24th August 2015 - Away to Arsenal

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Mignolet

 

Clyne

Skrtel

Lovren

Sakho/Toure/Gomez

Moreno

 

Can

Milner

Coutinho

 

Benteke

Ings/Firmino

[xerxes]

To be fair to Brendan he has changed half of last season's team, brought in the streetwise SOD and the top flight experience of Gary Mac, and the latter moves have brought immediate benefits in two bear trap games.

 

I don't want any fancy stuff, a bore draw will be fine, and Benteke will pose a significant threat on the break.

 

 

[Kevin D]

Starting Coutinho is too much of a risk. We could be in big trouble, if his wife is allowed to look around London.

[DooooodekNo5]

Call it defeatist but I can't see us getting anything from this. Think they'll edge it. Just hope we don't get battered as it could fuck up any momentum that might have been built up.

 

Not at all, you're a realist, they need to pack the lube for this game, lots of it.

[JermainePennant]

We are gonna get beat, Hendersons injury couldn't have come at a worse time.Id go with a 442 diamond with Coutinho behind Benteke and Ings with a 3 man midfield behind them of Milner, Can and Lallana.Firmino clearly isn't match fit and that showed against Bournmouth, not many mentioned that as it doesn't suit their agenda and they want to peddle their stories about Lallana getting special treatment.

[DooooodekNo5]

4-5-1 with Ibe and Markovic wide, their full backs ain't all that, need to get at them with pace and feed Benteke and midfield runners.

[liverpoolsno9]

I think we might sneak a win here... We should go two up top and apply pressure to their defence. Cech isn't the player he was, if we pull our shots on target a couple are bound to go in. Target their German bus with Ings or Firminho and keep the midfield compact. Anyone know if Henderson is fit for this one?

Cech isn't the player he was? What is that statement based on? It may well turn out to be true, but to come to that conclusion after 2 games where he was at fault in 1 of them is hardly the sign of of someone's career coming to an end.

[Special K]

4-0

[Iceman]

I thought we were magnificent. 

[kemskem]

Lucas will have to come in. I don't think Can can maintain his discipline when we're under the cosh, so Lucas for Henderson, Can for Lallana. And it's 2-2.

[magicrat]

Rodgers will play the same team injuries permitting, He'll conveniently overlook the fact we have been very lucky so far, We not creating much up front, Ibe is ineffectual down the left, Benteke good but pretty isolated , our midfield solid but uninspired and our defense yet to be tested properly . If I were Wenger i would be fairly comfortable. They really  just need to cover Benteke properly and stop Coutinho getting it onto his right side with space to shoot, They will have to much going forward  down our left for young Gomez and Lovren.

I think Moreno and Sakho should come in and Ibe should give way to Ings.. i'll be stunned if it happens.  2-0 to the Arse if he doesn't change it round.   

[Strontium]

Rodgers will play the same team injuries permitting, He'll conveniently overlook the fact we have been very lucky so far

 

He conveniently overlooks how lucky he's been in his career so far, so yes.

[smilezzz]

Cech isn't the player he was? What is that statement based on? It may well turn out to be true, but to come to that conclusion after 2 games where he was at fault in 1 of them is hardly the sign of of someone's career coming to an end.

I didn't say his career is coming to an end, I said he he isn't the player he once was. All three of the goals they've conceded could have been avoided if he was a bit more alert, or just stretched his arms out instead of dropping with a less than half arsed attempt to raise them.

[liverpoolsno9]

I didn't say his career is coming to an end, I said he he isn't the player he once was. All three of the goals they've conceded could have been avoided if he was a bit more alert, or just stretched his arms out instead of dropping with a less than half arsed attempt to raise them.

I know you didn't say his career was coming to the end. But saying he isn't the player he once was suggests his better days are behind him & he's in the twilight of his career. How anyone can come up with this assumption after 2 games & playing a handful of games last season is beyond me. He fucked up for Chelsea when he was at his 'peak', so by that rule, perhaps he's never been the keeper we all thought.

[moof]

I'm pretty sure almost everyone is in agreement that Cech's better days are behind him

[smilezzz]

I know you didn't say his career was coming to the end. But saying he isn't the player he once was suggests his better days are behind him & he's in the twilight of his career. How anyone can come up with this assumption after 2 games & playing a handful of games last season is beyond me. He fucked up for Chelsea when he was at his 'peak', so by that rule, perhaps he's never been the keeper we all thought.

Fair enough. I just checked and he's 33, which should be within the peak years for a goalie.

 

Honestly, he's been poor for all the goals that they've conceded so far. Now all goalies make errors, and that obviously leads to goals conceded, but for him to be that poor points out one or possibly more of the following to me:

 

1. Not being the player he was, or...

2. Being rusty from warming the bench last season, or

3. Not being all that great, and having one of the best defences in the league previously masking his deficiencies, or

4. Being out of form

 

Any of those indicates that he's currently a weak link that's there to he exploited on Monday.

 

That being said, he'll now put in the performance of his life against us. Jinxed it you did.

[Ranxerox]

5 from possible 24 points against the top sides last year If memory serves. Very important to improve on that this year.

[Grinch]

Rodgers record on the whole has been brutal against decent teams.

 

Would be happy with a point here, beat west ham and go into the utd game with any result keeping us at 2ppg

[Dr. J]

5 from possible 24 points against the top sides last year If memory serves. Very important to improve on that this year.

 

Whoa there, lad! Get those expectations in check and start thinking positively.

 

Remember: anything better than last season's 4-1 thrashing would be de facto improvement.

[magicrat]

I just hope we give them a game this time,  We have been pathetic in this fixture of late and last season was fucking embarrassment . We have to offer more going forward than we have in the first two games , If he starts with the same formation with Ibe down the left and Gomez and Lovren defending that side we will lose , Moreno has to come in for me and ideally Sakho,

Ings up front , drop Ibe to the bench 

[Oh Buoy]

We're gonna' win Arsenal with a late 3-2 and then bum United 2-1.

 

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[Original202]

Would be very happy with a point. Defeat no disgrace either if we actually put in a decent performance though. Last years result and performance here was embarrassing.

[redinthehead]

The recipe for success against Arsenal is physical play, active pressing, and a pacy counter. I think we have all the pieces in place to do just that.

 

If I were Benteke, my mouth would be watering at the thought of going up against the big German.

[Strontium]

Anyone who thinks Arsenal are going to lose their opening two home games of the season is in cloud cuckoo land. We will be lucky to get nil.

[Dr. J]

 

Brendan Rodgers has said Liverpool will receive an important psychological lift with victory at Arsenal and that dominating space, not the ball, is the key to winning at the Emirates Stadium.

 

11 men behind the ball it is, then.