I kind of hope the big guns play, at least some part.

Is it actually a chance to play Mane Firmino and Salah?

A good performance from them might kick them on.

I honestly think we should give the first team squad a break from football...like from a mental perspective.

Whatever small breaks they can have, we need to capitalise on it to keep their minds fresh.

I won't mind seeing Thiago get 45 and then swap with Wij at half time. Keep the likes of Ali, Hendo, Fab, Robbo, Salah, Mane and Bobby at home.

Is Tsimikas still injured?

comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 14 seconds ago
Is Tsimikas still injured?
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Yeah out for another month or so.

comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 1 minute ago
I won't mind seeing Thiago get 45 and then swap with Wij at half time. Keep the likes of Ali, Hendo, Fab, Robbo, Salah, Mane and Bobby at home.
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You've said it before though too, when he er we have a break/rest half the team we look absolute muck afterwards.

We do lol

comment by Dr Sheldon Cooper (U1217)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 14 seconds ago
Is Tsimikas still injured?
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Yeah out for another month or so.
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Injury prone player. Another One!

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comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Dr Sheldon Cooper (U1217)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 14 seconds ago
Is Tsimikas still injured?
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Yeah out for another month or so.
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Injury prone player. Another One!
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One injury.
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He's on his 3rd break at the moment with one being covid. Doesn't look promising. If you look at his career in Greece there are loads of games which state "not in squad" according to Transfermrket.

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posted 7 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by Dr Sheldon Cooper (U1217)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by JustYourAverageFan (U21016)
posted 14 seconds ago
Is Tsimikas still injured?
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Yeah out for another month or so.
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Injury prone player. Another One!
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One injury.
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He's on his 3rd break at the moment with one being covid. Doesn't look promising. If you look at his career in Greece there are loads of games which state "not in squad" according to Transfermrket.
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So one minor know, covid and an impact injury. He's been here five months and that's enough to be injury prone? I don't even know why I bother to be honest. State of this board since our dip in form.
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5 months = 2 injuries and no rest for Robbo
Record in Greece blighted by multiple "Not in squad" entries.

He does seem injury prone. He was cheap so I guess that was the compromise.

I'd keep the first team players well away. Don't want any key players picking up Covid from Villa and the surrounding area ahead of United next week.

If we lose tonight the match thread and this page will explode

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 7 minutes ago
If we lose tonight the match thread and this page will explode
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Rightly so!

comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 7 minutes ago
If we lose tonight the match thread and this page will explode
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Rightly so!
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Why?

Its only a game of football in a cup competition we have not taken seriously for a few seasons.

No need for the usual suspects to once again assume the role of a lemming just because we lose a game.

FWIW I think we will win but hey ho.

If we lose to Villa U23s we will be the banter club.

Losing to Villas kids would be humiliating, no two ways about it.

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 7 minutes ago
If we lose tonight the match thread and this page will explode
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Rightly so!
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Why?

Its only a game of football in a cup competition we have not taken seriously for a few seasons.

No need for the usual suspects to once again assume the role of a lemming just because we lose a game.

FWIW I think we will win but hey ho.
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Losing to villa's youth team is embarrassing.

Lot's of fans are sick of not taking the domestic cups seriously too.

People would definitely be allowed to be pretty livid if we lose tonight. I don't think it'll happen though.

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 43 minutes ago
comment by (K̇ash) I'm the Mané - PL Champione (U1108)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 7 minutes ago
If we lose tonight the match thread and this page will explode
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Rightly so!
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Why?

Its only a game of football in a cup competition we have not taken seriously for a few seasons.

No need for the usual suspects to once again assume the role of a lemming just because we lose a game.

FWIW I think we will win but hey ho.
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For you it is only a game of football for others supporting liverpool is an important thing in their live.

Luckily I have other interests outside football so can switch off when we lose a game.

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I think he was speaking more metaphorically rather than seriously.

I can understand why the game "means more" to the working-man folk that pay x amounts for every home and away game, it's their money after all. It does keep some people sane as it is their livelihoods.

But yes, it is just 22 people kicking a football about.

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