Liverpool v Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[Exiled_red]

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

[Fredo]

Not really, we are 10 points off 4th, that is not good and that as you said was our minimum aim.

Great, how many great chances? Not enough. Just like v Cardiff, we did very little in the penalty area. It is all excuses for a mediocre league season.

And 2 wins in 10 is so far from good enough.

Had we gone out of the cups then I'd say yes but we've not. It's another perspective with that in mind.

10 points off 4th place is depressing but doesn't paint a correct picture IMO. There are other things to consider.

[BobTheCharmer]

Under Hodgson we were average, under Kenny we are better but are still average. When you take into account the money Kenny has spent it doesn't look all that rosey.

why not choose to look on the bright side instead? One trophy in the bag, quarter final at home in the other. 5,6,7th matters little in reality. we're clearing playing better football than for a long time.

we have no devine right to win games. the league progession is slowly than expected but you have to be mental not to see we're going forward. this seasons home results are bizarre, a bit like the time I bet on black 14 times in a row at a casino and lost each time, I walked away skint and ****ing red next roll! lady luck, voodoo, witchcraft, poor finishing, whatever it is, its just bizarre. those missed pens are the reason we're off the pace.

[DannyMan2006]

I was very surprised he was dropped but in fairness we played well and moved the ball well and I am not sure that we would've done it better with him in the lineup.

I think Kenny got the team right (given available players) but we were just incapable of converting our chances and I don't think he would have made the difference today.

I agree tbh. I just think that if a £35m striker can't get in the team when he's found a bit of form, when can he be expected to start?

[Exiled_red]

That's our season summed up in 90 minutes. ****ing hell.

Played well, dominated the game, missed chances, missed a penalty, hit the woodwork and fail to win. It seems to happen most weeks

[McDermotX]

@YossiBenayoun15
Great win against a great team, must admit the reception that I got from the LFC supporters was one to remember!!thanks

Glad you had a great ****ing day Yossi..............

[Fredo]

Agreed. Been a real shame we haven't had Gerrard available to play with him on a regular basis.

More gauling is the fact that with a pass & move team we had last year, we added players like Carroll, Downing & Adam who don't fit the profile of mobile & clever players.

I actually rate all three players, but I would not have brought them in as they weren't the sort of players we needed.

We had a platform to build and tbh we wasted it by trying to change our style of play.

Don't think we deliberately tried to change our style. I've always thought that the players brought in were not typical Kenny buys. I think Commolli has far more input in terms of what we buy and has to accept responsibility for some of our signings.

[Mostar]

@JimmyRiceWriter
Dalglish: "Maybe that might be the next education for us – to be ugly and win." Full story on .tv shortly #LFC

[Mattshark]

Had we gone out of the cups then I'd say yes but we've not. It's another perspective with that in mind.

10 points off 4th place is depressing but doesn't paint a correct picture IMO. There are other things to consider.

Nope, they might put a bit of a gloss on, but they don't change the fact that the league performance has been far from good enough.

Sorry but it does paint the correct picture, the simple fact that we are not good enough.

[Mostar]

I agree tbh. I just think that if a £35m striker can't get in the team when he's found a bit of form, when can he be expected to start?

Kenny said time and time again that he picks the players that he thinks would be the best for the opponent we are facing even it that means dropping a 35m striker.

I don't blame him for that but I do blame him for buying him in the first place.

[Mattshark]

Don't think we deliberately tried to change our style. I've always thought that the players brought in were not typical Kenny buys. I think Commolli has far more input in terms of what we buy and has to accept responsibility for some of our signings.

Commolli and Kenny have both said Kenny has the final word on signings. Buck stops with Kenny on that regard.

[Darkon]

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.

[Fredo]

Nope, they might put a bit of a gloss on, but they don't change the fact that the league performance has been far from good enough.

Sorry but it does paint the correct picture, the simple fact that we are not good enough.

We are not good enough in the league no question about that but you're missing my point. The correct picture is that we're competing for trophies still, two out of three. That is progress, when was the last time we won one (before this season)?

[Mattshark]

We are not good enough in the league no question about that but you're missing my point. The correct picture is that we're competing for trophies still, two out of three. That is progress, when was the last time we won one (before this season)?

CL is more important the LC or FAC imo.

[Fredo]

Commolli and Kenny have both said Kenny has the final word on signings. Buck stops with Kenny on that regard.

They can say whatever they want doesn't mean it's the truth. It's a 'diplomatic' retort as if it's not the case then it would irrefutably point to a flawed structure at the club.

Kenny's a football man and he's never gonna challenge his employers, compared to someone like Rafa say. The Liverpool way has always been to get on with things and Kenny epitomises it.