What will Rafa's approach to this one be? Will he be resting players for Thursday night? Is there any danger of a humiliating defeat at Burnley?
Depending on results before our game i think will determine if Rafa rest players .. If spurs beat utd we will be 11 points behind them ...... so even if we beat burnley 8 points behind with 3 games to go .....
Being liverpool football club we should be able to rest players and still beat burnley I will not be impressed by a struggle at burnley. We have no pressure, let the shackles off, go out and push on from the first minute and get the goals. Kill the game off early and then rest players. Burnley are down and out, this should be easy. There a championship team!
Players are bound to be tired but if we can manage a decent performance and some goals it might give us that vital little boost for the second leg next thursday.
I agree that we should have more than enough to see off Burnley and still rest a few. but Rafa must be positive and let whatever team he puts out play.
if spurs get a result at OT (highly unlikely i think but u never know) then 4th is gone really so he'd definitely do a 'roy hodgson' on the teamsheet and rest players. its hard ot know what to wish for tehn. u want to win evry game - but u can understand people thinking if we got 8th and had no european football next season, then at leat til january and the fa cup u could jsut put out ure best 11 in every league game and that would massively increase our chances of 4th...coz european football is always a distraction and the europa league even more so coz ure travelling as far east as mongolia and have loadsa poxy sunday and monday games etc. the only thing worth fighting for int he league is the golden glove for pepe coz he sooooooo deserves something for his efforts this season. i'm not agreeing with that point of view, or disagreeing either....i'm just saying there is a certain logic to hust having the league to worry about next season. either way, our u-18s should bt burnley...laws must be the most bizarre appointment to a struggling club in the history of the prem....closely followed by mr. bouncebackability himself at hull
hopefully spurs will draw at ot that still gives us a chane at 4th and even if we beat chelsea they will win the league on goal difference its a win win
lets hope he plays stevie g and masch in midfield along with aquaman and benayoun and lets be a bit less negative against a team like burnley!!
Why would we rest players. We haven't even qualified for the Europa League. 4th is long gone ! We've won 4 games away in the league and Chelski will probably beat us. We need the points to make sure Everton ( who have a very easy run in on paper ) don't knock us out of Europe !! Having said that I hope he rests Ngog, Babel and El Zhar for about 15 Years I'll be happy.
defiantly the best senario it would be great to finish the season on a high by winning the europa league beating chelsea and safe in the knowledge that in doing so were not handing the title to united
Rafa returns to the scene of his deepest and darkest moments with LFC and there's been a few of those. The sight of Jimmy Traore getting himself in a right tiss will haunt me forever. I fear there will be more excuses after this one. We have no one to play up front and this will cost us dearly against the lethal Burnley! I have no confidence in this team and don't see the point in discussing line ups because it really doesn't matter who turns out! I'd give Riera and run out at least he has something to prove and would put in a performance. When you look at what he said it in't a million miles off or is it?
Am I right in thinking that was Rafa's first year in charge? Did Nunez also get sent off in that game? Was it a postponed game as the first game was called off due to a waterlogged pitch? So many teams begin with the letter 'b' so I could be mixed up but if I am not is this the first time we have played Burnley in six seasons?
I can't for the life of me explain it but I feel the same, we were so poor the other night and confidence is back at it's all time low! We've no striker, no left back, our two midfielders aren't allowed across the halfway line and good oul stevie couldn't care less about what's going on! Not sure where a win would come from!
What's with the chins on the floor.. I'm gonna throw a fiver on Liverpool winnin 2-1. Season's near over. Fresh start is ahead. gonna win that Europa as well so it's not ALL bad. Mind you I lost ten quid on my LFC for PL & CL so may blank the bookies as i think i'm a jinx