Team for two lose...

[Craig_H]

I know the weekend isnt over yet, but i cant wait for the next game already...so here we go...team for wednesday afternoon:

Pepe
Finnan
Carra
Agger
Arbeloa
Pennant
Mascherano
Gerrard
Babel
Crouch
Torres

Subs:
French keeper, Hyypia, Riise, Sissoko, Alonso, Voronin, Kuyt

We can win the tie out there, with that lineup.

[cadmium]

I'd agree mate, would be good to put the tie to bed in one game!

[Red Chilli]

I think the emphasis should be on keeping a clean sheet.

We could go at them all guns blazing and lose or pick up some crucial injuries.
I'd play a less than full strength team:

Reina
Arbeloa
Insua
Hyppia
Agger
Pennant
Levia
Momo
Leto
Crouch
Crow

[El Jefecito]

Benni?

[Craig_H]

I think the emphasis should be on keeping a clean sheet.

We could go at them all guns blazing and lose or pick up some crucial injuries.
I'd play a less than full strength team:

Reina
Arbeloa
Insua
Hyppia
Agger
Pennant
Levia
Momo
Leto
Crouch
Crow

Never understood that 'clean sheet' malarky away from home. I say go for goals and end the tie. Keep a clean sheet at home - given the away goals rule.

And your strikeforce has zero pace. And furthermore, a weak side, one bad loss and we're out of the CL

[Craig_H]

Benni?

Fit?

[anfieldanfield]

I would definitely try and finish the tie out there and then we can rotate for the return leg at Anfield.

---------Crouch--Torres
Babel--------Gerrard-------Pennant
-----------Mascherano
Riise----Agger-----Carra----Finnnan
--------------Reina

[Red Chilli]

Never understood that 'clean sheet' malarky away from home. I say go for goals and end the tie. Keep a clean sheet at home - given the away goals rule.

And your strikeforce has zero pace. And furthermore, a weak side, one bad loss and we're out of the CL

If that team can't get a decent result at Toulose then we don't deserve to go through.
Leto has plenty of pace as do Pennant and the CROW.

The theory about the "keep a clean sheet" malarky is that the home team will probably attack us as it's their only realistic chance of a result. Then we hit them on the counter attack with THE CROW

I just think it's important not to pick up injuries this early in the season and to save our first team for the league.

[Red Chilli]

I would definitely try and finish the tie out there and then we can rotate for the return leg at Anfield.

---------Crouch--Torres
Babel--------Gerrard-------Pennant
-----------Mascherano
Riise----Agger-----Carra----Finnnan
--------------Reina

will mascherano be fit? If so, I'd stick him in my team, alongside Levia.

[Gazzla]

Reina
Finnan
Carra
Agger
Riise
Gerrard
Mascher
Momo
Kewell
Crouch
Voronin

[Gazzla]

Leto has plenty of pace as do Pennant and the CROW.

I wouldn't have said any of those 3 were particularly pacey

[Red Chilli]

They're not speed merchants a la Cisse and Henry but tell me who, in our squad, is?

[Craig_H]

If that team can't get a decent result at Toulose then we don't deserve to go through.
Leto has plenty of pace as do Pennant and the CROW.

The theory about the "keep a clean sheet" malarky is that the home team will probably attack us as it's their only realistic chance of a result. Then we hit them on the counter attack with THE CROW

I just think it's important not to pick up injuries this early in the season and to save our first team for the league.

Voronin is avergely paced, he isnt what i'd call quick over the ground. As for Pennant and Leto, they're not gonna be part of the strikeforce though, are they?

Whether they attack us or not is irrelevant, every team attacks at some point, and we can deal with it, without ditching the notion of scoring away goals.

We're capable of netting 2 or 3 out there, and if we do, it'll kill the tie.

[Craig_H]

I wouldn't have said any of those 3 were particularly pacey

[AFII]

------------Reina
Finnan---Carra---Agger--Arbeloa
------Alonso----Sissoko
Babel-------Gerrard------Kewell
------------Torres