNY RED** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:20 pm

Well while yous are all on here watching streams have a bit of sympathy for me an me nerves at the match , ill be thnking about yehs , :laugh:

oh an on Sunday an all , behave yourselfs now and no arguing Thursday or Sunday ,

Just tuning me vocals ready for the both games :laugh:

by **account deleted by request** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:17 am

I think this will be a game were we may need patience, don't overextend ourselves and make sure we don't conceed an away goal. I think goals will be at a premium and one goal could win it for us. Without Torres we need Gerrard to show like he did against Burnley that he is still a great goalscorer as well as a scorer of great goals.

Reina

Johnson Carra Greek Agger

Benny Masch Aquilani Babel

Gerrard
Kuyt

If Kuyt is not fit I would play Babel up front. 2-0 to us.

by **zarababe** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:03 am

from the times:

Rail (to) Madrid eye-opener for strangers on a train

“Everyone has been sticking together” - Rafael Benítez, April 21, 2010

We shall never forget them — the brave players and coaching staff of Liverpool FC who, in the face of insuperable odds and under threat from a terrifying volcanic ash cloud, nevertheless dug deep, pulled together and managed to travel quite a long way across Europe in a first-class train carriage, with an overnight stop at a five-star hotel in Paris, eventually arriving in Spain merely 36 hours before they were due to play Atlético Madrid in their Europa League semi-final, first leg.

Savour their glory and relive their extraordinary tales of courage with our special, cut-out-’n’-keep commemorative supplement, in which the players from the already legendary “Trek to Madrid” recall that incredible journey.

Ryan Babel: We boarded the train at Runcorn. It was carnage. The conditions were unbelievable. The seats weren’t leather. And the train appeared to have people on it who were nothing to do with the football club. Members of the public, I think they were. Incredible. I remember looking across at Lucas Leiva and you could see his lip going. Utterly shell shocked.

Steven Gerrard: As soon as the train started to move, there was bedlam. You could see people flashing looks at each other, like: “Is this normal?” David Ngog climbed into the overhead luggage rack and lay there, shouting: “Just make it stop!” Javier Mascherano was screaming and threatening to pull the emergency cord. Sammy Lee had to sit on him in the aisle until he calmed down. Rafa Benítez was on a table, shouting, “Don’t panic, don’t panic,” but no one was really listening to him.

Daniel Agger: Jamie Carragher was brilliant. You look to your big men to step up on these occasions and he duly did. He was going up and down, reassuring people, telling them he had been on a train before and it was nothing to worry about, except, possibly, the toilets. He said he had even been on a public bus once, but I don’t think that was strictly true. He was just saying it to get morale up. That’s Carra all over, though. A born leader.

Lucas Leiva: I think the whole situation began to turn around just south of Crewe, with the arrival of the at-seat trolley service of drinks and light refreshments. It kind of settled everyone. I had a packet of Nobby’s Nuts and a really minging blackberry-and-apple Danish in a plastic bag. Glen Johnson said the bloke with the trolley was a dead ringer for Rodney from Only Fools and Horses. No idea what he was talking about, but the English lads seemed to find it funny.

Dirk Kuyt: The Channel Tunnel was a strange one. It was dark. You’d think they’d have put it somewhere with a view. It seems a waste.

Pepe Reina: The Paris hotel was very nice, although I was disappointed that there was no kiwi in the complimentary fruit basket. And only one pillow. I made a note of that on the guest satisfaction survey in my room.

Glen Johnson: The Paris-Bordeaux leg was a bit boring, to be fair, but the atmosphere among the lads was still brilliant. We had come so far and it was beginning to be clear that we really were going to make it, so you could sense a lot of excitement. Just outside Limoges, I asked Sotirios Kyrgiakos if I could have a look at his FHM and he said: “Get your own.” Fantastic. He didn’t even look up. But that’s the kind of banter you get on these Euro trips, when they go well. Love it.

Gerrard: It brought us together, there’s no doubt. There was a new spirit about us — a real feeling that we’d been through something together and come out the other end stronger. And we only lost 1-0, so the score is a reflection of that. Would I do it again? No.

by **stmichael** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:04 pm

what's the yellow card situation? is masch or anybody else one yellow away from suspension?

by **bunglemark2** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:08 pm

Is Wash injured for this one as well ?

by **Roger Red Hat** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:18 pm

he fell off his bike last night and grazed his knee. His mam has put some magic cream on it and a dysney plaster, sent a note in explaining why he wouldn't be available on Thursday. apparently it still stings a bit.

by **bunglemark2** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:53 pm

Lee J wrote:he fell off his bike last night and grazed his knee. His mam has put some magic cream on it and a dysney plaster, sent a note in explaining why he wouldn't be available on Thursday. apparently it still stings a bit.

har-de-har-harrrrr...
I was asking about Wash, not Aquaman

Seriously, what's up with him (eggnog) ?

by **rocky29** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:20 pm

i think we have to attack. Play aquilani from the start.

by **only me** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:44 pm

Play Riera ,let's use him as long as we have him.

by **stmichael** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:42 pm

rocky29 wrote:Play aquilani from the start.

There's a few rumours doing the rounds that he will. The other rumour is that Mascherano will play at right back with Johnson at left back.

Dunno how much notice of take of that at this stage though. Could easily change before kickoff imo.

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:51 pm

My biggest worry is that we usually do better against teams that think they are better than we are, unfortunately I don't believe A.Madrid do think they are better than us. I think they will come hoping to defend their lead more than trying to snatch a goal , which in turn could make things more difficult for us.

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