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MrDojo:
Link to the training session please. Thank you.

.... Here you go bro...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3jKLQzzSAU&app=m&persist_app=1

kokanepyramid:
Elneny was there to pick ball for them.

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...... I just watched the training video and honestly it's one of the few serious and intense ones I have watched in recent times. Yes, jokes were thrown in with the usual suspects in Auba but I have realized that's just who he is. The training was like a real match; Mkhi stood out to me, I have always loved the way he runs with the ball and he did that quite well in the video just that his final balls are still lacking at the moment..

.... Beating the press took a lot of the training and to be honest I wasn't impressed. Until we can tell and pinpoint exactly where our players are on the field, a good team will block passing lanes and that will frustrate our efforts. Guendouzi short passing with Chambers was the only attempt at beating the press that was decent. Quick shot passes is still the way out rather than trying to pull pressers to oneself and beating them with individual skills. Not everyone is Ceballos and even he losses the ball at times. We will get there with more practice but if we are going to do the passing from the back today, we have to be quick with the passing, no time to think too much. Whoever starts at the base of Midfield should be careful and lightning quick in thoughts.

..... Saka needs to build up though, the ease with which Papa brushed him off to score wasn't nice at all. Papa's cutback was sweet though and his goal even sweeter . Saka made up for it with a good goal though.

.... I love Torreira's body checking of Willock, and Pepe's typical nutmeg, Nelson was the casualty this time. Both scenes made me laugh.

.... All in all, good training with an intent for something, which is today's match. I didn't see Lacazette, Ozil and Xhaka though but I saw Elneny. Laca will be useful today, I hope he is fine.

kokanepyramid:
if Solomonbrown64 was here then he would understand why I don’t like being on same page with Spy. Even when he posts something I was on same line with before as long as it’s now coming from Spy I’ll feel there’s something wrong with my thinking and it is no longer a normal and logical line of thought and I’ll have to oppose it.
He once compared one of our players with CR7. All those talks made trolls almost kill this thread it had to take the intervention of you, myself, elfenomeno Pataki and other thick skin gunners to take the battle to the trolls’ thread to keep them off of this place.

..... Kai, no wonder. I know say something dey up the way your blood go boil from seemingly 0 - 100 degrees in a blink on top small matter, so na spy cause am .... Osanobua! na we Matteo fans come dey receive am.

Fkhalifa:
Thanks for the mention
I think the guy meant he's been a fan for 9 years, not that he's been following this thread for that duration..There are many who come here to just read and go, I want to believe its because of the disappointments, both in the seasons and transfer windows.
We hope success will bring them back and start flowing with us.

..... You are most welcome.

.... You are right. I used to be one of those viewers, smiling and laughing as I scroll through the endless exchange. I started to post too but then the thread became so dry due to the reasons you pointed out above. For days no one would post anything and if any would, there would be no reply. I even complained and compared ours to others on this forum but some said it was pointless talking about what we had no power over and was already set in stone.

...This was in reference to Wenger and his team selection. If we couldn't discuss then why are we fans at all? I was angry and left the thread but since Wenger left, it is slowly coming alive. Returning to the champions league will cause more fans to come and a few glorious trophies will give them the confidence to be recognized as an Arsenal fan because trust me, a few are embarrassed to be addressed as one currently.

kokanepyramid:
Do u follow ArsenalfanTv on YouTube? If you do you’ll know a guy named Tye. He’s an optimist to a fault, defender of everybody. From Wenger to Giroud and all other mediocre players we had during Wenger’s time including Kroenke. And he’ll pick fights with anyone that thinks otherwise. This is a story of 3-5 years ago. Monikers like Pickabeau left here cos of Spy.

Spy was the version of that YouTube guy on Nairaland. At a point we thought Spy was Tye. There’s a post of a guy on the manure thread recently propping up Lingard despite how people see him, that was Spy back then on this thread. HIs posts were painful to read it is only spy that will tell u we miss Giroud up till this moment.

So in order not to get new members initiated I never miss such opportunities to advise them not to read his posts.

That’s where the “he trolls his own” campaign against me started, as a backlash.

.... Yeah I remember pickabeau and others like Ialomo or something and no I don't think I know that tye guy cos I watched a few videos from Arsenal TV this year and I just couldn't bear the toxicity.

... Lol, I had no idea that's how it went down but the exchanges between you guys then made for good learning. So your opposing views is why he sees you as a troll although I have a different reason why I tagged you a troll though. You and Spy Sha.

