Liverpool v Porto- Build Up Thread

[Howard_lfc]

Bearing in mind all the shenanigans of the last couple of days - has this increased the importance of Wednesday night?

[kopdan]

no

it was massive enough anyway

[tommyg]

We wont play a bigger game for a while.

[Nicey]

Bearing in mind all the shenanigans of the last couple of days - has this increased the importance of Wednesday night?

We are Liverpool Fc they are all big games

[Gazzla]

If we don't win it will give all the doom merchants in the press another angle on the 'Rafa will get sacked' theory. I think it's a big game purley due to the money side of things and what Rafa may want to do in the transfer market come January.

for the record I think we'll put 3 past Porto on Wednesday

[Nic83]

We will score 4 goals on Tuesday.

[anfieldanfield]

Absolutely massive.

[tomasjj]

As bit as yesterdays game was, after the media spat in recent days.

[bazza76]

Bearing in mind all the shenanigans of the last couple of days - has this increased the importance of Wednesday night?

all the shenanigans could be pulling the team together. It certainly looked that way against Newcastle.
The game is a big game, but I don't think pivotal on our season. Would be nice to qualify and all obviously.

[Kilteragh]

Bearing in mind all the shenanigans of the last couple of days - has this increased the importance of Wednesday night?

I think Rafa will be fired if we don't win on Wednesday.

When you shout your mouth off you need to back it up with actions.

He has seriously pissed the owners off so a nice win should help heal the wounds.

[Alex]

Its a big game, very big. So big infact that i shall isolate my self off from other human contact untill the game is over.

[anfieldanfield]

As bit as yesterdays game was, after the media spat in recent days.

The Porto game is much bigger than Saturday.

[Nic83]

The Porto game is much bigger than Saturday.

A potential 10/15mil bigger

[AFII]

Rafael Benitez believes his team can beat Porto at Anfield on Wednesday night and give themselves a real chance of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League.
The team are in a confident frame of mind going into the game and Benitez feels the Anfield factor can play a major part in guiding the Reds to victory.

"The team has confidence," said Benitez. "We know it will be a difficult game because we know Porto are a team with quality so we have to do our job and see if it is possible to play as well as we did against Besiktas.

"And I am confident we can do it. We are team that can play under strain and stress. We have proved that.

"We have had our problems in the group and we found it hard in the game against Porto over there. But there is a big difference. For a start we are playing at Anfield – and we know we need to win to have a chance of progressing. So what we have to do is clear – and I believe we can do it.

"Porto cannot afford to just sit back. If Besiktas beat Marseille they will have a big opportunity to go through in the last game so Porto have to come here and try to win – and that should help us.

"People will be looking for another result like the Besiktas one but it is important that they are patient.

"We don't need a lot of goals. We just need to win because if we do that we can go to Marseille and have a real opportunity."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drill...71125-1224.htm

[desertscouser]

I can't remember having a bigger game so early on in the season. This game is huge on so many levels. If we don't win, we're out of the CL which would be a huge failure by the management team and the players. Given what's happened in the last 48 hrs, we have to win or I fear the Yanks may then feel that they are justified in getting rid of Rafa.

The Porto game is as big as gets and that's why I'm absolutely certain we'll win it. 3-0.