Unlucky. Oldham played well. You need to rest players in order to prevent injuries/igue. look how knackered Suarez is at the end. wish u could filter out the kids on here. so bipolar. Like we were going to win it with Man U, City etc still there. Im being realistic. If we finish higher than last season thats progress. Welcome Coutinho (hopefully). Gd luck against Arsenal.
"Next Arsenal & City away coming up.
Did you offer to throw any party if we lose 3 games in a row ?
Hope you should have understood why we need experience ?
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"It was not only the young players who lets us down. The more experienced players, Skrtel, Allen, Jones etc should have lead by example, but they did not. Three of the players, Allen, Borini and Sturridge were signings made by Mr Rodgers for combined fees of £38m. "
"At least you are being honest but we are Liverpool we want to win EVERY game you should select the right team get the game won then rest them in the second half. One of Liverpools best ever seasons we utilised only 16 players "
"At least you are being honest but we are Liverpool we want to win EVERY game you should select the right team get the game won then rest them in the second half. One of Liverpools best ever seasons we utilised only 16 players "
"Awful, Awful, Awful. You pick a team and they do the job against Norwich, change it about and we're stuffed by a bunch of also rans. Players need to earn the Red Shirt, but the boss has to make the right decisions too.
The quality of the referees also needs to improve massivelyor they will ruin any crediblility the whole game still has."
"im sorry BR if its nice in the premier league surely this is a better place to blood your youngsters. play the experience in these types of games when you know its going to be a physical challenge & if you get in front by a couple of goals then give the yougones 20 mins. "
"you picked the team you work with them day in day out you should know thier mental state , sterling been poor for weeks and you have said you would rest him i think hes missed 45 min since then ,not good enough
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"and just for the record Brendan downing wasnt that good watch the game again! coates and borini should never play for liverpool again robinson and allen not big enough or man enough"
"it wasnt good enough mr rogers because you didnt play your stongest team, if thjey cant play 2 games a week its a bad job' you are to blame for this result thro poor managment and as for coates rubbish"
"coates was awful,robinson very average and borini clueless he had an easy chance to score at the beginning of the 2nd half.Very disapointed by them. "
"If the youngters are not good enough change the dam transfer policy and buy experienced quality players for change.Buying youngters can backfire,most often than not they turn out to be poor and don't push on.Kapish Boss"
"Just one of those days I'm afraid. Might be a blessing as now we go to arsenal having to give a proper performance. Coates tho needs to be shown the door, for a man that size he has zero presence and he put in a disgusting performance today. I have to say tho, LFC don't half know how to bring you back down to earth."
"On the plus side BR mentioned we need strength and depth there and we havnt got it, maybe FSG will look at this and agree, maybe invest Couthino sounds good, Ince maybe not but in BR a trust "
"Absolute total e, 42 years supporting this club, PASSIONLESS load of crap!! Coates no clue, Brad Jones..pack your suitcase...very very basic GK errors, Robinson young kid..not ready for these games and needs to go on the weights..Allen was terrible apart from goal, no slick football, could not handle pitch OR PHYSICALLITY and BORINI MISSED A TOTAL SITTER."
"Ref: Lucasthebeastleiva
Shut up you muppet! What r u on about us not being able to win the cup with both Man Poo + Man ty still in it? We knocked both of them out of the cups last season. Dalglish got us to 2 finals last year, and still got the sack. If BR dosn't get us into the top 4 this year he will be gone at the end of the season! "
"This man is really a psychologist.he is playing with our intelligence.I wonder how long it will last? He has exempted himself of any blame and shifted it to young players.
For crying out loud, Sterling just turned 18, he shouldn't be playing always, that puts him under pressure.my annoyance is that the owners are not even interested.
YNWA
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"BR must shoulder a lot of the blame, yes he put a young team out but it called for an old hand out there. Carra should have been at the centre of defence and Jones had a shocker. Our young wingers were also given no protection by the ref who also had a poor game."
"While I understand players have their bad day, I can't seem to understand how the manager couldn't make a change early in the match if it becomes necessary. Why wait till the second half or when it becomes too late. I blame the manager."
