Stoke build up

[Gibbo]

Subs: Jones, Carragher, Coates, Henderson, Allen, Cole, Sterling.

Hmm.

To be fair to Cole, he "deserves" to be there on recent form.

I'd imagine if him and Downing leave in Jan the bench will have Sahin and Assaidi on instead.

[Fredo]

Kenwyne Jones and Walters upfront for them.

[danperkins]

Needs better from Shelvey and Suso this time.

can't be more ineffective than they were in previous game.

[Gibbo]

They shouldn't cause us too many problems.

Our main test will be how physical our side can be, I feel for poor Suso. .

[Muddled]

Kenwyne Jones and Walters upfront for them.

'... just fack'n houff it!'

[yamiedo]

I am happy with the unchanged line-up. Having beat Fulham emphatically the players deserved another run out. I'd hate for us to have dropped points and for people to then have a go at Rodgers for changing a team that won in style the other day.

I'm just worried about the fact it was only 3 days ago. Test of their fitness I guess. Does anybody know if Stoke team is unchanged from their draw?

[Mostar]

Surprised by the lineup as I thought we may see Sterling and Sahin from the start.

Let's hope it works out as it did vs Fulham.

[ChesterDave]

They fluked it, they got lucky on 3 errors.

That doesn't explain how we only managed to score 1 goal against them.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

I'd have liked to see Sterling coming in for Suso, he gets more stuck in.

[Mattshark]

That doesn't explain how we only managed to score 1 goal against them.

That part, I thought was obvious!

[Muddled]

Stoke have a great defence because it's a British backline ...

Top, top analysis Hoddle. I'm glad you quantified Huth's involvement, Glenn - it's because he speaks good English, innit.

[Camble]

'... just fack'n houff it!'

Fack'n Huth it

[malg]

I think if we can keep a clean sheet and score a goal, we could win this.

[Muddled]

I think if we can keep a clean sheet and score a goal, we could win this.

Do you want a job at Sky?

[malg]

Do you want a job at Sky?