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Watford vs. Liverpool : Saturday 12th August. 12.30 KO

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Frogfish said:
JC. You'd think Mane, Firmino and Salah were incapable of playing without Coutinho.
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Obviously not, but Coutinho would definitely be a great help in unlocking those bus parking defences.
Looking at our pre season games it seemed like Coutinho was behind a lot of the goals we scored.
 
Modo said:
That's a good idea. Risky, but a damn good idea.
I'd rather go with Wijnaldum, Can, Hendo and keep the front 3 as is.
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I don't think that's risky. In fact, I'd argue that more players are in what I consider to be their natural positions that way.

Solanke has been on fire during pre season, & teams always start slowly in their first game of the season traditionally, which means it's the ideal game for a young player to hit the ground running. He'll either blow them away, or he'll simply tread water, but as a fair few other players on both side will be rusty & treading water themselves it's unlikely to knock his confidence.
 
FoxForceFive said:
I don't think that's risky. In fact, I'd argue that more players are in what I consider to be their natural positions that way.

Solanke has been on fire during pre season, & teams always start slowly in their first game of the season traditionally, which means it's the ideal game for a young player to hit the ground running. He'll either blow them away, or he'll simply tread water, but as a fair few other players on both side will be rusty & treading water themselves it's unlikely to knock his confidence.
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Absolutely. After the pre-season he's had Solanke's confidence will be sky high. There's no better game or time for him to make his full debut and hopefully hit the ground running. I'd definitely give him a start moving the flabby melt into his more natural position.
 
Yeah I don't think Coutinho is injured. I think it's a case of his head isn't right at the moment so Klopp won't play him. Sore back my arse.
 
Amended team :

............................ Mignolet

AA ........... Matip .......... Lovren ............ Robertson

............ Henderson ........ Wijnaldum

........................... Firmino

Salah ................. Solanke .............. Mane

Someone else suggested this front 4 today too but I also mentioned it a while back and I can't see a better option. Solanke is clearly good in the box (heading ability and getting off snap shots) so could fit in very well for a match that may see a fair few crosses into the Watford box.
 
With all the shite Coutinho pulled today, I've lost a bit of interest about the game tomorrow.
Hopefully We'll win.
 
Zlate Nikolovski said:
Not much creativity from Midfield. It's solid but won't break down a stubborn team sitting back.
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Plenty of creativity amongst the front three, where it really matters. I'd also expect to see marauding FBs who can actually cross a ball and beat defenders on the wing, in Robertson and AA.
 
Zlate Nikolovski said:
Not much creativity from Midfield. It's solid but won't break down a stubborn team sitting back.
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I don't think Watford will be sitting back in their season opener at home.
I'd start with the more "conservative" front 6 and bring Solanke in as a sub.
 
Ming will start. Klopp confirms he's our nr 1 to start the season. Karius 2, Ward 3.
 
Coutinho can go fuck himself. I'm brimming with all of my usual pre-season confidence. Huge season ahead and it's going to be aces. We're gonna win the league and everything else we enter. And a load of stuff we don't enter just because the organisers are going to see how unstoppable we are. We're gonna conquer the bloody world.
 
leftpeg said:
Coutinho can go fuck himself. I'm brimming with all of my usual pre-season confidence. Huge season ahead and it's going to be aces. We're gonna win the league and everything else we enter. And a load of stuff we don't enter just because the organisers are going to see how unstoppable we are. We're gonna conquer the bloody world.
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Yeah, I'm back in that mode today.
Gonna be ace to see Salah - Firmino - Mané.
Hendo is back. TAA might start. S'all good!
 
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