ljkeane Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 5 minutes ago, baxus said: It's perfectly reasonable star players would be rested, especially when they have some nagging injuries or something. Er, star players weren’t rested, other than Konate and Robertson on the bench I suppose, that was all the available senior players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 What was the issue with Salah? He played against Brentford, everything was fine, just skipped Luton. Sure, he was injured while away at international duty, but recovered and played after that. I may have missed something, but it seems to me Klopp decided not to push him into playing a game against one of the weakest opponents Liverpool would face this season. I also may have missed if something was wrong with Darwin. Klopp said he took him off at half time against Brentford because he complained about some small issue and I've read/heard no additional reports on that injury, so it also seems reasonable to assume it's nothing major and he was rested. Even on Liverpool's site there's no talk of their injuries, just that they will be "monitored" for final tomorrow. All of that suggests they were rested as a precaution rather than a necessity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 With Hojlund injured, Omari Forson comes into the side ahead of either Antony or Amad. Interesting one. Will probably mean Rashford up front since Forson isn't a central forward by trade either, but I think he might have played there once or twice in the academy? Not sure. Either way, at least ETH has seemingly finally lost patience with Antony, at least for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, baxus said: What was the issue with Salah? He played against Brentford, everything was fine, just skipped Luton. Sure, he was injured while away at international duty, but recovered and played after that. I may have missed something, but it seems to me Klopp decided not to push him into playing a game against one of the weakest opponents Liverpool would face this season. I also may have missed if something was wrong with Darwin. Klopp said he took him off at half time against Brentford because he complained about some small issue and I've read/heard no additional reports on that injury, so it also seems reasonable to assume it's nothing major and he was rested. Even on Liverpool's site there's no talk of their injuries, just that they will be "monitored" for final tomorrow. All of that suggests they were rested as a precaution rather than a necessity. Salah and Nunez both had muscle strains after the Brentford match. This was widely reported. Not long term injuries like Jota (MCL), Jones (high ankle sprain) or Alisson (hamstring tear), but enough to miss at least the next match as a precaution. Jota’s impact injury meant that Salah played a lot more minutes than planned on his first game back from a hamstring tear, and Nunez has played a lot of minutes with a lot of sprints — his profile looks like Szoboszlai’s. The tone of the updates all week makes it sound risky to start them in a final that could got into ET. If they were just being rested, they would have been on the bench against Luton instead of bringing on 18yr old Danns for his debut — who, in fairness, showed a few nice touches in his ten minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Are man utd as bad as they are being described? Is anyone watching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 @polishgenius Could you answer coppers question, also just seen the Maguire stomp. Lucky that was just a yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Well that was irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 So how bad were United? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Now just hoping that Bournemouth can take City and then Arsenal keep Newcastle out of contention for catching up to us. Was nice to see that both Forson and Amad are ahead of Antony in the pecking order as of the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I wonder where Bayern would be if they hadn't signed Kane. Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Do Newcastle's players want to see Howe off onto the chopping block (I assume the proverbial one, but with the Newcastle owners, you never know...)? If they continue to play like this could get real ugly real quick. baxus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) A proper ass whipping is always fun. I was explaining soccer to the new GF and she knew 4-0 was brutal. Thought it was going to be 5-1 there. Edited February 24 by Mr. Chatywin et al. Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Should have won by more. Professional performance there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 6 minutes ago, Mr. Chatywin et al. said: A proper ass whipping is always fun. I was explaining soccer to the new GF and she knew 4-0 was brutal. Reminds me of a story. No idea if that's true, but it's funny. A Schalke fan once approached Klopp after he's lead their rivals Dortmund to a league title. Asking him, how his team (Schalke) could win the league. To which Klopp shrugged and quipped: "Man, how should I explain colour to a blind person?" No idea, why this story just came to mind. AncalagonTheBlack, Wilbur and Teng Ai Hui 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Declan Rice channeling Ward-Prowse’s set piece delivery. Beautiful to watch. Spockydog and Teng Ai Hui 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Arsenal need to stop conceding last-minute goals. Also, I'd like to see Arsenal use a two goalkeeper system like Wenger had. Raya starts the league games on the weekends, and Ramsdale starts the midweek games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 18 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: If they were just being rested, they would have been on the bench against Luton instead of bringing on 18yr old Danns for his debut — who, in fairness, showed a few nice touches in his ten minutes. But if there is one game where Liverpool should be fine with resting Salah and Nunez completely, letting them have a night off instead of sitting on the bench, it's a home game against a team fighting relegation. Why risk Nunez aggravating his small injury playing last 15 minutes against Luton? Why keep Salah on the bench, when he can stay at home with his family after being away for a couple of weeks on international duty recently. Every single player will be needed in rotation, star players get some rest and maintain their freshness, while second stringers get some games so they can get into form and step up when really needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I stand corrected, Salah and Nunez are not in Liverpool's League Cup final squad. I guess they really have been injured for the Luton match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Normally I would be rooting for Chelsea in this one, but I am more a neutral this time. I don't particularly care for this competition and I would like for Klopp to leave with at least one more trophy, in the eventuality that they don't win the PL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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