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ok league stuff over till monday at fulham got a couple of decent resultS , now i want to see liverpool get through in the league cup , its the best time to play chelsea as they are in a bit of a state and dalglish needs to play the strongest team he has to knock them out not only putting liverpool near a wembley cup final but piling on more pressure on chelsea which could also benefit liverpool in the quest for 4th , because chelsea won saturday a win against liverpool could be the boost they need , so take it serious play the strongest team 6 days to recover after it as no game till monday night at fulham and i know some dont care about the carling league cup but it would be a massive forward stride in the progress of the club to win a trophy and its close .


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yes faz. big game indeed

Is there a match on tomorrow?

I agree faz but it seems some on here are convinced the same players that played city cannot play against chelsea and that leaves an almost complete new side which may not do the job

I would definately play the same team that played against chelsea last time out

----------Reina

Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique

----Kuyt Adam Lucas Maxi

-------Bellamy Suarez

It may be crazy playing them again so soon but I feel Carroll and co cannot damage chelsea. Bellamy is fresh, Maxi is fresh and so is Carroll if he thinks hes up for it but besides that I don't see other players that can do the job from our reserve side.

I think we should go for this,send out the same team that played chelsea last week if poss,its a good time to play them theres some doubt around them at the minit so lets go get them!

We r lucky the cup match followed the premiership match and not the other way around- with the rest after the 2nd match the players can go all out in the cup match. I don't think we necessarily to change all 11 players from the fitness perspective.

Clever substitutions could get us through.
Definately has to start maxi though. Let's hope Bellamy is ok to go on the field tuesday. Suarez loves to play. And he could do it too, but of course the risk is an injury so I say start suarez on the bench. He can keep KUYT company lol.

Then you have the central defence, agger wont want to go on the bench this must be his longest run in the team and i thikn skrtyl is a trojan too. Bit risky to start carragher he would be good back up on the bench if there is an injury

Just to freshen the defence up I d rest G Johnson.

So a lot would depend on bellamy I am afraid. Can't rely on carrol to win a match alone for us when he can't even stand up without aid.

If we win this match the negative nancies and pessamistic pansies will have been proven wrong since effectily we beat man city yesterday but for DIRK KUYT! Only joking I like dirk really

Pessimistic pansies - I like that!

I agree that we really need to take this match seriously. Am I right in thinking that this match doesn't go to a replay in the event of a draw, but to extra time and penalties?

We've won our last two matches at the Bridge and to be honest, my gut is telling me that on a law of averages we're not gonna get a hattrick of wins there, but that's just going on that basis. Aside from that, we're obviously capable of winning there, as we've already shown.

I think Carroll and Bellamy (if up to it) should start this one. If Suarez is retained, then he and Carroll could start up front with Bellamy on the wing, and one of Downing or Henderson on the other wing. I'd keep Lucas and Adam in the centre, and also keep the defence the same as the previous game. Tempted to say put Kelly in for Johnson just for fresh legs, but Johnson is on good form so I'd like to see him stay in the team for this one. We really need to go all out for this game.

Just as I posted that, I remembered Maxi. Would be very harsh not to start him in this one. I just wonder if we might see Suarez rested from the start. Maxi on the left with Carroll & Bellamy up front? I don't think that's a forward combo that's been tried yet. I don't think Downing has been started on the right of midfield for us either - where he played very often for Villa.

A good few different options open for Kenny for this one. I think the deciding factor will be how fresh/tired certain players are. Some players have played almost every game for us this season, and will only 2 days in between the last game, it might take it's toll.

Your right there Lenno, only FA cups are replayed when drawn

For me we should take every game seriously, we are not in Europe this season and should be giving everything for every game without too much rotation, certainly in this early stage of the season.
It [oops] me off the prior to the City game when people were suggesting we should prioritise one game over the other, f*** that, get on the pitch and do your stuff week in week out! I hate losing!