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we wojnt be running rings around anyone for a while. we're still a phsychologically fragile outfit, and it will take time to get the jets goin. three points any aul way will do for now.

maxi will be starting for kuyt and jova on left...ngog won't start i suppose as he might not be compleatly fit....
The big question is wether we will see merieles or not....

And i am worried regarding poor reina's luck...in spain friendly he sliped which caused them a goal..i hope he will get in this match with a good mind set...

I see everyone is naming Poulson ahead of Lucas. This week Lucas will play ahead of him because he has not been on international duty.

Info about Lucas..
Lucas is on international duty.. Brazil ain't playing any game but they do have training camp in switzerland.. Lucas is at the training camp!! I had read this news on LFC.tv.. You can certainly check on archives there if u want.. The heading of the news was something like "Where will our players be going?"..

I trust Roy watever team he throw on pitch will be best.. It's a hard game though.. Birmingham are very well-prepared for the start of the season.. Good form.. I did watch 2 games of em.. They certainly look A top half team to me.. Their defence ain't same as last season with joe hart missing and they haven't kept clean sheet so far.. But Sebastian Larsson is key player he looked very dangerous to me his passing is very dangerous, we need to keep him quiet..

yep, agree totally. Can see it in the play, morale is still quite low and itl take time for Roy to win over the players with his new ideas. Don't forget we should have got 3points there last season if we had are finishing boots on. Ngog had chances as did maxi who I thought did well there.

I'd av.

Johnson ---- carragher---- agger-----kontchesky

maxi----------gerrard poulsen raul----aurelio

Torres

..... Reina .......

Carra..Skrtle..Agger..Kontch

..Gerrard..Raul..

Johnson....Shelvey....Maxi

..Torres..

Suprise inclusion of shelvey but this lad really needs a chance. i watched him at Crewes ground the other night when he captained englands u19's and everything went threw him, the lad had a blinder and topped it off with a well taken free kick. and i agree with most that glen johnson is far better going forward than defending so why not play him in a more forward role especially now kuyts out and doing so keeping carra agger and skrtle happy!

however in all honesty itll probably be lucas instead of shelvey with gerrard going forward and jova instead of johnson with one of either skrtle of agger making way and carra goin inside. will also be suprised if he starts raul, but next games united away so he needs to play at birmingham to atleast give him a bit of bedding in time before the big game at old trafford!

---Reina---
Johnson-Carra-Agger-Konchesky
------Meireles-Poulsen-------
Maxi----Gerrard----Jovanovic
--------Torres--------------

I think every person here would like to see Liverpool play some football and take the game to them. But so far there has been nothing to suggest that a team thats gelled and plays that way is close. So against a team like birmingham that have made some good buys and cause many problems for all the the top teams, I think realisticly you gotta be thinking take the scrappy 1 nil.

Yep defo, I'd cut me hand off for a 1-0 win on sunday. Massive we come away with a min of 3 points from r next 2games, anything better is brilliant but got to be realistic I ain't confident about going to old Trafford so we massively need 3points at the weekend

yea, he's had a great start to the season with both birmingham and the swedish national team. 3 or 4 assists in the 2 games sweden played in the euros qualification...