"What's the point of dominating games if we can't score and make stupid mistakes at the back? Tonight pointed out a few interesting things: Hendo and Cole are currently better choices than Sterling and Allen, we need a striker, and we are not going to get a penalty this season."
"RIP Top 4...We're 7 points of the relegation zone and 7 points of top 4. BR is making the same mistake what Kenny did. Sticking with your signings(Allen) even though better players are available in the bench. YNWA"
"TERRIBLE.. 7 minutes to go and we pass it about at the back.. gerrard is out attacking mid and he hasnt been doing anything of late. cole in for shelvey, COME ON NOW, SRE YOU SERIOUS"
" 'Winning streak'. Are you kidding me? 3 games in a row is hardly a streak. I don't blame BR. There is only so much he can do by telling the players how he wants them to play. Individual players have to be held to account. Best way to punish the ones most culpable? Drop them. Next game, drop Allen and Gerrard. Reintroduce J. Cole and Enrique, who we desperately missed today."
"Great game where are the fans in denial now we all have opinions and where allowed to share it I personally think this squad is poor the table does not lie sorry lads but most of you don't deserve a second at Anfield eialy downing Henderson cole all should be gone and Brendan your not the man for us take Allen with you "
"I DONT CARE ABOUT POSSESION OR HOW MUCH SHOTS WE HAD, WHEN YOU WATCH THE GAMES THE SHOTS WE DO HAVE ARE HALF CHANCES. AS A REAL FAN IM SO DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I SPEND ALOT OF MONEY ON MY TEAM AND SOMETIMES I DONT THINK THE PLAYERS CARE AS MUCH AS WE DO"
"We will be lucky to finish 7th ( i reckon out of top 10 ) and Benitez and Dalglish were fired for finishing there , but BR like Hodgson talks a good game and is the darling of the press but good manager? give me a break!!!!!" "
"Never have the words to You'll Never Walk Alone ever been as important. Support will get us out of this not chopping and changing. Statistically looked like a dominant performance but as always out done against the run of play. Suarez is a great player but too inconsistant a finisher. We need two scorers and a fix to a leaky defence for Xmas. Just another unfortunate result I'm afraid."
"Bought back to Earth with a BANG!!!! A reality check for most fans, beating a couple of teams that have been promotes or fighting relegation, and they start talking about the top four, they should focus on not getting into a relegation scrap."
"The score didn't flatter villa we was beaten well beaten simple as pressure means fk all sick off hearing about pressure played 17 won 5 look where pressures got us!!!"
"We were rubbish and so were our tactics. Attacking we put loads of crosses into the box but we don't have an old fashioned centre forward. I know Villa parked the bus but surely we can do better than this. Its time to give Yesil or Morgan a chance. No point ruling midfield if we can't take our chances."
"We will be lucky to finish 7th and Benitez and Dalglish were fired for finishing there , but BR like Hodgson talks a good game and is the darling of the press but good manager? give me a break!!!!!" "
""Terrible - BR will never be good enough for my beloved club! FSG should hang their heads in shame for bringing in this man when we had the chance of Rafa Benitez !!!""
"Utterly shocking result. There must be something wrong for this to happen at home to Villa. With all due respect to them, if it was Barcelona I could accept loosing 1-3 at home, otherwise BR better rethink things somewhat and fast "
"We will be lucky to finish 7th and Benitez and Dalglish were fired for finishing there , but BR like Hodgson talks a good game and is the darling of the press but good manager? give me a break!!!!!" "
"SO.....another " well prepared " game ! This one was very important for us but......we start the game like we already won it and .......the results is clear ! So I suggest Mr.BR to leave the stupid story with " we can aim more than 4'th place " after we start to win something ! Until then small mouth and more results ! Sorry but that's reality ! We should be shamed for what we represent !
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"The writers on this site are in denial about Liverpool. "Winning Streak Ended By Villa"??
We were decimated. Liverpool were out-thought and out-fought by Villa. They were excellent.
What was Rodgers thinking putting Downing at LB again?!?!?!
They should give the fans a refund for being so poor.
Disgrace. Absolute disgrace."
"Well done lads , just turn up and three points are ours ! We took the step back after all , back down to 12th. Liverpool flatter to deceive ,this result proves it. Fulham next , heaven knows what will happen. Hang your heads players and manager alike, that was discusting and so very disappointing."
"A great performance until it came to finishing. To score just 1 goal when you hit 20 shots with no less than 10 being on target, you need to think to yourself what's gone wrong. "
"What a utter rubbish! We need an overhaul upfront and streghten the back four. We approached the game well for the first 30 minutes but after the first Villa goal we faded away progressively. We absolutely did not defend the counter attacks as well! What's up lads? We need more than a couple of addition BR!... A day to forget! YNWA"
"I DONT WANT TO SEE ANY OF YOU GUYS SAYING WE ARE NOT REAL FANS BECAUSE WE ARE ANGRY AND XPRESSING OUR VIEWS. WHEN YOU SPEND %30 OF YOUR MONTHLY SALARY ON YOUR CLUB I THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO"
"Reina should leave if he can not put his body in line to stop balls from beating us he was left flat footed through out the three goals and Allen needs give way for Sahin. Hendo deserves more time of play. Our defense is LOOSE common!"
"Who is A.Willa than LFC?We have Keeper as World Cup Champion. We have Agger and Skrtel as Dans and Slov Player of the year. We have 4 england players include SG as Captain. We have Copa top scorer. We just not have one...great manager. Yeah..give him more chance..but at the same time we on the way to relegated. "
"Now Rodgers can see the difference between a team with a couple of strikers as to a team of midfielders.