"Coates is young and good but he needs Leader with him like Carragher.Skrtel was as poor as he has been last three months.Beaten by Oldham was Brendan Rodgers fault,not the players.BR pick the wrong starting eleven,again. "
"No excuses or sympathy for Brad Jones anymore, he has been poor every time he has been called up except for perhaps the first two games. Perhaps its time to bring in a younger goalkeeper who could become a true understudy to Pepe."
""It wasnt good enough"! wow. BR, how much you get paid to say that? Mmm..how about"Oldham scored more goals than us"? or "The pitch was bad and we couldnt play our passing game"? or "We had shots but their keeper kept stopping them going into the net" !!!"
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brucealmighty, than go to support Everton.
It will take time. Remember Red nose Fergie didn't won nothing 4-5 years.No doubt some players will be punished "
"We've made good progress up today. The only thing that concerns and confuses me is BR came recently and said we need a couple of experienced players and then we look to buy Coutinho whose 20.
Today proved we don't have depth so please get balance right"
"happy with BR's reaction, stood his ground and spoke the truth... no defending the players to have them on his side... he's demanding better performances - strong in his beliefs. Unlucky, onto arsenal now no point dwelling on this loss."
"i see some fans saying the ref let them get away with thuggery which i agree with but the manager chose to put out a team to play pretty football when players like Gerrard, Shelvey and Carroll were needed.. these player give as good as they get and make a difference unlike Allen and Borini.. big job small time manager..
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"This isn't the first cup tie we've lost because you chose a weaker team. We want silverwear. I agree with the above post. Bring on your strongest team, get the job done, then give the youngsters a taste.
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"Shut up "mattyman17", r u his son or something? U MUPPET! We have had our worst start in over 100 years in the league, knocked out of the FA Cup by the lowest ranked team against us since 1959. These r not the records that we want to see! BR has been talking a load of crap for 7 months now! If we don't make top 4, it's the sack for him."
"Feeds us rubbish does Rodgers, were making progress arnt we? Were a mid table team at the least, this season is over for me, least we had two finals last season, we ain't made any progression since last season cos facts don't lie and to those who think top 4 this year or even next season, your deluded, were miles away, were simply not good enough."
"I just want to know who didn't do their homework on the guy Smith, once again wrong players for a big game. Stevie should ave started, lets do better against the gooners. YNWA"
"very poor performance if that is what they do against oldham i fear for the week ahead .manager definately has to take responsability for this shambles of a performance "
"once again team selection has let us down,we needed jonjo,s strength from the start.oldham are a strong side and we were lightweight in the middle of the park."
"There are players who simply cannot protect the ball joe allen is a constant target for the opposition as he just buckles under pressure you don't see xavi doing that and they are not the biggest of men. pick a strong side to start then giving youth a chance when the game is in the bag.jonjo should have started he would have held his own BR prefers joe allen as he paid over the odds for him"
"Well said Brendan. I completely agree to what he said and I believe he is the right man. The players underperformed. Now lets move on because we have a string of important games coming up."
"BR in all honesty you are not good enough.I don't know how long this team continue to be a training ground for a small time manager and bunch of mediocre,non-talented British players .Can any body imagine any team at the top play Wisdom,Robinson,Downing,Henderson,Allen,Sterling,...in their team?"
"mostarcity wot are you talking about go and support everton ? wot im saying is everton will not be bullied like we were and will beat Oldham. and wot do you mean it will take time ? you mean its going to take time for us to be able to beat a team 5th from bottom in league 1 ? get real"
"manager crap selection crap players crap opposition crap but won cotes crap allen crap do you not know after 15 mins when a player is getting stuffed (cotes )why was carra on the bench dont tell you were resting him"
"Oldham played well to be fair.Our defence were not on their game, and Brad was was way off form. Stevie should have been on much much earlier. Personally I'd have had Skrtl as capt, prefer capt to be at back of field where can see whats going on. YNWA Brendan and Redmen.
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"It'll take time for us to get going. we have had some encouraging results this season. Dont let the (few) bad results overshadow the good ones. Even Alex Ferguson took years to rebuild the squad. Our manager needs our support. Dont let him and the players down."
