LIVERPOOL GAME THREAD

Post by **g88ner** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:44 pm

pixie wrote:I wish I was, the category A price is too much at this time of year though....will be in a pub somewhere in the area, having a prematch meet up.

Liverpool (and Pompey) is the only league game(s) - at the Grove - that I'll be missing this season.

I'm jinxed, you see.. so I've given up on the Liverpool games.

I've seen Arsenal v Liverpool NINE times, and I've never seen us beat them

I've witnessed Michael Owen's double in the FA Cup final; Fowler's 4 minute hat-trick at Anfield, McManaman's 30 yard lob at Highbury, and countless goals by Ian Rush, Gerrard, and others.

Enough is enough!

To be honest, I'm off back home for Christmas/New Year... but my tickets have found a good home for the 'pool and Pompey games!

BOJDE LFC · Post by **BOJDE LFC** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:37 pm

V

@ The Emirates Stadium

In the table:

1. Liverpool 38 PTS

5. Arsenal 30 PTS

From BBC: Arsenal dedicate match to charity

Arsenal's players, staff and directors will donate a day's wages to the Teenage Cancer Trust when they play Liverpool on Sunday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 783047.stm

Very nice.

Looking forward to this match, should be a cracking match. Arsenal seem to raise their game for games aginst tHE other 'big 4' this season. Torres might just make this game and if he does i'll be quietly confident. Predicted Liverpool line up...

---------------------------------Reina-------------------------------

Arbeloa---------------Carragher----------Agger------------Dossena

------------------------Mascherano-------Alonso----------------------

Kuyt-------------------------------Gerrard-----------------------Riera

------------------------------------*Torres------------------------------

*=If fit.

The one thing I am worried about though is the fact you have a 100% record v the 'big 4' this season. I'll be happy with a 1-1 draw.

Tallest gooner · Post by **Tallest gooner** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:42 pm

IMO if we beat liverpool (which i think we will) all it will do is paper over the cracks in our weak and injury prone squad who cant beat the likes of fulham,hull,boro,stoke etc.

The big games against the top 4 and the mini league behind it e.g villa, pompy, everton doesnt put the same fear into me as the away games against the likes of above.

Simply because most the top 6 actually try and play rather than park 9/10 men behind the ball and try to nick a point.

Beating liverpool wont mean anything unless we do the same against villa on boxing day and pompy 2 days later.

2-0 arsenal - fabregas and adebayor.

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:27 pm

g88ner wrote:Liverpool (and Pompey) is the only league game(s) - at the Grove - that I'll be missing this season.

I'm jinxed, you see.. so I've given up on the Liverpool games.

I've seen Arsenal v Liverpool NINE times, and I've never seen us beat them
I've witnessed Michael Owen's double in the FA Cup final; Fowler's 4 minute hat-trick at Anfield, McManaman's 30 yard lob at Highbury, and countless goals by Ian Rush, Gerrard, and others

thank fuck for that

i actually cried in 2001 haha

Post by **Chippy** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:30 pm

xDAVEYx wrote:
g88ner wrote:Liverpool (and Pompey) is the only league game(s) - at the Grove - that I'll be missing this season.

I'm jinxed, you see.. so I've given up on the Liverpool games.

I've seen Arsenal v Liverpool NINE times, and I've never seen us beat them
I've witnessed Michael Owen's double in the FA Cup final; Fowler's 4 minute hat-trick at Anfield, McManaman's 30 yard lob at Highbury, and countless goals by Ian Rush, Gerrard, and others
thank fuck for that

i actually cried in 2001 haha

So did my 5yo son.

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:35 pm

im a bad loser

Post by **T.S** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:42 pm

Can't see Liverpool not scoring against our "defence". We'll need at least two to win this one, I reckon.

corkbarry · Post by **corkbarry** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:34 pm

I have a feeling we will win this, Pool will not attack us as much as Manure or Chelsea, but i think we will cope with them except if they play Keane. It would really be a kick in the teeth of our Season if he scored

augie · Post by **augie** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:27 pm

corkbarry wrote:I have a feeling we will win this, Pool will not attack us as much as Manure or Chelsea, but i think we will cope with them except if they play Keane. It would really be a kick in the teeth of our Season if he scored

Got a joke about keane via text message last week but am sitting on it in case the *word censored* scores against us on sunday (dont you just know that it is fated to happen

).

Personally I see our great run v the other so called top 4 teams coming to an end on sunday when the theiving scousers come to the grove. I fear that the dirty argie *word censored* (mascherano) will kick cesc from pillar to post while that over-rated prick gerrard leaves our fat slow hippo (song) waddling his big arse in midfield

Again my opinion differs from everyone else here but I would put either denilson or kolo in centre midfield for this one (I know we have done the kolo in midfield thing to death on here before but this is just my opinion

). Song is, in my opinion, by far and away the worst player we have in the current squad and yes I am including eboue and bedtner in that. My line up would be -

almunia (sadly

)

sagna djouru gallas clichy

eboue cesc denilson nasri (is he fit ??)

rvp greedybayor

subs - fabinski, kolo, vela, ramsey, wilshire and nobody else cos I would rather have just 5 subs than have the very real possibility of having song and bedtner on the pitch

Sadly 1-2 is my prediction with rvp bagging our goal

Post by **Chippy** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:26 pm

Nasri is out for at least another week.

StokeyGooner · Post by **StokeyGooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:09 am

Fuck 'em all
Fuck 'em all
Man united West Ham Liverpool
We are the Arsenal and we are the best
We are the Arsenal so fuck all the rest

Fuck 'em all

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:46 pm

I'd go with:-

ALUMINIUM

SAGNA---GALLAS---DJOUROU---CLICHY

EBOUE---RAMSEY---CESC---NASRI (IF FIT OTHERWISE VELA)

RVP---GREEDYBARNDOOR

I can't believe I just picked Eboue

In reality though, who else is there?

Post by **REB** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:22 pm

who else is there

anyone else please

i know we dont have the biggest squad ( thanks arsene) but why not start gibbs on the wing

or play rvp there and play simpson

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:59 pm

REBEL GOONER wrote:who else is there

anyone else please

i know we dont have the biggest squad ( thanks arsene) but why not start gibbs on the wing or play rvp there and play simpson

Gibbs isn't an option as he's a leftie but the other option would be okay.
Personally if I could get 11 Eboues I'd play them all over the pitch.

augie · Post by **augie** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:05 pm

Gibbs looked impressive tonight (again) in the 20mins or so that I seen of the reserve game and the fact that he is naturally left footed and pacy would of course be an advantage on our left wing if nasri is out and wenger doesnt think wilshire is ready yet

I would also agree with spuddy re the selection of ramsey - I put denilson in there cos I dont, under any circumstances, want song in london next sunday much less on the pitch at the grove