Liverpool 3-3 Wengers Minions

[Penguin]

We always get outplayed by Klopp's teams because Wenger doesn't know how to deal with teams that are good at the high press. We're used to having a lot of space to play out of the back but when we don't get it we don't have a good route up the pitch. A couple of long balls worked mostly because Giroud was a warrior last night (why doesn't he fight like that ALL the time?) but even then we didn't create much from those.

[Özim]

Yeah we're a team who like time on the ball, the minute teams presss us we find it hard to deal with and sometimes fall apart, would prefer us to play a higer tempo game, a bit like the old days when we had the pace to rip teams apart in the space of 20 minutes, it's better than it was a few ago right now, but we could still do better.

The slow starts we make against teams like Liverpool really cost us a few seasons ago as we received a few thrashings, Southampton was another example as well.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I didin't get why such a big deal was made about Rosicky in training only for him not to be in the squad. Probably because the club have declared silence on him when he was set to be back eons ago. In any case we desperately need a player who can put his foot on the ball and just control things a little and I was a little bemused by how relaxed Wenger was about a major missed opportunity. Particularly to pull away from City who to my mind are still the major threat and won't drop points every week.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They'll drop points every other week going from their recent results though.

[Maestro]

Ramsey killing spree continues unabated, Alan Rickman falls victim to last night's goal

[Letters]

Exactly. I was going to use the analogy of the drunk driver who boasts about not killing anyone. Just keep doing it, see what happens.

Or, how about the analogy of the man who keeps on writing to the Council about how dangerous the junction outside his house is and the Council keep politely replying that they actually made changes to that junction which caused it to be much safer than it used to be and it is now statistically safer than other similar junctions.
Then, one day, there's a crash at the junction so the man writes a furious letter to the Council saying "I told you so!". Completely ignoring the fact that at any given junction there will be crashes from time to time.

Analogies

[Power n Glory]

Took a while for you to come up with that one.

Well played.

[Letters]

It did take me a while

[Power n Glory]

I won’t deny changes are being made in how we approach games. We’re set up more to be able to play on the counter if we don’t have possession and we have improved our defending even though I feel like we’ve taken a slight step back this season. Monreal and Cech have been the outstanding player at the back imo. A bit hit and miss for Kos and Merts but not a complete disaster show.

But in a game where we’re struggling on possession, I think Wenger doesn’t do us any favours by taking away our counter attacking options especially when looking shaky on defence. We’ve seen out games like that before and gone defensive but it’s when we at least have a comfortable lead. Hopefully, we learn in the next game or if we ever find ourselves in that same situation.

[Kano]

We always get outplayed by Klopp's teams because Wenger doesn't know how to deal with teams that are good at the high press. We're used to having a lot of space to play out of the back but when we don't get it we don't have a good route up the pitch. A couple of long balls worked mostly because Giroud was a warrior last night (why doesn't he fight like that ALL the time?) but even then we didn't create much from those.

I think he's won more games than he's lost against Klopp.