Mal Meninga says losing Sam Thaiday for Sundays Four Nations final is a big blow for the Kangaroos and admits hes yet to decide wholl replace the veteran forward.Thaiday underwent surgery for a fractured eye socket and cheekbone in London on Tuesday as the rest of the squad headed north to Liverpool to prepare for the final against New Zealand at Anfield.The 31-year-old will link up with the team later in the week and Meninga said he is still tossing up whether to go with the size and power of Boyd on the bench or with the mobility of Manly rookie Trbojevic, who impressed on debut against Scotland.Its unfortunate for Sammy, but we have the depth to cover, Meninga said.He is a big character around the team and a big player in our team. But hell come back and we look forward to having him around.Shannon and Jake are our forward reserves at the moment so well make a decision over the next 24 hours.Cooper Cronk got his first look at Anfield on Tuesday and said the small in-goal areas will require some adjustment in his kicking game.I was in awe when I waked through the gates here, Cronk told AAP.I dont have an EPL team I follow, but Ive watched lots of games at home on the TV played here and itll be a bit surreal walking out on Sunday.The dimensions will be smaller, but the word is well only lose about a metre off the 10 metre-line on each grid so you wont lose a lot.Cronk also said the pristine playing surfaces like the one at West Hams London Stadium, where the Kangaroos beat England on Sunday, and at Anfield will allow for a fast and aggressive contest.Its going to be a fast track, he said.A soccer ball on this surface skids, whereas our ball will bounce and rotate.When we do our captains run on Saturday the kickers will get a better idea of how the ball reacts.But weve all played on different surfaces before, it shouldnt be that big a deal, its what makes international footy such a challenge.Australian whistleblower Ben Cummins has been named as the referee for the match. 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From then on the pace is good but you dont want to switch too early to the slick tyre. I had one guy in front of me had blue flags and I could clearly see slick tyre was faster now and I pitted, maybe one lap too late, but you play it a bit safe.Verstappen stayed ahead of Rosberg when the field pitted for slick tyres and kept the Mercedes at bay despite the championship leader having DRS for seven laaps.dddddddddddd He kept Rosberg at bay with some aggressive blocks coming into Stowe -- one of which Rosberg complained about on the radio -- before the German got by around the outside.Lewis was not pulling away too much and from there on Nico was pushing hard, he was giving me a hard time and we had some good fights into Stowe. We were struggling a bit on the straights but he pulled off a great move around the outside and from there I was just doing my own race, there was no pressure from behind because there was a very big gap.Then I heard Nico had a problem. Of course I tried to close the gap and get past but once you get into dirty air its difficult to get even closer. I think in general we can be happy, we finished only eight seconds behind or something so in general the car has been working well all weekend. I have to say a thank-you to the team for giving me such a great car for the weekend.Verstappen may yet inherit second position, with Rosberg under investigation for the radio messages which helped him finish the race after encountering gearbox issues late in the race.? ' ' '