Norwich (A) - Sat 5.30pm

[Dan]

Alisson

Trent

Matip

Konate/Gomez

Fab

Keita

?

Salah

Jota

Mane

Undecided on the other centre half and the third midfielder.

Up The f***ing Reds.

[kop205]

  On 11/08/2021 at 17:06, Dan said:

Alisson

Trent

Matip

Konate/Gomez

Fab

Keita

?

Salah

Jota

Mane

Undecided on the other centre half and the third midfielder.

Up The f***ing Reds.

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No left back either.

Inauspicious start, Dan.

[Gethin]

  On 11/08/2021 at 17:22, kop205 said:

No left back either.

Inauspicious start, Dan.

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Go easy, this is like pre-season training for match thread starters. Dan's probably expecting to be pulled off at half time

[muleskinner]

Billy Gilmour at the canaries this season. He will be up for this. We should have too much up front for them.

[Dan]

  On 11/08/2021 at 17:22, kop205 said:

No left back either.

Inauspicious start, Dan.

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f***ing hell. Kostas. 

  On 11/08/2021 at 17:27, Gethin said:

Go easy, this is like pre-season training for match thread starters. Dan's probably expecting to be pulled off at half time

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You filthy b*****d.

[PaulMcC186]

Hopefully Norwich are still awful at the back 

[Cam]

Alisson 

TAA Matip Konate Tsimikas

Henderson Fabinho AOC

Salah Mbappe Mane 

 

[Swipe]

Might be tough this. Probably the toughest time to play these newly promoted teams.

 

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Alisson

TAA Matip Gomez Tsimikas

Keita Fabinho Milner

Salah Firmino Mane

[Dan]

Haven't they had some covid problems which have disrupted their pre season?

[Ombudsam]

  On 11/08/2021 at 17:29, muleskinner said:

Billy Gilmour at the canaries this season. He will be up for this. We should have too much up front for them.

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He looked great in that cup game against us. Hopefully Klopp picks a better team than Dan and we don’t let them get a sniff.

[Cunny]

I'd be playing VVD, we need to get minutes in his legs and get him back to fully match fit.

The only way you do that is by playing him.

If it was Chelsea first game, maybe not but its Norwich. They still look piss weak to me and have had a Covid disrupted pre-season.

[psl]

  On 12/08/2021 at 07:55, Cunny said:

I'd be playing VVD, we need to get minutes in his legs and get him back to fully match fit.

The only way you do that is by playing him.

If it was Chelsea first game, maybe not but its Norwich. They still look piss weak to me and have had a Covid disrupted pre-season.

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Yeah I would too. We could do with getting him ready for Chelsea as much as possible.

[Gethin]

VVD and Gomez both available for selection

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/440572-jurgen-klopp-on-virgil-van-dijk-joe-gomez-and-norwich-selection-plans

[Swipe]

Interesting that. 

Matip looked very sharp I thought so it'll be him plus one surely.

Still can't believe how sharp Gomez looked. I mean you'd expect pace and stuff to take a while to sharpen up, and I'm sure he'll have a bit of a dip at some point in his recovery, but he looked like normal the other night.

Boy's a machine.

[Bailo]

  On 12/08/2021 at 08:50, Swipe said:

Interesting that. 

Matip looked very sharp I thought so it'll be him plus one surely.

Still can't believe how sharp Gomez looked. I mean you'd expect pace and stuff to take a while to sharpen up, and I'm sure he'll have a bit of a dip at some point in his recovery, but he looked like normal the other night.

Boy's a machine.

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Underrated by literally every supporter of other teams plus a fair few of our own. He's the bees knees is Joe. 

[Swipe]

  On 12/08/2021 at 08:51, Bailo said:

Underrated by literally every supporter of other teams plus a fair few of our own. He's the bees knees is Joe. 

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Yeah he really is. He's probably the best English centre half when fit, but loads of 'neutrals' would greet that opinion with about 13 laugh emojis. 

Underrating other teams' players is just part of football fandom though. Especially if it's a club you hate. LFC fans do it too.

[Stanley Leisure]

I love Joe Gomez. Love him. 

Such a softly spoken boy. I feel very paternal toward him for some reason. Probably all this business with my cat. 

[Swipe]

He looks incredible in a football kit too. He's not quite the God-like physique of VVD, but I always think he looks terrific.

Good on him.

[Jarg Armani]

I love Joe Gomez, but I've been forced into hiding by this forum, so I can't just come out and say it without being accused of smothering / injuring him.

[Ripley]

Marriner is the ref. Attwell on VAR

[Big Red Machine]

I don't think VVD or Gomez starts a game until after the international break at a minimum. 

 

[Rory Fitzgerald]

  On 12/08/2021 at 14:15, Big Red Machine said:

I don't think VVD or Gomez starts a game until after the international break at a minimum. 

 

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Do you think Robbo's absence creates a new decision for LCB ?

Unlikely you can (maybe not "can" but "want") put Konate at LCB beside him. So is that Konate RCB and Matip LCB ?

I think Matip goes RCB and I think he starts Gomez at LCB (a marginal call over VVD). Gomez might not get loads of games this season (might not), so give him the game now if its a marginal call over VVD assuming both being at the same fitness/recovery moment.

When you are introducing Konate, do it with the best possible partner - VVD. Maybe its a case that VVD starts playing more consistently when Robbo is back and you introduce Konate then after a few games. Up until then its a mix of Matip, Gomez and minutes for VVD.

Could be well over thinking this because if Gomez and Konate were injured, we'd be flinging VVD in.

[D.Boon]

Gonna drive up and watch this in the pub with my Dad..really looking forward to it.

[Ombudsam]

  On 12/08/2021 at 19:23, Rory Fitzgerald said:

Do you think Robbo's absence creates a new decision for LCB ?

Unlikely you can (maybe not "can" but "want") put Konate at LCB beside him. So is that Konate RCB and Matip LCB ?

I think Matip goes RCB and I think he starts Gomez at LCB (a marginal call over VVD). Gomez might not get loads of games this season (might not), so give him the game now if its a marginal call over VVD assuming both being at the same fitness/recovery moment.

When you are introducing Konate, do it with the best possible partner - VVD. Maybe its a case that VVD starts playing more consistently when Robbo is back and you introduce Konate then after a few games. Up until then its a mix of Matip, Gomez and minutes for VVD.

Could be well over thinking this because if Gomez and Konate were injured, we'd be flinging VVD in.

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That first clause of that last sentence… that.