Arsenal

[Gotters]

This feels weird, not sat here dreading March and being taken to the cleaners by europes elite.

Its replaced with a feeling of dread in going out to a team who got first place in their group by scoring 4 goals and who are currently sat 6th in their own second rate league.

So how do we mess this up then, I predict we only sign Tyrone Mings in Jan because everybody is getting fit again, then they are all injured by the time we play this fixture, meaning we start with Sanogo up front and that double barrelled 17y old who came on Saturday starting as a CB.

[hauk]

Monaco was about the best draw we could hope for, the footballing gods have been kind to us!

Anyone know if the quarters/semi's path is set? Who would we possibly be playing if we beat Monaco over 2 legs?

[toythatkills]

Christ, let's maybe try and get past Monaco first, aye?

[Steve007]

I reckon we'll get to the final and play Chelsea who soundly beat us 3-0 with a Cesc Fabregas hat-trick.

[KRP]

One hand on the trophy lads.

[The Fox]

I reckon we'll get to the final and play Chelsea who soundly beat us 3-0 with a Cesc Fabregas hat-trick.

lol as if that guy ever does anything in the second half of the season

[hauk]

If the Ox is injured I'm struggling to think who would play with Flamini and Cazorla for the Liverpool game?

[The Fox]

Coquelin?

[toythatkills]

Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Gibbs, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Alexis, Giroud, Welbeck.

Bench is Martinez, Monreal, Coquelin, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Walcott, Podolski.

My money's on a 2-0 win for Liverpool. For some reason we're totally useless at beating any team who are "in crisis" or in an uncharacteristically shit period.

[Gotters]

Liverpool look like they're loading up midfield with Sterling up front (I assume as almost a false 9) - I worry that Ox & Flamini could be a bit overrun with all those bodies in there.

Recent years conditioned me to expect the worst in anything resembling a big fixture, but we must be due a win soon in one.

[pinholestar]

Yeah, I think Rodgers is trying out a 3-4-3 at the moment, with Sterling as a false 9.

I'm loath to make any sort of positive prediction for today because I was all Billy Big-Bollocks before this fixture last season & we all know what happened there...

Glad The Ox is fit to start & Santi's looked bright recently too. Don't want to call this one though. They could just as likely rediscover their mojo as we could carry on where we left off vs Newcastle.

[The Fox]

Most concerned about the Mertesacker-Chambers CB partnership from hell tbh. As a pairing they've been utter turd every time so far.

[toythatkills]

Liverpool's defence and GK has gotta be worse than even ours can be, though. We should be outscoring them easily (but probably won't.)

[pinholestar]

Hmm, Sky saying that Debuchy will start at centre-half.

[Gotters]

This will be ironic if we soak up 20m of useless possession from them then score with our first shot.

[The Fox]

Christ this is awful. I realise Sterling's pace is a risk but we're leaving acres of space. Midfield is being totally overrun.

[toythatkills]

Haha, that seems very un-Arsenal.

[The Fox]

Hahaha Skrtel

[Jonathan_Kerr]

Shit.

Followed by:

Woo!

[hercules]

How have we gone in level? We are truely awful. Can't string a couple of passes together. Seriously lacking in the middle.

[pinholestar]

Lol, we've been absolutely diabolical. Oceans of space ceded in central midfield & Flamini is a complete liability, as always.

[toythatkills]

Will give it 30 seconds or so before celebrating.

[The Fox]

Good job you don't need to be any good to score against this Liverpool side.

[Gotters]

This is so sweeet to be infront whilst being by far the wirse team, usually we on the end of this type of thing

[humdrum]

Not quite sure the ref understands the advantage rule. our player fouled centre of the goal about 7 yards outside the penalty area. we keep possession but the ball goes back to the half way line and somehow that is an advantage.

[KRP]

I can't believe how badly we're playing. We can't have stuck more than ten passes together all game.

[hmm]

Cazorla getting a bit sexy here.

[toythatkills]

Pretty much what we deserved, I guess.

[Mars]

Infuriating that Gibbs wasn't on the post, would have at least given himself a chance of getting something on that.

[KRP]

Classic arsenal.