Liverpool away

[fox_up_north]

2 hours ago, sishades said:

New plan. Just do not turn up and take the mandatory 3-0 punishment from the league. Smart eh? No 90 mins of excruciating pain. No throwing furniture  around the house. Whats not to like?

Actually thought this tbh

[Spudulike]

2 hours ago, ceebeefox said:

I remember the 80/81 season. Mighty Liverpool as they were then, hadn’t lost at home for about 3 years or so. A very average but young and hard running City went up there and won 2-1, a result much more unexpected than the one coming up on Boxing Day. We were the worst team in the league then too. It won’t happen with this lot because they don’t work hard enough and modern coaches don’t go man to man and stop teams playing.

I think this was the one the week after we lost away at Exeter in the FA Cup. That was a long drive home and so couldn't face the trip to Anfield.

[coolhandfox]

This is going to be a proper slapping! 

[Wymsey]

28 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

This is going to be a proper slapping! 

Even despite Salah seemingly losing a bit of pace in recent times, hope Choudhury/Justin/Kristensen are well-prepared..

[Death by Football]

If Mads isn't fit I'm not even going to watch this.

It will be bleak enough with Mads playing but if Ward is in then we are conceding double figures.

Think I'll start drinking about 11:00am then there's a good chance I'm already asleep before kick off.

[Cincinnati Fox]

Passive 3-0 loss

or 10/11-0

[Cincinnati Fox]

Why do we always get Liverpool and Man City 26/28th when the fixtures are random?

[Wymsey]

Darren Bond is the referee for this one; and Michael Oliver for Man City.

[tickler28]

In the past even in the great escape season we might have had a slither of hope we'd get some result.....now we literally have none

[MattFox]

8 minutes ago, Cincinnati Fox said:

Why do we always get Liverpool and Man City 26/28th when the fixtures are random?

They aren’t random

 

There’s a certain criteria for distance over Christmas that’s used and the police get to veto certain dates too

 

and the PL have certain rules to eg they’d never have a big 6 head to head on the final day

Edited 23 December 2024 by MattFox

[Footballwipe]

4 minutes ago, Cincinnati Fox said:

Why do we always get Liverpool and Man City 26/28th when the fixtures are random?

Because they're not truly random and they have to make allowances for some games to be better suited at times of the year than others.

 

Fixtures are generated based on the predetermined elements they put in. It's beneficial for us to play those teams as they're decent distances for both sets of travelling fans, especially with public transport strangled over Christmas.

 

They'll also avoid massive rivalry games over the festive season, too.

 

We used to play Ipswich quite a lot over Xmas as well.

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, Wymsey said:

Even despite Salah seemingly losing a bit of pace in recent times, hope Choudhury/Justin/Kristensen are well-prepared..

Salah is unbelievable. One of the best players I've ever seen and surely now one of Liverpool's greatest ever players.

 

Players like that don't need pace when they've got it all in their brain. 

[Foxes96]

                      Stolarczyk 

Hamza - Okoli - Vestergaard - Kristiansen

                Winks - Soumaré 

  BDCReid  -  Buonanotte  -  El Khannous 

                            Vardy

         

[Nalis]

The best part of it is the 8pm kick off time just to prolong the agony

[urban fox]

Hope the physios pack plenty of this stuff 

[RowlattsFox]

5 minutes ago, Nalis said:

The best part of it is the 8pm kick off time just to prolong the agony

It's definitely a game you want over and done with early in the day. And with it being 8pm I'll probably feel obliged to chuck it on, I might earn myself some brownie points and offer to take the kids to bed to stop me watching. 

[Pliskin]

Us forfeiting would definitely produce a better result! The goal difference certainly wouldn’t take as much of a battering! 

[StanSP]

Anything under 5-0 and I'd be 'happy'. 

 

I cannot think under any circumstances where we win. We've not even got it in us to shit house a win. 

 

[blueharmie]

Massive loss

 

They could play the under 14s girls and we would loose.

 

[Blodge96]

GK - anyone but Ward
RB - anyone but JJ
CB - anyone but Coady/Vestergaard/Faes
CB - see above
LB - Kristiansen
CM - Soumare
CM - Winks
CAM - Bilal
RW - Buonanette 
ST - Daka
LW - Monga

[Pliskin]

4 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Anything under 5-0 and I'd be 'happy'. 

 

I cannot think under any circumstances where we win. We've not even got it in us to shit house a win. 

 

Their whole club mysteriously vanished into thin air. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

We'll invoke the spirit of '81 and '84. Smash 'n' grab 2-1 win. Book it.

[volpeazzurro]

48 minutes ago, Foxes96 said:

                      Stolarczyk 

Hamza - Okoli - Vestergaard - Kristiansen

                Winks - Soumaré 

  BDCReid  -  Buonanotte  -  El Khannous 

                            Vardy

         

I absolutely agree with that and think it's our best team available. 

[Tielemans63]

We'll definitely lose, and probably pretty heavily. Two things might stop it being a cricket score. 1) They are likely to rotate having played their best 11 v Spurs. 2) The mental schedule over Christmas means they might have to manage their exertions. I can see them being 4 up at half time and then taking their foot off the pedal. 

 

If they're in the mood.... I dread to think what might happen.

[Pliskin]

3 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

We'll definitely lose, and probably pretty heavily. Two things might stop it being a cricket score. 1) They are likely to rotate having played their best 11 v Spurs. 2) The mental schedule over Christmas means they might have to manage their exertions. I can see them being 4 up at half time and then taking their foot off the pedal. 

 

If they're in the mood.... I dread to think what might happen.

To be fair, Slot might look at us and just think we will be a simple three points…. So I can see them getting some quick fire goals and then just sitting back and cruising. They won’t need to get out of changing room, let along 3rd gear to beat us!