How on earth Allen keeps his place I do not know.Villa deserved the win cos we did not trouble their keeper despite all our possession.As for finishing third , it`s like Santa non existant.The Jan transfer window might be more about who is leaving us as to who is joining."
"this is not good enough, the likes of Norwich are above us, joe allen has been a waste of time very weak and cant string 2 passes together, really hope we by real quality in jan . i still think brendan is the man for the job, but this squad is to small with not a great deal of real class which is what we need,"
"Well Brendan looks like you are right - we will finish in th etop four in the CHAMPIONSHIP - you are clueless still picking that useless numpty Allen - he cant defend cant make incisive passes, cant score - hes USELESS"
"We get hit on the break again...and again...and again. There is such a thing as a patient build up, but there are times when we appear to simply allow the opposition's defences to get set. Our defence would be better off letting the attackers do their stuff and be more aware of counters. Our left back should also be a defender."
"I ALSO GIVE CREDIT EVERYWEEK WHEN ITS DUE BUT 3-1 TO VILLA WHEN WE ARE AT HOME...SERIOUSLY...AND LETS BE REAL...REINA NEVA LOOKS LIKE SAVING ANYTHING THESE DAYS. SAUREZ IS BRILLIANT BUT WHY TRY A STUPID SKILL IN OUR OWN HALF"
"Well Brendan looks like you are right - we will finish in th etop four in the CHAMPIONSHIP - you are clueless still picking that useless numpty Allen - he cant defend cant make incisive passes, cant score - hes USELESS"
"Liverpool's winning streak ended. Are you having a laugh, we barely scrapped past Southampton at home, we beat a second string Udinese by a single goal and then got very fortunate against West Ham. Villa look dangerous everytime they attacked, we looked poor and had no invention in our play. "
"BR's team is worse than KK's. Things r getting from bad to worse. The flaws r being masked by the fielding of youngsters. Sterling isn't that great after all."
"Not good losing at home. Why no Suso and Sahin in starting line-up? Their creativity would have confused the Villa defense
and opened gaps for Suarez and Shelvey to exploit.
Very disappointed :("
"We have a football club that is to good for the current manager, he cannot inspire or get the best out of the players he has and if he buys new players they will be just the same after he has finished demoralising them.I never thought I would live to see the day my beloved Liverpool would be run like this ........"
"how long before people start questioning Rodgers tactics of playing patient football at all times? There is no plan B! Even when we got one back there was no urgency at all just passing backwards and sideways as always!"
"Well Brendan looks like you are right - we will finish in th etop four in the CHAMPIONSHIP - you are clueless still picking that useless numpty Allen - he cant defend cant make incisive passes, cant score - hes USELESS"
"Simply one of the 'dark days' that to be fair to BR- he did say we'd have from time to time. No point coming on here saying this and that. Very quickly we move on. KTF"
"GERRARD IS WAY PAST IT TO BE PLAYING AS OUR ATTACK MID..ONLY COMPLAIN I HAVE FOR BRENDAN IS TAKIN SHELVY OF WHEN PLAYERS LIKE GERRARD, LUCAS AND ALLEN AS PLAYING WORSE.. HAVE THE BALLS TO DO WHAT WE KNOW YOU SHOULD"
"the whole team owe the supporters who were at the game a big apology for what i personally think is one of the worst performances i have ever seen also think any chances of attracting top players just flew right out he window"
"It was Christian Benteke VS Liverpool XI. We tend to lose battles against one man army and at our own ground. Our strikers need to be exorcised from seeing the Great Wall of China in Opposing Goalkeeper. Forget this. Come next game.YNWA!!""
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!TELL ME,PLEASE!HOW COULD WE LOSE TO THOSE LOSERS ASTON VILLA!THE PERFORMANCE WAS RUBBISH!FULL EMBARRASSMENT!"
"Please. 2 wins is hardly considered a streak.
Allen << Jay Spearing (At least the boy had heart)
Roy Hodgson had the similar number of points at this stage in 2010(without Suarez and a poor torres). Where is the improvement Mr. Rodgers?
I would not have bothered making comments if it wasn't for your '2nd place ' interview."
"Well i guess the likes of suarez,sterling,agger & SKRTL would wonder if they are not wasting their talents playing for looserpool while they could be playing for the superiour teams in England man united,Chelsea,city and arsenal shame on owners,Rodgers and some players like gerrard and downing"
"just managed to see last 10 min and gutted at result ,roll on january lets wat comes in ,def need 2 top strikers , we are to weak up front,but keep plodding guys we need to be above mid table
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"Anything that could have went wrong, did go wrong. If Suarez finds Stevie with that simple pass early on, we'd have walked it. Harsh lesson in TAKING OUR CHANCES. Villa had about 4 in total, and scored 3. Clinical."
"winning streak? 2 games in a row is not a winning streak..i am so devastated this has been the chance to climb the table, everton-stoke, spurs-swans this round...cant believe it!!!!!!!! ynwa"
"We really need to be doing better in front of the goal! It's really costing us, case in question today's match! I hope in January we gonna get a real striker! YNWA"
"Top 4 Brendan - your having a laugh - not when you continue to pick that useless numpty Allen - he cant defend - he cant tackle, he cant make incisive passes, he cant score yet you still pick him. Then you leave him on the pitch - CLUELESS"
"Says how bad we were when Downing is our man-of-the match. I can remember a time when putting three goals past us would have been headline news, now it's becoming a regular occurrence. I'm sorry Mr Rodgers but something is rotten at the club, Dalglish did better than this and look what happened. Sort it out or leave."
