Must not be fit or able after playing vs wolves
He’s young though so it a weird one alright
Fresh legs late in game if they bring on more legs makes sense too .
Absolutely, I don't really get people who don't understand this. In a match like this he could be instrumental in the whole team getting off on the right foot and playing their best possible first half, even if he can only last 45-60 mins you have to start him if he's fit.
Equally he was fucking awful in the reverse fixture. Granted I think he was playing out of position, but the scoreline didn't reflect how terrible we played that day. It's probably the worst performance from our midfield all season.
We’re about to run the kid into the ground this season. There were probably some signs in training that he needed resting this week, at least he’s in the bench and can come on if needed.
Sparks disgust tbh, 2 old slow boys and a kid with no physicality at all.
We are going to need midfield subs around the 60th minute or they will bully us senseless.
I love the lad but he didn't set the world alight against Madrid, and United are in great form.
He shouldn't be overplayed, even though our midfield is shit. It could mess with his development if he's under scrutiny too much. It's a lot of pressure.
Is that what happened to Pedri? I think what you’re saying sounds intuitively true but it’s definitely been proven wrong in other cases. We’ll see what happens but i hope there’s a really good reason we didn’t start our best midfield three today
Insane that we're in this position man, allegedly a big club and we're begging for an 18 year old to start in an extremely high profile game when he's probably not ready just because he's our only decent midfielder
How did we get here
Depending on 2 midfielders to sign with us, that chose other places. Then my own speculation is since we didn't flirt with our backup plans well enough they didn't either.
So now we wait for summer and the promise we got that they are going all-in.
Okay now you’re stretching it. He was absolutely abysmal and was at the heart of multiple of their goals because of his giveaways. Even when we were up two goals he was stopping us from scoring more by needlessly giving the ball away. There’s this phenomenon when young players play and everybody overrates them because they’re young, same thing happened with Harvey last year. All that being said, bajcetic should be starting, but he hasn’t been great if you take age out of the picture.
Tbf Elliot has played in some pretty big games already in his career. Has played City a few times and done well.
Not saying it's the right decision but it's not completely insane either.
This sub considered Elliot to be our best midfielder couple of games into the season. Now you lot are angry he's starting over another 19yo.
Talk about putting pressure on a kid. Give Bajcetic 2 bad games and this sub will turn against him.
This “sub” doesn’t represent me. Elliot is not a central midfielder and is never going to be, starting him against the second most in form team in the league is dumb af no matter how you spin it
And you're also never gonna be right no matter how you spin it. He's a midfielder and Klopp and the whole coaching staff see him as a midfielder. Oh, and he's starting in midfield for Liverpool against Manchester United.
He struggled a lot against Madrid, giving it away constantly.
Not saying Elliot is a massive improvement, particularly defensively, but he has more experience.
This is just the situation we're in.
Kudos to one of the few people in this thread that wasn't losing their mind a player was starting and instead got behind him and rooted for a solid game.
Sort by old, find all the 'expert' posts, remember to ignore there stupid comments from now on.
IlTT, too much gamers thinking they know shit about fuck all
Lol this is why I don't like commenting on lineup threads now. The amount of times I've got it completely wrong has shown me up enough to not bother predicting outcomes again lol
A year ago if we put out that team I would have thought, “we’re gonna fucking shag the cunts.”
Now I have no idea what to expect, but whatever it is, I’m not holding my breath for something good.
(I know we didn’t have some players last year but you know what I mean)
Hmmm. Elliott and Fabinho were pretty good last match, but this midfield still worries me.
Still, our best defence, and Nunez letting loose. Could be fun.
Thought Harvey struggled at Old Trafford, especially the first half. So this is a huge game for him. Was wondering if Bobby would come in, but good to see Gakpo getting the nod.
Why the fuck has he dropped Baj to the bench…. Bloody weak midfield. How many times are we going to see Hendo out fought and out run. If it was a drinking game we would all be rat arsed after 20 minutes. I like Elliott but he’s so weak in midfield.
When are we going to understand that Harvey in the middle is not the best for the club or him. Im assuming Stefan has a knock otherwise don't understand why Harvey is starting before him. Could be the English factor if not an injury.
Really not sure why you'd start Elliott over Bajcetic in this game
Must not be fit or able after playing vs wolves He’s young though so it a weird one alright Fresh legs late in game if they bring on more legs makes sense too .
