Arsenal v Liverpool Sky Sports 1 5.30pm

Turtyturd

Half of 2 chances....unfortunately ours fell to Have a go Hendo.

Liverpool's fullbacks and midfield muck

Utopia Parkway

Rodgers should considering switching to 433 or 442 here. Flanagan and Cissoko are just not good enough as wing-backs. Coutinho on as well to link the midfield up with the front two.

Nuri Sahin

Actually think we'll see Moses ahead of Coutinho from the bench in the 2nd half. Replace Cissokho and go 4-3-3, get at Sagna who is on a yellow.

shamrock55

Courtesy Flush wrote: »

Our midfield is outclassed here

Do we have one

mike65

HT

Well it was about what you'd have predicted - Le Arse with the lions share of the game, Flanno has done better than I expected, Cissokho worse than I feared.

Gerrard is having one of his big game/small performances days. No real suggestion of leadership. The front two are feeding off scraps but still with the odd glimpse to keep the Gunners alert.

Slattsy

Flanagan has done nothing wrong.

:rolleyes:

mav79

Waste of time playing wingbacks, Cissokho looks like he doesn't know where he needs to be defensively.

Mickeroo

We need another goal, Suarez only needs one chance and he'll bury it. Been playing well after an edgey first ten minutes, really upped the gears after the goal.

efb

Flanagan one of Liverpool's better players in the 1st half

Lawrence1895

Stirling needed...now

rob316

Take cissokho off hes a liability. Flanagan doing surprisingly well. Get coutinho on if the game is gunna be this open.

Slattsy

Slattsy wrote: »

Flanagan has done nothing wrong.

:rolleyes:

Attacking he's not done too much. He is playing as a wing back after all.

Defending he's been solid.


3-5-2 needs to be scrapped 2nd half

SweepTheLeg

Hope Arsenal hold onto the lead, but don't see us keeping SAS from scoring in the second half.

niallo27

quarryman wrote: »

I don't think he was joking...

Ah stop will ya.

passremarkable

We are lacking big time in midfield... Non existent really .. We need to change it up soon
Countinho or Moses on , take a full back off

Utopia Parkway

efb wrote: »

Flanagan one of Liverpool's better players in the 1st half

He's done OK but he still doesn't offer enough in that position. Been better than Cissokho though.

smileyj1987

passremarkable wrote: »

We are lacking big time in midfield... Non existent really .. We need to change it up soon
Countinho or Moses on , take a full back off

Put mosses on and play him as a wing back .

niallo27

Kess73 wrote: »

Well cannot argue with Arsenal being in front. They have been the better team for much of the half.

Liverpool started the game well and it was 50/50 for the first 15 mins, but then Arsenal went up a gear and took over.


Cissokho having a very poor game for Liverpool, with Henderson and Gerrard being poor to average in the centre. What a difference it would make to the current Liverpool team if a quality midfielder or two were added (along with a left back/LWB who turned up)

I think it's been a nothing game. Arsenal lucky to be in front. Neither side creating anything.

Sideshow Mark

Sterling & Coutinho on, Cissokho & Hendo off.

Please.

stuchyg

Arteta by far the best player on the pitch thus far

mada999

Lucas having a mare for me, should have been about for the first goal..and he looks shattered... Actually the whole mid is ****e, need to break one of these arsenal players... No point having two up top if you can't get the ball to them.. rubbish

Skylinehead

Arteta's been absolutely sublime in Flamini's absence, great performance from him so far.

Gbear

rob316 wrote: »

Take cissokho off hes a liability. Flanagan doing surprisingly well. Get coutinho on if the game is gunna be this open.

That'll only work if we take both full backs off. There's nobody on the pitch who can play LB other than Cissokho.

Bringing Enrique on for him and Coutinho on for Flannagan would be ideal.

Arsenal haven't been great really.

For the supposed orgasm of football we were expecting there hasn't been much in the way of chances. I suppose Liverpool scoring first would've made it more likely.

