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All right I've finally had enough off reading about new owners and transfer news so let's change the record.

We are just over a week away from kicking off our campaign. I've been itching for a bit of competitive football since the world cup ended so let's talk Livepool vs Arsenal.

This is going to be a tough start for Roy's Premiership career at Liverpool. I think the news of Cesc staying will give Arsenal a boost, but I think the noise coming from the Kop will give our boys a boost. Anfield will be the loudest place on Merseyside for the first game of the season.

So what do you think will be are starting line up? What will be the overall result? Who will score? etc....

Spain are playing a friendly against Mexico in Mexico on 11 August.

According to "Earth Times" Coach Vicente Del Bosque have included Fabregas in the squad, so hopefully he will not play with Arsenal at all next weekend!

The only Spain top players missing the game in Mexico are Torres, Reina, Iniesta and Raul Albiol. Great news for us, right?!

I think the usual suspects are included. I would love it if torres starts but according to some people here he isn't which is a bit of a blow really. If we can kick off this season with a win against arsenal, it will be a big boost to the season and the guys will have alot of confidence to go and knock off the likes of stoke, wolves etc which we struggled to do last season. I predict a 1-0 scoreline with Jamie Carragher on the scoresheet

These sites are reporting both Reina & Torres as injured. Torres I can understand, but what about Reina?

Team could be:

Reina/Cavalieri

Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Aurelio

Maxi/Kuyt, Gerrard, Mascherano, Jovanovic

Cole, Torres/Ngog

Depends how Torres is, but he will be on the bench at least.

maybe thats why reina wasn't included in our last game? i mean surely he must get game time approaching a competitive match?

True, but apparently they have chosen 7 Barcelona players who are still officially on holiday.

Here is my prediction for match day:


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

---Johnson---Carragher---Agger---Aurelio---

------------------Lucas--------------------

-------Kuyt---Cole-----Gerrard------Maxi---

------------------Jovanovic----------------


Subs:

Cavalieri
Skrtel
Kelly
Aquilani
Poulsen
Ngog
Torres

Don't think Torres will make the starting eleven, I think he may come on for the last 20 mins. I can see cole pushing forward and playing just behind Jovanovic with Gerrard helping out Lucas.

I think it's the right opponent to give Pachecho a go. I mean Arsenal are not a team that will kick players around and with a bunch of youngsters running around on the pitch he may well give the same performance he gave for Spain recently.

i think if we were to take anything from this game it would be a good result. arsenal have looked quite impressive in pre-season and i'm sure new striker marouanne chamakh will pose a threat too.

i think our team will be the same as mid week except for agger instead of skrtel and possibly kuyt instead of pacheco and if torres is fit too.

i was a little disappointed with pacheco the other night but he hasn't been trying with the first for very long. thought maxi rodriguez (didnt get alot time) and jovanovic were miles apart too. milan looks like a good signing for us hopefully he can prove to be a real asset to the squad.

i think i heard that pepe has a slight shoulder injury . should be fit