Liverpool FC

I'm glad this game has come around quickly after our defeat against Spurs the other week. This competition is our lowest priority but (adopt Kevin Keegan voice) I'd love it if we beat them. I've nothing against Spurs in particular but I just want us to beat 'Arry and burst his bubble. I want to knock Spurs out of the cup that has been the only silverware they've won, or been near to winning, since 1991. I want a deflected Jamie Carragher long range shot to squirm out of the finger tips of Gomez to seal the victory and I want Pavyluchenko to miss a dozen sitters. I don't know why I'm in such a vengeful mood, but I really want to stick it to Redknapp and his Romanticised Renaissance.

Rafa will no doubt field a second string side, the likes of Lucas, Plessis, El Zhar, Insua, Cavalieri & Ngog should all feature. I'd really like to see a couple of the English youngsters such as Stephen Darby & Jay Spearing get a bit of a run but this is unlikely. Phil Neal better hurry up and find the illusive Philipp Degan as with Arbeloa suspended for the next league game he could do with getting a game under his belt at right back, although wearing a belt would probably give him a hernia injury. Gerrard & Keane definitely don't play but Torres is going to be given a chance to improve his sharpness and will hopefully smash in a goal off Gomez's nose! WOW! I'm really not taking losing well at all am I?