Next, we take a look back at the post-match data in our usual members’ analysis of the previous Gameweek.
We skew our analysis towards Double Gameweek 37 assets, as Man City, Arsenal and West Ham’s attacks all feature. Meanwhile, Newcastle’s form at both ends of the pitch is also assessed prior to their favourable weekend fixture and double-header.
Both, I think would beat them in a final. I'd go Madrid because of recent experience in finals and Ronaldo.
Bitter much?
Boohoo.
Cry me a river mate. MU always get an easy group in the CL....like every year. Don't be so bitter
Madrid will be a very tough team to beat for Pool. Ronaldo is too good for that Pool defence.
A Liverpool vs. Real final would be awesome - two attacking sides and the battle between Mo and Ronaldo would be great to watch.
I don’t think it matters, I genuinly think pool will blow both those teams away.
The big attacking teams just play into Klopps style of pressing.
+100
If you're looking for the easiest route, then look no further than Man Utd's Europa league win.
Anderlecht, Celta Vigo, Ajax's u21's.
But after all that was Europa league and champions
Pool winning the CL increases the UK's coefficient rankings so it's good for all EPL teams.
Aww bitter baby 'Apart from city' 'Such an easy road to the finals' LOL
It's perfectly true though. Try and romanticise it all you want, but that's a really poor list of opponents considering it's the Champions League.
You can't just say 'apart from ...' Roma knocked Barcelona out of the CL and they've got a team that would probably take United over 2 legs too. Beating City over 2 legs is impressive and you can't just suddenly put that aside.
Also we've beaten everyone that's been put in front of us so far and haven't lost a game in the CL.
Having rocked up and played the way we have for a team not consistently in Europe is a frickin amazing achievement in itself so when people try to downplay the achievement through 'easy run in blah blah' at the end of the day we can't pick our opponents and have to beat whoever we're up against which we have.
Upsets happen from time to time, Roma was one of them. Truth is they are nowhere near the quality of a team you would expect to face in a Champions League semi final. After all Roma are almost 20 points behind both Juventus and Napoli in the Serie A, and only a single point above 5th place which would mean no Champions League for them next season.
Beating City is a great achievement indeed, but that's the only top team Liverpool have had to face to reach the final, hence the "apart from" – as you would normally expect them having to knock out the big European teams to reach the final.
Of course you can only beat the teams you are put up against, but it still makes their Champions League success much less impressive than what it would otherwise be.
Bayern have faced Besiktas and Sevilla so far... They're now facing Madrid in the Semis? Your point is?
Roma faced Shaktar before Barca (When we faced City), your point is?
Out of the the semi finalists only Real Madrid have arguably had a tougher route..
So if anyone other then Madrid wins it it's 'not impressive'?
Your point is..
Anybody else hesitating about ditching Salah for the DGW?
easily capable of outscoring most midfielders with just the one game.
Opens up a can of worms for GW38 too.
Got rid in wk33 wc and have moved up 100k since. Won't be getting back now
Who have you been captaining?
Aubameyang Kane and Jesus
That's not coz of Salah, it's about chips u played
Got rid weeks ago to focus on blanks and DGWs and have moved up from 80k to 15k OR. Been great fun gambling....it’s a game!
Nice!
I am not too worried as his replacement eriksen should haul.
Whether to get rid of salah this week before stoke is the burning Q!!
I have both robertson and salah. Good chance of both being rested this weekend.
Which means I need to ship one..
teams and players in form are harder to come by towards the end of the season so im keeping.
Would you rather have a United defender or a Spurs one for the run-in? I have DDG. I think Lloris has been a bit of a disaster recently though which is putting me off.
Spurs
How come?
DDG & Verto
I committed to double UTD defence on my WC to leave option for triple Spurs attack. Not sure if I will but wanted option available.
Which attacking line-up is best?
A) Son-Sanchez-Sterling-Silva-Gross
Kane-Barnes-Austin
B) Son-Sterling-Mahrez-Silva-Gross
Kane-Austin-Jesus (-4)
B
B
B
Bottomed
If Salah is confirmed out this week by AE (and given I plan to bin him next week for either Hazard/Alli):
A) Play JAyew
B) Hazard (-4)
C) Alli (-4)
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If you are wondering why Hazard and Alli - I am trying to claw back a 79 point deficit on my ML leader (unlikely I know) so am aiming for the ultimate differentials. He already owns Son and Eriksen. And, I already have triple city (Dsilva, Sane, Jesus)
why would Salah be out?
Think he means on the bench rested for Roma second leg.
cant see that happening
It’s a possibility, but I’d agree with you I don’t think it’s likely.
Stoke game is must win for Liverpool, if they draw, Chelsea can go level with them with win against Liverpool (and win game at hand - home to hudd).