"Wake up fans that vehemently support BR. Surely you can see that no other top team would employ such an unexperienced manager, He really is a Championship Manager. His reign is worse than Hodgson. Fans that see this drivel, not just today but from the season so far, that say there is improvement are delusional. "
"where are the fans that criticise my opinion last week. they say i don't know football even bhudda say i was wrong. so look what hapen today. wastage of the ball all the time and some are taking them for stars. they think they can dribble 3 , 4 defenders. football is team play and not bend your head down and run on the line loose the ball. So cheers to the fans who like lfc to be midtable."
"Dont know what to say really was sooooo looking forward to being 7th tonight then bang!!!! wheres suso, assadi, yesil pace trickery, no we play hendo and cole :-( "
"DISGRACE DISGRACE DISGRACE!!!! WHEN IS HENRY GONA GROW A PAIR OF BALLS AND SACK THAT CLOWN ROGERS THE MAN IS WAY OUT OF HIS DEPTH AND IS CLUELESS. JOE ALLEN IS A TOTAL WASTE OF SPACE ANOTHE £15 MILLION WASTED SACK ROGERS BEFORE TRANSFER WINDOW OPENS AND GET SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING"
"That was a poor a defensive performance i've seen from us for a long time, i blame the players instead of the manager though. Thought we should of started henderson as he gives a lot of energy in the midfield and we could have used that when defending the villa counter attacks. Disappointing result but i expect us to bounce back with a win against fulham."
"What was that?! What a shame! FSG you have to react on that, we HAVE to spend money, there is NO excuse anymore. I hope you understand us fans clearly. There will be NO excuse in January and the end of the season. You're a discrace to our beloved club, and make us a shame in the PL / England / the world. "
"Rodgers said that Liverpool should look beyond fourth. D o you mean fourth from bottom. The team is pathetic. Yung Aston Villa side showed us how football is played. Go back to Swansea"
"I support Liverpool every time they step out on to the pitch, no matter who is in charge. I will continue to do that, although I do not like BR managerial style, and believe he is tactically inept."
"the refereeing this season has been awful again we were denied two pens think someone is going to have to get there leg broken before we get one if it was a penalty last week against allen then it should have been a penalty when suarez put the ball in the box if it hits your arm in the box then its a penalty"
"very very dissappointed today. did make good start without scoring. downhill after 20 minutes. no one had a good game worth a mention. cant say anymore except put it behind us and hope we bounce back against fulham. STILL YNWA"
"cheers to the fans who like LFC to be midtable because last week when i criticised our play they say i don't know football. now enjoy!!! Football is an affair of eleven players. "
"Anytime our players and manager brag about top 4 and some winning streak they go ahead and tank it,guys! we are not great yet,shut up and let the football do the talking."
"ONLY SO MUCH BR CAN DO, PLAYERS NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. IF WE WERENT PERFORMING THATS ONE THING BUT WE ARE DOMINATING GAMES SO NOT BR FAULT. GEREARD WAS GREAT BUT HES DONE. AND JOE ALLEN IS A SQUAD PLAYER, AS FOR STERLING, YOUR HAVING A LAUGH. F* OFF TO UNITED FOR 15 MIL WOULD YA!
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"What did we have against Villa? A lot of possesion and kicks toward goal but no real chance. Suarez back pass started the first AV goal. Cole started the second half by losing the ball that gave AV the third goal that killed off the game. Sleepy defence, unvincing midfield and an impotant attack. We need a scoring striker and fast."
"We need to sack the entire media department of this website. If we win, they'll post loads of articles claiming we'll finish 4th and so on. And "the scoreline flattered Villa"? Are you serious? We all watched the game, or are going to see highlights, so don't lie please, we're not thick."
"totally embarassed to be a LFC supporter right now...what a joke of a performance...sterling needs to sit a few games, gerrard, where have you gone...I would sit the entire team and bring up the reserves..none of them deserve to wear the red shirt today..who would want to come here in January..wouldnt be surprised if Suarez decides to leave in January"
"Lambert done his homework well using two banks of four was a stubborn defence making it difficult to get decent scoring chances. LFC had plenty but no luck. Sooner Sterling gets his contract sorted, he might be his usual self which was missing today. Jonjo poor as well. Hope its just a blip. "
"I FEEL REALY BAD FOR THE FANS WHO DONT SEE YET THAT BR IS A WASTE OF TIME AND WONT GET US ANYWHERE. ITS REALLY SAD WATCHING FANS MOAN AND CRY WEEKIN WEEKOUT, BLAMING ANYTHING BUT BR WHO PLAYS WINGERS AT LEFTBCK AND NEVER TAKES OFF ALLEN. THEY MOAN AND CRY THESE SAD FANS WHILE WE WHO KNEW IT ALL ALONG THAT BR IS A BIG JOKE SIT BACK AND LAUGH."
"JOHN HENRY IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND I HOPE U ARE . YOU ARE DESTROYING LIVERPOOLS FANS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR WORDS BRING BACK RAFFA HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN RESTORE OUR ONCE GREAT CLUB TO GLORY. BRING BACK RAFFA BRING BACK RAFFA!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Terrible day just terrible!!Im not one to slack off players but Joe Allen my word! Pathetic today just shocking! Liverpool will get better its a bad day at the office! Rodgers being sacked...come on!!Still only 5 points of 4th "
"The fans on here calling for Rodgers head need to get a grip! He got his tactics wrong today for the first time since he took over I think. One mistake, get over it. The players were more at fault and didn't execute the gameplan correctly. If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win."
