I admire the confidence " we got this " without our big hitters smacks of either overconfidence or arrogance or disrespect .
One of the reasons we have not won in Europe since the eighties is when in the European competitions we treated them with respect .
For many years we had missed out on Europe it is really only the last ten years that we have been in Europe on a regular basis and were praying to qualify .before then and we were jealous of the clubs in Europe as we hardly ever finished high enough in the league or won a domestic cup and qualify . Now we are in Europe albeit the second tier people are talking about resting our main players .
I ask are we serious about winning the Europa cup or just playing lip service I think I speak for more than just myself you must play all your best players if fit try to get a decent lead then if you want to after 70 or so minutes rest players .
I have said on here before one of the reasons Liverpool have had a relatively poor season is that in the last two months they have been resting their best players then falling behind and then bringing them on in the tail end of the game to try to rescue things .
It just does not work . Start with your best when winning or if winning rotate iis the first option
Start without your best players then bring them on at the end is the second option . For me the second option just does not work often enough. We are not in a position where we can afford to disrespect the opposition and or the competition .
One of the reasons we have not won in Europe since the eighties is when in the European competitions we treated them with respect .
For many years we had missed out on Europe it is really only the last ten years that we have been in Europe on a regular basis and were praying to qualify .before then and we were jealous of the clubs in Europe as we hardly ever finished high enough in the league or won a domestic cup and qualify . Now we are in Europe albeit the second tier people are talking about resting our main players .
I ask are we serious about winning the Europa cup or just playing lip service I think I speak for more than just myself you must play all your best players if fit try to get a decent lead then if you want to after 70 or so minutes rest players .
I have said on here before one of the reasons Liverpool have had a relatively poor season is that in the last two months they have been resting their best players then falling behind and then bringing them on in the tail end of the game to try to rescue things .
It just does not work . Start with your best when winning or if winning rotate iis the first option
Start without your best players then bring them on at the end is the second option . For me the second option just does not work often enough. We are not in a position where we can afford to disrespect the opposition and or the competition .