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I agree, but I really don't think that will be the case.

Well, that was what Kenny implied last week when the fixture was moved. It could have been mind-games, but it was certainly out of character.

rumoured team

Reina, Kelly, Carra, Coates, Aurelio, Spearing, Hendo, Maxi, Bellamy, Suarez, Carroll.

We dont have a 2nd string, we are one team, as a whole! More realistically however, I think we will definately see some players that haven't had much game time take to the field tonight. However, I think thats completely normal. The first choice need to rest, they are not robots. Kenny will be going all out for a win and will not just let this game slip by...if we go down, we will go down fighting and I am positive we will be happy with the effort put in by the lads tonight! Perhaps having the likes of Spearing and Coates and co starting is a real blessing as they will probably have more hunger to prove their worth than perhaps some of the players who already showed they can beat Chelsea. I think Chelsea are there for the taking, with a new manager who doesn't yet know much about how the english cups are valued and a Chelsea team which would be destroyed without CL qualification, I cannot see them placing more emphasis on this competition than us! I think Roman Abramovich would have the russian tanks come over if Chelsea didn't make CL. To him, it's all about the money and he knows that the carling cup generates less revenue than the CL. We also know this, however, we are in dire need of a trophy and this could be our greatest chance of winning one this season. A trophy for liverpool would not only help mentally but in a marketing perspective aswell, as it would anounce we are back on the scene. I know perhaps some of you will disagree with my views, but we have to face the fact that this is all one big buiseness and at the moment both clubs will be concentrating on good buiseness sense. Liverpool need a trophy and WE NEED IT SOON! We will take this game very very seriously and as Faz said, if we go down fighting, so be it...but trust me, we will fight till the very end!

I should be a motivational speech writer!

Sorry what did you say,nodded off there

Hahaha i Got a bit carried away...i have a gut feeling about the tie tonight!

I'm not so sure. Coates is the only one amongst the defence I might agree with as second string, but he's an international and the others are proven premiership players. If they're chosen because they're fresh and the judgment is that they'll be more effective than someone who played 2 days ago, then that's not second string.

As for Henderson-Spearing, again based Lucas and Adam might be knackered or unlikely to provide same energy over 90mins.

So i wouldn't say that's not serious. it's a judgement call taking into account information that we won't have.

So are Poulsen and Jovanovic... Sadly "international" carries no weight with me any more, given that I'd take an uncapped youth like Spearing over either of them any day. Obviously Uruguay is a moderately strong footballing nation, having outperformed the other South American nations at both the World Cup and the Copa America, but ultimately it's how a player plays for Liverpool that matters. Coates is not up to speed - I have high hopes for the lad, just not yet.

The thing is that the manager can say anything about his selection ("Players fatigued", "FA devalued the competition") and we have to accept it as true. I'm not saying the players will go out there and play as though they expect to lose, but there is a certain balance to a decent side, a balance without which some may question our motives (regardless of the result - we could beat them on penalties with an inferior side after all, because that's football).

lol, what was I saying?

In fairness I think he was just saying that to make a point. He was furious at the organisers for putting us in the Tuesday slot. He'll be desperate to win this one in reality.