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LIVERPOOL VS ARSENAL - Build up.......................
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:11 amby Ciggy
Im very curious as to what tactics Rafa will employ for this one, Arsenal have struggled away from home this season and ecspecially against Bolton who seem to have the upper hand on them, due to there rough house tactics.
Everton beat them also due to roughing them up a bit, and this season we can hold our own in that department even though I like to watch football and not ale house teams who get one goal and kick ten bags of sh.ite out of everything.
If we allow Arsenal to play their passing game I have a feeling they will beat us, and we play our best football in flowing attacking football, so what do we do?
Reyes is out after that horrendous tackle from Faye yesterday I think he's broke his leg/foot?
They have a lot of young new players who lack experience but have a lot of pace, we will need to keep Henry and Van Persie quiet, but Arsenals defence are poor with high crosses into the box.
Should be a good game with both sides playing football and a bit of a relief for Arsenal I suppose that they are coming to Anfield and wont get kicked off the park.
Or will Rafa decide to play it that way? We can beat them if we dont give them time on the ball and our midfield is supperior to theirs.
We desprately need these points from this game as its our game in hand but so do Arsenal.
Arsneal have a terrible away record they seem a bit like us last season watching them now, If Ashley Cole and Sol Cambell are still out injured we have a very good chance of taking three points off them.
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:30 amby Rafa D
Sol and Ashley are definietly out. Ashley out for another month now. Also Reyes is definetly out.
Arsenal's backline is young and very inexperienced, but are strikers aren't exactly lighting up the world are they?
Also we will have to be very wary of Henry and Van Persie.
Arsenal are always going to be a hard game with the individuals that they have in there team, Van Persie, Henry, Bergkamp and Cesc all have the ability to change games with a shot or a pass. However I believe we go into this game as favorites and I am confident we will walk away with all three points. Arsenals away form this year has been awful, they are easliy harassed on the road, and with this being a mid-week night match, the Anfield faithful will be roaring on the team.
We have probably the best midfield and defence in the country at the moment. We have had a recent wobble but all teams have that. I firmly believe that we will finish 2nd at the very least. I think Rafa will start his basic back line, with Kewell, Sissoko ,Xabi and Gerrard in midfield. Also think Morientes and Fowler will start again up front. Peter has a slight ankle problem and looks mentally exhausted when he has been playing. Rafa doesn't trust Cisse enough to start him.
We mustn't overlook Robbies fantastic scoring record against Arsenal and I fancy a little wager on him to score his 1st goal for us again , against Arsenal, although an 11 minute hatrick is maybe asking a little too much.
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:17 amby LiverpoolMadman
Rafa doesn't trust Cisse enough to start him.
Im dont suprise ..... Rafa is really BIAS ..
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:06 pmby JBG
LiverpoolMadman wrote:Rafa doesn't trust Cisse enough to start him.
Im dont suprise ..... Rafa is really BIAS ..
English not your first language or are you just on the sauce?
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:14 pmby RAFABENITEZ
We hve a great chance here, we need to fly at them and they might 
themselves. However dont unerestimte Arsenal, for all their injures they have te best striker in the premiership Thiery Henry and he coul win a game for them that they really shuldnt. Id start with Stevie down the right to get at thir left back, whoever it is without Cole.
---------------Dudek----------------
--Finnan---Carra------Hyypia------Riise
--Gerrard---Sissoko---Alonso----Kewell-
-----------Crouch----Fowler-----------
Nando
Garcia
Cisse
Kromkamp
Carson
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:15 pmby RAFABENITEZ
AND REMEMBER THE OCASSION!! SHOUT FOR PAISLEY, LETS MAKE IT ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT MATCH. 
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:23 pmby *XABIALONSO*
we should play
dudek
finnan
carragher
hyypia
risse
garica
gerrard
alonso
kewell
crouchinhio
fowler
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:38 pmby Houllier=LFC
Cisse should be given a start in this game. Arsenal is an offensive team we would need a pacy player to hit them on the counter. I watched the arsenal game with bolton they were using an unfamiliar leftback, would assume that Clichy is out too? Another possibility might be starting Cisse at the right since both the pacy leftbacks are out. Either way Fowler should start again hes gonna score in this game.
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:57 pmby 115-1073096938
LiverpoolMadman wrote:Rafa doesn't trust Cisse enough to start him.
Im dont suprise ..... Rafa is really BIAS ..
Yes Rafa's bias. How stupid of him to not realise that Sissy should start, its glaringly obvious. Stupid, stupid man, sack him now.
Its not got anything to do with the fact Sissy can't trap a bag of cement, just that he's french and Rafa's spanish.
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:01 pmby Espionage
Cant see Cisse getting a game against Arsenal; as he wont play stiker because I expect that Rafa will try to exploit the lack of ariel defence by playing Crouch and having Fowler or Morientes playing off them, AND, he wont play right wing because that is where Stevie will be playing!!!!
We must face it that the balance of our team during the unbeaten streak was fantastic, Gerrad roaming as an AM/RW = 3 points!!! 
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:01 pmby el_stinger
JBG wrote:LiverpoolMadman wrote:Rafa doesn't trust Cisse enough to start him.
Im dont suprise ..... Rafa is really BIAS ..
English not your first language or are you just on the sauce?
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:04 pmby el_stinger
I'm seeing the long ball to Crouch who will feed Fowler on his way to his first goal back.
Tight game, Liverpool have more to lose than Arsenal, and the occasion just might get to the Goobers. I'm tipping Liverpool to win 1-0, Fowler.
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:10 pmby mighty mo
i know one thing with fowler's goalscoring record against arsenal in a liverpool shirt,he has to play and i see him scoring his first goal in his second coming on wednesday if he plays
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:01 pmby Fernando Morientes > 19 <
I think that, if fit, Peter Crouch might trouble the Arsenal defence along side Robbie Fowler.
--------------------------Dudek--------------------------
Finnan-----------Carragher-----Hyppia------------Warnock
Garcia------------Gerrard-------Alonso-----------Kewell/Riise
------------------Crouch-------Fowler-------------------
Subs:
Carson
Agger
Sissoko
Cissé
Kromkamp
Hamman
Morientes should be given a rest.
Posted:
Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:09 pmby Fowler_E7
Arsenal's defence is painfully weak at the moment and we should be to strong for them at home. Arsenal are missing some big names and the likes of Ljunberg and Pires havnt been performing this season, i think that Arsenal are there for the taking, if we bring our A game with us we should win this one.