"LFC lack depth to many second string players who simply are not good enough when called up on...BR needs to take a good look at his squad....young players who are not ready...and stop picking sterling all the time...he needs to go back to youth team and learn some more"
"embarrassing!! Jones couldnt hold on to anything, robbo not gud enough, coates needs to go out on loan to get playing regular, allen to small and lightweight cant see him making it, sterling over rated and rodgers.. Showed his Lack of experience in management, bad choice of a starting 11 NO FIGHT !!!!!!!!!! "
"EMBARASSING AND SHAMBOLIC!
Half of Oldhams players were tubby and overweight like players from a pub team!! Absolute disgrace to Liverpool FC. When will Rodgers and these modern managers learn dont change a winning team thats in form, all this resting is nonsense, if they cant play 2 games in a week, just a joke, im fuming!!"
"i for 1 am pleased to hear a manager say it how it is instead of bubblewrapping players.lfc are still a top club if they dont work hard the only way is down were they will play the oldhams every game"
"LUCASTHEMUPPET, Stop talking a load of crap! Did u forget about us beating both the Manc clubs last season? I have been watching the Redmen for 36 years home and away. I have been to all 3 Europa away game this year, and u tell me about patience. The Yanks did not have any for Dalglish, who is miles better than BR will ever be. So go back under the stone that u came out from MUPPET! "
"In game like this, when all the options are not working, you need a different depth, the one that can be provided by Andi Carrol.
Bring him back or go away."
"I am a big BR fan, but today was not good, very disappointed, Jack Robinson not good enough, and coates lack of pace will hold back his potential, Hendo was lively, sterling poor (does not look interested since signing his contract), Borini movement was ok but no end product. allen ok, ref held back sturridge effort. not happy, no excuse for not performing in Europe league now out of cups.."
"Dutchybyrne totally agree, good to see br being honest about players after poor performance, onwards and upwards 4th has to be priority after kd was sacked for making two finals, we NEED more world class players and cl qualification will massively help with that. Disappointed with today but not the end of the world, if sg or ls had broken legs THAT would have been a disaster"
"You picked the team Brendon,
once again we play catch up after YOU fielded a reserve
team! up against a "motivated"
smaller team, when will YOU learn?"
"Number1scouser Everyone is e enled to their opinion but I think BR does deserve time to change things He inherited a team and squad low in confidence and now has a job to do. Bring on arsenal "
"Please please mr brendan rogers robinson should not/never wear the red shirt again very very poor display from him and how dare he tells the captain to off when he should have simply crossed the ball he should be playing wit the u16s.in brendan we trust "
"This is not BR fault, the team let him down especially the youngsters. Jack Robinson was the worst of them all and his shocking behaviour towards Suarez was unacceptable. Liverpool would not even be in the top 10 if it wasn't for Suarez. I don't hate no Liverpool players but Jack Robinson is now my first. Hope he does not even make the bench for the rest of the season and gets sold asap! "
"Also people going on about Daglish being better than BR, get real, KD failed at newcastle and celtic, bought the league with blackburn and took over the best team in the world in the 80s..BR has done wonders getting our financials back in order, and daglish thought Courtinho was his new company car!"
"you picked a side to win here, do you think we liverpool supporters are a
stupid. you know your selection was abysmal. if you know what to expect playing teams from the lower divisions, pick your best side and get the game won, not kids who are out of there depth."
"number1scouser, you must be a kid. Kids can never comment without swearing. trying to be hard behind a computer. Yes we beat them but the chances of us beating them is very low, regardless. if we finish higher than we did last season thats progress. we are already higher than last season. and still in Europa."
"number1scouser, you must be a kid. Kids can never comment without swearing. trying to be hard behind a computer. Yes we beat them but the chances of us beating them is very low, regardless. if we finish higher than we did last season thats progress. we are already higher than last season. and still in Europa."