Dreamswayne:
Na Sod make me dey contribute here...



The guy despises Wenger with passion...



He seems like a nice guy though...

.... Yup, I remember his usual exchange with spy especially when we are losing. The next thing na Wenger out. Yes, he seems nice but bias and Outright sarcasm even to his own has been off the roof lately. I guess it's because no more Wenger to channel his anger on anymore . He is still one of us anyway, hope he calms down.

Fkhalifa:
I dey vex, we are winning, I'm not scared again..

Forget our away record, Liverpool won't find of easy..

Watchout for Luiz,Laca and Pepe...those 3 will be the front fighters on the war ground.

..... Just go there and see for yourself. Imagine them asking who is Willock? ...... Na that one spark my head. Stupid team that has never won the premier League since forever. Imagine if they did, we will not rest from their noise.

.... Even if we end up losing, they must sweat for that victory. I expect massive ginger from Luiz and for once I am glad we got someone like him. We need characters with victory mentality like him and I expect nothing less than the Luiz we saw when he played for Mourinho. Enough is enough

kokanepyramid:
welcome don’t be like Spy360.

@solomonbrown my comment above is why Spy says I troll my own.

... Lol, I think it's more about your unpredictable nature here. It's sometimes difficult to tell if you're really arguing or just trolling especially on that Jerry Curl kid and Ozil too. Your posts are quite sarcastic too hence the troll tag but it's just how you roll.

IghravweIG:
For some reason i feel confident about tomorrow's game.


Meanwhile this is my first post here as a dedicated Arsenal fan. Been 9 years.

..... Are you serious right now? Nine freaking years and no post here

.... Just kidding, you are very much welcome and I feel honoured to be mentioned on your first post here. I see fellow fans on match day thread commenting like no man's business but never here. Thank God you are here.

.... Well here, there are sane people like me, Fkhalifa, kodded, Dreamswayne, Jodera, Oga blueray; elders like Spy360 and Roland17 because they have been here before I knew what Nairaland was all about. Partially insane folks like Oga Kokane because he can be for you now and against you the next second and completely insane folks like Swissh and Sod. The latter being very unpredictable and quite sarcastic, don't indulge him if you have no patience.

... Regardless of our differences, we are here for the good of the badge. We all look forward to more of your posts here.

.... Arsenal's last 22 away games against the Big Six
.... Won 0 - Drawn 8 Lost 14 Clean sheets 1 Failed to score 5 Goals 24 xG 22.5 Conceded 50 xG Against 39.1 Shots 186 (8.5/game) On target 65 (3/game) Shots against 356 (16.2/game) On target allowed 148 (6.7/game) . ..... Damn

...... Na Banter Fc Liverpool fans dey call us for their subreddit and they are so sure of victory. I have never seen fans more arrogant than they are. Their own pass Scummies own on a whole new level.

... You know what? Screw it! That unbeaten run at home they are so proud of, we must break it tomorrow. Emery must come to the party and since Auba is a big influencial leader in that dress room I want to really believe when he says they want revenge for the humiliation of last season on that ground. Let's tell every team out there that the era of Banter is gone, this team means business, starting tomorrow.

MrDojo:
My broda, that's AMN biggest problem. If he does not root it out now, mehn... Lemme not say bad thing.

Me, too. Win or lose, I'll enjoy the match. Anything can happen, but I'm not holding my breath. I just want a good performance, not our usual 'score 1 and get 3/4/5 free'

.... Lol, which bad thing... This new arsenal be say if you no improve, na sell straight. ..no time.

.... Exactly bro. It will be an interesting but tight game, I am certain.

MrDojo:
Thanks, read it. But it doesn't really say much. Most Arsenal fans know that Ozil's time is up at the Emirates. Unless he recaptures his Madrid form or the season he had 18 assists before Christmas, or Injury keeps out Ceb (that's if he maintains his current form).

What I'm more interested in our style of play. Sometimes you see it, most times it's sideways passing. I wish Unai can adopt peak Wengerball with this players. I'm confident we won't finish less than 3rd. If his own system clicks, it will be a very different Arsenal. One I'd like to see.

I hope bellerin can still run. 9months is not a joke ooo. I have not KT play, but if he is as good as his FM stat says, then I'm excited.

P.s. we need to move AMS to midfield, and get a proper RB. We are wasting his talent at RB. However, from the looks of it, I doubt Unai will move him there.

... You are welcome, bro.

