Cannot f*cking wait for this.
Team I think Farke will probably go for:
Krul
Aarons Klose Godfrey Lewis
Trybull McLean
Buendia Stiepermann Hernandez
Pukki
Subs: Fahrmann, Hanley, Vrancic, Leitner, Cantwell, Roberts, Drmic
If Vrancic was fully fit I would've liked to have seen him alongside Trybull, but obviously with him not fit enough to start it's a toss up between Leitner and McLean, and I think Farke prefers McLean. He's probably better defensively so away at Anfield it probably makes more sense to play him. I prefer Leitner as a player and both of them have been good in pre-season, but I'd be happy enough to see McLean for this one. A couple of weeks ago as well I probably would've said Fahrmann over Krul, but Krul has looked far more convincing in pre-season and overall even though he was arguably our weak link at times last season he did enough to earn a chance. As for the subs, I imagine Amadou won't be ready yet (assuming he signs),and Byram may be on the bench in place of Cantwell, though he has looked superb recently and played a lot of minutes so I reckon he'll probably be in the squad. No place unsurprisingly for Srbeny, Heise or Idah, and Tettey and Zimbo are obviously injured.
To be honest, there's a very good chance we could be thrashed. All I want to see here is us hold our own and put in a performance to be proud of, and showcase to all the 'experts' out there that we're not just going to be the whipping boys this season. Even if we end up losing in those circumstances there will still be far more positives than negatives to take. If we can get some sort of result though it'd be amazing. Mane potentially out injured and half an eye on the European super cup a few days later, you never know!
I just hope the game doesn't verge on some sort of controversial VAR decision or something, that would definitely leave a bad taste in the mouth. All in all though I just can't watch us in the Premier League again
