Arsenal v Liverpool post match thread

[Shaggy]

Maxi's a right-sided player and should be playing there. Of course he has Dirk in his way which is another debate.

[BobTheCharmer]

Maxi's a right-sided player and should be playing there. Of course he has Dirk in his way which is another debate.

its all part of the same debate in my mind. Benitez.

[cream]

We have Riera, Maxi, Babel, Benni & Auerlio all vying for the left side and Kuyt on the right. Strange.

All a bunch of average to decent players, thats where the problems lie. We need class either side of Gerrard, we wouldn't miss Torres as much then.

[little dave hedgehog]

I thought taxi did well to get into good positions. Either he lost his nerve or forgot how to finish, but either way he got it half right and could maybe suss out the other half. Not a total loss if he can.

[ronniedrew]

All a bunch of average to decent players, thats where the problems lie. We need class either side of Gerrard, we wouldn't miss Torres as much then.

thats bollox, take nando out of any team , they would miss him. yossi was one of the best performers in the prem before his injury.

when the dust settles, yes we lost, we had a great result on saturday and have been on a good run , thats what rafa and sami will be saying to the players, because its the truth

[BobTheCharmer]

All a bunch of average to decent players, thats where the problems lie. We need class either side of Gerrard, we wouldn't miss Torres as much then.

but all of those players ARE comfortable on the ball. yet as a team we are **** at retaining the ball or moving it on quickly and to feet.

how often have we played like this against arsenal away in the last 10 years?

its almost the same year in year out.

a change of approach is required imo. I just can't see away from home at least, much difference in the mentality of our current and previous manager.But 90% of the fans are happy with what gets served up, so long live rafa, long live gordon brown, long live peter sutcliffe. woohooooooooooo. happy days from here on in.

[cream]

thats bollox, take nando out of any team , they would miss him. yossi was one of the best performers in the prem before his injury.

when the dust settles, yes we lost, we had a great result on saturday and have been on a good run , thats what rafa and sami will be saying to the players, because its the truth

Off course any team would miss Nando, but for us he is the only one who can score regularly. We need more quality upfront so we don't miss him as much.

[ronniedrew]

Off course any team would miss Nando, but for us he is the only one who can score regularly. We need more quality upfront so we don't miss him as much.

until we have money, we wont have the quality, we just signed another free player. so i wouldnt get too much hope of a 30m plus striker any time soon - the going rate for a top class striker?

[Craig_H]

We deserved something from that, you're not going to go to Arsenal and outplay them for 90 minutes, but we had spells where we controlled the game and but for a stupid defensive lapse from Degen, they wouldnt have scored.

Should've had 2 penos too, one from a Vermalen handball from Maxi's shot and another when Gerrard was bundled over in the box.

We need to keep things tiding over until Nando's back, but we dont have a game this weekend, so that's more time for him. He wont be back for City or Blackburn at home but it wont be long after that.

I think we're capable of winning at City, they're looking disjointed and vulnerable, if we keep it solid as we have been lately, we can pinch something there.

[Reece]

Haven't read the thread but my general opinion is that we were very limp in attack. I really wanted Riera to come on for Maxi. It's early days for him and as Will says he needs a chance to bed in. The fact the the one save I can think of came from a Babel shot, a player who is widely derided on here is somewhat depressing.

Our defence seemed to lose organisation as soon as Carra went off.

I think add the trio of benny, Johnson and Torres and we will look a lot better offensively, But in the meantime we have to grind these results out, and we just couldn't do that tonight

[Reece]

On your point there Craig, I haven't seen the reply by I didn't think for a minute that the Gerrard one as a pen, and he didn't seem to thnk so either. The handball though - ridiculously blatant!

[little dave hedgehog]

hi, reece.

[Reece]

Alright Dave

[Craig_H]

On your point there Craig, I haven't seen the reply by I didn't think for a minute that the Gerrard one as a pen, and he didn't seem to thnk so either. The handball though - ridiculously blatant!

I havent seen it on TV and MOTD left it out of their highlights, but i see no reason why Gerrard, when marauding through towards goal, would just tumble, unless he was bundled over.

Regarding the 'toothless' in attack thing, both sides were keen to make sure they didnt lose and i dont think they created a hatful themselves, but as the home side and the more creative personnel, they were always going to have more chances than us.

I thought we were always in the game and controlled spells of it, but lacked the cutting edge in the final third, which is gonna happen with a rookie kid leading the line on his own.

We didnt create a barrage of chances, but we had our striker go through on goal and we had a couple of other half chances, as well as being very unlucky with a great effort being tipped onto the bar.

[Leyton388]

We are **** pretty much sums us up this season! Without a decent striker to back up torres we will never look like scoring.