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Dan Kennett @DanKennett 5m
Hang on, so Moyes actually walked out of his presser after the Q about his Anfield record?!? #prickly #smalltime

[Fosterbloke]

David the Unready

[Neil Young]

Positive thoughts bring about positive behaviors. Positive behaviors bring about positive results. Positive results...well we all know what that means

...Positive results lead to success; success leads to pride; pride leads to overconfidence; overconfidence leads to defeat; defeat leads to fear; fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to the Dark Side.

Although actually I do hate leads.

[Fredo]

[Fosterbloke]

...Positive results lead to success; success leads to pride; pride leads to overconfidence; overconfidence leads to defeat; defeat leads to fear; fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to the Dark Side.

Although actually I do hate leads.

Arn was right all along. Rodgers will get the sack no matter what. That is his fate.

[baitman]

I'd prefer we said this sort of stuff after the game.

but make sure there are fireworks, lasers, pom pom dancers, jugglers, etc

[Shaggy]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10277518/Liverpool-v-Manchester-United-David-Moyes-defends-his-record-at-Anfield.html

Liverpool v Manchester United: David Moyes defends his record at Anfield

Before David Moyes’s last trip to Anfield as Everton manager, his pre-match television briefing was cut short by a question he did not much care for. “Why have you never won at Anfield?”

By Chris Bascombe 10:30PM BST 30 Aug 2013

Moyes fixed a glare on the inquisitor that resembled a typical Govan portrait of his Manchester United predecessor. He paused and replied in a monotone but deliberately agitated voice. “Because they have had a lot of good players.”

He then stood up and made his exit, his gaze retained on the interviewer who seemed bewildered by the sense of agitation.

Moyes was irritated because the query shadowed his Goodison reign, the anomaly he had no league victory in 46 visits to Anfield, Old Trafford, the Emirates and Stamford Bridge previewing every fixture.

If he thought he would escape the theme in his new position, he was mistaken.

There that damned probe was again ahead of Manchester United’s trip to Liverpool, a theory requested as to why he was unable to bloody the nose of the glamour clubs as much on his travels as he regularly did on home soil.

“It was down to Liverpool having really good teams with people like Xabi Alonso, Mascherano, Torres at his pomp, Steven Gerrard,” he said. “They were one of the teams that went on to win the European Cup. That’s why it was very difficult to win regular games at Anfield because of the quality of the side they had.

“They had bigger finances than we did but when it came to the game it was 11 versus 11, that’s what people judged us on and that’s why the record there is poor. We couldn’t quite compete with them.

Moyes’s explanation is reasonable. Initially, Everton did not win so many derbies at Anfield was because they were facing a Champions League side, assembled at much greater cost.

Criticism was more audible in the last three seasons, when Everton finished above Liverpool but were unable to assert superiority when crossing Stanley Park. Cautious Anfield performances were frustrating, and an FA Cup semi-final defeat, albeit at Wembley, in 2012 when Everton had all the momentum heading into the fixture was arguably his lowest point.

The suspicion has always been Moyes has a tendency to favour attentiveness over risk and his distrust of ‘football philosophy’ does not sit comfortably with the trending classes. “The only philosophy I have is to win,” he said earlier this year.

Brendan Rodgers watched United’s 0-0 draw with Chelsea and although he believes it is ultimately the ability of players, not managers, who determine success, he said there was a palpable difference in attitude at Old Trafford without Sir Alex Ferguson.

“A manager can affect the attitude of his players,” said Rodgers. “Look at the Chelsea game the other night. It was drifting towards a 0-0 and there wasn’t really a murmur at Old Trafford. You know at the time Fergie was there he was probably going for the win so the crowd were near-enough expecting a goal at the end of the game.”

Moyes needs to work on creating the same aura, but has never sat in the opposing dressing room at Anfield with as much weaponry to win as he possesses on Sunday.

For the new United manager, a win will be worth more than just three points. It will finally eliminate the nagging question stalking his managerial career.

[rodo]

rooney a doubt yeah alright david we believe you

[RichC]

From the offal

The last time United came to Anfield without Alex Ferguson in charge was on February 9, 1986 when Colin Gibson scored in a 1-1 draw. John Wark equalised for Liverpool. David Moyes was playing as a centre-back for Bristol City in the Third Division.

[Shaggy]

Unchanged bar Kolo then?

Mignolet
Johnson
Skrtel
Agger
Enrique
Lucas
Gerrard
Henderson
Coutinho
Sturridge
Aspas

Picks itself dunnit?

[topscorer]

Unchanged bar Kolo then?

Mignolet
Johnson
Skrtel
Agger
Enrique
Lucas
Gerrard
Henderson
Coutinho
Sturridge
Aspas

Picks itself dunnit?

Kind of worries me when you say 'picks itself dunnit'. No competition for places?

[Chazza]

Kind of worries me when you say 'picks itself dunnit'. No competition for places?

Would you change a winning team bar injury and with our best player suspended?

[Chris]

No competition for places?

Injured or banned.

[Shaggy]

Yep, Suarez, Toure, Allen and Cissokho all injured.

Sakho, Ilori to come in - and probably Moses and Given.

So tomorrow's matchday squad with those EIGHT to come in on top.

[Chris]

Yep, Suarez, Toure, Allen and Cissokho all injured.

Sakho, Ilori to come in - and probably Moses and Given.

So tomorrow's matchday squad with those EIGHT to come in on top.

We're looking very healthy (squad wise not injury wise anyway!) at the moment even if the worst was to happen tomorrow it would still have been a decent start of 2 points a game. If we win though title talk is gonna start!