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Jones
Johnson
Skrtel
Agger
Enrique
Lucas
Gerrard
Shelvey
Downing
Borini
Cole
I like this team but will Rodgers go all out and start all the seniors at one go? I think he will mix it up but would love to see that team. Yeah me too. I think Rodgers would be well advised to take no chances with his first competitive game he needs to get off to a flying start...one legged firemen or not!
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Jones
Johnson
Skrtel
Agger
Enrique
Lucas
Gerrard
Shelvey
Downing
Borini
Cole
I like this team but will Rodgers go all out and start all the seniors at one go? I think he will mix it up but would love to see that team. Yeah me too. I think Rodgers would be well advised to take no chances with his first competitive game he needs to get off to a flying start...one legged firemen or not! Do you guys really think that Johnson (0 minutes game time), Gerrard (30 mins), Agger (45 mins) and Lucas (coming back from a massive lay off) are ready to start a competitive game?
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I view this game as still part of pre-season, but one we want to win. So we should be giving our first XI for the start of the season some minutes. If most of our best XI don't start, we can only get 3 of them on later in the game for match fitness. So yeah, I'd go for strongest team possible.
They won't be at full fitness, but then nobody is. If they don't play, then we'll be in the same situation for the next game, where you'll be saying Johnson has 0 mins, Gerrard 30 etc. And then the next game and the next.
Of our best XI, everyone needs to be getting some minutes in every game from now until the start of the season imo. How can they do that woith a 3 sub limit unless at least 8 of them start?
It's actually an important match and you don't want to be fielding too many players who aren't ready to play 90 mins. With Agger, Gerrard, Lucas and Johnson you're talking about 4 very important players who all are somewhat dodgy fitness-wise. Would not be a good idea to rush them back. Maybe one of them will start, with the other three to be hopefully introduced as subs. Then more of them will be fit to start the second leg, and then we've got the friendly against Leverkeusen which the entire first team should be able to start. Obviously we can only speculate as to players' fitness levels but I reckon it'll be to early for most of those four.
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1st Team Squad
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I view this game as still part of pre-season, but one we want to win. So we should be giving our first XI for the start of the season some minutes. If most of our best XI don't start, we can only get 3 of them on later in the game for match fitness. So yeah, I'd go for strongest team possible.
They won't be at full fitness, but then nobody is. If they don't play, then we'll be in the same situation for the next game, where you'll be saying Johnson has 0 mins, Gerrard 30 etc. And then the next game and the next.
Of our best XI, everyone needs to be getting some minutes in every game from now until the start of the season imo. How can they do that woith a 3 sub limit unless at least 8 of them start?
Fully agree Raffa, theye need to get match fit and they won't do it sitting on a bench, anyway they've all had a bit of preseason training so they can handle the rigors of a match against FC Gomel. It's an ideal game for them to get a competitive game under their belts, without too much risk, if we're a couple of goals up at half time possibly bring in one of the fringe players, even a second after 60 nmins. Starting a lot of 2nd string players is a much greater risk imo
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Europa League! how we have missed you and your games in the arse-end of nowhere playing part-time one legged firemen.
YOU, Mr House, have just earned yerself a coconut for making me larf for the first time in a week!!  i think it's my fist coconut from you growler, i shell cherish it. 
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thing about this first proper game a first leg is brendan has to be careful and not leave liverpool too much to do at anfield and not get beat 2-0 or something daft like that an away goal would leave the tie massively in liverpool's favor and make the anfield leg much easier .
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I view this game as still part of pre-season, but one we want to win. So we should be giving our first XI for the start of the season some minutes. If most of our best XI don't start, we can only get 3 of them on later in the game for match fitness. So yeah, I'd go for strongest team possible.
They won't be at full fitness, but then nobody is. If they don't play, then we'll be in the same situation for the next game, where you'll be saying Johnson has 0 mins, Gerrard 30 etc. And then the next game and the next.
Of our best XI, everyone needs to be getting some minutes in every game from now until the start of the season imo. How can they do that woith a 3 sub limit unless at least 8 of them start?
It's actually an important match and you don't want to be fielding too many players who aren't ready to play 90 mins. With Agger, Gerrard, Lucas and Johnson you're talking about 4 very important players who all are somewhat dodgy fitness-wise. Would not be a good idea to rush them back. Maybe one of them will start, with the other three to be hopefully introduced as subs. Then more of them will be fit to start the second leg, and then we've got the friendly against Leverkeusen which the entire first team should be able to start. Obviously we can only speculate as to players' fitness levels but I reckon it'll be to early for most of those four. Augie, someone like Spearing isn't fit to play one minute of ANY game, because he's useless. I'd rather have Gerrard walking all game than Spearing at full fitness. A lot of these players like Johnson and Gerrard were playing 90 mins, 120 mins only a month ago, and they've been back in training for a week or so. They should be fit enough to make it through. Heh you may be right, I guess we'll see who makes the team. I am actually in what appears to be a tiny minority of fans (on this forum at least) who think Spearing is an ok player. He won't ever hold down a first team place at Liverpool but he's decent back up, for now. I don't mind seeing him on the team sheet against lesser opposition.
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No Suso or Pacheco in the squad - I'm a little disappointed. I thought those two looked good on the US tour. Same thing happened with our best player in preseason last year. Spearing and Adam are in though.... i know people will say suso is only 18 and doesn't need a rest, but i think he isn't gonna be involved so he can have a little rest. he went straight from spain's U19s to the US tour. so i understand why he isn't involved, if that is the reason. pacheco i understand less. he must be complete sh!te in training because he is never involved in real games. pacheco will probably be on his way back to spain in the next couple of weeks. sad because i always liked him.
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Pacheco not being in the squad is a wierd one, i thought this game would of been perfect for him to get some game time and try and impress like he did during the tour.
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lol, best player?! no chance. He did one decent turn in 2 games, which nothing came from, and gave the ball away a bunch of times. Didn't do enough. Sterling was miles ahead in terms of performance. You couldn't be more wrong if your name was Wrongy McWrongerson. Did you conveniently forget the move he did to get past two defenders and lay the perfect pass for Adam to score? Or the countless other threatening runs and attacks he made down the left?
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