GW35 - out of LMS
had fun.. thanks TM for organizing.
over the next 2 i'm thinking of Lukaku, Willian and Mahrez to Sterling, Jesus and Eriksen
Seem sensible or is it daft getting rid of 3 DGW players for 3 different ones
i had a similar decision to make, for me as I plan to play my bench boost chip i opted to swap out non dgw players rather than replace existing. That said the three you want to bring in look likely to outscore those they replace it depends on your DGW coverage and if you have any chips left....
Pool could have just parked the bus when they were 5-0 up, should have gotten rid of salah for and extra mid or def, seems like they do not like doing things the easy way out. I'm stll sure they'll qualify by the way.
They don’t know how to park the bus. Attack is the best form of defence for them. Have conceded 4 goals in last 2 matches after Salah has been subbed off which back that.
Easy to say that now I think. Roma were on the ropes I personally think we should have kept Salah on and gone for more goals. But of course there’s the needless risk of him picking up a knock which is why he came off
I'm cool with taking Salah off and preventing an injury, but I didn't understand why Ings came on. Should have just been Moreno playing left wing, with Mane on the right. We need to improve our in-game approach, as last night should have really been the end of the tie but wasn't.
No problem taking Salah off.....I mean we were 5 up, every manager in the world would do the same to protect their best assets.
There's no accounting for Lovren's missed header though no matter who was on the pitch. What a useless DF he is
Keeping Salah on the pitch isn't just about scoring more goals, it upsets the balance of the team (no Fimino & Salah, no outlet). Liverpool do not have a strong enough squad to make changes in important games.
As a Pool fan we're punching above our weight at the moment & doing well above my expectations.
VVD has made a great difference but they need someone alongside him & a WC keeper to compete at the top consistently.
Keeping salah on the pitch also risks injury abd with a league match the weekend alomg with a 2nd leg in this i saw little disadvantage withdrawing him. Would have liked if firmino had been given withdrawn also. The sale of solenko in january was a terrible move. Imposdible now to withdraw salah firmino mane without seriously weakening the team. A giroud or the like would be welcomed in Liverpool. A player that allows them to change style and defend when needed.
I dont think salah being subed had much to do with it. Liverpool appeared to drop the tempo a little just brfore salah was subed off. That was disguised a little by the fact they scored their 5th shortly after.
Problem was when liverpool drops their tempo and take a breather they need the attacking players to shore up shop also. When the tempo dropped liverpool needed to empty the bench to accomodate this. Problem may be the lack of fit quality subs.
Which one of these for -4...
A) Willian -> Sterling
B) Mahrez -> Sterling
C) Vardy -> Jesus
D) Save
Cheers 🙂
A
What El cafetero said
Just realised I’m 0.1 off that move... will likely move Willian to Arnie next week anyway. Thanks
D since you don't have enough money for A.
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2 weeks to start of the championship...
GK/DF is set up for this GW as follows:
DDG (Ryan)
Smalling Long Lowton (Morgan Alonso*)
So basically 2 MU & 2 Burnley. Should I
A) bring someone in for Alonso (price obviously no issue)
or
B) Roll FT for DGW as Alonso will be back next week
No other pressing matters
On wildcard - would appreciate any thoughts!
Ederson
Lowton - Schindler - Vertonghen - (Hunmeier, Mbemba)
Willian - Lingard - Salah - Sterling - (Carroll)
Aubameyang - Kane - Jesus
A) Vert to someone else?
B) Downgrade Jesus and get Hazard in for Carroll
C) Other suggestions?
0m ITB
Thanks!
A) Keep Vert
B) No
C)
a) Schindler, Lowton? No doubles?
b) 2 non playing defenders? It could be one as much rotation is expected in the final gameweeks.
Good catch on the 2 single gameweekers - I can trade one out next week i suppose. Any suggestions?
A. No. He is the defender to have for the doubles.
B. Nope.
C. Get New, Lei, Swa defenders instead of Lowton and Schindler
Why not Schindler out of interest? Looks like he has 2 gameweeks
Salah to...
A) Hazard (-4) + 4.4m defender - Hazard (swa A, liv H, hud H)
B) Alli (-4) + 5.9m defender (wat H, wba A, new H)
Have justification why these 2 players so please suggest based on the two players in isolation.
Neither for a hit if Salahs going to play at the weekend
yep I only plan to make the move if Salah is confirmed out of the starting line up by AE
Alli
Hazard
Anyone else also feel differently about the chips? Really wish we could go back to normal with just 1/2 wildcards.
Save free transfer and do Alonso, Gross to Hunemeier, Eriksen next week, tripling up with Son and Kane and keeping Willian as the only Chelsea coverage?
Yes if using TC.
Only TC left, so probably TC Kane on 37 yes
Any quick and easy way to download fifa16 or 17?
