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It was shocking.
Sounds like Kolo could well be starting.
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Liverpool Team News: Defenders D. Agger, G. Johnson, Enrique and Sakho all to miss Saturday's visit of Arsenal. #lfc #AFC
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What's the back four going to be?
Flanagan, Toure, Sktrl, Cissoko ?
Afternoon boys and girls!
Richard has kindly allowed me (a Liverpool fan!!) to join the forum.
I write for a website called The Tomkins Times, and each game we do a preview with stats, analysis, tactical analysis even gifs of past goals.
Part of the preview is asking the opposition fans their opinion of the up coming game and how much they think they will lose to us by :music:
Hopefully you guys will be able to help out!
Cheers
Krish
Yep. Unless Rodgers is bluffing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Flanagan probably won't be a problem on the right I don't think; he gets beat easily but because he "never gives up" he often recovers, and runs for a loose ball when most wouldn't saving a good few corners or throw ins. I seem to remember even your fans gave him a good reception earlier in the season because of it.
Cissokho's an idiot who will look to get forward whenever he can. He's thought of as a speedy-type, but tends to need the entire length of the pitch to get going. He has improved a little recently, but is still a bit crap and will panic if you press him since his first touch is about level with Kuyt's. What he does do well is cutting out crosses, but I'm not sure how much of that you guys do.
Skrtel will depend on what day he's having. On a good one he's as solid as anyone, on a bad day he will be panicky and dozy.
Kolo you know about. Frankly I'd rather play Kelly there, but I can't see it happening.
I'm not too confident about our midfield either, so we might just go for the "we'll score one more" route...
I think we'll beat you by a safety.
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Just give the ball to Kolo.
· How has your season gone so far and where do you expect or hope to finish?
· How do you feel about Wenger regarding recent transfers and recent lack of trophies?
· What is your opinion of LFC's season so far and where do you think we will finish?
· Which of your players should we look out for?
· Which LFC player(s) are you least happy about facing?
· What do you think your probable line-up will be and how do you expect to set up tactically?
· How do you think you can be successful in this game?
· What is your prediction for the match?
I wonder whay lawro will predict?
· How has your season gone so far and where do you expect or hope to finish?Quote:
Originally Posted by Krishen
2nd or 3rd - 1st would be a dream
· How do you feel about Wenger regarding recent transfers and recent lack of trophies?
He's secure coz I don't see anyone better out there that's available - if Chelsea can't buy a top quality striker why would we be able to? Can't do shit about the past unless you've nicked a time machine recently ;)
· What is your opinion of LFC's season so far and where do you think we will finish?
Better than expected - 4th
· Which of your players should we look out for?
Any of our attacking midfielders and Giroud against your defenders
Kolo ;)
· Which LFC player(s) are you least happy about facing?
Suarez and maybe Sturridge
· What do you think your probable line-up will be and how do you expect to set up tactically?
Not my bailiwick - I'm sure our FM "ex spurts" will feed you enough "knowledge"
· How do you think you can be successful in this game?
Our midfield has to cut the supply to Suarez first and foremost, that done Sturridge becomes much less of a secondary threat
· What is your prediction for the match?
Arsenal take the lead ....ends Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
We've got Michael Oliver for this. We had him for the Spurs win (in the PL) and the Utd game.
He's generally quite competent and should be fair to both sides.
He'll predict QPR to win it.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Depends on keeping S&S quite and more importantly, if Toure is playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krishen
I think it'll end up being a draw :ilt:
Liverpool trio Agger, Johnson & Sakho ruled out of Arsenal clash [Goal]
Kolo will probably play then, :bow:
> Lucas and Enrique are also out.
How has your season gone so far and where do you expect or hope to finish?
Better than expected, although we are pretty much continuing a run that stretches back to last March, so maybe we shouldn't be so shocked? Obviously hope to finish top, but expect to finish 3rd.
· How do you feel about Wenger regarding recent transfers and recent lack of trophies?
