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EFL Cup 2016/17 - 4th Round: Liverpool (A)
- Thread starter Jordinho
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Why? They have nothing else to play for
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
because his vaunted gehenpressen nivea boys getting smashed by a bunch of 14 year olds will be embarrassing
if he plays his kids he'll have an excuse
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Spot on. With no European football every other midweek, they will field an almost full-strength team, whereas I can see us playing a slightly stronger team than tonight, but not much.
Vorm and both full-backs will play. Might see one of the CBs sacrificed and maybe Wanyama for in for Winks or Carroll.
maybe something like:
------------vorm
dier----toby---wimmer---davies
--------wanyama---eriksen
---lamela----onomah----gkn
-----------janssen
Winks, Carroll, CCV, Trippier among the subs.
That lineup still rests Lloris, Walker, Rose, Vert, Dembele, Son, Sissoko, Alli.
IMO, there's no point sending a team of kids to get smashed 4-0. They won't get anything out of that.
------------vorm
dier----toby---wimmer---davies
--------wanyama---eriksen
---lamela----onomah----gkn
-----------janssen
Winks, Carroll, CCV, Trippier among the subs.
That lineup still rests Lloris, Walker, Rose, Vert, Dembele, Son, Sissoko, Alli.
IMO, there's no point sending a team of kids to get smashed 4-0. They won't get anything out of that.
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
What's people's problem with Trippier? He's more than capable of playing against Liverpool.
Vorm, Trippier, CCV, Wimmer, Davies, Wanyama, Winks, Sissoko, Onomah, Son, Janssen
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
You do realize you are reading a forum on Glory-Glory? Amongst many wonderful things it's a veritable repository for non-expert, knee-jerky opinions with little to no basis in the reality of modern day football.
About right I think
Looking forward to the tie tbh. Hoping it is reasonably strong 11 with a mixed bench to give the young-uns a bit of experience even if it is from the sidelines. Will be nice to go up there and see a cup tie under the lights with two teams having a proper go and playing at a high tempo. Tie of the round imo although the tabloids will no doubt write more Pep-Mourinho crap to try and spice up that over tactical borefest.
I don't think he is best used in a game where we will have a lot of defending to do against one of the top attacking teams in the country, he isn't a reliable defender imo. I'd rather use Trippier in games where we are at home against a weaker side, where we will be on the front foot and he can spend most of the game attacking, with only a bit of defending to do. He's a good attacking full-back but only average defensively, imo.
Why does anything have to be turned into a problem on this forum? It's just an opinion on a tactical option, it doesn't mean I hate Trippier or think he's terrible at football.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Showing as Tues 25th October ko 7.45pm on club fixtures
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
I just found it a bit like....he's not an academy player, he's a senior player with a bunch of PL experience. The idea that he isn't of the required standard to play a cup game to me is just extreme. Walker is clear first choice but if we couldn't trust Trippier to play in the cup then he shouldn't be at the club.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Makes a lot of sense with us both playing on the saturday beforehand
To be honest, I think we'd even be better off playing Trippier in the league game at Bournemouth, because our away cup games v Leverkusen and Liverpool sandwich that game, and Walker would be a better option for those tough away trips.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Even if that makes it less likely that we pick up more points in the games before and after? WBA home, Leverkusen away, Bournemouth away, Liverpool away, Leicester home, Leverkusen away, Arsenal away is our run of fixtures at that time. No midweek off after the international break until after the Arsenal game (at the earliest, not sure when the next LC game is).
For me some smart rotation is in order. And the LC remains the lowest priority for me.