"JOHN HENRY IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND I HOPE U ARE . YOU ARE DESTROYING LIVERPOOLS FANS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR WORDS BRING BACK RAFFA HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN RESTORE OUR ONCE GREAT CLUB TO GLORY. BRING BACK RAFFA BRING BACK RAFFA!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"We are at 12 again ! if BR have ....he will quit tonight ! we need to bring an experience manager ! this season is already compromise but we need to recovver quick because man utd is going to 20'th le !!!!!!!!
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"Dissapointed.All our weaknesses assumed today in one game.Players underestimated Villa,sure,they used that fact.They scored 12 goals in the season before game on Anfield...B.R.,it's UP TO YOU NOW to sort out this situation.If you have Downing on LB-you have to get in trouble.YNWA>"
"I WAS FEELING SO POSITIVE ABOUT THIS GAME 2, IT'S AMAZING HOW 1 GAME CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. THIS MORNING I WAS DREAMING OF GETTING UP TO 4TH, AND NOW IM JUST HOPING WE CAN STAY AROUND 10TH. WHILE UTD KEEP WINNING AND EVERTON KEEP GETTING GOOD RESULTS. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY BELOVED LFC. DARK PAINFUL TIMES."
"Bring back Kenny - least we looked like could win games last season unlike this season We're rubbish and Brendans management is taking us backwards not forwars - Hate to think of the DROSS he will bring in in january - hope its not Sturridge!"
"Brendan you said Joe Allen will play much much better when Lucas comes back,where the hell is that? Brendan please please stop your rubbish talking,kos we all can see how disgraceful our team is under your management."
"BOY I CANT WAIT FOR BR TO LEAVE AND TAKE ALLEN, BORINI AND ALL HIS FANS WITH HIM TO A MID TABLE TEAM LIKE NORWICH, SWANSEA OR SUNDERLAND WHERE THEY CAN ALL BE OK WITH WINS AGAINST NEWLY PROMOTED TEAMS AND DRAWS/LOSSES AT HOME TO ONE ANOTHERâ"
"I am itching my head on how we ever came up with the decision to employ BR. He was not a success at Watford nor at Reading, he would have been sacked at Reading but decided to walk before being sacked. Swansea; granted he got them up and they had a decent first season in the top flight, but is this the criteria we went with on hiring him, if so whoever came to this conclusion needs sacking"
"Well, the result doesnt show the story of the match.
I thought we played really well. Just need a bit of confidence In the final third.
Villa got lucky this time around.
#BelieveInBrendan"
"This is the first time I have Posted. Can BR etc please STOP the Liverpool disease of saying we are going to be in the Top 4/3/2 an just talk about winning the next game. For years players etc have said this. It causes over confidence. Feet on the Ground PLEASE!!! "
"When we beat WestHam by a lucky own goal BR thought we are le contenders. What a Joke. The Manager and the players are doing more talking than playing football. We should learn from AV how to score and defend. All this big talk must come to an end. BR should shut up until we start winning a few games in a row. We are poor. Fed Up. Malaysia "
"Pepe Reina, is the reason why we are loosing. Please BR help us to use Jones. We need a good keeper. The first goal was raina fault and its what weaken the team."
"Theres only one man to halt the decline - Fenway open your eyes and bring in THE SPECIAL ONE which you should have done before the start of the season. With Rodgers were heading for the championship!"
"sacking rodgers is a must as it will totally destabilise LFC, then bring back kenny who will be unsure why he was brought back, then sack him and get rafa even though he's in the middle of managing chelsea!
perfect sense as usual!!!"
"lets have some honest talking now from BR no more smoke and mirrors man, I still believe you are a good man for the job but now is the time to start playing players who actually want to put the effort in. Where are our players like Tevez ? If he loses the ball he will chase it right back to his own goal line if necessary lets have some effort redmen"
"Wow what a bad team. And I see fans giving out about BR saying he's not good enough get mourhino in why would he come to a top ten team at best Liverpool fans need to be realistic we use to be the biggest team In Europe but that is finished we're a top ten team know"
"Very impressed with Villa. A side with a new manager, very little funds and a advocate for playing youngsters. Yes BR has had his difficulties but no different to a number of other clubs- Swansea, Villa, Norwich, WBA whom all had far less funds than us! contd.."
"I was starting to get a buzz and think we could be on to something before today but now I am as deflated with the club as I was when Uncle Woy was in charge. "
"MU can concede 2 goals and still win a game because they play to win. We do more talking than playing. If you cant beat AV at anfield then you should not be talking about 3rd and 2nd place. It is a shame. Fed UP Malaysia "
"Mr Rogers liverpool`s is just passing the ball around waiting for the opponents to put it in the back of our net. for me he has to put it right and very fast. "
"i still think we will be better next year and we deffo need a torres type striker to play with suarez someone who can run fast and think faster because suarez can create lots of opportunities but needs a player who thinks similar to him to be on the end of the chances please buy wisely BR and buy a proven goalscorer not another potential one please"
"I agree everyone is gutted with this loss.....but I have oly thing t say we can't keep changing manager like other clubs do... BR will deliver...but we need some quality signing soon...Please put pressure on owner for doing tat rather than sacking manager...He is doing good enuf wid d resources he has gt..."