..... Ceballos is the first midfielder that's a true playmaker that's dynamic as both an 8 and a 10. It's what the modern game requires, the number 10 has to drop deep to start play and also press from the front. This is where Ozil's problem lies in; he doesn't like to drop deep and rarely playmake, he just wants to lay the killer pass and that's not enough anymore.


.. Emery clearly wanted Ceballos for something and we got a glimpse of that in the last match. Emery is clearly not a possession style coach, he is at base counter attacking but a different style as his system still requires quick short passes rather than parking the bus. His style is something that will come into play very well as soon as we have players like Holding back who is better than Sokratis at ball playing and Bellerin too who is smarter with his positionings and will make our right wing more productive. We then to use the left wing because Niles doesn't bring that quick movement of the ball Emery requires just as good as Monreal does. It's actually stagnates our play massively which was why Emery wanted to sign another right back.

...Bellerin will be eased in slowly, still medicine is now advanced and not like before. His speed should still be there since this is his first knee injury I think.

.... Niles is a good player and very sleeky on the ball which shows he is highly confident in his skills and abilities. To me he is a better player than Willock because of his technical skills but the edge Willock has over him is his level headedness. Niles loses concentration easily and he does that under little or no pressure and in dangerous places. Having a player like that and Xhaka in Midfield is bad news. He has to cut that shitt out if he ever hopes to play in our midfield, for now he is our Milner; versatile on the pitch and can fill in important places.

.... As for tomorrow's game, I will just go out and enjoy the game. It's going to be end to end stuff. Whatever happens, It's one game more where the team gels more together.

... See the pass Map, you can see how heavily Ceballos was involved and the short passes in between movements, but look at Niles positioning compared to Monreal's, it's why his wing was bastardised by McNeil. So much space. By the time Bellerin will be back, there will be balance in movement and in attack and will make our attacking movements less predictable.

..... This goal article is quite the eye opener... I can't wait for Tierney and Bellerin to be back. October can't come any sooner.....

.... https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/ceballos-showing-why-ozil-is-fighting-a-losing-battle-with-emery-/1bn88gk8yztjq1iwnuh71y6s0e

BlueRayDick:
Baba somebody go surely buy that mustafi. Even if it's just because he was part of a world cup winning team they will buy him and he will play in a league like Germany where u don't need to be fast when taking decisions like it is in England.

The coach sef his English even dey clear pass Guardiola own sef, or maybe na me dey see am that way sha

..... I heard Roma is interested in a loan deal but Elneny no get show yet. Both of them might not leave this window but one of them should. If Club Brugge can pay 10m plus for Wanyama, I expect something substantive for either of them.

... Emery dey try but I no sure say he reach Guardiola. Guardiola don tey for England small.

BlueRayDick:
Na our guy go talk am ó. I watched one of his press conferences where he said he dey use TV shows learn English. He says he watches Peaky Binders. You know people that learn a language that way, na any word wey catch their fancy for the language go become their favorite. Just like one of my yeye friends when we serve for North. He will just be shouting abunga up and down . The foolish boy will say I want to use my abunga to stir Ur abunga

.... Lol, waoh I am shocked because that word no follow. I don't know which club will make any of those two their protagonists but then he also called them big players; sweet words to aid their quick transfer.

.... Those British shows can be so endearing sha, I love the British accent. Shows like Taboo and Bodyguard were orgasm boosters as regards my ex - ..... I learnt to whisper in that accent in her ears as we dey do the thing ...... Regardless, I am impressed with the pace in which he has learnt English, not particularly easy for a Basque dude.

BlueRayDick:
Baba can I buy a drink this very night and make a toast to their leaving and becoming a protagonist in another team

.... You sure say na Emery talk this grammar abi na translation ...... I don't think Wenger would ever come out to say players should find other clubs openly. This new admin and Emery no send anybody oh. The clear out continues.

..... Nicolas Pépé: "Based on how it's been in training with Lacazette, we've been able to find each other with our eyes shut." [BTSport]

....I love this.

kokaneprodigy:
is it today Arsenal started renewing contracts of average Joes? even Manchester United does it, it doesn’t necessarily translate to a player being exceptional.

Ur argument is getting more emotional and less logical

..... Between the both of us, who is emotional? You leave logic and facts to lie just to prove what? Compared to you, has anything have stated concerning this discussion been a lie compared to you who has has stooped so low to create things that never happen just to nail someone even when he was on the bench. Lol. Honestly, if I had seen some of your posts earlier concerning the lad I wouldn't have bother to indulge you.

