FC Basel (H) - Build Up

[Reece]

He was suspended.

[rodo]

not exactly confident over tonight

[frank the tank]

i think it could be our best performance of the season. The crowd will be up for it.....the team need to win so should attack. Brendan said in his interview that we "need to remember that we don't need to win it in the first few minutes" - for me that is exactly the opposite of what he should be saying to the players before the game. We should go all out attack in the first few minutes - try to get the early goal - and if we do that should make Basel need to come out and we should be able to fill our boots..... it is exactly the game approach that Rafa used to take in european games - and he didn't do too badly did he!!!!

If we are still 0-0 after 60 minutes....then i fear the worst!!!

[rodo]

i think it could be our best performance of the season. The crowd will be up for it.....the team need to win so should attack. Brendan said in his interview that we "need to remember that we don't need to win it in the first few minutes" - for me that is exactly the opposite of what he should be saying to the players before the game. We should go all out attack in the first few minutes - try to get the early goal - and if we do that should make Basel need to come out and we should be able to fill our boots..... it is exactly the game approach that Rafa used to take in european games - and he didn't do too badly did he!!!!

If we are still 0-0 after 60 minutes....then i fear the worst!!!

[danperkins]

We usually start off well in the first 10-15 mins and then tail off. Like an adrenaline rush that wears off. We would have destroyed Basel last season..lucky pricks.

[McDermotX]

It's a weird one, he really has done some strange things this season. I like Rodgers and want him to do well but I'd be lying if I said I haven't lost a bit of faith in him this season. He just doesn't seem to know what to do with us.

He was the media darling last season but now it's slowly turned on him, as it does when things go wrong...vultures He does talk a bit of ****, always has & you can get away with that when you're winning (Mourinho has been doing it for years). But when you're losing & playing badly and you're still talking ****... it doesn't float (no pun intended..or maybe... ok then then pun intended).

He is damned if he does & damned if he doesn't when it comes to interviews. I try not to read too much into interviews from a manager when his team is losing. Stuff like we worked hard, we created chances, we have good players with quality etc are standard stuff but it has started to grate on me a bit. You can see this season with the pressure he's a different man.

Anyways, we need a win tonight & not just scrape by that's not going to cut it IMO. People said vs Stoke & & Leicester doesn't matter how we play once we get the points. I get that, but for me neither one of those were convincing performances & it didn't fool anyone. We are sorely lacking confidence & need a few dominant,convincing performances to instil some spirit & balls back into the side.

A win tonight & beats the Mancs on the weekend would be amazing, but i'm not confident of either to be honest....we're a soft touch at the moment.

Some decent points there Dan, but I'd take just scraping by tonight, even one going in off Lovren's arse in the last minute. Just to ease some of the pressure and put Europe on the back burner for a bit.

[Chazza]

Lol

Just got the team for tomorrow. Says *cough* sends him it so doesn't know the bench yet - Mignolet Enrique lovren skrtel johnson lucas Gerrard Allen Henderson sterling Lambert

[Chazza]

[Bender]

No Kolo

[danperkins]

That is a poxy side

[Kenneth]

Henderson out wide?

[Bloodraven]

No Kolo

Injured

[BobTheCharmer]

Why isn't borini on the bench? Seems strange.

[Bender]

not sure about Allen,Lucas and henderson in midfield,but here's hoping for a win

[Chazza]

Henderson out wide?

Unless it is a diamond with Sterling and Lambert up front.