Liverpool vs Arsenal match thread

amacachi

Every year I forget how bad those bloody Sky commentators are.

joe316

Well there's Mr. Liability up to usual tricks again.

~Rebel~

christ Carra....

...era, once he doesn't break a teammates jaw its an improvement on last years first game...

monkey9

amacachi wrote: »

Every year I forget how bad those bloody Sky commentators are.

That was one thing i was not looking forward to. Sky's hyperbole and usual cliches and Andy Gray's tiresome jargon!

mike65

So then Brad Jones in Anfield.

~Rebel~

christ these little Rafa digs every few minutes are already getting tiresome...Andy. We get it. you've repeated your point about 4 million times at this stage.

amacachi

Nasri hobbles off and they're talking about how Andy Gray doesn't like the specificity of calling a player a "holding" midfielder. Then on about how a defender can get sent off in a one-on-one situation. WTF does that have to do with the ****in match? Gonna be muting it soon I think.

That_Guy

That ball from Johnson deserved an end product.

mike65

~Rebel~ wrote: »

christ these little Rafa digs every few minutes are already getting tiresome...Andy. We get it. you've repeated your point about 4 million times at this stage.

I'm now with ESPN. Rafa hasn't been mentioned more than once (and I think that was marginal)

therokerroar

Mascherano couldn't make it anymore obvious that he doesn't want to be there. He can't get near Wilshere who's doing very, very well.

That_Guy

Gerrard. Tut tut tut.

amacachi

Captain England there.:rolleyes:

OPENROAD

Whats Gerrard on about

Gerty

jovanovic you beast.

amacachi

That_Guy wrote: »

Gerrard. Tut tut tut.

What? It was a tackle full of British steel. Arsenal just don't like it up em.

tok9

therokerroar wrote: »

Mascherano couldn't make it anymore obvious that he doesn't want to be there. He can't get near Wilshere who's doing very, very well.

I think Masch has been doing well so far..

therokerroar

Horrible challenge from Gerrard there.

The likes of Cattermole, Muamba etc would have at least been booked for that.

OPENROAD

therokerroar wrote: »

Horrible challenge from Gerrard there.

The likes of Cattermole, Muamba etc would have at least been booked for that.

Agree, should deffo have been a booking

That_Guy

amacachi wrote: »

What? It was a tackle full of British steel. Arsenal just don't like it up em.

He got more man than ball. Reckless challenge.

mink_man

blackpool are gonna finish above these two teams...:P

~Rebel~

wtf is andy going on about? Hodgson loves Zonal marking!

amacachi

That_Guy wrote: »

He got more man than ball. Reckless challenge.

I know, I was being sarcastic.

Another great bit of commentary there. Corner is taken and headed wide and not a mention about it. The **** are they doing!?

Jesus Wept

Nice insight about zonal marking.

:facepalm:

monkey9

Now Andy's on about man for man marking. So whenever we concede from a corner, will they flag it up and exclaim that man for man marking just doesn't work?? :rolleyes:

That_Guy

~Rebel~ wrote: »

wtf is andy going on about? Hodgson loves Zonal marking!

Was he not giving out about zonal marking last season?

amacachi wrote: »

I know, I was being sarcastic.

Another great bit of commentary there. Corner is taken and headed wide and not a mention about it. The **** are they doing!?

My bad mate.

OPENROAD

Would like to see that again

GLaDOS

Arshavin looking good on the ball

monkey9

Why doesn't he book Chamack and cut that diving sh!t out from the start.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Shut up Mascherano.

Hank Scorpio

ngog is worse than bentner ffs

That_Guy

Jaysus Nasri. Any other right footer who can take better free kicks than him?

amacachi

nuxxx wrote: »

ngog is worse than bentner ffs

So he's only a minor deity?

amacachi

That_Guy wrote: »

Jaysus Nasri. Any other right footer who can take better free kicks than him?

Me. I doubt I'd score any goals but the excitement would last longer as the ball flew over the wall.

monkey9

baz2009 wrote: »

Shut up Mascherano.

I was at the Ireland match the other night and Mascherano just wouldn't should up moaning all game. Even when he gave away a blatant free kick, he was still in the referee's face.

~Rebel~

That_Guy wrote: »

Was he not giving out about zonal marking last season?

He has always used Zonal Marking. Introduced the method to the Swede's when he went there. Here's a wee snippet from a quick search for a quote from him on it.

One of Hodgson’s traits throughout his managerial career has been his supportiveness of zonal marking. In fact, Lars Lagerback, the ex-Sweden coach says that Hodgson was the first person to introduce zonal marking to Scandinavian football.

During his time at Inter Milan, Hodgson’s insistence on zonal marking brought him some unwanted criticism from his players. “I'd been afraid, for example, Beppe Bergomi wouldn't take to my coaching,” explained Hodgson. “He'd won the World Cup and all his life been a man-to-man marker. I wanted him to mark zonally - and play at right-back. But he was very receptive.”

http://redandwhiteblogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/roy-hodgson-right-man-for-lfc.html

That_Guy

Nice strike.

That_Guy

~Rebel~ wrote: »

He has always used Zonal Marking. Introduced the method to the Swede's when he went there. Here's a wee snippet from a quick search for a quote from him on it.


http://redandwhiteblogger.blogspot.com/2010/07/roy-hodgson-right-man-for-lfc.html

No sorry, I meant Andy Gray. Was he not giving out about zonal marking before?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

monkey9 wrote: »

I was at the Ireland match the other night and Mascherano just wouldn't should up moaning all game. Even when he gave away a blatant free kick, he was still in the referee's face.

I'd love to hit him a boot in the face every time the referee blows the whistle, because you just know he'll be in his face within 2 seconds.

monkey9

The first sh!t Gerrard corner of the season

amacachi

Have no goalkeeper. Put an outfield player on the goalline. Do anything, just keep him off the ****ing pitch. I don't think I can last another season of this ****.

mike65

Was that Joe Cole being fouled in the area for the corner?

UnknownSpecies

Almunia instilling confidence as ever

iMuse

Almunia looking world class as ever :cool:

That_Guy

Almunia FFS.

Wolfe Tone

flap flap

~Rebel~

That_Guy wrote: »

No sorry, I meant Andy Gray. Was he not giving out about zonal marking before?

oh, yeah, he hates it. always blamed liverpool's set piece goals on zonal, and now saying Hodgsons methods are totally different, when in fact they share the same philosophy on most things, including zonal.

L'prof

Fúckíng clown!!! :mad::mad::mad:

x PyRo

Almunia intentionally missed that corner, brilliant goalkeeping.

amacachi

Even when he ****s up "Well it was a good idea from Steven." LOL.

redout

Dunno if they picked it up on Sky but my comm said that Middlesbrough keeper Brad Jones came in 5mins after kick-off in a fake moustache and glasses and sat down with the non-playing Liverpool players