Pre Season 2019/2020

[Tribute]

Klopp's obviously been just putting players into the team line-ups for the fitness primarily and changing people's position getting everyone up to match fitness... Difficult when you're missing your front three and a keeper... that's most of the spine gone.
Agree it needs a midfield of Hendo Gini and Fab for City game. Don't want to get over-run, don't want to get a pasting either. Doesn't mean a lot, but would be a confidence booster to get the season off with a win, a trophy and a bit of a swagger going into the Norwich opener. As a newly promoted side, Norwich will be smelling blood first day of the season, looking to put a marker down to the rest of the league... won't be an easy game at all.

[Norbs]

I think we should disband the club and just remember the good times

[Phoenix07]

I think we should disband the club and just remember the good times

We won the Champions League, so we'd be going out on a high.

[Norbs]

Yep, it just makes sense to bow out in style and start again with.jumpers for goalposts down the local rec

[greenturnip]

Everton beat us to it...

[Charly]

Would anyone really notice if they used jumpers for players, fans and stadium too?

[RedReet]

Klopp's obviously been just putting players into the team line-ups for the fitness primarily and changing people's position getting everyone up to match fitness... Difficult when you're missing your front three and a keeper... that's most of the spine gone.
Agree it needs a midfield of Hendo Gini and Fab for City game. Don't want to get over-run, don't want to get a pasting either. Doesn't mean a lot, but would be a confidence booster to get the season off with a win, a trophy and a bit of a swagger going into the Norwich opener. As a newly promoted side, Norwich will be smelling blood first day of the season, looking to put a marker down to the rest of the league... won't be an easy game at all.

We haven't been beaten at home for 2 seasons, we're Champions of Europe, we've just recorded the 3rd highest points total in English football history and we're playing a Championship side who could be without two of their first choice CB's and their top scorer from last season.

I'm not sure I totally agree with this assessment.

[Mark79]

We haven't been beaten at home for 2 seasons, we're Champions of Europe, we've just recorded the 3rd highest points total in English football history and we're playing a Championship side who could be without two of their first choice CB's and their top scorer from last season.

I'm not sure I totally agree with this assessment.

Now you put it that way, it has all the makings of a classic upset!

[RedReet]

Now you put it that way, it has all the makings of a classic upset!

Although I'm not that worried about our pre-season form, I'm reassured that we do have Norwich at home first game. Even a repeat of last year with someone like West Ham would have me a bit concerned on current form.

Norwich is perfect for us IMO and it being a Friday night atmosphere at Anfield, all the better.

Norwich would take a 0-3 if offered to them now. They won't expect to win and they won't want to get off to a 5 or 6 nil drubbing.

[Norbs]

I'd happily take 1-0 and it being a really scruffy goal at that

[Exiled_red]

First game of the season is always a tricky one, no-one wants to get off to a bad start and players aren't usually back to their sharpest. It's all about the result, we worry about performances later.

[RedReet]

I'd happily take 1-0 and it being a really scruffy goal at that

We had quite a few of those last year and fans were far from happy. Apparently we had regressed as a team, people were being fooled by our league position and we couldn't cope without Buvac.

[Norbs]

38 dodgy scrappy wins will do me. That's not to say I wouldn't moan but by the end of the season I'd be happy

[Tribute]

We haven't been beaten at home for 2 seasons, we're Champions of Europe, we've just recorded the 3rd highest points total in English football history and we're playing a Championship side who could be without two of their first choice CB's and their top scorer from last season.

I'm not sure I totally agree with this assessment.

Like the optimism but in reality, the best time for any of the promoted sides to play one of the Top 4 is 1st game of the season before they get into their stride...

What's yellow with a bit of of green... a potential banana skin

[Norbs]

Like the optimism but in reality, the best time for any of the promoted sides to play one of the Top 4 is 1st game of the season before they get into their stride...

What's yellow with a bit of of green... a potential banana skin

I see what you did there