"I am sorry if BR laments that Liverpool squad doesn't have enough depth. His team selection was diabolical that is a FACT. Why not Play Carragher and Downing from the start. Sterling was too weak against the big boys of Oldham who by the way deserve to go through. Not good Enough is Brendan Rodgers and his team selection.FACT"
"No it wasn't good enough, what does it take for you to learn?? a simple solution, start with your strongest team!!! play the kids when you are a couple of goals ahead, being stubborn will get you sacked!"
"this is not BRs fault people blaming individual players is farcical there was not one player in a red shirt who played well including Suares they all let the the shirt down exept the subs that team was good enough to win at a canter they just weren't up for it well done Oldham"
"king Kenny wins league cup and runner up in fa cup. finishes 8th in league and is sacked !! Rodgers out both domestic cups and similar league position. does the axe loom or are fsg going to be hypocrites ?"
"To all the fans calling for andy carroll to come back, you do realise he's had more injuries that gials so far this season right? I agree we need a plan b and c, but carroll is not the answer imo, investment in quality players from the owners would help"
"COATES utter garbage, my Grandma could move quicker, so slow and bersome, get rid.
Dont get me started on BORINI!! Go and be an Italian hairdresser, just how are these players playing for LFC, there must be a conspiracy even the fans are blinkered to these awful players. Give them time blah, blah, great players dont need time they just are. STERLING as well not good enough but thinks he is!!"
"However, although not happy, BR and FSG are doing an amazing job getting building for the future, we are far better than last season, which was the worst football we have played for 20 years no game plan, no competition for places, poor player management, poor recruitment."
"well said brendan when i saw the line up i thought thats strong enough to get us through but unfortunately the players out there today didn't want it as much as oldham so well done oldham think there are a lot of our players who need to be ashamed of themselves after that "
"well said brendon its time managers stopped protecting players.lfc is still a big club if they dont show the right atude the only way is down were the oldhams are waiting"
"I will pull no punches. Brendan your team selection was poor and the reason we failed. You cant play FOUR strikers against a team of fighters like Oldham, what on earth were you thinking ? Managers fault Im afraid, not the boys. Not good enough Brendan"
"SIMPLE FACT!!!YOU DONT START WITH YOUR BEST 11 THEN YOU LOOSE!!!HOW OFTEN HAVE WE PROVED THAT THIS SEASON????CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS AND MOVE ON BR!!!!"
"The rubbish on here by so called liverpool fans! Especially Milan 1960! If you were a fan back in those days of course its different now but we are building with a young team to get back to where they were in the glory days and by sacking managers we aren't going to get there!! Last 3 home games 3-0 4-0 5-0 one bad game sack the manager! You lot need to take a long hard look or go support Chelsea"
"Sorry, but we got it tactically wrong. You are always going to have a battle against teams with nothing to lose. We needed to compete in midfield dominate and then impose ourselves. 3 forwards were never going to work. Guess we have to go for the Europa league! We were not unlucky, Oldham deserved to win."
"We were lucky to beat Mansefield and we got what we deserved here these players should be ashamed of themselves it is just not good enough for LFC you can't just turn up and expect to win"
"YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH BRENDON RODGERS!! YOU HAVE BLUFFED YOUR WAY INTO MANAGING A CLUB that has history way beyond your experience, skills and maturity. You are turning Liverpool into an undignified team with your stubbornness and sheer stupidity."
"I may be one of the minority, from day one l have said it that BR is not up to the job, the owner just got him because is more cheaper to maintain, he needs to go."
"I think that the young guys did fine considering that BR did not prepare them for a game in the likes of Everton and Stoke City. Oladham played to their strengths and we did not. Always start the game strong and try to get goals in the first 15 minutes and then play tiki taka. "
"IF ONLY THAT STEVIE G EFFORT HAD OF GONE IN:-(
Then again who needs a replay?No we are better of out of it.BY THE WAY THERE IS ONLY ONE BRENDAN RODGERS.FACT!!!!SO GET USED TO IT OR DO ONE!!!!!"
"I thought the lineup was good enough to beat a League 1 side, but apparently it wasnt. I was happy with the team selection, except Carra should have played instead of Coates. The players let the team down."