"Rushjob9 - You said BR warned us we would have dark days, his whole reign has been dark thus far. I am all for supporting the team through thick and thin, but come on, there is no improvement from last season, and I don't just mean league position, I am talking about style and tactically. Baby steps, there just aren't none."
"Mr Rodgers said the aim is top two finish by the end of this season well I think it is another lesson how to be quiet and let performances do the talking"
"An absolute disgrace. Would any other manager in our history have got away with this points tally? The gradual diluting of our standards means this isn't even a shock. Brendan must do the honourable thing."
"This is a reality check for everyone including the players and the manager; they say "do not count your chickens when you see the eggs"! I read what BR and some players were saying before the game....
So, Nothing can be taken for granted even Aston Villa at home!"
"I have a question to all liverpool fans, How many times Barcelona played British team and what is their winning percentage against british team. I hope you catch my points. "
"Really... I'm thinking shocked should be a word, but I think pathetic should be more describing to what I just witnessed.. not often have people walked by on the 83rd minute in the kop today was traffic out.. lazy poor and very bad quality.."
"FSG be aware, Everton are the other team in Liverpool, not us. Shanks and Paisely made us proud. Luis is our only real threat, he needs players/strikers who CAN score. No goal threat we lose!!"
"What a waste of time seeing LFC play. We could have done something better. I hope we do not get relegated because I say it again that BR and the players are talking too much before a game. We look stupid when BR says that he is aiming higher than 4th position. He underestimated AV and they have made him look stupid. Fed Up. Fed Up. Fed Up. Malaysia "
"FSG, can U tell me what you feel, when YOU watch our so much loved Reds every week? Shame on you for managing/ruining a famous club like that! I'm awaiting YOU to correct that asap with stronger players in jan (or U better leave!)!"
"Where is the tecka tacka?
Is this Liverpool really?
Sell Suarez, he is selffish and not consistence, Im sick of him trying to tackle aplayer inside the 6yerds and don't give the ball to his teammate who have better scoring position."
"keep your 2nd place comments until we get there IF ever.Allen needs to be benched and sahin needs to play in the position that earned him his move to Madrid. Why do we buy or loan in players and then play them out of position.Mid table finish if were luckey.And BR must be looked at in the summer if not sooner."
"I'm embarassed to be a LFC fan beause of all the moaning, weak minded fans we have. Proper Judas types. And no one respects a Judas. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown... Remember that song? YES. Understand what it means? NO. "
"I just heard BR giving his interview and he admitted there will be alot more days where we go one step forward and two back. Huge contrast to what he said in the week, he flip flops with everything he says. "
"Surely Downing at LB is an experiment that has reached it's own conclusion?! Agger and Carra can shift over to there so why Downing? Do we need a LB as well as a striker? Questions, questions..."
"This kind of result is totally unacceptable for this great club and it seems to becoming common place at anfield! There is also a few players in this squad who seem to past there sell buy date and a few who need to realise who they are playing for!! AS for winning streak,get real!!"
"Why all the hoohaas because we lost 3-1 to Villa? It was embarrassing all right. More so they scored all goals within an interval of about 10 minutes between each, that their players instinctively saw the gaping opportunities to capitalize on but our players didn't. They know we won't be able to turn the table once the game is killed. Give the boys a break to overcome this defeat. YNWA"
"Hey Liverpool fans, why are u complaining, the Americans, the owners brought you BR,a middle table manager, what do you expect?
This is his best, he don't know better than this, this is reality.
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"Lets go back to the idea of building a new stadium. Anfield is hardly a relic anymore, lose, lose, lose.
We can only win 1-0...
RODGERS, If he is NOT sacked, Liverpool will be gone.
Passing philosophy? More like OPEN GOAL MISS philosophy.
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"today as with other games we saw players who just don't have it to play for our club. I'm fed up seeing poor players wearing a red shirt. Your head drops when the subs come on. Passengers don't win games. Shut up BR and let the football do the talking, cos today you were Sh--te"
"Dear ref, what about a penalty for holding back Daniel's shirt in the box? Do the refs get paid extra for not pointing to the spot if it's us? What does it take more? Once more a clear pen... can't stand it!"
"My mates call me the "Indian Messi", but that doesn't mean I get to play for my local club every game let alone LFC. I'm not trying to show of but trying hard make a point here. Brendan - Your "Welsh Xavi" Joe Allen is a waste of space. Please swallow your pride and drop him. He is clueless, vulnerable and lacks defensive knowledge of the game."
"I watched late. though in time 2 c the 3rd goal aganist us. I blame BR's Phy'py of passing frm the back. This day couldn't get any worse; had a fight with the Mrs. then this!"
"I think Brendan is doing a great job. We may go down but we'll bounce back up in a few years and be strong again one day. In Brendan I Trust. If you can't support us when we're losing don't support us at all. Too many fickle fans here. This will be a season of two halves. "
"Transfer season; Cavani? Eriksen? Xavi Alonso? You are joking me.
Maximum funds - 30 mill.
Will they join us anyway.
I mean Brendan's wish list, at the top is STURRIDGE! Ince and Bent!!
We are DOOMED!
We won't do forward, the clock is ticking for relagation. Torres, come back! Him and Suarez? 5 - 1 EVERY TIME!"
