i agree 100% with this
I like the look of this one! It will give us two different brands of football, two different styles and that is exactly what I like in a game.
Birmingham have picked up a little and will fancy this. We know they are going to come turn in a high-energy performance and make life hard for anyone at St Andrews.
Liverpool so far have taken a more cautious approach, shall we say, which I have to admit I find completely baffling.
I said last week before the United game that I couldn't work out what Rafa Benitez was trying to do, and the 0-0 draw has made it even harder to work out.
I really did think they would be more aggressive, being at Anfield, but that didn't happen and it has led to a debate as to whether or not the Premiership is boring.
Is it heck! Serie A and even La Liga have plenty of tactical stalemates regularly and I still maintain we have the most entertaining league in the world.
But I have to admit, Rafa is not helping the public perception with the way he approaches games. Yes United are a top side and for many teams a point against them would be a reason to celebrate, but this was Liverpool, the European champions, playing at Anfield!
In the end, the game was there to be won and instead they were more concerned with being organised and hard to break down. And I do think that is having an effect on the players. It's almost as if they don't know when to attack and when to sit back.
It is no surprise they are struggling for goals. One up front is OK providing he gets the right support, but goalscoring is a service industry and if you don't make chances, if you don't get crosses in, you don't score goals. That is Liverpool to a tee at the moment.
I love the tactical side of the Premiership as much as anyone, but I hope at St Andrews Liverpool come out with a gameplan and for once on a Saturday evening we aren't sitting there scratching our heads at just what Rafa is trying to achieve.