Why start Henderson over Bajcetic?
Why start anyone over Bajcetic?
Agree. But of the three today, Henderson is the one I would not play.
tbh id prefer hendo over elliott today, need our captain in important fixtures like this
Absolutely, I don't really get people who don't understand this. In a match like this he could be instrumental in the whole team getting off on the right foot and playing their best possible first half, even if he can only last 45-60 mins you have to start him if he's fit.
Equally he was fucking awful in the reverse fixture. Granted I think he was playing out of position, but the scoreline didn't reflect how terrible we played that day. It's probably the worst performance from our midfield all season.
Well, he sure showed us! What a cracking game he had.
And that's why youre not the manager of lfc
My guess is we’re going to match them in a 4231? Otherwise it’s very strange, plus I Would still go Bajcetic instead of Hendo or Fab
Would be surprised if we change formation
Teenager whos played a lot is prob the reason
Subs: Kelleher, Milner, Firmino, Jones, Jota, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Matip, Bajcetic.
Just Thiago and Diaz short of the full first team squad now.
Keita and Ox fully fitting into fresh pyjamas for another week earning over 100k.
>Firmino I'd love us to have a 5-0 lead and Bobby to come on with 15 mins left just so we can show him our love
this man is a prophet
Holy duck, my man
i'm doing the friggin lottery this week! holy shyt!
It's even better than your wish lol
Holy crap i wasn't expecting that!
>I'd love us to have a 5-0 lead This would be enough for me
Great prediction.
Lol, I read your comment at the start of the game and had to come back and double check! Please keep predicting games!
Well, well, well.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT???? 🎩 🪄
442 with Elliot on the right? I actually have no clue why Bajcetic isn't starting
Elliot over Bajcetic absolute stinker of a decision
This is why I love coming back to these line up threads
Milk
He's fucking Guardiola'd us
woosh
Slayed
Aged well this
Either that or Elliot is joining the attack and it’s more of a midfield 2? If it’s a 3 I just don’t see who plays on the left of the 3.
It's definitely a midfield 3. Whenever we act like there's a change of formation it's ends up being usual.
Really hope it’s Henderson on the right then.
Its always Hendo on the left
That’d be a lot of exposure on the right/left sides.
Hopefully it is, can't see Elliott at RCM being a good idea with Rashfords form.
Can't start every game, that's how you ruin the careers of promising kids.
We’re about to run the kid into the ground this season. There were probably some signs in training that he needed resting this week, at least he’s in the bench and can come on if needed.
That and I reckon he feels Hendo needs to start this one, and wants a more attacking option alongside Hendo and Fab
More experience, Bajectic is class but only young so could be lost in game like against RM.
More experience doing what? There hasn't been one game where Hendo-Fab-Elliot midfield has looked convincing
Yeah also we need to be careful to not overplay him. He’s very young and he can always be subbed on if things go to pot.
The midfield does not spark alot of initial joy
Klopp always went with Hendo-Fab (& Gini back then) for the big games.
The problem is the 3rd
This seasn, the problem is the 3 lol.
Henderson and Fabinho are also a problem rn tbh
rolled back the years for 90 minutes today though
It's terrible to be sure. This midfield hasn't worked even once, be it this season or last season.
Milk
Can see attack being starved of service
Welp
Not here to mock/joke but man how different this game ended after this team announcement
Sparks disgust tbh, 2 old slow boys and a kid with no physicality at all. We are going to need midfield subs around the 60th minute or they will bully us senseless.
Milk
You’re asking for a Milner introduction on minute 72 - Klopp
Why are we benching our best midfielder in our most important game?
I love the lad but he didn't set the world alight against Madrid, and United are in great form. He shouldn't be overplayed, even though our midfield is shit. It could mess with his development if he's under scrutiny too much. It's a lot of pressure.
Is that what happened to Pedri? I think what you’re saying sounds intuitively true but it’s definitely been proven wrong in other cases. We’ll see what happens but i hope there’s a really good reason we didn’t start our best midfield three today
Pedri is generational. A bit different, and definitely an exception.
So throw another youngster under the bus for that scrutiny? If Elliott fails he's catching the entire blame here given that Baj is not playing.
He struggled with the intensity against real madrid. Rate him highly but I dont think its an outrageous decision to bench him for this game.
