LFC Vrs Arsenal (20/04)

Flight

Flight

Full Member
One of our biggest games in 20 years. Win this and we have a good shout at winning the Prem. Lose and we are all but out of it.

Long felt if we can get to the last 4 games of the season in the same position as the teams are now that those last 4 games are where the Mancs will drop points.


Gerrard out for us. How are you Gooners for injuries ? Hoping Alumnia isn't back.
 
Ky

Ky

Stupid is as stupid does
Its tomorrow (21/04).

LFC have had a week off. Arsenal have played Wednesday and Saturday already. Seems fair :D
 
Flight

Flight

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Ky said:
Its tomorrow (21/04).

LFC have had a week off. Arsenal have played Wednesday and Saturday already. Seems fair :D
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Yeah put todays date up like a duffer.

Our last midweek game of the season - then 5 last Prem games with a week inbetween each.
 
Adder

Adder

Eternal Student
Well at the moment we have Almunia/Sagna/Clichy and Gallas out at the back, I don't think Almunia or Clichy will be back but Sagna maybe. Gallas is out for the rest of the season.

I'd hope we go for it as we normally do but this will leave ourselfs open a fair amount at the back and the current back 5 don't look good enough at the moment, everyone else is back fit (apart from Rosicky) so we should have loads of options going forwards, my only concern is trying to play defensively in the middle of the park and not support the attackers enough and we end up doing neither very well.

I can't see us winning it unless the pool go really defensive, I'd expect another high scoring game. 3-2 to the pool.
 
Ky

Ky

Stupid is as stupid does
Gallas being out is no bad thing, the moody tosspot.

Clichy is a big miss for you and Arsenal still haven't solved the central midfield problem for my money.

Arsenal will still be hurting from losing to the Chavs at the weekend so Liverpool may suffer a backlack or they'll roll over and die.
 
Flight

Flight

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Gooners look 90% certain to be getting 4th in the Prem. I'm wondering how that affects the team Wenger puts out; prolly won't risk any 50/50's as far as fitness is concerned for example, what with the CL to play for.
 
Agravaine

Agravaine

Professional Slacker
Hoping Sagna will be back as he was only ill and not injured.

Song was rested at the weekend and he's been our best midfielder by far this season in my opinion so having him back with Cesc is huge boost.

Diaby has awesome moments but is far too inconsistant and Denilson looks out of form after having a good season so far.

Neither Nasri nor Arse Shaving started on Saturday so I'd expect both to start tomorrow, perhaps in a 4-4-2 with Ade and RvP (who both came off early).

Knowing Wenger, he'll probably go 4-5-1 with Bendtner up front, Nasri, Theo, Song, Cesc and Arse Shaving in midfield.
 
Flight

Flight

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Adebayor and RVP out of tomorrows squad. Don't know if that's injured or rested.

Almunia out too.


So,

Agravaine said:
Knowing Wenger, he'll probably go 4-5-1 with Bendtner up front, Nasri, Theo, Song, Cesc and Arse Shaving in midfield.
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sounds spot on, depending on Sagna.

With

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at the back.
 
Janie

Janie

Full Member
Agravaine said:
Knowing Wenger, he'll probably go 4-5-1 with Bendtner up front,
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Surely that croatian/brazilian striker who broke him leg last season is a better option Bendtner? Or that other one Vela is it? Bendtner seems pretty rubbish (cue : Hatrick)
 
Agravaine

Agravaine

Professional Slacker
Bendtner is good and getting better but he's like Diaby in that he's very inconsistent. Some of his touches at times remind me of Bergkamp but he doesn't seem a natural finisher and misses a load of chances.

Eduardo is suffering from not having played in a year. Every time he plays a couple of games, he picked up a minor strain. Not sure if he's fit at the minute as he was on the bench last week but in the stands on Saturday.

Vela is outstanding on his day but also suffers from inconsistency.

At least if we lose it will give our so called fans something else to whine about.
 
Ky

Ky

Stupid is as stupid does
Quite a lot Arsenal fans these days are fickle; more so than most other clubs I reckon. Its because a lot of them are part-time fans and have professions like doctors, lawyers, etc. They jumped on the football bandwagon when it because "trendy". It wasn't by mistake that the character on the Fast Show that John Thompson played was portrayed as an Arsenal supporter!

Bender can be good but is mainly pony; same goes for Diaby.
 
Janie

Janie

Full Member
Ky said:
Quite a lot Arsenal fans these days are fickle; more so than most other clubs I reckon. Its because a lot of them are part-time fans and have professions like doctors, lawyers, etc. They jumped on the football bandwagon when it because "trendy".
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It amused me that in that Arsenal forum that Flight posted there is a thread about the new Wembley lacking passion and soul. What did they expect? it was full of Arsenal and Chelsea fans - I've heard more noise at a Dido concert!
 
Agravaine

Agravaine

Professional Slacker
I thought both semi's had plenty of volume and atmosphere. It's the pitch that's shit.

I remember the dark days of the 80's and 90's before Wenger arrived. Sure we had our moments, such as Anfield '89 and getting the late winner in '96 to snatch a european spot, but for the most part it was complete dross.

The "fans" calling for Wenger's head and mass changes to the squad would do well to remember (or go and learn about) those times and realise how much better it is now.

Either that or they can fuck off and support Chelsea.
 
Treebeard

Treebeard

Ranger of the North
I'd say its a bit of a non game for us apart from the fact that its against Liverpool. Villa's result means we don't really need to win the game and can now hopefully afford to pick up a few points here and there to be safe.

The fickle nature of fans never fails to amaze. I remember Liverpool fans moaning about Rafa early on in the season and ManU fans slating Rooney when he went through a bad patch.

Overall its been a good season for us. Semi's of the FA Cup and CL and CL qualification looking pretty safe again for next season. Of course if you are the sort of fan that thinks we are entitled to win something every season then it might be a disappointment.

The two semi's seemed pretty good atmosphere wise. The toffee's totally outsang the ManU fans.
 
Agravaine

Agravaine

Professional Slacker
But........but..........we haven't won anything for <insert numbers of years since last trophy> years!!!!!!!!!
 
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