"all those attacking rodgers for going out against oldham using fringe players.if kennys 1st team had lost against cardiff last years carling cup instead of winning on pens would you have turned on him"
"Bullied a la Aston Villa and Stoke away. However, BR learning from such defeats who stays and who goes- hence the 3 transfer window comments. No point naming all the poor performances from today. It's gone, over, done with. Credit to Oldham. Just hope to f4ck we can get decent results at Arsenal and City. Much more important than the FA (blood on their hands) trophy. JFT96. "
"BR picked a weak team i thought he would have learnt his lesson from C1 CUP Can u imagine us in the CL we would b a joke to other teams..... strongest team at all times win the match then rest the best players who ever that is
We would be playing everton next my team and manager let me down my b-day is 11th may was hoping to watch lfc play that day they wer sh!#"
"Xabi2 well said. We have been in good form of late. One bad result doesnt mean the manager should be sacked. Agreed, Kenny shouldnt have been sacked but Brendan is a brilliant manager as well."
"Lucas "THE MUPPET".
If BR picks his best team then we are more than capable of beating anyone. U obviously have a very short memory, we played both Manc teams off the pitch this season at Anfield! Also were 4 points worse off now than we were at this stage last season. Add getting to 2 cup finals (winning 1)how is this progress with BR. That is why u r a muppet! Cause u don't know Jack! "
"Defence was shocking.Smith won every ball. Jones had a shocker. Missed Gerrard and Shelvey in the middle big time today. Never seen someone as light weight as Allen,hopefully put in a good performance on Wednesday now. "
"Defence was shocking.Smith won every ball. Jones had a shocker. Missed Gerrard and Shelvey in the middle big time today. Never seen someone as light weight as Allen,hopefully put in a good performance on Wednesday now. "
"Now at last.You have and must to pick eleven STARTING-MAN,not kids-starting anymore.Youngster have to keep training and fight for time,only sit at bench and get the possible chance to play."
""Today our young players disappointed me". Typical BR won't accept he is a deluded and Not Good Enough Manager for Liverpool. Blaming others rather than accepting responsibility. You are Disgraceful Manager Brendan Rodgers!! Utter rubbish!!A manager who is good at psychology and bull!!!! We will see more and more of this nauseating stuff from BR!!"
"A thought- The FA failed our club in 1989- and with its silence, has failed our club since. This year, I personally could think of nothing worse than Stevie G shaking all their dirty hands pre Cup Final when we now all know the truth. It just has not sat right with me us being in the FA cup this season. This is their cup, their showpiece, and have no issues knowing we aren't a part of it anymore. "
"Am shocking myself by saying it but am glad were out of it for this year would just like a decent europa league run and a strong finish in prem. If we can beat arsenal we have a real chance of top four and watch the new signings bed in properly then next year is the big one for BR."
"When the official root cause of the darkest day in our clubs history is confirmed as laying at the FA's door (as it will be) my view this season should stack up. Screw the FA, as bad as that rag of a newspaper..... "
"Lucas "the muppet"
Is not a swear word, and I am not a little kid hiding behind anything. How many games have u been to this season? Bet u have not even seen the Redmen away or even in Europe! When u have been paying to see the Redmen home and away for 36 years, u can give me your opinion. Til then shut up Muppet!"
"Ok number1scouser or
number1d*** since we're calling each other names, what would you rather have? winning a cup or finishing 4th this season? cause it looks like you got your priorities all twisted. id rather finish 4th this season, then when we've cemented that, start winning cups."
"Ok number1scouser or
number1d*** since we're calling each other names, what would you rather have? winning a cup or finishing 4th this season? cause it looks like you got your priorities all twisted. id rather finish 4th this season, then when we've cemented that, start winning cups."
"What? All the young players who played today have already made their debut. Team selection was just wrong and you have to respect the FA cup and our history. How a manager doesn't know that every club wants to play liverpool in the FA cup and every single one of them raises their game is crazy. It is not fair to blame Coates and Robinson as they just haven't played. Jones was awful too."
