Liverpool v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[Leyton388]

Without RVP those lot would be fighting relegation. They are truly awful. You could see it was going to end like that. For as much of the ball we had and the chances you just knew Arsenal would create on or two chances for RVP and he would find the net.

[danperkins]

I think the optimist are overestimating the potential of this side and pessimist are underestimating the squad.

I really don't think we are one goal scorer away from challenging the title. I think the maximum potential of this side is to come third and win cups.

Despite the Carling cup win we have not invested the 100 million wisely from the perspective of this season. Even more baffling is that the signings are not really suited to Kenny's style of football. It is obvious that Kenny's preferred style is a very progressive pass and move with intelligent, nippy players exchanging positions, dragging people out of their positions, spreading the goals around.

[Fredo]

We created Henderson chance which he hit poorly, we had a pen and we had Suarez's chance which he created by himself.

And I think the season in general has shown it is very much as bad as that. We are a good distance from good enough.

No we're not, look at the bigger picture. We made some mistakes in the transfer market but we still are improving (won a cup and are still in another one). League is a near miss (4th spot) but we're still competing late into the season. I think it shows that our squad is much improved. No chance in hell to have achieved that last season.

[Gibbo]

We lost to Robin Van Persie.

We must keep Suarez at all costs, build a team round him.

We have squad players we now need 3 world class ones.

A striker is an absolute must, if we dont buy one in sunmer then we only have ourselves to blame, we are already paying for not buying one in Jan

[souliv]

According to Stephen Martin on Twitter , the players are arguing with Kenny in the dressing room

The text I've just received about the changing room has caused me concern for #lfc

Players arguing with Kenny.

[danperkins]

We created Henderson chance which he hit poorly, we had a pen and we had Suarez's chance which he created by himself.

And I think the season in general has shown it is very much as bad as that. We are a good distance from good enough.

[DannyMan2006]

Yeah he may have, we still don't create good chances for our forwards often enough though, no matter what excuses we make though we didn't make a chance like that for Suarez and we don't make enough good chances in general, we do make a lot of difficult chances that we don't quite convert. Our midfield is lacks real creativity.

How many 1v1's do we make?
How often does Suarez have to make his own chances?

We are far from good enough attacking in midfield.

We're not gonna set up too many 1v1's when the majority of our players lack pace.

Arsenal could afford to play a high line and use the keeper as a sweeper because we lack pace up top.

Torres and Owen spring to mind of players bursting through on goal, but it was as much about their pace as it was a threaded through ball.

[BubbaZanetti]

On the game:

I thought we were fantastic. Arsenal were never really in the game. We were out numbered in midfield, but we dominated it and created countless chances, enough to win 4 games.

We hit the woodwork twice, had a pen save as well as a certain goal from the follow up. Suarez nearly scored goal of the season, Downing should have squared for a Suarez tap in, whilst Kelly missed an open goal.

Arsenal? An ambitious strike out wide from Walcott and a late blast from Ox. Oh, and the RVP show.

All we lack tbh, is a player with the movement & finishing skills of RVP. I wonder where we could have been had Torres stayed put & recovered his form.

All in all, I don't think I've ever been so frustrated watching LFC as I have this season. We are a really good side. But if you miss pens, and hit the woodwork instead of the back of the net, it'll cost you.

Spot on

[Gibbo]

According to Stephen Martin on Twitter , the players are arguing with Kenny in the dressing room

The text I've just received about the changing room has caused me concern for #lfc

Players arguing with Kenny.

What could it possibly be about though?

Carroll and Bellers about not coming on earlier

[Mostar]

According to Stephen Martin on Twitter , the players are arguing with Kenny in the dressing room

The text I've just received about the changing room has caused me concern for #lfc

Players arguing with Kenny.

That's terrible if true.

[danperkins]

Whos stephen martin?

[Fredo]

Well I argue with my boss all the time, so what?

[DannyMan2006]

According to Stephen Martin on Twitter , the players are arguing with Kenny in the dressing room

The text I've just received about the changing room has caused me concern for #lfc

Players arguing with Kenny.

I don't know what they can argue about......

[Imy]

LFC Globe @LFCGlobe
Dalglish having a go at the players who fought back and had a pop. Suarez, Kelly and Adam arguing amongst themselves.

[Gibbo]

Suarez
Downing
Henderson