The Arsenal v Liverpool, Emirates stadium, 4.30pm Sunday 7 Januaey

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

Well we have been good, this wasn’t like the West Ham game where we just passed ourselves into a cul de sac we have played well, pressed them high up the pitch and created tons of space and opportunities just been awful at putting the ball in the net. Apart from dickhead Alexander Arnold smashing against the bar, we’ve penned them in and they’ve created fuck all.

I think Nelson looks out of his depth at this level, but we have everything right bar the cum shot

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Our pressing has been good but when we get in and around the box we’re no better than we were against West Ham. We have no idea how to put the ball into the net, they all looked scared to shoot. It’s honestly ridiculous

Is that Ken Shamrock’s music? :lol:

I couldn't work out whose theme that was playing. A wrestler obviously.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Yeah, because he's telling these players to go out and be shit. Why do you always blame the manager for the very self-evident inability of these highly paid posers to deliver the basics of the game?

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The buck always stops with the manager.
He trains these players every day, picks the team and has spent a lot of money on some of these players. He has to bear responsibility for them not being able to do basic things.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Is that Ken Shamrock’s music? :lol:

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Oh fuck you're right!

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Originally Posted by Letters

Our pressing has been good but when we get in and around the box we’re no better than we were against West Ham. We have no idea how to put the ball into the net, they all looked scared to shoot. It’s honestly ridiculous

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Didn’t create anywhere near the amount of chances against West Ham. No player had the amount of space Havertz had to put away a chance, of course the difference is Liverpool aren’t playing a deep block….but also we have mixed it up, played it in behind the full backs, played long ball…shot from outside the box.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

Oh fuck you're right!

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A crossover I never expected. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Letters

The buck always stops with the manager.
He trains these players every day, picks the team and has spent a lot of money on some of these players. He has to bear responsibility for them not being able to do basic things.

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Fine. But the knee-jerks calling for his head might explain how any manager is going to deal with the basic lack of proficiency in the players. If I had to guess I'm going to say Arteta is probably not on the training pitch demanding players head wide from point blank range. These are just very poor players, but also some of the best in the league. And there's the main problem. Get whichever manager you want, but it won't make any difference.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Fine. But the knee-jerks calling for his head might explain how any manager is going to deal with the basic lack of proficiency in the players. If I had to guess I'm going to say Arteta is probably not on the training pitch demanding players head wide from point blank range. These are just very poor players, but also some of the best in the league. And there's the main problem. Get whichever manager you want, but it won't make any difference.

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Speaking of predictable arguments. Maybe I should be generous and say consistent. Plus didn’t call for Arteta’s head in the post you replied to, I said we clearly need a striker and he’s denied it. Plus if these players are shit, who bought them

Liverpool are absolutely shocking. Second time I've seen them and they are embarrassing.