Formations, line ups and stuff

[Daniel 7]

It puts my car door locking obsession into perspective - this woman is having brain surgery to correct her negative body image.

I can't leave my car without checking each door and the boot lock four times each.

Anyway - Sturridge, Firmino and Benteke in a 3 in front of Lucas, Henderson and Milner. Can to come on as a barnstorming mad horse impact sub.

[redmike65]

It puts my car door locking obsession into perspective - this woman is having brain surgery to correct her negative body image.

I can't leave my car without checking each door and the boot lock four times each.

Everytime I sit on the loo, I straighten the towels on the rail. EVERY TIME!

[Liverpel]

Nope. Look at their website.

The pronunciation is the same though, but not the spelling.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James'_Park

Geordies obviously haven't a clue about punctuation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James%27s_Park

[dom9]

The famous exception that proves the rule.

[Exiled_red]

First team (when everyone is fit)

--------Mignolet---------
Clyne Skrtel Sakho Gomez
---------Lucas-----------
----Milner---Henderson--
--------Coutinho---------
----Sturridge Benteke----

This is the only way I can see us getting both Benteke and Sturridge in the same side.

League Cup / Europa League
I would probably go with:

-------Bogdan----------
Ilori Toure Lovren Moreno
----Allen----Can--------
Ibe-----Firmino----Lallana
----------Ings-----------

The second 11 would have Firmino playing as a second striker behind either Ings or Origi, I have put Ings in for now as he's more experienced and IMO a little ahead of Origi. I would like to give Markovic and Teixeira game time but I can't find a way to accomodate them, Rossiter and Enrique are probably the only other outfield players not mentioned, Rossiter can have game time to be developed, Enrique I am basically assuming is gone or at least won't play for us again I assume that there will be opportunities for the rest of them due to injuries and suspensions. I think that that is quite a strong second 11.

When Flanagan is back I would bring him in at RB and move Ilori to CB. I want to see is Ilori is capable of being an LFC player, and to be honest there is no point in playing Toure ahead of him. Give him some experience at RB first then at CB

[Daniel 7]

What about Origi?

[Exiled_red]

What about Origi?

He could alternate with Ings depending on who is in the best form

[redmike65]

Europa League

Kazan are not great shakes so far this season 6 games played just one win

Bordeaux saw some them keeping an eye on Tiago Ilori and they are the archetypal Ligue 1 side. Lots of conservative possession with some counter jabs. Sion won the Swiss Cup beating Basel to feature, finished 7th in the league and are mid-table this season.

You have to think the home games will see strong starting 11s with some lesser lights for the away games added.

[OConnor_LFC]

I think when it comes down to tactics Brendan Rodgers is very courageous, if he pulls it off he's very clever and if it fails he's a idiot. I think he's improving as a manager and now has a few different dimensions to his tactical style.

[redmike65]

4-4-2 diamond from here on has to be the primary formation. One up front just does not work.

[Muddled]

Nah the latter, Rodgers' would indicate that it was the plural of Rodger, ie many Rodgers - but he's a singular person with a name that ends in "s", so the "s's" should apply.

The Rodgers' dog (the plural of Rodger, who all owned the dog)

I think I'm right. Therefore I am.

Kinda. You can drop the second 's' and it's still grammatically correct; it's at the discretion of the writer.

'Rodgers' tactics were exemplary' and 'Rodgers's tactics were exemplary' are both right. Rodger's tactics might have been better today than Rodgers'.

[Daniel 7]

Yeah, you are correct Muddled. I just always prefer seeing the second "s"

[dom9]

Plain wrong. Did you not go to school?

[Daniel 7]

I couldn't go to school as a child due to issues beyond my control. Did you?

[dom9]

I went to school as a child, due to issues beyond my control. The unexpected upside of this was to be taught the nuances of English punctuation, just so that I could share my knowledge with the philistines of the Internet, and specifically, one of the lesser known football fora.