And Elliott didn't? Fab didn't? Hendo didn't? Bajcetic literally was the one who suffered LESS then the others
Insane that we're in this position man, allegedly a big club and we're begging for an 18 year old to start in an extremely high profile game when he's probably not ready just because he's our only decent midfielder How did we get here
I mean Barca struggled and called on Pedri, and look how he turned out
Depending on 2 midfielders to sign with us, that chose other places. Then my own speculation is since we didn't flirt with our backup plans well enough they didn't either. So now we wait for summer and the promise we got that they are going all-in.
Okay now you’re stretching it. He was absolutely abysmal and was at the heart of multiple of their goals because of his giveaways. Even when we were up two goals he was stopping us from scoring more by needlessly giving the ball away. There’s this phenomenon when young players play and everybody overrates them because they’re young, same thing happened with Harvey last year. All that being said, bajcetic should be starting, but he hasn’t been great if you take age out of the picture.
Bit outrageous considering he's been benched for Elliott, not someone like Keita or Thiago
Yeah cause Keita had really set the world alight lately and Thiago isn’t fit,
Keita was shockingly bad his last few appearances and Thiago isn’t fit. People are just wanting something to whine about.
Keita better defensively then Elliott and more physical
Keita was a complete passenger against Palace, and he's leaving for free in a few months, no point giving him any more chances.
Tbf Elliot has played in some pretty big games already in his career. Has played City a few times and done well. Not saying it's the right decision but it's not completely insane either.
At this point Keita should barely be a substitute.
This midfield 3 struggles with Intensity!! People walk past Elliot
Milk
yeah I guess youre right
Fair but I’d rather see him get the first 60 mins, then take him off.
As an 8 Elliott has struggled against the intensity of nearly every PL team he's faced.
Classic Klopp taking the pressure off the kid
Taking pressure off… yet he started against Madrid
>yet he started against Madrid And he couldn't cope Edit: Bunch of video game managers
Fab and Hendo couldn't too. Yet, they are in starting 11
Ground duels 5/7 won Accurate long balls 8/12 Tackles won 50% Not the worst was it. Wonder what Elliot would have had in the middle
Aye and he wasn't great, which is why Elliot starts today. It's not rocket science.
Lmao and proceeds putting it on another 19 yo kid????
Put your ass back on 😂
A worse 19 yo at that
This sub considered Elliot to be our best midfielder couple of games into the season. Now you lot are angry he's starting over another 19yo. Talk about putting pressure on a kid. Give Bajcetic 2 bad games and this sub will turn against him.
This “sub” doesn’t represent me. Elliot is not a central midfielder and is never going to be, starting him against the second most in form team in the league is dumb af no matter how you spin it
And you're also never gonna be right no matter how you spin it. He's a midfielder and Klopp and the whole coaching staff see him as a midfielder. Oh, and he's starting in midfield for Liverpool against Manchester United.
And adding it to Elliott....just look at this thread and you already know the reaction towards Elliott should we lose.
He struggled a lot against Madrid, giving it away constantly. Not saying Elliot is a massive improvement, particularly defensively, but he has more experience. This is just the situation we're in.
Fabinho and Hendo didn't? They were even worse against Madrid
No bajetic :(
Feel like Bajcetic should be there despite the lack of experience. He’d be a better choice than Harvey.
No brainer really
I totally agree.
Elliot on the a right 8 is going to expose our right side to Rashford
This 100%. Whoever is playing on the left for Utd is licking their lips.
Wait who usually plays for them on the left?
Rashford
Elliot is going to be on the left. It’s always Hendo on the right what makes people say otherwise?
Hope Gakpo takes a position to help
Gakpo will be down the middle he's clearly the long term Firmino replacement.
Hope he takes that deeper Firmino role is what I mean
Huge game for Elliot. Let's hope he delivers!
Kudos to one of the few people in this thread that wasn't losing their mind a player was starting and instead got behind him and rooted for a solid game.
Sort by old, find all the 'expert' posts, remember to ignore there stupid comments from now on. IlTT, too much gamers thinking they know shit about fuck all
Lol this is why I don't like commenting on lineup threads now. The amount of times I've got it completely wrong has shown me up enough to not bother predicting outcomes again lol
Cant say I’m wild on EIIiott starting over Bajcetic
Surprised Elliot over bajectic. Jota super sub, gakpo shows United what they are missing
It's crazy how everyone complained about Elliot playing and it worked out so well in the end. Trust in Klopp.