"Is Brendan Rogers for real? This guy really knows how to waffle pity he does not know how to pick a side to be Oldham! The team he selected was rubbish and he should be ashamed of himself! Kenny must be laughing!"
"You could tell sturridge was feeling very tired after 70 mins, he isn't match fit yet, defo can't play 90 at Arsenal. It's always good to stay in a competition for as long as u can but unless u win the trophy it doesn't matter when u go out. All I care about is our league position, I'd take 4th over FA and Carling cup every season! YNWA"
"BR or any other manager needs time to rebuild squad,we don't have replacement for LB,CB,RB,Holding M,RWF,LWF, so we don't have good enough second team and today's result prove that,BR needs time to bring quality players,i'm not a BR fan but i will support him while he is LFC manager. YNWA"
"Agree with the detailed analysis made by BR! We did not approach the game well, did not fight as it would have been necessary and woke up too late when the damage was done irreparably. Simply we were not good enough for a game played in FA Cup on such a kind of turf against such a kind of team! Credit to Oldham which has outlined all our flaws, defensive and offensive!"
"Jack Robinson should be sacked
Telling Suarez to EFF OFF after he simply needed to square a simple pass is a disgrace...disrespectful little SH&T head"
"Awful result . Awful . Coates should be sold hes shocking doesnt look interested , an as for robinson how dare you tell suarez to ( f**k o*f ) this was late in 2nd half when robinson had a wild shot an suarez was free in middle . Hes our talisman is suarez !!robinson you havent come out of ya nappies an u say that . You were awful lad . Shocking. Should be ashamed of yaself"
"I'm sorry but words don't fix this. Guys like Coates and Robinson don't get many chances so when they do they should be the first to sweat blood and they didn't. It's nothing to do with strength in depth. Our fringe players are more talented than these guys. But if you pull out of tackles and don't play like your career depends on it, you lose these type of matches."
"We just want good response . I remember 5 years ago we lost to Barnsley at anfield and 3 days later we beat Inter Milan . Now 3 days later we will face Arsenal and you lads must show us you are Liverpool ."
"I am glad he has given a damming verdict on the team, It was not good enough. He and the team now need to stand up and be counted. Wednesday is crucial we can not afford a defeat, so BR please drop the players who are not performing and keep with the team that has done well for us over the last five weeks."
"Well said speedwayred .
An for fans who dont think fa cup should be our priority have a look in the mirror man , we wanted this cup . Its a fantastic cup to be in . But listen well done oldham hope u smash the toffees too"
"Rodgers knew what we were up against. I cant understand how could play inexperience youngsters against against youngsters
that want to prove a point. For Oldham it was do or die and they proved a point. Rodgers is inexperience to do the job. His apple of his eye
must go ( Allen )because he scored a goal that does not mean he made up the past."
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Facts are reality & here is the reality;
We are now out of both the cups that Kenny took us to the finals of.
In contrast to the so called fans who have posted tonight saying we are in a better league position this year, we are currently 7th on 34 points. Same games last year we had 38 points and sat in 5th. Open your eyes!
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"SORRY BUT BRAD JONES MUST IMPROVE,HIS PRESENCE IN HIS AREA IS NON EXISTENT AT THE MOMENT HE'S ON PAR WITH THE DOUGHNUT THIEF AT MANURE,DON'T LIKE TO CRITICISE BUT I AM WORRIED
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"I cant believe my beloved club loosing this kind of games when we need to perform excellently well. There is need to bring in more experienced player that has winning mentality to complement the effort of this young lads because i was bitterlly diapointed with the performance of joe allen, borini and other young lad that started the game, Its annoying"
"I'm really p***ed off!, allen and borini 2 of the worst signings 25 million combined, madness the sooner countinho arrives the better, robinson was awful"
"No chance of a top 4 Finnish this season, simply not good enough, that's not based on today's game that's purely based on not beating any team in the top 10 this season, gonna take years to try and get us back to the way it was and even that's not a certainty, I think Suarez will leave soon as will a few others, get use to this heartache that's my advice."
