I also believe it will be a front 4. I think we will look to stretch them whilst not allowing Modric to be comfortable dictating play.
Hendo and Bajcetic out, Doak out. Not a good start
Our starting 11 sorted. Weâll be deploying the new 4-1-5:
Alisson
Trent Matip Vvd Robertson
Fabinho
Salah Firmino Gakpo Jota Nunez
And brace yourselves cause we are just 16 hours from penalty kicks
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In this case being negative is being realistic. Klopp didnât give us 1% by accident. The extraordinary European comebacks such as against Milan and Barcelona were done by a team on the up. This one is most definitely trending in the opposite direction.
Add to that the absentees and the fact that itâs Real Madrid at Bernabeu and even the 1% chance seems generous.
Totally agree @Lynch04 . And if we are to go down then we should at least give them a bloody nose. They fucked us via Salah and Karius in 18, and were jammy cunts to have the lead up to last years final unfold as it did - we owe them and, even if we canât get through (which we have to believe we have a small chance), we need to make sure they pay a heavy price somehow.
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gonna sit this one out and enjoy the 3 weeks coming of no Lfc games. i missed nearly all the games (bar newcastle) when we went 5 unbeaten then tuned in for dross on Sat which is what ive witnessed in nearly every game ive seen this season bar City at home.
hopefully me not watching helps - it wont of course
madrid 3-1 lfc.
roll on august.
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The difference now is that this team is mentally depleted.
I know the odds are staked against us. I know Istanbul and Barca04 donât happen regularly. But I refuse to give up even before the game starts. Iâm not rational, I have my head in the clouds; but I would rather dream than dread. YNWA.
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I wouldnât read too much into it. Just typical football fan bravado, pretending they havenât been hurt. No-one really wants to face Madrid. They are by far the biggest club in the world. So every confrontation with them should be seen as a David-Goliath battle.
I have more a problem when fans make tenuous links with the past: âLiverpool v Real in Paris! Its meant to be!â. Or in 2013/14 âIts the 25th anniversary of Hillsborough. We are meant to win it!â as if stars align for football teams.
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Youâre the embodiment of disdane!
Hard situation in midfieldâŚ
At some point in the game, if not from the start, I could see us flipping to a double-pivot and then play Gakpo and Firmino as a between the lines duo centrally, one a bit higher than the other, but helping the midfield a lot. Which could basically make it a cage of 4 players centrally, with Salah and Nunez off the sides.
I guess Fabinho is certain to start, Elliott has a very good chance at RCM, then it could be Millie at LCM. Other options are Jones, Keita and Ox (though I donât see him starting in midfield). Hard to judge from the outside how much rhythm Jones and Keita have right now.
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Iâve decided Iâm not going to watch it. Iâm going to continue bingeing âShetlandâ instead and then download the whole match if we do OK. If we donât do OK itâs back to the bleak frozen wastelands and murder for me.
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Love that series, sorry that it ended.
Watching Istanbul final, Olypiakos game and the Barca 4-0 games live were some of the best memories of being a Liverpool fan for me, proper rollercoaster of emotions.
I donât think we have a chance tonight, but I couldnât forgive myself if I didnât put myself in place to enjoy another of those games if manage to pull off the impossible.
Watching it back later if we manage it, knowing the result just wouldnât be the same.
For that reason, I am going to put myself through it, but switch off HT if things are going south.
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Like at Istanbul?
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I will be racing home from work to meet my lad who will be getting off the bus from school, and we will watch the match.
Iâve already done the analysis with my head, and we all know the score, figuratively, and literally at 5-2.
But now that it is match day the heart is pumping and I canât wait to see the action unfold.
Is Joe Gomez fit? If so, Im wondering if his pace might help out at right back, against Vinicius. And maybe we shuffle Trent to the midfield, since we are somewhat depleted there?
Big game for Darwin Nunez coming up. I can feel it.
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Is it me??..but I sometimes canât hear what they ate saying in ShetlandâŚthe actors tend to mumbleâŚ
My only contribution to this thread will be to agree wholeheartedly with this.
Except itâll be losing 3-0 to Leeds, with fans again complaining that the players show they donât care and are only up for the big gamesâŚ
Leeds is away isnât it 
Hendo and Bajectic are both huge losses right now along with Thiago already out. Will we see Keita? Some one said Jones isnât even in the squad, thatâs a blow. Think we need to start with 3 midfielders, switch to 6 attackers for the last 20mins if needs be.
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