Marseille vs liverpool - Must be positive
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:11 pmjust though i would air a few thought about the upcoming game against marseille on thursday. everyone knows that it will be a very difficult game after the disappointment of the first leg but i still feel we can progress. we have to score and i'm confident we will. i'm just not confident that we will keep a clean sheet despite two in a row against bottom three sides.
saw marseille get beaten 4-3 at the weekend in their domestic league against rennes. you can't read anything into this though as they got thumped 4-1 in their last match before the first leg. they're nothing special and i fully expect them to attack us from the off. this will suit us because the players we have are ideally suited to playing away from home. their danger man drogba is a doubt for the game but my guess is that they'll risk him whatever. their main playmaker mido is also back.
for us riise is the only major doubt for the game. if finnan is not fit then i can see houllier putting biscan to right back and carra at left back. i also think he'll play heskey (even though he's hardly a scoring threat). i just hope that we are positive and look for a goal early. it's the sort of game where you expect didi hamann to excel because we are going to have to soak up a lot of pressure.
i wouldn't be surprised if the match went to extra time and we nicked it 2-1. just think, we could be playing inter next. that would be like one of the european nights of old!
saw marseille get beaten 4-3 at the weekend in their domestic league against rennes. you can't read anything into this though as they got thumped 4-1 in their last match before the first leg. they're nothing special and i fully expect them to attack us from the off. this will suit us because the players we have are ideally suited to playing away from home. their danger man drogba is a doubt for the game but my guess is that they'll risk him whatever. their main playmaker mido is also back.
for us riise is the only major doubt for the game. if finnan is not fit then i can see houllier putting biscan to right back and carra at left back. i also think he'll play heskey (even though he's hardly a scoring threat). i just hope that we are positive and look for a goal early. it's the sort of game where you expect didi hamann to excel because we are going to have to soak up a lot of pressure.
i wouldn't be surprised if the match went to extra time and we nicked it 2-1. just think, we could be playing inter next. that would be like one of the european nights of old!