I'm a little more irked about the lack of transfer activity than the lack of trophies (which I've never been that fussed about), but I'm happy enough in general. Wenger seems to have been making an effort to address a lot of the ongoing criticisms we've had over recent years (he's freshened up the coaching set-up, seems to be more open to new ideas, there's more focus on defence, more leaders in the side, a much better collective work ethic, more discipline, we're not getting bullied or kicked about any more, there's a better balance between youth and experience, more of a british core, we've shown we're willing to spend big, etc, etc), so all in all I think we're heading in the right direction again. Still a few more problems to address, but all in all it's a pretty exciting time to be an Arsenal fan at the moment - we've quietly been putting the core of a good side together for a couple of seasons now, and we're about to have a lot of new money flood into the club to finish the job.
· What is your opinion of LFC's season so far and where do you think we will finish?
You're doing great this year, and I think you're a cert for the CL places. Difficult to make a proper assessment while you're not having to play midweek European football though? I think next season will tell us more about what sort of Liverpool side we're now looking at.
· Which of your players should we look out for?
Difficult to say really? At the moment, someone new has been stepping up every game when we've needed someone to, so it's quite hard to predict. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Cazorla though, for no particular reason?
· Which LFC player(s) are you least happy about facing?
Suarez.
· What do you think your probable line-up will be and how do you expect to set up tactically?
Honestly? Whoever's still fit (and with enough experience) will play. And we don't do tactics - everybody knows that.
· How do you think you can be successful in this game?
Same way we've approached most games this season - work hard, keep things tight, and don't let ourselves get too carried away with ourselves. This Arsenal side seems to know that it's not so good that it can afford to take any game lightly, and they seem to be doing better than previous Arsenal sides, who have arguably had more star names, because of it.
· What is your prediction for the match?
All our games are two-nil, so two-nil to The Arsenal.
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No worries, Podolski is here :bow:
Seriously, he's such an upbeat player, always smiling and he genuinely likes being here (you may think who wouldn't on £100k+ ) but he makes sure he's always around the club in some manner. Eg I saw an article of him at a reserve game a few weeks back !
That ghost in the window. :yikes:
Holy >!>>!>!>!>Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
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I am fairly confident about this game in the sense that I don't think we'll lose. A point would not be a bad result, 3 points would put out a statement that we mean business.
If we can keep S&S quiet then I think we'll give ourselves a great chance of grabbing 3 points.
If we sit back like we did against Southampton, we will lose, no if's ands or buts
I don't expect Wilshere to start even if he is fit, so would like to see a midfield of Arteta playing deep, Cazorla and Rosicky in the centre, Ox on the left and Ozil on the right (think Podolski was diabolical against Palace so he should be benched as well)
If we play Monreal at left back i expect us to conceed, he's been atrocious of late and think Gibbs needs to start
Fantastic news lads.
Lawro's predicted us to lose.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26068846
Man Utd are having a great season.
Monreal has been atrocious?
When?
For the Spuds game:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
'Josh's prediction: I know the scoreline I have gone for might affect how I get on against Lawro but, being a Gooner, there is no way I can say Spurs will ever win a game! 0-10 '
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Provided the back 5 play well for us we should win this. We're better at the back, better in the middle. They have no defence and nothing of note in the middle. They'll be betting everything on Suarez and the wide two. Bottle them up and it's another 3 points. I hope we don't go negative. If we go negative I'm going to shit in my hand and throw it at Wenger.
Really hoping Jack is 100% fit to start this. Good sign that he's in the training pics. Wenger had him down as a 'maybe'. Gibbs should be back at LB at least.
Liverpool have a few defenders out but Agger has been a little on the fringes this season and I think Flannagan is actually a promising player.
I don't fancy a point after the euphoria of seeing the Quadruple winners drop points and what is certain to be child's play when they take Norwich to the cleaners.