"I think Brendan is doing a great job. We may go down but we'll bounce back up in a few years and be strong again one day. In Brendan I Trust. If you can't support us when we're losing don't support us at all. Too many fickle fans here. This will be a season of two halves. "
"I don't know why Allen is getting most of the slating. He was playing with 10 other players on the pitch. Collectively the players are to blame. We have to kill teams off. If we know the team we have we should understand that we are not there yet so results like this happens when we don't take our chances. Still In BR i trust. YNWA ."
"Message for Mr Rodgers. If and when we sign a striker please don,t leave him on the bench. Play a 442 formation and stick up there alongside Suarez. Sick and tired of seeing pretty football total possesion but no goals."
"Had a funny feeling about this one, after their good result against Norwich plus the fact that we still have a long way to go. We all need to tough it out, take it on the chin and stick with the project, otherwise it's a new manager and another BIG step backwards - oh yeah and even more of a laughing stock!"
"To SGM 73 songs dont win matches you sound like Houllier before he got the sack always on about walking through the storm. Well were in a storm and the only way were getting out of it is to start scoring and start playing the right players in their positions .Downing left back what a joke"
"End result means everything, it doesnt matter about chances and possesion, you got beat, at home, you failed and let us all down, hang your heads in shame, hope the media hurt you for this home performance."
"I think Suarez is part of the problem. His pass to Gerrard was atrocious, and going for goal from the free kick at that angle? How greedy can you get? If we get an out-and-out striker, who's going to set them up for him? It won't be Suarez. My eyes maybe deceiving me, but it's like he doesn't want anyone else to score."
"OMG we are regressing at an alarming rate, normally when a new manager comes in teams improve but not us getting hamered at home by villa cant remember pool this poor, sort this out BR before its too late."
"Few weeks back Brendan you said it will be fantastic to finish above eight, last week your target suddenly changed to 2nd, do you have another target after this awful display & defeat? You are really really average with very poor man management, you couldn't even convince Sterling to sign rather you chose to criticize him publicly. What a shame."
"What message does this send out to all the other EPL Teams Eh? Tell you what, if I were any other EPL team I'd be looking forward to coming to Anfield. Fulham will be rubbing their hands in glee and who could blame them? Bet those Aston Villa kids are asking Paul Lambert "Please can we come to Anfield every week?" FSG Get This Sorted ASAP!""
"That was a terrible display of defending. I thought you were talking up second place. You need to focus on winning the game at hand. This should have been a home win and 3 points. Not good enough!"
"we r not gettin better every season,r goin backwards each seaso..allen? Can he pass like alonso? Can he win the ball like macherano? borini? No idea what to tell bout this guy..no much from sahin..BR just can bring in swansea player to lfc..i dont think we can attract world class or ambitious player to the helm in january with this manager."
"we r not gettin better every season,r goin backwards each seaso..allen? Can he pass like alonso? Can he win the ball like macherano? borini? No idea what to tell bout this guy..no much from sahin..BR just can bring in swansea player to lfc..i dont think we can attract world class or ambitious player to the helm in january with this manager."
"STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ASSAIDI IS NOT EVEN ON BENCH.. AND NOW SAHIN IS GONE.. AND ALLEN STILL STARTING.. THIS GUY PURELY WON THOSE 5 GAMES EITHER BY LUCK OR SUAREZ.. FORGET TOP 4 GUYS.. BR SUCKS BIG TIME #SORRYABTCAPS!"
"There's no excuse for losing to that team at home, especially now and especially not 3-1, no matter how the goals werre scored!!! (I watched the game by the way).
I'm fully behind Rodgers and the team but after this result, the players and coach need to have a couple of months wages docked.
Get your ing act together!"
"lets wait for all the excuses from BR.i was left with this squad, the squad isnt big enough, we had 69% of the ball, my dad can fight your dad ! 5 league wins out of 17 speaks for itself. 5 defeats in all comps at anfield already. this isnt LFC"
"All the supporters moaning about Suarez, don't be stupid. If it was not for him we would definitely be in the bottom 3. Besides be careful for what you wish for. He won't be here for much longer."
"The players on the pitch have to remember that there is no I in team. Brendan can only do so much. The game today was much closer than the final score indicated. We kept knocking on the door but no one answered. You can't buy success. We just need to take one game at a time. "
"I agree with most people about Allen, he has to be the worst prem lg signing of the season! Keeping up our record of doing that 3 seasons in a row with Carrol and Downing! Get Alonso back and put Allen in U21's to learn! And get a plan B for when we go 2 or 3 down! No good passing sideways and backwards then!"
"As in the game against Tottenham, Mr Rodgers got some of the selections dead wrong. But God - and I do not mean a certain former Kop favourite - was their 12th man. "
"you cant blame suarez if he doesnt pass the ball to his team mates,i think he feel he's the only player in the squad who can score,and i think he thinks that he is the only one world class player in the squad.that's fact!!remember when sahin score a goal and suarez give him assist?he do that because he trust sahin,he thinks sahin can score,and he is world class player."
"if certain player cant adapt to rodgers system are they getting shipped out. is rodgers then getting money to bring in players that can play is system or is rodgers getting shipped out so lfc can go back to use a system thats worked in the past "
"In January it will be all differant, i bet Rodgers states that when the Liverpool website decide to post it for us to read, ast other excuses no dowt, the players were great today i couldnt of asked any more from them haha, you couldnt? then id shut up shop lol"
"Brenden Rodgers is USELESS - hes done nothing of note as a manager or as a player! If Fenway want success then they need to move Heaven & Earth & bring in JOSE & they will have to spend money because our squad is no better than MID-TABLE - THIS IS THE REALITY!!"
