Team for Everton

[pondus]

Torres will have a fitness test tomorrow to find out if he can start against Everton. He is training with the team. Only players certain to miss out is Babel and Kelly.

[pondus]

And I said it after the champions league match, Aquilani will start

[DannyMan2006]

And I said it after the champions league match, Aquilani will start

No chance...........

Bit of a white hot game for a midfielder to make his debut. I've been desperate to see Aquilani start games, but even I'm not sure I would give him his full debut in this game.

And in fairness to Lucas and Masch, they haven't been too bad of late. We had been lacking creativity with those two, but I think we created enough chances against Brum and Debrecen to anhihilate both teams, and enough against City to win the game.

So for those reasons I'd start with Masch and Lucas.

Unless we put Gerrard in midfield and Aquilani behind the striker..............

[javier_monsterano]

Reina

Johnson Carra Agger Aurelio

Monsterano Lucas

Kuyt Benny
Captain G

Torres

[gentingfrmhell]

----------Reina--------------
-Carra--Skrtel--Ager---Insua-
------masch---AquaMan-----
Johnson--CaptainMarvel--Aurelio
----------torres--------------

[Bender]

yeah that makes sense starting aqualani in a derby ....... guaranteed to get kicked around

[vonk]

Doesn't matter what 11 we play as long as we get it down and play attacking football, please. They will try and bring us down to their level and if we do we will lose that battle. We need to play above the physical battle, pass the ball around and most importantly...learn to defend set pieces.

Another must win.

[vonk]

yeah that makes sense starting aqualani in a derby ....... guaranteed to get kicked around

Great. So now we don't play someone cos they might get injured. Why did we buy this guy if he has glass legs. He's either up to the physical side of the Prem or he's not. Even match is physical, not just the derby. If Torres was 80% fit and good enough to play the scum this kid can play the derby.

If he's not up to it, wrap him up and send him back to Italy.

[Helios Creed]

Great. So now we don't play someone cos they might get injured. Why did we buy this guy if he has glass legs. He's either up to the physical side of the Prem or he's not. Even match is physical, not just the derby. If Torres was 80% fit and good enough to play the scum this kid can play the derby.

If he's not up to it, wrap him up and send him back to Italy.

but also if he's not used to playing football at an English First Division level, he could easlily get sent off - I think we all pointed out the foolishness of playing an inexperienced Lucas against Everton a few years ago.

[Bender]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alIjCn4FqXQ&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Liverpool pre-match conference: Liverpool FC v Everton FC[/ame]

[The Birdman]

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Masher Lucas
Kuyt Gerrard Aurellio
NGog

[DannyMan2006]

yeah that makes sense starting aqualani in a derby ....... guaranteed to get kicked around

Great. So now we don't play someone cos they might get injured. Why did we buy this guy if he has glass legs. He's either up to the physical side of the Prem or he's not. Even match is physical, not just the derby. If Torres was 80% fit and good enough to play the scum this kid can play the derby.

If he's not up to it, wrap him up and send him back to Italy.

but also if he's not used to playing football at an English First Division level, he could easlily get sent off - I think we all pointed out the foolishness of playing an inexperienced Lucas against Everton a few years ago.

Nothing to do with him maybe getting injured or getting sent off IMO.

The fact is that the pace of the game in the prem is very different to the game in Italy, but a derby even more so. the LFC v EFC games have a tendency to be players charging around the park for nearly the full ninety mnutes, and I would fear that this is the sort of game that would pass Aquilani by, either that or he would get caught out in possession too often.

Add the fcat he's only played about twenty minutes since march and he could easily become knackered very quickly due to the pace of the game.

I would rather bring him on later on when the game has slowed a little.

[DannyMan2006]

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Masher Lucas
Kuyt Gerrard Aurellio
NGog

That will be the strating line up IMO.

[Baracus]

Alberto Aquilani set to play Mersyside derby role for Liverpool.

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is likely to miss Sunday's match at near-neighbours Everton but midfielder Alberto Aquilani will be given his first taste of a Merseyside derby


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...Liverpool.html

You don't believe everything that you read in the papers do you.

I believe Skrtel or the greek will play, simply down to aerial threat of Cahill

[Exiled_red]

Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Masher Lucas
Kuyt Gerrard Aurellio
NGog

That's the team I see starting as well, I'd be amazed if Aquilani starts, the nature of the game would make it a difficult one for him