thats ok then. 🙂
Man UTD (0) Vs Liverpool (2) EL Ro16 2nd Leg Pre Match Thread
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Up stepeth Brad Smith..
Moreno pulled his Hamstring
Moreno pulled his Hamstring
He was great in the first leg, but I'm not sure this is an altogether bad thing. Smith needs to perform though. There's always Milner aswell.
Flanagan would of been ideal..
Grrr..
Though Smith has performed well when called upon, so he is worth a shout..
Grrr..
Though Smith has performed well when called upon, so he is worth a shout..
He'd been injured for like 18 months, it wasn't that unreasonable that we left him out. We had Gomez when we picked the squad.
They'll be starting 11 of them.
I knows this.
Hope not
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with using Smith for this game at LB. He's done well when played this season, but this is a big, big game. Like Moreno, he's really attack-minded but not that sound defensively; I think Van Gaal and their right mid / wing back will target him once they see him on the pitch. The alternative I suppose is to play someone like Milner or Ibe out of position. I don't think either of them is a lesser defensive player than Smith, and as the general consensus right now seems to be that one or both will be on the bench, putting one of them at LB feels okay as it isn't weakening a spot to strength another.
Between Milner and Ibe, I favour the idea of using the latter - he seems to be really short of confidence this season, so maybe playing him further back (like Rodgers did when bringing him through) will take some attacking pressure off him, while giving him more space ahead of him to start his attacking runs. When his mind's switched on and he doesn't look like he's feeling sorry for himself, he's an able defender out wide and offers pace, mobility as well as physical strength. Could help to rebuild his confidence while offering us a more experienced (relative to Smith) player on the pitch. Besides, I'm not averse to Milner starting in Coutinho's place as the left AM.
I think Klopp will probably go with Smith though.
The advantage of having Clyne though is that he can play both sides, so we could swap him if needs be. I think Milner would be a safer bet at fullback, personally.
Good point Clyne looked fine on the left, Milner does seem the safe bet though.
We've had Lallana at left back too havent we?
Swapping Clyne to accommodate Ibe as a stand-in RB will be too Benitezy I think. If Ibe isn't as good a LB stand-in as a RB one, then I think we should just stick with Smith with Milner protecting ahead of him, or Milner with Coutinho.
Yeah, it's a bit more of a waste though putting Lallana back there, he seems to be linking well with Firmino.
True, some of his play in the last game nearly had me out of my seat.
As long as it isn't a CB at full back. I remember one game Rodgers started with four CBs and we were horribly shite
Stephen Hawking at left back shouldn't make much difference.
In fact, as a general rule, I reckon we could swap Mignolet and Moreno without much impact.
In fact, as a general rule, I reckon we could swap Mignolet and Moreno without much impact.
I wouldn't put Milner at full back personally as he's too slow and Utd have plenty of pace out wide with Depay , Lingard and Martial. I'd put Smith in.
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