GTR63

rarnes1 wrote: »

Liverpool's fullbacks and midfield muck

Midfield is so paceless its like they're knee high in it. Get Coutinho on so we can actually have somebody to create a bit other than balls out wide to our wing backs who miss control or put in sarcastically bad balls. Lucky to be 1 down, not that Arsenal have been stunning we've been horrible.

OwaynOTT

Cissohko isn't related to a footballer.


Is Kelly injured?

Sideshow Mark

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

Sterling & Coutinho on, Cissokho & Hendo off.

Please.

Not Sterling please.

Utopia Parkway

That tracking on Cazorla was brutal. He jogged into the box with nobody within 10 yards of him for the goal.

passremarkable

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Put mosses on and play him as a wing back .

I would probably take flan off . Stick hendo on the right and play Countinho on an advanced role

Turtyturd

As bad as Cissohko has been...I think people calling for Sterling need to think about that for a minute.

wandatowell

Coutinho coming on has me worried.

Utopia Parkway

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Cissohko isn't related to a footballer.


Is Kelly injured?

Only back from a long-term injury but he's not suited to wing-back IMO.

efb

Redknapp not happy with Flanagan lol

cson

Can't see Liverpool keeping up the level of pressing they've been at for the whole game. I think Brendan Rodgers was watching that BVB game and is trying to do similar except he doesn't have the quality of BVBs players to make it so. Pretty much what I expected in midfield with us dominating.

Be an interesting second half, I still think Liverpool will score but equally I think we're probably good for one more. Certainly Liverpool have the better options from the bench in Coutinho, Sterling and Moses.

Also fairly disgusted at Sturridge if, as it looked, he was claiming for a penalty when he ran the ball out on the byline versus Gibbs.

Nuri Sahin

Coutinho is the one warming up apparently.

quarryman

niallo27 wrote: »

Ah stop will ya.

C'mon. It was complete dive. Only the most biased, blind Liverpool fan would think that was a "stonewall" penalty.

Decent game. Arsenal currently teaching Liverpool a footballing lesson. Ramsey to score a second I reckon and put this game out of sight.

Slattsy

Allen for Lucas would be my first sub.
If not that Coutinho for Hendo.

If they both start the 2nd half we're ****ed.

Washington Irving

rarnes1 wrote: »

Seriously, wtf is Cissoko? Cause he isn't a footballer

An LFC left back.

shamrock55

rarnes1 wrote: »

Attacking he's not done too much. He is playing as a wing back after all.

Defending he's been solid.


3-5-2 needs to be scrapped 2nd half

I think it needs to be scrapped full stop

Kess73

Think I would bring on Coutinho, Allen, and Moses for Henderson, Gerrard, and Cissokho.


Use Coutinho and Allen to try and get some ball retention in the centre and gamble on Moses having enough about him for the wing back role.

SaulGoode9

SaulGoode9 wrote: »

An LFC left back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

Kess73

Coutinho on and Cissokho off

niallo27

quarryman wrote: »

C'mon. It was complete dive. Only the most biased, blind Liverpool fan would think that was a "stonewall" penalty.

Decent game. Arsenal currently teaching Liverpool a footballing lesson. Ramsey to score a second I reckon and put this game out of sight.

Of course it was a dive. Arsenal are creating nothing. Coutinio on now. Different game

Slattsy

Bollox

mike65

Coutinho in a 4-4-2

Kess73

Kess73 wrote: »

Think I would bring on Coutinho, Allen, and Moses for Henderson, Gerrard, and Cissokho.


Use Coutinho and Allen to try and get some ball retention in the centre and gamble on Moses having enough about him for the wing back role.

Gerrard won't be taken off ever by Rodgers, simple as that.


I'd take off the whole midfield except the bench is an even worse standard

efb

Coutinho is cute

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

Coutinho in a 4-4-2

Can't see how that will help the midfield. In fact it could be even more exposed.

Agueroooo

Feels better already

Nuri Sahin

Coutinho already finding that space between midfield and defence.