Mancs build up

[Shaggy]

Tricky one. Very tricky. Aquilani or Lucas? Probably Lucas all things considered.

Maxi or Dirk? Thought Dirk was poor again last night and I'd go with Babel on the left and Maxi on the right, but it's almost certain Dirk will stay on the right and I fear Babel will lose his place to Maxi on the left.

Still, nice to have a few selection headaches.

[anfieldanfield]

Lucas and Dirk will 100% both start.

Can't see the team being anything other than....

---------Torres
Babel----Gerrard----Kuyt
------Lucas--Masher
Insua-Agger-Carra-Johnson
----------Reina

Man Utd will be favourites, but that's a solid team and if we get a bit of luck and play as we have done the past couple of games, you never know.

[the rev leeroy brown]

Tricky one. Very tricky. Aquilani or Lucas? Probably Lucas all things considered.

Maxi or Dirk? Thought Dirk was poor again last night and I'd go with Babel on the left and Maxi on the right, but it's almost certain Dirk will stay on the right and I fear Babel will lose his place to Maxi on the left.

Still, nice to have a few selection headaches.

pretty much agree with that.

kyut has been poor ( i'll put it down to fatigue after playing his heart out for so long this season ) but he will no doubt start with maxi on the left and babel kept for "impact sub".

i think lucas will start and so long as its the 4-1-4-1 formation from last night i wouldnt be aginst it. if it's the 4-2-3-1 formation then i will be disappointed but would still expect lucas ahead of aqua.

[cream]

Bit of a double header this one, not only do we have to keep on winning to to get that fourth spot (maybe too late), we also have put a dent in their title hopes and stop them surpassing the joint league record.

[Matt]

Lucas and Dirk will 100% both start.

Can't see the team being anything other than....

---------Torres
Babel----Gerrard----Kuyt
------Lucas--Masher
Insua-Agger-Carra-Johnson
----------Reina

Man Utd will be favourites, but that's a solid team and if we get a bit of luck and play as we have done the past couple of games, you never know.

I agree although I think Yossi might come in for Babel.

[anfieldanfield]

I think Babel can consider himself very unfortunate if he is dropped.

[Parr_Zee]

Largely agree with AA's team but think Maxi will start instead of Babel.

[cream]

I think Babel can consider himself very unfortunate if he is dropped.

Probably Maxi will come in for Babel. Rafa will want Babel on towards the end, his pace will give them something to think about.

[Matt]

I don't disagree, and I hope he plays. I'm just trying to second-guess Rafa.

[Craig_H]

Lucas and Dirk will 100% both start.

Can't see the team being anything other than....

---------Torres
Babel----Gerrard----Kuyt
------Lucas--Masher
Insua-Agger-Carra-Johnson
----------Reina

Man Utd will be favourites, but that's a solid team and if we get a bit of luck and play as we have done the past couple of games, you never know.

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[Bender]

sorry but go for the team we had against pompey...... start at a high tempo which we have done against utd before get a couple of goals then ....shore up the midfield with lucas and kuyt

[Maxiedge]

If we're going to start with Lucas and Mascherano as 2 DMs then I would put pace on the wings otherwise our counter-attacks (which invariably will be the theme of the match) will be as slow as the orient express.

Babel and Maxi for me.

[RedReet]

Expect Kuyt to start and see plenty of cross field balls from Agger, and long balls from Pepe to make use of his height advantage over Evra.

[Maxiedge]

Expect Kuyt to start and see plenty of cross field balls from Agger, and long balls from Pepe to make use of his height advantage over Evra.

Fair enough good point. Do you think Yossi will have a role to play on sunday? I get the feeling he hasn't fully recovered from his injury but Rafa still wants a 90% Yossi to be part of the squad.

[Kenneth]

Expect Kuyt to start and see plenty of cross field balls from Agger, and long balls from Pepe to make use of his height advantage over Evra.

I fully expect to see play loads long balls from all of the back five. It's what we've done consistently this season against organised defenses when it's obvious we have no plan B. Even last night, we spend a good 25 mins of the second half avoiding using our midfield. We just have to stop it and Gerrard running a bit more and looking for the ball would be a big help.