So far I've taken a -4pts for Alonso and Lukaku to Masuaku and Jesus (to also free up funds for City mids or Salah). Now I'm going to take a -8pts for Willian and Gross to Sterling and D.Silva. Reckon I'll make my -12pts back?
Nope.
No, what are you doing
I thought this would be the general reaction. How about looking at it like this:
With FT, will Masuaku match Alonso? Probably not.
Will Jesus score at least 4pts over Lukaku? - Yes
Will Sterling score at least 4pts over Mahrez? - Yes
Will D.Silva score at least 4pts over Willian? - Yes
Individually the hits make sense to me, bunched together for a -12pts seems crazy tho. As I'm 2nd and 49 points behind 1st, I'm going to take the risk and go for it.
Too many hits. Relax. Do the transfers next week.
Got Barnes to J.Ayew lined up next week with FT so doing a hit this week gives me an extra game to recoup the points.
Are Chelsea really better than Roma?
If the UCL game was a EPL game, Salah would've had 21-22 points, while Firmino would've had 18-19 points.
Chelsea wouldn't have been set up poorly.
I’m confused.
I assume it's based around the need to keep Salah for GW37.
I might be wrong, but I think Chelsea and Roma draw 3-3 and Chelsea lost in Rome?
Are Roma really better than Barcelona
I don't think theres much between Roma and Chelsea in terms of ability. However there is no way Conte would have set up so naively, and if he had, no way he wouldn't have changed it earlier either.
There is absolutely no chance Chelsea will play with such a high line against Liverpool.
is Willian >> Silva worth a hit?
I’d hold Willian personally
Wait for a week
assuming Pep doesnt tinker i think city will post cricket scores in their last 4 games...... so i'd do it.
Which would you prefer for DGW37?
A) Arnautovic & Naughton
B) Lingard & Smalling
A
A
A
Cheers
a. as it gets you 360 min
b. only gets about 240 min
I am worried about the United rotation
i d go a as more nailed
I’m planning to roll my FT this week to do a mini WC in prep for BB in DG37.
Is this -8 too much?
Lossl > Fabianski
VVD > Naughton
Ibe > Arnautovic
J.King > J.Ayew
Gives me this team for GW37
DDG
Alonso, Christensen, Naughton
Alli, Son, Arnautovic, Willian, Mahrez
Kane(v), Vardy
BB: Fabianski, J.Ayew, Bauer, Dummett
Should be Kane(c) and Vardy(v)
Anyone?
-8 is too much IMO, intresting DGW team, no City at all?
GTG? Bench correct? 1ft and 0.2itb
DDG
Vert - Morgan - Lowton
Salah - Willian - Son - Mahrez
Kane - Barnes - Auba
(Ryan - Alonso - Mustafi - Cork)
Cork first on bench
Thanks, start DDG of Ryan?
Yes
City say hi
do mahrez to sterling before mahrez falls and sterling rises
Great suggestion, can't believe I missed it, thanks!
Will Morgan start?
hope so...
Lukaku to Jesus for a hit? (have Sterling)
not for me, lukaku has great fixture home to arsenal and jesus might not even play...
why would jesus not play ?
you never know with pep. even if he starts i d still rather have lukaku than jesus and -4. imo that is 🙂
Pep may rotate drastically.
Nah keep Kaku for ars
Which one to play:
A) Murray
B) Willian
B
Which if Salah starts?
A) Mahrez (cpl, WHM, ARS, tot)
B) Sterling (whm, HUD, BRI, sot) -4
C) Salah (STK, che, BRI) -4
Salah for -8, -4 to bring in and -4 to bring out
Might do this if they go full strength vs stoke
Start which two?
A. Mee
B. Schindler
C. Maguire
D. Tomkins
BDCA
1 FT - 0.2ITB
Mahrez to Salah?
Yay or Nay
Nay due to the Roma game
Meant to say Sterling not Salah!
big yay then, thoughts on my post below please
no. keep mahrez for 36 and 37 and plan a move for salah for 38 imo
Meant to say Sterling not Salah
haha 🙂 still a not for me !
Morning guys,
Chasing my ML leader, on a WC with the DGW in mind which is better?
A, Lukaku & a 5.8 mid
or
B, Sanchez & a 6.0 striker
Cheers
b with ayew
Cheers, might take a punt on Austin
i'm trying to sell Austin.
i have austin, good but risky choice as not started all games, could pay off against bournemouth though...
Does the ML leader have Lukaku or Sanchez? If not b with ayew looks good
Neither at the moment
if salah doesnt start this gw my choice of captaincy is very limited..
A Lukaku
B Eriksen
thanks 🙂
one more ? 🙂
B
thanks
6 years, 2 days agoAs a united fan who can’t bear the thought of pool winning ucl, who has the best chance of even competing with them? Madrid or Bayern?
Apart from city, such an easy road to finals