The_Hitcher89
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Intuitively, I feel like Suarez generally plays poorly against West Brom for some reason
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Baki
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Except for Hitcher, Liverpool fans seem the most delusional. Chelsea fans are alright (sans Lambda) and City fans are unusually likeable despite their club being detestable.
Mr.Marston
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Lambda isn't a Chelsea fan.
Marc
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Disagree, he didn't dominate there at all hence West Brom having the same possession and a lot of their play went through the middle. I agree, West Brom did very little with the ball in spite of this but it starved Liverpool's forwards so they had few touches of the ball. He was very lethargic, lazy, slow to press, terrible in possession and didn't make himself an option. Not his role, don't think he is good enough at CM personally, and for sure not DM. Silly that Liverpool haven't signed a DM in the window considering how injury prone Lucas is, a Cattermole or a Schneiderlin, maybe Ward-Prowse... something is better than nothing.
Played like you have CL football, carling cup run, would club cup or something all going on as well. Pedestrian level effort. Allen should have started the game and gone for more possession overall, West Brom's attack is awful and Rodgers showed too much respect.
Yeah, the attitude just seemed like "bored of this", maybe a team holiday or something is needed. Even Suarez who is like a dog with a bone when playing football barely seemed interested in the game. That they just wanted the 3 points gifted and to get back on the bus. Managers job to get them pumped up for games like these so Rodgers has to shoulder the blame, but he didn't seem that interested either. After they scored I would expect him to go ape shit and demand the players go get a goal. It was West Brom who stayed on the front foot though and only a token effort by Liverpool after. Sterling tried to be fair but can't rely on a kid.
Lambda Pie
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this is my favourite meme. and i say this as i sit in my West London home.
He's been fine for a 4th choice CB I reckon. He was quite good at the start of the season before Skrtel reclaimed his place.
The_Hitcher89
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Suarez was getting visibly pissed off with the lack of team pressing today, as was I. Obviously it takes a lot of energy, but I find it preferable to just letting them have the ball. Possession doesn't win you games, but letting the other team have it stops you from scoring.
Broder Salsa
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The majority of Liverpool fans were begging for a defensive midfielder to be signed. Despite the disappointment of losing out to Salah and Konoplyanka, most felt that their were more important positions to strengthen in the window.
Skrtel have been very good this season. Johnson was before he got his first injury. The problem is that we just don't have our first choice defence consistently.
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Dark Machine
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At the present time? Undoubtedly. As I said, Flanagan and Skrtel are our best distributors right now. In times past Skrtel was often the worst. Toure and Cisshoko are very poor on the ball. As is Mignolet for that matter, he needs to work on his footballing skills desperately.
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Agreed. If we had to remove Coutinho I'd have put on Luis Alberto and taken off Henderson for Allen. Game just passed Henderson by really.
Why are you leaving me out Arnie?
Do us all a favour and log off. You and your gang of crap posters killing the good will arsenal used to get round here.
hahahaha... oh i can't even
The_Hitcher89
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Whenever me and my brother talk about Toure, he mentions that he always wants to be on the ball and involved in the play, but just isn't very good at it. And this is when Toure was a title-winning centreback.
edit: Baki's right tbf.
Marc
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Do you really believe in your transfers management that much?
Ayre will cock up that summer for sure.
Baki
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See, this is what I'm talking about.
One of Agger or Skrtel is nailed on to go this summer I think, and we'll bring in another CB to partner Sakho.
Also think both Johnson and Kelly will go this summer and we'll bring in a new first choice RB, as well as a backup LB that's a step up from Cissokho.
Coupled with possibly a new DM, I can see a lot of changes being made at the back this summer.
Also think both Johnson and Kelly will go this summer and we'll bring in a new first choice RB, as well as a backup LB that's a step up from Cissokho.
Coupled with possibly a new DM, I can see a lot of changes being made at the back this summer.
Guaranteed the majority of posters in here will agree with me
Lambda Pie
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In west London born and raised
On the street where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, feeling proper, relaxing all cool
And all playing some football outside of the school
When a couple of chavs, they were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighbourhood
I got in one knife fight and my mum got scared
And said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Portugal"
Skrtel still has the occasional mistake though. I think Mignolet's distribution must the worst in the league, it's some come down after watching Reina's brilliant passing over the last few seasons.
Definitely.
I would of put Moses/Ibe on myself for Sterling, he didn't get into the second half at all.
Shanks D Zoro
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Nope, Conte likes his players in shape.
Mr.Marston
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Saving Gibbs for midweek probably.
The_Hitcher89
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Hope it's Agger to go tbh if it has to be one of them. He's worth more, and Skrtel deserves to stay based on his form.
I agree that we'll see a defensive overhaul, and it will make for a very interesting first couple of months. Not that we're much of a unit as things stand anyway.
Lambda Pie
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let's do this lads*
*Arsenal FC
*Arsenal FC
Our next game is against Liverpool on Saturday.
Shanks D Zoro
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Alright this should be good.
That Southampton game was a one off. We should dominate this from the start.
That Southampton game was a one off. We should dominate this from the start.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Did Oxlaide-Chamberlain just call Giroud "Ollie"?
Mr.Marston
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Oops, keep thinking that the Man U game is next week instead of the week after. Hate playing them.
Baki
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luxstellarum
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Looooooooooooool true story?
Dark Machine
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There was no real balance after we subbed off Coutinho as well. Sterling was constantly rugby tackled but Suarez and Sturridge both looked knackered on 75 minutes or so. Might've taken off one of them for Moses/Ibe and gone for a balanced 4-3-3 with wide forwards. Instead BR went 3-5-2, but it didn't work well at all because Flanno isn't a wing back and Cisshoko, while very fast and strong, is terrible on the ball.
Shanks D Zoro
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Nope, Frank.
Quite simply because it's hard to associate you with a single team given the number of them you post about. I believe I've told you this before and it's certainly nothing personal.
OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe 56m
29 - Liverpool have made more defensive errors leading to a goal/attempt than any other team in the PL this season. Problem.
They're his anti-Norwich.
If you think it's just Liverpool fans that think that your deludedI know, there are a lot of Liverpool fans.
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