"we win 2 games on the trot against average teams and rodgers is talkin top 4 and beyond if we had won 10 on the trot i would agree with him also allen is not strong enough needs to be put in reserves cos hes the only player that knows rodgers system and hes useless brendan b4 you open your mouth think about what your gunna say stop talkin trippe"
"what a joke we where never on a winning streak, no excuses for this one poor defending Downing does not belong in the defense Suarez courses more havoch in the attack than when we play without him, Im gutted! :â"
"rosso76 - never thought to read a very different tone from you today but I do agree with you. Just waiting for Buddha to emerge along the timeline today. Ani n rushjob have spoken. No wonder I missed the game on telly today!"
"I don't know if anyone else has done the maths but Rodgers now has a worse record then Roy Hodgson:
Hodgson
Played 31
Won 13
Drew 9
Lost 9
Win% 41.94
Rodgers
Played 29
Won 12
Drew 9
Lost 8
Win% 41.38"
"Today Rodgers was over ambitious with his front three. He played shelvey, suarez, and sterling and they were changing their positions through out the first half as if all three of them are well established experience player (which any team posing for a top 4 challenge should have). "
"Rodger forgot that one is 18 year old over worked kid and the other is not even a regular first team player. Still he showed trust in them and they failed miserably. He tried correcting his mistake by putting joe cole but it was too late. Poor from Rodgers.."
"Rodgers OUT. This is making me feel sick. I have never posted before because I thought I would keep the faith, but this is just ruining OUR club. Get him out.
And if the Yanks aren't going to put the money in that it needs get them OUT too ... SAD FAN."
"I hate it when people use terms like "we dominated possession" after a loss..Villa nvr wanted to dominate possession.their strategy was simple.Counter attack find space and use your 2 men upfront to have a go...3 attempts 3 goals.pool 21 attempts none even close to the goal post(except the goal)"
"Sterling is just so overrated today. He keeps on losing the ball at the moment. I think Liverpool needs to improve their crosses, it's really poor. This is just a lesson for us to not be over-confident nowadays. Please speak the truth BR that we were really poor today, there are not even one player that can bring the inspiration to the team. Hope for the best in the future, YNWA."
"and tday he doesnt pass the ball because he thinks that his team mates cannot score,and thats fact too!remember without suarez goal,now we are battling in relegation zone.so for FSG please bring us TOP CLASS player,to grow our confidence as a team!you cant relying on those youngster."
"Sterling is just so overrated today. I think Liverpool needs to improve their crosses, it's really poor. This is just a lesson for us to not be over-confident nowadays. Please speak the truth BR that we were really poor today, there are not even one player that can bring the inspiration to the team. Hope for the best in the future, YNWA."
"We are the champion of england for long years ago,that tradition!you cant expect us to success like dortmund relying on their youngster,they are growing club,we are FORMER CHAMPION for god sake."
"suarez has a poor shot and pass selection.He overruns passes does not shoot when reqd. shelvey is even more atrocious in front of goal.V need a true striker without which we are toast.And please..please stop talking crap and walk the walk on the pitch.2nd?v vl most likely finish 12th below Villa."
"Liverpool's Young Manager lacks diplomacy and charisma. He comes out during the week saying he is looking to finish second at the back of a few wins. Any true Liverpool fan knows that to finish second as we did a few seasons ago, we need top strikers. He is considering buying Sturrridge!!! we are being turned into a laughing stock by BR!!!!!!"
"I like BR as Liverpool manager and disagree with these sacking comments. please can anyone answer thi, who would come to manage Liverpool with these players and do better than BR. Time and patience are what some of you fans need. Chopping and changing is no good for the club. It is so easy to critisize the manager when we loose but no comment when we win from a lot of you."
"Suarez gave a pinpoint ball to gerards legs but he could not control it. He gave a very good pass to shelvey but he could not shoot it. what more is expected of him? Suarez is really awesome when he plays from wide!!!"
"Absolutely diabolical. Top 2 performance - I'd laugh if I wasn't so hurt. Shut your trap BR and do your job. Not to single out anyone but Allen has had plenty of chances. Try Sahin in front of Lucas. Fair play to Villa - they gave us a lesson in counter attacking and sheer desire. YNWA"
"Buddha - I am rapidly losing faith and respect for BR. he seems to play his favourites week in week out under poor form. Players that impress are dropped? If he sells downing then what was the point in playing him?If Sterling leaves we have no replacement as no-ones had a look in. Strange strange management."
"Suarez is one who want to take the ball, do some trickery and then shoot he is not the one who will just position him self for last tap in to the goal. He is far suited for wide man's roll but we have no other striker."
"Sterling is clearly igued,Allen less said the better,cole out in Jan,Hendo Suso and sahin should be starting games,lucas should be getting forward only when we are 3-0 up and not when we are 1-0 down,gerard is almost done wid it,and can someone bench suarez for being such a pest?just get on wid it,will ya?"
""Do they test the Managers for DRUGS? If they did then Rodgers would be in real trouble because he must be taking something to come out with the GARBAGE that he does." "
"rubbish is not the word, with ROY RODGER;S we have not a chance, (if you don;t no who ROY RODGER;S WAS, he was a cowboy in film;s. i;ve watched L.F.C. SINCE I WAS 7 YEARS OLD, only had to poor manages,hodgson, and roy rodgerS. get him OUT ,NOW."
