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Sunday, November 29, 5:15 PM
Anfield, Liverpool

Hendo should be ready for this one.
This guy is back in training already:

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Team not too hard to predict:

--------------------Mignolet

Clyne ------ Skrtel------Lovren------Moreno

----------Milner-----Allen------Can
Lallana---------------------------------Coutinho
---------------------Benteke

Or......

Team not too hard to predict:

--------------------Mignolet

Clyne ------ Skrtel------Lovren------Moreno

----------------Milner-------Can

Lallana------------Firmino---------Coutinho

---------------------Benteke



 
I'm wondering if Klopp may go with Bogdan.

I honestly don't know whether I would in his position (if Bogdan goes & fucks up then we have only a pissed off & low on confidence Mignolet to rely on), but it's gotta be a possibility.
 
I have a feeling that Teixeira will be on the bench against Swansea.
 
Klopp : In a perfect world, after such an injury and long time off, Sturridge should play only practice games and train for 5 weeks. However it's not a perfect world.

Klopp : I'm not sure if Benteke can play 2 games in 3 games after just coming back. We'll have to see in training.
 
It's a 4.15pm kick off, not 5.15pm as OP stated.

Games coming thick & fast now, I'm also off to the League Cup quarterfinal at Southampton on Wednesday night and I hope we play a strong side for that game too, although I hope to see Bogdan & Teixeira start because that won't weaken us at all.
 
I think you can only judge that after the first few transfer windows.
We've only got one player that fits the defensive side of a central midfielder - Lucas.

If he's a first teamer this time next season then loads of people, me included, will be wrong about what the future holds for Lucas.

Most important thing is success on the pitch. If we're winning with Lucas in the side, then I'm a happy camper regardless.
 
Seeing that you get to watch the match earlier than most of the rest of us, can you please not ruin it by telling us the score.
That's not how it works.

It's the people that are in time zones which are AHEAD of GMT that find out the scores first.
 
Seeing that you get to watch the match earlier than most of the rest of us, can you please not ruin it by telling us the score.

Thanks to the Europa League knocking the game back to tomorrow, I'll be missing the game unless they're playing it at the airport
 
Klopp praises “important” Lucas ahead of Swansea clash

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Darragh Bermingham

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has praised Lucas Leiva after recent performances mean the holding midfielder is one of the first names on the Reds’ team sheet.



The German, however, thinks Lucas’ job is far more complex than that of a holding midfielder.

"It's one of the most important: The holding midfielder,” said Klopp. “We should change this name, because that's not all his job.

"It's not a 6, it's not an 8, it's somewhere in between. Usually we don't play with one player [at the base]."

The Brazilian midfielder appeared to be heading for the exit before Klopp’s arrival. Under Rodgers, Lucas didn’t make it onto the 18 man squad for the start of the season. Since Klopp took the reigns, Lucas has become a regular in the starting eleven, proving himself as a capable passer as well as a tough tackler in the heart of midfield, something which Rodgers seemed to doubt.

"It's good for both of us that I'm here. He is the type of player I like,” said Klopp. “Really good personality."

However, the German will have to do without his Brazilian enforcer against Swansea on Sunday. The Brazilian picked up a fifth yellow card of the season in the Reds’ thrilling win over Man City and is suspended for this weekend’s clash. Instead, Joe Allen will step in, according to Klopp who praised the Welshman for his performance against Bordeaux on Thursday night.

“He was very good but we took him off after 60 minutes with Sunday in mind.”

Meanwhile, Jordan Henderson could make his return on Sunday. The English midfielder has been sidelined since he suffered a fractured foot in training but Klopp said he is knocking on the door.

"He wants to play but we have to wait. We'll see every day how he adapts to the intensity of the previous day."

"I'm waiting for him. For a player like him, with his history with injury, he's always on the door. I like this.

"Henderson is always (knocking) on the door, wanting to play. But he needs to be perfect physically. When in that shape we can use him.”

The former Borussia Dortmund boss also admitted he is unsure whether Benteke can play two games in three days and whether Sturridge’s latest injury will rule him out of Sunday’s game.

“Does Daniel have a chance for Sunday? I don’t know. But five weeks in a row without playing means he needs matches"
 
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