Bajcetic must be leggy. Can't see him being dropped for any other reason
Most sensible comment on here. He's 18 and played a lot of minutes since the season restart.
Our most in form midfielder benched. Mad.
Stefan😢
Casemiro going to have a field day here
And then he woke up
cant fucking believe we aren't playing our best ball winning midfielder on form in this game. Bajcetic should be first name on the team sheet
Elliot in mid is interesting. It's caused us problems this year.
Hopefully everyone puts a shift in. Weird that the team keeps getting leaked, wonder who’s doing that again.
7-0
⬆️🔴
A year ago if we put out that team I would have thought, “we’re gonna fucking shag the cunts.” Now I have no idea what to expect, but whatever it is, I’m not holding my breath for something good. (I know we didn’t have some players last year but you know what I mean)
Subs??
Hmmm. Elliott and Fabinho were pretty good last match, but this midfield still worries me. Still, our best defence, and Nunez letting loose. Could be fun.
We are just asking for rashford to score from a counter attack at this point let's hope konate can contain him
I can't see Fab staying on the pitch. He's been lucky for the past few games but I think he'll do something stupid here as well.
Stopping by for company before the clenching commences lol. This is a good lineup, I think Henderson will be just fine.
That midfield 🤢
Milk
Brexit midfield
Brexit midfield worked out alright. Almost as if Klopp knows what he's doing...
Hope Hendo is up for it.
Jones juju about to happen
To win we‘ll need all three midfielders to play significantly better than they have all season.
Bajc the super sub
Counting on the Lighthouse!
Oh.... Not what we expected. Daaaang....hmmm... Not actually cool. Fingers crossed!
No Jota interesting. Back to a 433 or is this a 442? God I hope it's a 442.
Klopp is insane
Thought Harvey struggled at Old Trafford, especially the first half. So this is a huge game for him. Was wondering if Bobby would come in, but good to see Gakpo getting the nod.
How the fuck is bajcetic not starting? Casemiro about to expose this midfield.
Milk
Why the fuck has he dropped Baj to the bench…. Bloody weak midfield. How many times are we going to see Hendo out fought and out run. If it was a drinking game we would all be rat arsed after 20 minutes. I like Elliott but he’s so weak in midfield.
Lucky you aint the manager aye?
Extremely
Everyone is asking the same question - why no Bajcetic???
Bajcetic carrying a knock or something? Surely there is a reason he isn’t starting?
Bajetic not playing is insane. This is just a bad decision from Klopp
Milk
Beat Scum United
Fabinho and Henderson again smh Lord help us today
God won't help u live down this embarrassing comment, amen.
Ok
Bajcetic first half sub for Fab incoming
When are we going to understand that Harvey in the middle is not the best for the club or him. Im assuming Stefan has a knock otherwise don't understand why Harvey is starting before him. Could be the English factor if not an injury.
In Klopp we trust
Midfield battle lost already
Milk
Jürgen wtf is that midfield
Milk
Gakpo over Jota? Bold
Expected with Gakpo rested midweek and Jota only just back from long-term injury.
Is it? Jota hasnt exactly set the world on fire since coming back?
Not mad at that
Wait, what? Harvey over Stefan?
That midfield is gonna be a roller coaster
This midfield make me nervous
Looks like we’re not winning any midfield duels then, this midfield averages 1 tackle per game…….
Milk
Why does Henderson get to play in 1st 11 is beyond me at this point.....
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Milk
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Milk
Bajetic wasn't great against Madrid, it's maybe not the worst to take some pressure away in these big games
Harvey cant handle himself in midfield vs relegation teams and we throw him up against casemiro and sabitzer
Milk
Can’t handle himself? He was incredible vs wolves
Hope no Baj wont make our midfield into wet noodles
So now we're game managing a young Bajcetic but starting a leggy Fab and a huff n puff captain?
I would love to see 4-4-2 with elliott RM and salah LM. But it's just a dream i suppose
Well, I wish the lads luck, YNWA. Hope benching Bajcetic will be a good idea
That midfield is going to get smoked
Elliot in midfield doesn't do it for me at all
Milk
That midfield has absolutley no chance. That's just awful.
Milk
U should be a football manager