Daniel Sturridge

[PTP]

I don't think any team could keep our current team from scoring, especially over 2 legs

that's why i said that side but with the tactical genius of rafa, i reckon could.....he'd come up with something - mascherano tasked with snapping at suarez's heels all game, kuyt tasked with working his bollocks off to nulify sterling or coutinho, and then torres on the break at his best would ****ing destroy kolo toure

[Rowan]

Pepe of 08/09 on goal. Carra 08/09 and Sakho as the centre back pairing. I'd have arbeloa and Aurelio at full back. Easy. Plus Gerrard of 08/09 off the front as opposed to present day Stevie. Means either Suarez goes wide on one side of Torres with Sturridge on the other. With Mascher and Alonso sitting.

Means the bench would be a combo of
Sami
Skrtel
Agger
Henderson
Sterling
Lucas
Allen
Enrique
Johnson
Maxi
Kuyt
Mignolet

Etc.

Front 4 of Suarez, Torres, Gerrard and sturridge goals, goals, goals!!!

[RedReet]

well that's a completley different question all together.....

personally i'd say overall the 08/09 team looks a bit stronger - purely because of mascher/alonso in midfield, plus a more solid defence, and torres hitting on the break

-------------------reina--------------------

finnan-------hyppia------carra----------aurelio

-------------mascher-----alonso-----------

kuyt-----------------gerrard-------------maxi

----------------------torres---------------------


with benitez having a slight edge in that i reckon he could come up with some master plan to nulify rodgers - that team would win over two legs benitez getting a 0-0 away to rodgers, then at home benitez winning 1-0

I actually meant the 05/06 team, in Rafa's 2nd year.

Jerzy Dudek
Jan Kromkamp
Steve Finnan
Sami Hyypiä
Daniel Agger
John Arne Riise
Harry Kewell
Steven Gerrard (captain)
Djibril Cissé
Luis García
Robbie Fowler
Xabi Alonso
Peter Crouch
Dietmar Hamann
Fernando Morientes
Scott Carson
Djimi Traoré[1]
Mohamed Sissoko[2]
amie Carragher
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Pepe Reina
Stephen Warnock
Boudewijn Zenden
Antonio Barragán

Would be an interesting match.

[G]

I'd have Arbeloa at left back.Messi in his pocket

[Fosterbloke]

Shearer 34
Sutton 15

94-95 season for Blackburn (**** me that was a long time ago!)

[meffin]

Shearer 34
Sutton 15

94-95 season for Blackburn (**** me that was a long time ago!)

Pardon?

[Buzzo]

So who would win, Rafa’s second year team with the phenomenal defence (Pepe ) or Rodgers second year team with their free flowing attacking football?

Rafa finished that season having only conceded 25 goals, 7 fewer than we have this year already. Equally though, we’ve already scored 7 more goals than we did that whole season.

Irresistable force v immovable object

[Fosterbloke]

Pardon?

Someone asked about two strikers scoring 20+ in the same team.

[G]

Someone asked about two strikers scoring 20+ in the same team.

20+each I reckon they meant!

[meffin]

Someone asked about two strikers scoring 20+ in the same team.

Doesn't Sutton's 15 remove him from the "over 20 goals" part

[Gibbo]

Whoooosh

[Fosterbloke]

20+each I reckon they meant!

Yeah I know, just posted an example of a pair that came close to that.

[Fosterbloke]

Goodnight ****ers.

[BigChief]

forester, is that the highest league (only) goals combination you could find? I.e. is the league goals record with two strikers currently at 34+15 = 49 goals?

I ask because I want to know if Sturraz can beat that by scoring 50+ league between them? That will be awesome for any partnership anywhere in the world.

[Fosterbloke]

In the Premier League yes