Oh FFS. Mystic! Now you've got me all confused.
Pre match thread: Liverpool - Man City
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Oh FFS. Mystic! Now you've got me all confused.
I preferred Jon-aldinho but whatever
http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=tacticsandanalysis&id=2849
He is actually a bit similar to Zabaleta, will be interesting to see how the left side of the field works out. Flanagan is up against some good players.
There's certainly a part of me that loves the mental attitude of "we'll simply run through them and let them worry about what we're going to do". The other side of me, though, says I like it far more when we've got someone like a Coutinho or Sterling to come off the bench and help us change things up if needed.
We could be all over them in the first 25 minutes, hit the bar twice, both posts and force a number of amazing saves; they get a fluke goal and suddenly needing to find another gear. I wouldn't like to turn to the bench in that scenario and pick between Moses and Allen.
As others have said, Silva is the concern. If Sergio is playing I honestly think he'll be well off the pace of the game and struggle to make an impact. Silva, however, seems to live between the lines against every club on the planet. He's going to cause us a great deal of trouble and I'm not sure Stevie is going to be able to keep track of him all the time.
I really hope that Suarez is central; he needs to be running at Demichelis from every angle imaginable. I don't think he'd like chasing Daniel either but I don't think he's quick enough with his feet to get near Suarez. Fairly sure that Luis has been the subject of several nightmares for him this week and he'll be relieved if he sees the Uruguayan out wide.
We could be all over them in the first 25 minutes, hit the bar twice, both posts and force a number of amazing saves; they get a fluke goal and suddenly needing to find another gear. I wouldn't like to turn to the bench in that scenario and pick between Moses and Allen.
As others have said, Silva is the concern. If Sergio is playing I honestly think he'll be well off the pace of the game and struggle to make an impact. Silva, however, seems to live between the lines against every club on the planet. He's going to cause us a great deal of trouble and I'm not sure Stevie is going to be able to keep track of him all the time.
I really hope that Suarez is central; he needs to be running at Demichelis from every angle imaginable. I don't think he'd like chasing Daniel either but I don't think he's quick enough with his feet to get near Suarez. Fairly sure that Luis has been the subject of several nightmares for him this week and he'll be relieved if he sees the Uruguayan out wide.
Aarrghhh, I was going to mention this as well.
I love Flanagan and have been amazed at how well he's come on this season but he had a torrid time against West Ham last week. The level of opponent is about to go up several degrees and I'm not entirely sure how he's going to cope. I hope Sterling or someone gives him a lot of support.
Don't worry, as every day passes I'm getting less and less confident. At the moment I'm not too confident, by Sunday I'll be shaking in the corner.
3-2 to us or something
Gonna be a nail biter
Lucas to actually score
Gonna be a nail biter
Lucas to actually score
In a nutshell. Ditto. I keep reading articles on every aspect of the game .. and everytime I do I nibble away at my manly finger-nails .. all gone and the match isn't even close yet ..... well 51 hours and 9 mins anyway.
Your post was very credible up until that last line.
I'm backing Flanagan to clatter whoever is on his wing inside 15 mins and basically quieten them for the game
I'd be very worried if it's Flannagan vs Navas.
Would much prefer it if Nasri or especially Milner starts.
Would much prefer it if Nasri or especially Milner starts.
I wonder. Navas is a very dangerous player, right enough, but my bet is Flanno only has to catch him once (easier said than done, admittedly) and he mightn't be so keen to have another go. Milner though, while he isn't as skilful or anywhere near as quick, can take care of himself.
Well then he makes sure he breaks his leg while walking off the pitch.
He has to ensure he stays the right side of the laws. It's quite possible to tackle like an earth remover but do so fairly, and the lad's been doing just that pretty well so far.
Yep - I'll go along with that regarding Milner. If Nasri starts that might be interesting. If he gets 'Flannoed' early - I bet he'll bitch out big time.
Certainly, but he doesn't usually spend much time out wide, and Flanno's growing reputation may persuade him to spend even less.
I have to say I'm worried about Navas or Nasri against Flanagan. Either one of them could give him a torrid time.
In fact I'm worried about their attack full stop. Oh well, let's just try and enjoy it. I think we've got a good chance.
In fact I'm worried about their attack full stop. Oh well, let's just try and enjoy it. I think we've got a good chance.
Me too - It's a nervy one but I'm just going to enjoy it.
Navas would be the greater danger to Flanno IMO. Nasri isn't really a wide player at all - the wing is effectively just his starting position, and I don't expect him and Flanno to be in direct opposition much if he plays. He could certainly cause us trouble but I wouldn't expect him to be doing so out wide.
Yeah, I just mean Nasri is capable of 'owning' Flanagan if he was to come up against him. I don't expect him to though.
Am I the only one who thinks Navas is overrated? Lots of speed but the end product often seems to fail to match up with his pace. Until his recent assist against Southampton, he's actually registered 0 goals and assists in the league since a goal against Cardiff way back in mid January.
Yeah, he's great at dancing along the sideline, and making the FB look silly but it usually ends up without end product.
I think both our fullbacks will be pushed well up to try to nullify their threat down the wings.
I expect to see that combined with Gerrard & Lucas/Allen sitting more than usual. Tbh I haven't even thought any further up the pitch than that.
I expect to see that combined with Gerrard & Lucas/Allen sitting more than usual. Tbh I haven't even thought any further up the pitch than that.
With Navas, though, when a player's that quick there's always a risk involved. I always felt that was at least half the value of Lord Frodsham - opposing teams might not rate him that much, but they couldn't relax against that kind of pace.
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