Stoke build up

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

A win here would be massive but I think most would be fairly happy with a point here.

Everton vs Wigan
QPR vs West Brom
Villa vs Tottenham

Our rivals for 4th could all come away with wins from those games so we'll have to be up for it here. I just hope the Villa that turned up at Anfield turn up against Tottenham too.

[Gibbo]

We should play Carra and play who has the best hoof

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

We should play Carra and play who has the best hoof

Wonder if we'll see Coates in this one?

---------------Reina
------Skrtel---Coates---Agger
Johnson---------------------Enrique
-----------Lucas---Gerrard
--Downing-----------------Sterling
--------------Suarez

[BigChief]

I share the sentiments of all those who think we will win against them - WE WILL WIN. We have 3 key plays who are bang on form and will be the key to getting passed them: Enrique, Johnson and Suarez.

Four if you include Downing.

[Tee]

Four including Gerrard

[RedReet]

outside of the top 4, it has be be the toughest place to go in the premier league. Maybe even on par with United,City & Chelsea away.

Shawcross and Huth are absolute animals, we do't stand a hope in hell on winning an aerial battle against them, so i hope we play to our strengths and pass them off the park... with an end product of course

Really tough game for us and as you said, bad place for us to go historically. We know how Stoke are going to play, just a matter of which Liverpool side shows up IMO.

They have an identical record to Everton who we should have beat and a worse record than Norwich who we stuffed. I think we'll win.

[ChesterDave]

They have an identical record to Everton who we should have beat and a worse record than Norwich who we stuffed. I think we'll win.

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[RedReet]

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Will do after Christmas. I tend to lose interest in football when we aren't doing well. Barely been on here and FF team suffered. Stupid Villa.

[Marina]

****ing Stoke. They're like a giant and obscenely fat man standing in a narrow doorway while wearing iron shoes that are bolted into the ground. That's what Stoke is to me.

[greenbloodred]

They are the masters of ruck and maul, Clermont Auvergne would struggle to beat them. Opposition teams that lose to them at the Brittania should get a losing bonus point!

[-V-]

Dirty hacking, fouling *******s. Dunno how they get away with the things they do. Their only attack is to launch it high to Crouch or Jones

Lets ****ing have em. Pace and movement required. Absolutely no point putting crosses into the box, it infuriates me when teams try that against them.

The answer is to play short passes in front of them or use our overlapping fullbacks and drill low crosses across the 6 yard line

[spider-neil]

It's going to be up to the ref how this game plays out. The last ref allowed Stoke to kick us up in the air and only started dishing out cards when it was to late to make a difference.

[ChesterDave]

Howard Webb is officiating. So same kicking as last year no doubt.

[TheElephantMan]

Where's the prediction thread?! Got some drinking to do tomorrow.

[dom9]

Where's the prediction thread?! Got some drinking to do tomorrow.

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