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If Henderson and Llanana are out, play midfield Can, the Dutchman, Moreno.

I read yesterday that he's pulled out injured from the Dutch squad. A head injury?

What about Atletico's Gimenez?

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Afraid can only see a home win for this one. Believe I'm right in saying we haven't won away in the Premier league this year yet and with our midfield (the weakest of the top five?), think City will carve right through. Yaya starts today, I see....

As we seem to be comparatively weak at the back, we could go for Vincent Kompany as a short-term measure. Don't think he would cost that much......

Chilwell?

Well, let's see. They haven't won an away game all season, in fact they've only collected two points on the road. Yes, seems like a banker draw to me.......

Henderson still out and so is Sturridge (leg injury).

I see Xabi Alonso has announced his retirement. On the evidence what I saw the other night when Bayern thrashed Arsenal, he's probably better than any of our midfielders now with the possible exception of Lallana.

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Think this is a banker draw meself...

More to the point if we did something about midfield which most of us have been crying for rather than Lucas.

See one sector of the press reckons we are relegation contenders next year! Yeah right. As if we would have the same team next season. Some of these journos are mind boggling.

Read that Leicester have got one point from six games this year, haven't scored a league goal at all this year. Now they've lost their manager and the players are reeling from the shock of his departure. Yep. It's a home banker.....

Who is going to play centre back as Lovren doesn't look as if he will make it.

Wasn't that the case with Eriksen and Alderwereild as well?

Those who think our midfield isn't good enough will know the answer for sure after this match. Lucky if we get a draw. Expect Spurs to get one of their rare wins at Anfield. Can to play as I suspect Lallana will be on the bench seeing as he's had a bout of Achilles trouble this week.

Teams are beginning to suss us out. Even at home they simply pack their half of the field and counter-attack. Our fall from grace is down to three reasons. We're nowhere near as fast on the ball most of the time as we were earlier in the season, we've not scored goals since the turn of the year (8 from 10 games against mostly bottom teams and those in lower leagues) and Mane's absence for the Africa Cup certainly didn't help.

Doesn't help to know that this isn't even Hull's first team either...

It will be interesting to see how Can handles the "New Messi" midfielder that Hull have just signed....

This has draw written all over it.

When was the last time a team took six points off Chelsea? Must be ten years ago at least. Sorry, can't see better than a draw and that'll be no good as the rest of the top five will all win.

With the Africa Cup organisers playing silly beggars, Mane didn't come back till last night. He will be on the bench. Teams around us have fairly easy games this week so even if we did win, we wouldn't change position. We need speed round the flanks and the fastest player we have - aside from Mane - is Moreno, enuf said. Away win. Bookie in my village quotes Chelski at 3-1 on! Shurely shome mishtake.

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