So then,

[-V-]

Mascherano will man mark Kaka. Im certain of that

I can also see gattuso getting sent off if we wind him up enough. He was the most bitter player from last night. He will be very aggressive. Hopefully Gerrard and Mascherano can send him over the edge

Are we wearing our Home strip then yes?

[AFII]

I doubt that Milan will let us wear our home strip this time.

[HotSwine]

hmmm....
Milan's advantages:
1) They have been wounded, and this trophy has been their target all season
2) They want revenge for Liverpool making them the laughing stocks of football in 2005
3) It's possibly Maldini's last season and he will do anything to win this so he can quit on a high and his teammates will do it for him
4) Their players are mainly all fit now after a whole season of injuries meaning they are as rested as we are
5) They have Kaka - truly worldclass

BUT
1) We have Rafa - better tactically especially in terms of subs, plus Milan's danger points are all pretty obvious. Rafa should be able to nullify them. Doubt he will make the same mistakes again!
2) We have a better mixture of experience and youth - enough hunger but not quite raw and less fragile players... Cafu, Serginho, Maldini, Costacurta, Favalli, Inzaghi, Gilardino, Nesta all have had long term injuries and are a tad fragile
3) We have Gerrard - truly world class and Carra the biggest heart
4) We are underdogs again... Milan are favourites.. even now people are saying we were fortunate to win 2 years ago and lucky to beat Chelski ffs!!! That should fire us up, and we have a better team than we did 2 years ago, whereas they have gone down in quality.
5) They have their Maldini we have Fowler... would this be his last liverpool game too?
6) We are secure in CL qualifying spot, they aren't quite yet...
Hopefully Rafa's tactics give our lads enough confidence and our superior mental strength does the rest. They have something to prove but ffs so do we! Our fans too... can play a big part

Come on liverpool it's off to athens we go.

And...

7) Our support will dwarf Milan's

[TheStig]

I doubt that Milan will let us wear our home strip this time.

Yeah don't think they will, we'll see.

[The Glove]

I doubt that Milan will let us wear our home strip this time.

So they'd wear their 'unlucky' strip to spite us?
Im not so sure.

[The_weatherman]

Rafa has been knocked out one time in the last four years in Europe.

That was against Benfica. He knows how to play against Milan.

Wow you are right, he won the UEFA Cup in 2004 then the CL in 2005, went out against Benfica and is in a CL final again That is an awesome achievement, I sometimes forget his Valencia days.

[-V-]

So it will be a coin flip then for the strip?

I thought we were officially the home team so we'd get our red strip

[Redlife]

Yep, Mascherano to mark Kaka. An Argentine to take out a Brazilian. It's traditional.

[The Glove]

So it will be a coin flip then for the strip?

I thought we were officially the home team so we'd get our red strip

Nah mate, we are the away team. Its up to Milan if they want to change strips. Ive no doubt we'll offer to let them be the away team.

[TheStig]

So it will be a coin flip then for the strip?

I thought we were officially the home team so we'd get our red strip

Think the coin flip already took place and Milan are the home team.

This was the case last time too.

[einar]

...........Reina
Finnan.Carra.Agger.Riise
Gerrard.Momo.Mascher.Zenden
........Kuyt....Crouch


Momos job will be to stun Kaka every just as he is getting the ball. (a la Barca)

We will have to kill this game from the first minute and we score the first goal.
Then it is Bellamy and/or Speedy on and we will get another in the 87th minute.

We will be well rested and they will not know what hit them.

[kurtangle01]

I love it sky pundits (Wilkins, gullit) already writing us off.

I'm sure I heard Gullit and Wilkins write us off last Wednesday aswell...

Look what happened there.

We never get the credit we deserve but hopefully we'll show them that we deserve it on May 23rd.

It'll be a tough match but I feel that with the right preperation we're in with more of a shout than we even were last time.

We can all look forward to the final now aswell with it being Milan and not the filth.

[kurtangle01]

...........Reina
Finnan.Carra.Agger.Riise
Gerrard.Momo.Mascher.Zenden
........Kuyt....Crouch


Momos job will be to stun Kaka every just as he is getting the ball. (a la Barca)

We will have to kill this game from the first minute and we score the first goal.
Then it is Bellamy and/or Speedy on and we will get another in the 87th minute.

We will be well rested and they will not know what hit them.

We'll be rested all right as we have 10 days solid preperation for the game.

[marcus50bucks]

Kaka

He was absolutely immense tonight and showed Ronaldo who is the real deal!

I read a post by ShaggyAlonso, he was saying that Kaka wouldn't get the amount of space he was getting tonight. The question is do you man mark him? I am sceptical of doing such a thing because that would free up space elsewhere.

How do you stop him?

[Shaggy]

He was absolutely immense tonight and showed Ronaldo who is the real deal!

I read a post by ShaggyAlonso, he was saying that Kaka wouldn't get the amount of space he was getting tonight. The question is do you man mark him? I am sceptical of doing such a thing because that would free up space elsewhere.

How do you stop him?