crunchblue wrote:
daviejones wrote:
crunchblue wrote:
The Archer wrote:
We should keep Troy for L'pool to give him longer to recover, because he can't play at both York and Anfield, and he is the only one up for 12 rounds with Benteke!
Am expecting a return for Atkinson tomorrow, we've missed his quality.
Well in my view York is more important. I'd take defeat at Anfield for 3 points tomorrow. Obviously ideally we'll win both but if we can only win one then I choose York.
I'd definitely rather beat Liverpool than York but given the likelihood of each of those happening I definitely wouldn't be resting Troy on Saturday. Our best chance of raising our very low chances of beating Liverpool is going in with a load of momentum and playing an absolute blinder and hoping they slip up.
The league is far far more important than the cup. We're off the back of 3 league wins - remember last season when we won 3 games... Yeah we failed to build on it, went on a horrendous run and were in a relegation scrap all season which nearly resulted in us losing our league status.
Beating Liverpool would be great, but whilst losing to them would be disappointing, it would be nothing compared to being relegated out of the football league. That's why tomorrow is so important, we have to build on this run of results to make sure history doesn't repeat its self. We're not immune from relegation, we do have the worst defence in the league after all.
A win at York or L'pool?!
In 40 years of following the blues I've not even seen them play at the likes of Man Utd, Arsensal or L'pool never mind contemplate winning there. We might not get the chance to beat a big time Charlie in their back yard in our lifetimes.
Life is short and creating long lasting memories is important, winning at Anfield would be one for me. There'll (unfortunately) probably be plenty more opportunities to see the lads win at York. I suspect the majority of 6k going to Anfield would agree with me!
However, the reason I'd play Atkinson at York is because I think he and Miller are our best defenders. Troy would be best saved for beast Benteke