2nd Leg Strategy

[anfieldanfield]

Think mash would be vulnerable on counter attack due to his lack of pace hence why i chose momo

Maybe...

Also, if Pennant is going to start, where will Stevie play ?

Left ? Center ? Up front ?

[DeeGame]

I thin' that our idea will be to be compact, control the game, counter-attack and try to win.

thanks Rafa

[Cisseshairdresser]

---------Reina--------
Finnan--Carra--Agger--Arbeloa
Pennant--Gerrard--Alonso--Kewell/Riise (can't decide)
---------Kuyt--Crouch--------

If Agger was struggling by 50 mins I'd throw Sami on to shore the defence up. Arbeloa/Riise is a tricky one as Arbeloa had a stinker last nite, but has been excellent when he's played LB (Messi). We all know Riises deficiencies.

Kewell/Risse/Speedy is also a very tough decision????

[Gordy Boy]

-----------Reina----------------

Finnan----Agger----Carra----Arbeloa

---Mascherano---Alonso-------

Pennant------Gerrard---------Riise

------------Crouch--------------

[Maestro]

-------Crouch---Kuyt
Gerraard-------------Pennant
-------Alonso--Masher
Riise---Agger--Carra---Finnan
-----------Reina

That makes a lot of sense. I couldn't believe Zenden was chosen ahead of Pennant last night. Also, Bellamy should only be utilised as a late sub, IMO.

[DeeGame]

Maybe...

Also, if Pennant is going to start, where will Stevie play ?

Left ? Center ? Up front ?

Personally my team would be:

----------Reina-----------
Finnan--Carra--Agger--Riise
--------Momo--Xabi-------
Pennant---Gerrard---Kewell
----------Crouch----------

Centre behind Crouch

[saveferris]

Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Agger
Riise
Pennant
Sissoko
Alonso
Gonzalez
Gerrard
Crouch

Was thinking Kewell would be good, but realistically he wont be match fit. We missed Aurelio basly yesterday as Ferreira was their weak link and Zenden's distribution was very poor at times.

[Jack D Rips]

Reina
Finnan
Carragher
Agger
Riise
Pennant
Sissoko
Alonso
Gonzalez
Gerrard
Crouch

Was thinking Kewell would be good, but realistically he wont be match fit. We missed Aurelio basly yesterday as Ferreira was their weak link and Zenden's distribution was very poor at times.

Zenden's distribution was poor at ALL time. I cant remember a player having so much of the ball and doing so little with it.

[saveferris]

That was my tactful way of saying he was pants

[Mumsafan]

Zenden's distribution was poor at ALL time. I cant remember a player having so much of the ball and doing so little with it.

Every year we seem to have a useless player and at the end of the season when he's gone we sigh and say "Thank god he's gone" - then we get another one!

[AFII]

I said before the game that Chelsea will use our weak midfield player and force us to give him a lot of the ball and act as our playmaker, this time Zenden but it would have been the same if we had played Momo.

There is no chance that Momo will play in the second leg because of the above reason.

You don't need to be a genius to understand that.

We need to score ONE goal so the most important thing is to be patient. We will get our chances.

You could also notice that we hadn't played any important game for a while and Chelsea had done that. We will be much better in the second leg at Anfield.

[anfieldanfield]

Every year we seem to have a useless player and at the end of the season when he's gone we sigh and say "Thank god he's gone" - then we get another one!

Ha Ha

Sadly, that's very true.

Voronin anyone ?

[saveferris]

I said before the game that Chelsea will use our weak midfield player and force us to give him a lot of the ball and act as our playmaker, this time Zenden but it would have been the same if we had played Momo.

There is no chance that Momo will play in the second leg because of the above reason.

You don't need to be a genius to understand that.

We need to score ONE goal so the most important thing is to be patient. We will get our chances.

You could also notice that we hadn't played any important game for a while and Chelsea had done that. We will be much better in the second leg at Anfield.

Sissoko is more dynamic and will be more physical in the midfield, its a tough call, keeping the ball is important but neither Xabi or Mascherano did that yesterday. The Chelsea midfield didnt have to do much to keep them at bay.

[bazza76]

a balanced game is needed and i think that is what we will get, not too high, not too deep, and try and keep compact when out of possession, we will no doubt use any width we can to stretch Chelsea, think we should also start with Crouch upfront.

[Jayesh87]

-----------Reina-----------

Finnan-Carragher-Agger-Arboloa

Pennant-Gerrard-Alonso-Riise

-------Crouch-Kuyt--------

so simple

shame rafa will never start like that though.