... Arsenal deem it fit to reward the lad and if this ruthless administration could do that, then your opinion clearly doesn't matter.

... I am done with this discussion henceforth. We can discuss other things but not this that's if I ever want to in the first place.

...I also noticed you ignored my post on your claim that Burnley's goal was Guendouzi's fault. Anyway, it is well. You and your lackey can go on forever with your campaign, I won't interfere again.

Fkhalifa:
Honestly, the thing tire me,I think I'm done on that issue with them..

Even Baba blueray commends some aspects and points out his weak areas..

To them, "he does nothing", I hate him" he on the bench is a curse to the team bla bla bla..

The day I finally gave up was when Kokane still found a way to bring in Guen away at wolves last season, we were 3-0 down at half time with Xhaka/Torreira in middle, he said " your team is shyt when you have Guen on the bench" he saw nothing wrong with the way wolves dissected us from the midfield, Guen and Nketiah came we scored a consolation..and he rewarded him with hate again..

Same at Anfield, Even the Chelsea games we played in the league with Guen, we had a decent show and score..3-2 and 2-0

Europa final, Chelsea finished us 3-0 with Xhaka/Torreira, Guen,Iwobi and Willock came we scored and looked like we wanted to score.

I'm not discrediting Torreira, he his new,young and does well, I'll always protect him. But ma niqqas still had to find a way to bring Guen to how we conceded and played poorly.

Its very shameful, you see rival fans come here and laugh at those their talks..

Over 70% fans wanted him here after his first year,Emery and Arsenal wants him here,the pundits and legends are backing him, so Goodluck to the few who wants to be in sifia pains.

.... Can you imagine??... Spy360 don talk am before say he be troll that trolls his own. I didn't see this before then why are we wasting precious time discussing their over the scale bias on a player that they clearly don't like for reasons best known to them?

.... I remember when I used to defend Ozil on Justarsenal forum like my life depended on it. We need this and that to help him regain his form and be blazing again but my eyes became clear last season and I respected myself. Still, I saw a difference in his play during the pre-season, he was willing to play especially during the Bayern match in the US. There was hope there and if he brings that to the field this season in the EPL, I will support him regardless of last season's debacle. That's how sane people behave and the reason I respect Baba Ray despite our conflicting opinions.

... As regards Mr Jerry Curl and his over zealous critics I am done oh. There's no salvation in sight. I pray you resist the urge to indulge them as sometimes they have no shame in lying just to get a reaction from some of us like a post up there blaming Burnley's goal on the lad. All trolling in the end.

..... Imagine the hate. Was it not Ceballos that was wasted in midfield, the Burnley player dribbled him so bad that he was glued to the ground before he made that deflected pass. Luiz failed to track his man, Nelson lost possession that led to the counter in the first place and the one player who tried to prevent the goal is the one who gets the blame .... This is ridiculous on all levels.

... Una go tire anyway, Arsenal has seen his "recycling job and blatant giveaways and side way passes" and has deemed it fit to reward his efforts with a new bumper contract. Una go tire last last.

Fkhalifa:
I already know what some are driving at, to them, it is Guendozi who isn't making the game flow, that he adds nothing..
I even saw some wanting us to lose so they come in here to say I tell you, immediately the lineup came up on sat, its like they were so sure we'll lose and were waiting for final whistle but were disappointed, so they resorted to we played bad and got lucky..

They are waiting for Saturday, so Liverpool can give them say, But they have forgotten Vidal,Rakitic and Busquet couldn't add anything to Barca's attack nor defence that day...

But they are busy waiting for saturday to comw use thier keyboards on the kid.
I pray Emery uses Torreira/Xhaka, that way, they would shift blame and hate on Luiz, since they hate anything that look like the boy.

..... Thank God you can see through their pretense. The poster that asked the style of Emery's football didn't even reply their mentions and neither did I because this particular question has been asked here before and answered, and his own question which he claimed he asked on Reddit was also cleanly answered. It's obvious one still loves Wenger and his system while the other is blind to anything we do or achieve because a player in the very team he claims to support, who gives his all on the field is playing. It's why most times I don't indulge them as do many other fans here.

.... The same player they castigate is who most fans on other forums want as the midfielder beside Torreira or Willock in future especially on Saturday. If a young player have negatives, are there not positives about him they can see but no it's the same complaints here everyday. They want to turn here to another one player debate like the positives FC thread. Anyway, you get time sha.

.... Arsenal is preparing to give a bumper new five year contract to the Jerry Curl kid, so he will be here for a long time. The same thing with Auba but it's not yet clear for how long yet.

