Match Day Thread Arsenal v liverpool

James Pearce, The Athletic

"At times, it looked like 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-4, but Jurgen Klopp was adamant it was 4-4-2 and he should know."

https://theathletic.com/3658566/2022/10/05/liverpool-rangers-champions-league/

 

At this point in their careers I think you are probably right.

no 10 in a 4231 = bobby. nobody else probably but they can obviously fill in. Firmino knows how to help in midfield.
no 9 = jota or nunez
LW = carvalho, diaz or jota
RW - salah or elliott.

Theres 6/7 creative attacking players for 4 spots.

As you said in the midfield 2 you've 3 and you are ignoring milner (like the rest of us.) and this is clearly where the buying is coming.

The youve 7 players for 4 defensive slots and only RB is under resources.

I don't think we have the legs to press with 3 and once cm pushing on.

 

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I'm finding it hard to be optimistic or pessimistic.

On one hand, I think we are slightly better than before the break. Brighton was ugly for thirty minutes, but after that we weren't too bad .. and we did win yesterday.

Arsenal aren't Rangers though, they're not some team from a third-world country that we can just bully.

Nothing will surprise me in this game.

 

We can but do our best.

Result v performance.

If the performance is OK but the result goes against us it's better than looking bereft and losing.

I'd take a 0-0 right now.

 

Funny but 442 conjures up memories of mike bassett football manger, incredibly old fashioned.

True Jota didn't play like an attacking midfield, he was more free to do what he like, sometimes deeper than nunez, sometimes playing wide.

Salah and Diaz definitely didn't play like the wingers of yore though.

Maybe getting bogged down in exactly what the formation was is a bit pointless

 

I'd be thrilled with another clean sheet. How quickly times change

 

It really is a bit pointless with the fundamentals of klopp systems to run about with freedom

did salah run a line and drop back and help trent. yes. so he did a bit of a job there.

did diaz help tsimikas, not so much cos rangers never got over there.

who knows.

it certainly wasn't big man and little man front 2 anyway.

 

No assumption here, it is SKY SPORTS..

 

Away to the Gunners on Sunday, Arsenal in good form and league leaders with 21 points and Liverpool
10 points, though Arsenal have played one game more. I can see five goals in this game. Which way is it going to go.? I am going for Arsenal 2:3 Liverpool.

Other fixtures and predictions:

Saturday 8/10/2022.
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City 2:2
Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers 2:1
Manchester City v Southampton 3:1
Newcastle United v Brentford 2:1
Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur 2:2

Sunday 9/10/2022
Crystal Palace v Leeds United 2:1
West Ham United v Fulham 2:1
Arsenal v Liverpool 2:3
Everton v Manchester United 2:2

Monday 10/10/2022
Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa 2:2

 

2:3 Quote me.

 

The most important question. Is it live on peacock?

 

Right now, I'd take nothing less than a win.

 

I shall update immediately!

 

For which team?

 

We'll ****ing smash'em


Last time I couldn't watch, we beat Ballmouth 9-0

 

If you're why we keep dropping points, can you start watching United games instead please

 

Even he doesn't deserve that.

 

Funnier this way. Plus, I watched last night...

 

We won't win this one, Arteta's got these lizards banging them in