I really hope Gibbs gets his place back. There are certain pieces of very specific attacking play that Monreal capitalises or maximises better than Gibbs but other than that I see Gibbs as superior in every other way. I'd like to see Rosicky given a start too and though he has been out of the team, he has been fantastic for a while.
Good news! We could have the unimaginable striking power of Yaya Sanogo back soon! He's just come through a whole 60 minutes with the U21s.
LANS :bow:
i would expect the following to start
Ches, Sagna, Kos, Mert, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, ozil, Cazorla, Giroud, Ox (maybe rosicky in place of ox).
I feel this game could be make or break. Think of the statement it would send out if we win, 6 points from the next 2 games not only would give us a massive boost but also send out a message to city and chelsea that we will not give up easily. Unfortunately its these games that more than often send us into a downward spiral for a few weeks then pick up again when the title is gone. You get the feeling if we lose then the utd game on wednesday becomes crucial and we do seem to crumble in those crucial games. Id take 4 points now and even 3 points would be acceptable. anything less and we will be chasing city and chelsea. I fear more for the games in March as they are against better quality than utd and liverpool. If we are top come that tough run of games in march then a defeat against one of them wont be critical but it depends on us getting at least 3/4 points this week.
probably 1-1 though i can see liverpool having one of those performances where everything goes right. If we play the way we did v southampton then the game will be over at HT. Play the way we can and we will get a draw at least.
Why are we scared of Liverpool and Utd? We are better than them in every department, excluding Suarez. We've shut him down before and can do it again. We have the best defenders in the country. We should go into both these games expecting to take 3 points. The table tells us this is a different season and a different mentality to previous years. The real challenges come against the chavs and the gypos, those will be tests. These next two games, what's the big deal? We've been beating teams like this all season. The earlier results against Utd was an epic fluke. A flu-ridden team against a fully fit opposition who play like they have flu, it evened things up. And they still needed our ex-player to shoulder one in, they had nothing of their own making on the pitch that was worth a mention.
NQ full of positive spirit, what a man! :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
We won't win either game despite being the better than them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Keep this up and I won't let you give the pre-match team talk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
As a Liverpool fan, I'm crapping it.
If Stevie has an off game in the deep midfield role he's been given this season, you guys could run rings around him.
Skrtel is a worry at times, and Kolo (after starting so well for us) looks like a school boy at times, just running around.
Cissokho is pretty solid defensively, but has no attacking threat (there you go Sagna). Was so bad vs Villa that they didn't even close him down when in possession and used that extra man to mark all his options.
Having said that, if we play like we did vs Everton we can win. If we play like we did vs WBA and Villa, you'll rip us apart.
If you had to chose, would you guys rather win this game or the FA Cup match?
PL anytime for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krishen
Has to be a win in this one if I were to choose, we likely won't be first if we don't win this one and we can't keep expecting to give that up and regain it. :lol:
I'm hoping Rosicky starts based on Gerrard playing deep because he is probably our most energetic midfielder (Ramsey would be the second if he weren't dead) and that's going to be a bit of a problem for Gerrard from now on on in his career. However the same could be said about Arteta when he has struggled to combat runners, though he did do it brilliantly against you at the Emirates.
Walcott could probably do a job containing him tbf.
Theo. :(
Rosicky is very difficult to live with when he is tapping it about in midfield, turning at speed and varying the play. I would play him at the expense of Wilshere....
I would consider letting Ozil play from deep. Liverpool's midfield will be hard working, but little else, unless Coutinho spends enough time there, so I would be happy for Ozil to play there.
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Sagna----Merkyl-------KOS-----Gibbs
-------Arteta---------NEMO---------
OXO----------Rosicky--------Cazorla
-----------Olivier Giroud-------------
Thanks for the preview. This is the preview from the above site of tomorrow's game which Krish has said we can post here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krishen
http://www.goonersweb.co.uk/forum/pd...ArsPreview.pdf
Extensive!