.... As for Liverpool, some of us realists have been tagged as accepting defeat when even the coach when asked replied that nobody wants to play Liverpool ever. A joke yes but it's the truth. Let's see wetin go happen for Saturday

.... I also don't get the fans saying that Auba saved us or Lacazette used power to score blah blah blah.... The goal keeper's job is to stop the ball from getting into the net as much as possible, same with every other member of the team with their individual responsibility. A striker's job is to score but here if they do, some say they are bailing out the coach. What's their damn job in the first place? Is it not to score ? ...na wa oh.

.... Against Burnley, we had four quality chances to score apart from both goals, especially that sweet counter where two teenagers beat Burnley's press. Na no see that one. I wish I could post the pass maps of our last game and you will see our future pattern of play clearly written there.

Fkhalifa:
He wants to play from the back and use 4 3 3, with this, check top teams using this tactics, 80% of their goals and assists come from the front 3 and the Ams..

City's goals come from Sterling, Aguero,Silva andSane
Liverpool...Sallah, Mane and Firmino
PSG, Neymar, mpabee and Cavani
Barcelona... Messi,Suarez and Neymar/Dembele

At Arsenal,

we don't have a specialist LW, Auba and Iwobi just dey try and Nelson is still learning

We have Top RW....Auba tries there, mhicky isn't it,Nelson still forming and Pepe is new..

We have none at AM, Ozil and Mhicky have passes their prime, thanks to Cebbalos but still new.

So I feel in few weeks time, we'll be better on that front, We would have sorted CF,RW and AM... Tierney will help us from the left.

..... That's the ish bro... I don't just get the complaints... The full squad isn't fully used yet, we had two teenagers starting both matches of the season and yet we are 2nd of the table, people are complaining. The days of Possession and counter attacking sole kind of identity are gone. Guardiola's game has evolved from soft tiki - tika to direct football and now they are very aggressive with smart tactical fouls whenever a team is trying to build something. It's just how football is; you evolve. Now, Liverpool don't press as hard as they used when they play the lower teams but come out in full throttle against the top 6 because Klopp now knows going full throttle all season isn't feasible.

.... There are games we will aim to control and there are games we will come in to counter the other team's style. We are still a team in transition, one season won't change decades of Wenger's style and imprint in the team. Fancy football and Identity is good and we will get there but now it's all about results. We need to qualify for the Champions League, that's priority number 1 for this season, everything else is secondary.

Swissh:
Seriously, what is our philosophy under Emery? we won’t be able to keep this momentum if we can’t play more convincingly with a clear philosophy.
Are we a possession based team? No. You know this when you see that even Burnley can register 18 shots at the Emirates, two more than Arsenal, unbelievable. We tried so many times to play from the back but we can barely even beat Burnley’s high pressing. What were we doing?
Are we a counter attack team? It doesn’t look like so because we tried to keep possession and control the game in our hands but just couldn’t do it well.
We were not able to create enough chances for our strikers and all three goals we scored more or less relied on the individual brilliance or the opponent’s errors. , instead of being created by our team play, which will make our goal scoring less reliable and less steady.

.... I think I have seen this question and exact post somewhere before , yesterday perhaps?

MrDojo:
I like what someone said earlier, that Burnley can never play City the way they played us. The same with Liverpool. Although we call some of these teams small, they know how to smell blood (weakness), and they would never let go of the opportunity to beat a 'big' team.

If we can develop an aggressive (not physical) style of play, one that would make most teams tremble, then some of the 'small' teams will mentally accept defeat once it's time to play us.

It's just like United of those days, they might have a rubbish 11 playing, but they would win convincingly. All teams feared them then. Same with city and pool. I hope Arsenal can get back to those heights.

By the way, I think Silent Stan actually cares about Arsenal or maybe it's Josh. But I like the new atmosphere around the club. Transfer window only closed a few days ago, yet they're already talking about January.

Reading the comments of other Gunners on Reddit is not funny at all. Most expect another bashing while some are cautiously optimistic

Mehn, I won't lie. I want us to win. I really do. Imagine beating Pool and Spurs back to back... I can't remember the last time we started the season 4/4.