"Why did Suso not start? BR needs to stop talking and let the boys play...aim for top 2? Nonsense, keep thoughts inside closed doors and play footy. QPR beat Fulham, we can take some heart from that, but remember we were cruising against QPR and we let them come back...KK should still be there, we never want Rafa back - keep the faith all you Reds!"
"Not surprised, getting used to it. Please flog us to the qataris, fsg, and move on- so we might have to become the qatar airways anfield stadium to get 300 million to spend but please, please, sell us. Thanks for saving us from liquidation with 20 minutes to go, but the torture since is becoming unbearable. Can't see any light at the end of the tunnel...."
"Lpdcollier- fair point. It's only a defeat though- the world still spins. 9 points out of 12 is a decent run. I'd take that every 4 games. The midfield is where we are poor at the mo. Allen needs a rest- however, ain't gonna happen #15millionquid. January so important for BR, FSG, and LFC."
"Suarez gets frustrated when he does not score. He can be selfish, but so to Sturridge so I am not sure he would work for us? You always need a plan B in football and a menace. For Villa it is Benteke for us, it is Andy Carroll, but alas where is he? We need quality and experience next month. Allen is e - did I already make that statement?"
"Mr Ostrich -problem is with Ostrich's is they sometimes have their heads so far in the sand they dont feel the storm blowing up their **se!! Yes the players are at fault-supposed to be professional footballers!"
"But the manager picks them! And should drop them when they are not up the task -thats whats supposed to motivate them! Carra must be distraught at what he is seeing! If the 11 on the pitch today had 50% of his spirit and desire we'd have had the 3 points!"
"Really?! To a club in the relegation dog fight at Anfield. Absolutely disgraceful! All the players, managers, owners etc need to sort themselves out before this once great club becomes even more of a shadow of itself. We supporters have nothing to look forward to apart from more frustration and misery...GUTTED!!!"
"OUR GOALS AGAINST STATISTIC SPEAKS VOLUMES OF OUR THE DEFENSIVE TRIPE OF TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE LET US DOWN AT THE KOP! A FEW YEARS AGO WE WERE DEFENSIVE KINGS AND NOW THIS HAS GONE DOWN TO PROVERBIAL TOILET WITH NO REAL IMPROVEMENT FROM OUR DEFENDERS!"
"Our problem is basically poor acquisition of players. None of BR's recruits has perfomed. Allen has been very poor. Our midfield is very weak. Team have discovered they could use their strong players to run at us like Diaby,Diame,Bale,Benteke. Allen does not win balls and Gerrard is feels old.Lucas is still recovering."
"The players are solely to be blamed for this disgrace. The coach, manager and players do all the talks before the game. The eleven players are suppose to walk the talk on the field. Can we blame the teacher if the whole class did not do well in the examinations? Look forward to improved performance next game. YNWA!"
"Worst perfomance this seson? Why Assadi not been given a chance in the PL.Gerrard last season as Captain if his form contines for the rest of the season.
Henderson should be given more game time and why Morgan not been introduced to help out the strike force?
Anyhow Brendan will get it sorted out.
Keep the faith you Reds"
"That was the "best" ever performance from the REDS and playing at home against a team who was fielding almost 2nd team. Although I am a REDS supporter but since this season I have been GIVEN UP on them. Haha this team is heading towards the championship soon!"
"I see that Pepe still has lead feet. Keepers must react on instinct, he doesn't under pressure. Brad isn't perfect, but he does move and pretty good most times. Show some judgement Buck, "IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENT, WARM UP BRAD JONES"."
"Simply awful result. It's the same old story - one step forward. then two steps back... Gerrard is becoming the next Carragher. The latter was failing us for the past 3 years, but neither the "loyal" fans, nor the managers could see it. Now , Gerrard and Reina, along with the "favourite" Allen are ruining the team's efforts..."
"and what happened to the fans? OK, the team might not be winning, but show some support. Anfield is sooo quiet in the last 2-3 seasons. Where is the great atmosphere. If you are not going to shout, sing and support your club in hard times, give your ticket to someone else!!!"
"I've gotta say that some of our approach play is terrific. It has been well advertised that we will play sharp passing football but other teams are wise to this and put 2 banks of 4 players in defence when we attack and crowd us out and the attack breaks down then they hit us on the counter like AV did. I like BR and his philosophy but we need a Plan B when Plan A literally hits a brick wall!"
"gutted, poor defensive display, our shape at the back is a major concern we have 2 top centre backs but our full backs cant defend. Downing is shocking, has to go in January, also get a good defensive coach, tactically we are naive at best. I believe in BR but he has to tighten up the team or we have no chance."
"It saddens me to say that after 30 odd years of supporting Liverpool, I now consider them a mid table club. I will of course continue to support them come what may. The only way to change things is with a big injection on cash from the owners to get the big players in. If they can't provide it they should sell to someone who can. Money is everything in today's football era"
"This is as low as Houllier's last season or Hodgson's time in charge.
The manager seems to be away with the fairies to me. He seems to treat the fans with contempt with his mix of patronising and ridiculous comments."
"Domination possession then giving the ball away too easy once we get to the last third?? this does not win games you have to put it in the net more times than the oposition, they can have 10 % possession and beat us?"
"What a waste?..It was right time to show our full strength in like this easy games..What they did for whole weak?..still manager is proud of what?..Dreaming for 2nd spot?..Rafa always concentrate on the next game..this BR talking too much..no statements & excuses, we need results only..if we play this we will surely more fans like me!"
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