Liverpool vs Chelsea - Carabao Cup (3rd Round)

[Shaggy]

My team would be:

Mignolet

Clyne
Gomez
Matip
Moreno

Fabinho
Henderson
Keita

Shaqiri
Sturridge
Origi

[Slinky Skills]

Decent team that but I still wouldn't play Mignolet, I'd never play him again personally give one of the younger lads a shot.

[SB]

So is Origi fit to play or injured?

[Kenneth]

Or neither?

[greenturnip]

We have a few players that need a game (Clyne, Moreno, Origi, Dom, Lallana, Fab etc) - and some who need a rest. If those guys don’t play they will surely start to wonder about what they are here for? I don’t want to see anyone starting who will also start against Chelsea in the league match.

[Buzzo]

My team would be:

Mignolet

Clyne
Gomez
Matip
Moreno

Fabinho
Henderson
Keita

Shaqiri
Sturridge
Origi

That’s still a decent team.

I worry about risking Sturridge tho, will be interesting to see where his fitness is for two starts in a week.

[Liverpool]

------------Alisson------------------
Clyne - Matip - Gomez - Moreno
-----------Fabinho-----------------
---------Milner - Keita - ------------
---Salah - Sturridge - Shaqiri----

[Doc_Piptorious]

This game is really the only one in which we can rest a lot of players before the three tough games that follow.


Just looking at the dates for the fixtures, and we have Chelsea on Wed, Chelsea on Saturday, Napoli away on the following Wed, and finishing with Man City at Anfield on the Sunday.

For me we need to go full strength against Chelsea and City in the League games, and close to full strength against Napoli.


So bringing in six or seven changes for this cup game makes sense especially when many of those changes would be players of the calibre of Fabinho, Shaqiri, Matip, Clyne etc

[Liverpool]

I reckon we can bring in some fringe players against Napoli and still win, even if we dont its not fatal, worse case scenario we are 1 point behind PSG/Napoli whilst they play each other twice and we have Red Star.

The double over Red star and a draw against Napoli at home gets us out the group

[RedReet]

Hope Adam Lewis gets a run out from the bench.

[RedReet]

So is Origi fit to play or injured?

He played and scored a belter for U-23's last week. Why do you think he is injured?

[Liverpool]

He played and scored a belter for U-23's last week. Why do you think he is injured?

he got a knock in that game, Klopp mentioned it before PSG

[RedReet]

he got a knock in that game, Klopp mentioned it before PSG

There was a mad challenge on Solanke too. Nearly took his head off.

[Exiled_red]

This game is really the only one in which we can rest a lot of players before the three tough games that follow.


Just looking at the dates for the fixtures, and we have Chelsea on Wed, Chelsea on Saturday, Napoli away on the following Wed, and finishing with Man City at Anfield on the Sunday.

For me we need to go full strength against Chelsea and City in the League games, and close to full strength against Napoli.


So bringing in six or seven changes for this cup game makes sense especially when many of those changes would be players of the calibre of Fabinho, Shaqiri, Matip, Clyne etc

We have a big enough squad to put a good side out but rest the 11 who will start in the league and CL. Whilst giving minutes to the guys who haven't played much yet. I can't see any sense in playing any of the first 11 in this.

[baitman]

Chavs not in europe? They will go near enough full strength?