On a side note, the battle for the top 6 will be brutal this year. Everton, Wolves and Leicester are not easy teams to beat ooo... The race for top 6 will be more interesting than the title race. Hopefully, we are challenging for the title

..... I think the Kroenkes trusted Gazidis and Wenger too much and pretty much allowed them free reign but they ran Arsenal badly. Losing money and valuable assets in players after years of investments in them. The one that broke the camel's back was slipping into Europa League. I think it was then they decided that they had to get involved. It's a good thing they did, at least now we know we are targeting something. I don't know the plans for January; a defender, right back or starting preliminary process in getting Ceballos or getting his replacement and that of Ozil ready. Perhaps.

.... If there's one thing I have learnt from Arsenal's subreddit is the fact that most fans don't value Xhaka at all... Lol. Dem no wan see am for field especially on Saturday and honestly neither do I. But the truth is; if he is fit he will start. Xhaka is actually a big game player and did quite well in big games last season except for the Liverpool defeat. He will be instrumental in putting those long diagonal balls through that will disrupt the Liverpool backline. Which is why Both him and Torreira cannot start against Liverpool. Should Xhaka start, Guen or Willock should be his partner. If not, it should be Guen and Joe in midfield. Torreira cannot start anyway, he got only ten minutes against Burnley.

... Wolves and Everton will flatter to deceive. Wolves have Europa commitment and will surely affect them depending on how long they stay in it. Everton have good players but the manager has always been the problem. A Rodgers at the helms of an Everton team will have me seriously worried. They should sack Silva if he doesn't deliver this season and appoint Rodgers IMO.

...... Anthony Taylor will referee the Arsenal - Liverpool match.

..... I am not excited about this guy because of the sending off of Torreira last season during the London derby but he also gave Auba a soft penalty that he failed to score. Fingers crossed since VAR is now here.

Spy360:
The wings aren't open; Xhaka and Guendouzi are there as cover, including when our fullbacks push forward.

It is only on the offensive that we would have problems, but then we do not have the quality to pin Liverpool down, we can only depend on breaking and countering.

.... Lol, a single ball over the top will finish us if we have to drag the midfielders to cover for the pushing fullbacks. I saw a lot of that last season.

... I think you watched the Burnley match and you saw how they kept crossing the ball into our box almost without hindrance. How many balls did Niles or Monreal block on Saturday? It was free loading that could have cost us. If Auba and Pepe track back then it will be manageable but if they don't then it's advisable we start with three centre backs. I don't have confidence with Niles defending against a decent winger until Bellerin returns. For God sake, he was beaten time and time again by fvcking McNeil. Common Oga Spy, we go get serious wahala for wings whether we are defending or attacking. Liverpool will be at their best, they are playing Arsenal not Norwich. We are rivals regardless of our current state.

Spy360:
Liverpool actually employs a similar tactics in midfield which allows their fullbacks space to attack. It's also the middle three that follows up their pressing behind the front three.

..... Then knowing Emery, he will put out a formation to counter theirs. We can't just start with that formation else Niles and Monreal will be roasted especially the former. Did you guys also notice that Pepe didn't track back enough last match? On a few occasions he watched as a Burnley attacker move past him a few times. I didn't like that but then he is still new as Auba was once like that but it just means that if he starts, we can't trust him to track Mane hence it will be risky to start with a back four or a formation that leaves the wings open when the fullback push up.

Fkhalifa:
This will be good for 2nd half around 65th minute, that's if we leading or drawing the game, Starting that means our wings will be exposed..
Liverpool play more from wing than middle.

.... Yup, one of many tinkerings we will see during the game depending on the direction of the game. Protecting the wings and frustrating their attacking moves should be our first priority for the duration of the first half while taking our chances.

Fkhalifa:
Liverpool didn't score headers against us, 2 penalties, firmnno slicing our defense,another look away goal and tap in for Mane...

Niles,Monreal, Torreira have to be very solid and ready for battles .
Burnley are arguably the no1 team on air in the league, we are always gon struggle against them.

Liverpool is by energy and pace, our back 5 were to slow and weak for them last time,
Iwobi and Niles were the only ones causing them problems, Auba was isolated, Ramsey struggled, Xhaka and Torreira didn't know what hit them, but we looked better when Laca came on.

We need laca and pepe to be very sharp, Auba's pace and cebaloss creativity..
Everyone else to the back, just defend and get the ball to those forwards.

.... Yup, We need athleticism and energy in that Midfield so at least we know Ceballos will start. His other partners in Midfield is what most don't know yet. The defense and attack naturally picks itself regardless of formation. The Midfield partnership is the question mark now. Pepe played 45 minutes, I think he can play 65 - 75 mins now. I don't want Nelson starting this game or Mkhi.