"It´s no good making those comments Rogers. You are the one who selects the team. This is another pathetic side that you continually put out in cup competitions where we lose. Coates (WHO) ??? total rubbish. Along with Robinson (WHO) ??? double rubbish Henderson total waste of time. Can´t pass a ball to a red shirt over 5 yards away. Get rid of all of them."
"Lonewar69 - 20:09; that is a very harsh comment, because I for one and I believe many other supporters will tell you we played some great attacking football last season. KK downfall was picking players that were not performing i.e his signings. At this stage of the season we have not progressed at all, if anything regressed. Cont"
"Very disappointed to see comments like this from our manager.He does not seem to accept any responsibility for poor team selection and poor tactics which were both his domain.He knew it would be tough and physical on a rough pitch yet chose to play 2 in midfield ,one of whom is very lightweight and not good enough.I generally support the manager but he has not learned from earlier experiences"
"Lonewar for the record kenny assembled possibly the greatest LFC team in history (ban inhibited them testing against europes best). Newcastle he did pretty well at first Runner up in Prem and FA cup but was sacked the folowing yr after finishing 13th. KD was a Director of football at Celtic. "
"Rodgers record reads 4 jobs in 4 years. For goodnes sake, you have a complex with most fans 'favourite ever player' and use any excuse to shoot him down or slur on him. KD has gone and if anyone says he should be here then don't get so defensive and frown upon LFC's greatest servants achievements. You sound very bitter pal."
"Cue the OVER-REACTION. Brendon out, FSG out, Sterling out, Coates Out...out out out! BR got it wrong today in 2 ways with the same mistake. Trusted wrong players in the wrong situation. (Contd)"
"Why do we keep buying poor players like Allen & Borini. Half of the youngsters looked woeful. Coates was worse and Jones was awful. Stop buying midfielders, sell some we don't need and get a 'keeper and some defenders instead. And FSG, have a look for a new manager that has some balls and experience. Only Martinez was a worse choice than Rodgers and he's totally out of his depth."
"Some of the Fans of Liverpool should think before talking. Yes the selection was poor but the youngster wont get experience without game time. We had senior players on the pitch that should have been able to cope but the defence as always left us open"
"Rodgers you lost us the game by interfering with the winning formula you put out against Norwich. You should have started with the same team, gone two or three goals up and then brought the youngsters on. I am sorry but I am losing faith in your ability to manage LFC. The only chance we had of wining a trophy and you blunder. I hope you dont do the same with the Eroupa competition. "
"We should have played stronger players...i.e CARRA, LUCAS, GERRARD, and even KELLY. It was unfair to put Coates and Robinson with an out of form Skirtel and young wisdom"
"Rogers needs to sort out our defence first. We are leaking too many goals, we require a GK, Defender in this window to solidfy the back 4. Skrtel is out of touch, and Jones had too many howlers."
"Good assessment Brendan. For all you "supporters" slating Brendan...get a grip! I've said it before, there is only so much he can do on the sidelines. He isn't culpable for today's loss, the players are. If you're going to lay into members of the club, laying into the likes of Coates, Jones and Borini who were all poor."
"Kenny at Blackburn. Uncle Jack's wealth. Not a patch on City, Chelsea and Uniteds wealth. Chris Sutton, Tim Flowers, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood. The only glam player was Shearer. Yeah, he had more money but nothing in comparrison to the Big 3. "
"Kenny at Blackburn. Uncle Jack's wealth. Not a patch on City, Chelsea and Uniteds wealth. Chris Sutton, Tim Flowers, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood. The only glam player was Shearer. Yeah, he had more money but nothing in comparrison to the Big 3. "
"Kenny at Blackburn. Uncle Jack's wealth. Not a patch on City, Chelsea and Uniteds wealth. Chris Sutton, Tim Flowers, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood. The only glam player was Shearer. Yeah, he had more money but nothing in comparrison to the Big 3. "
"Can't believe on a LFC site that you have so called fans lamenting and belittling the greatest ever player and one of it's most successful managers achievements. Hmm, shall I go on the MUFC website amd slate Fergie and call Charlton and Best over rated? "
"Wonder if we'll improve against Arsenal & ManC. I felt we were unlucky in the 2nd half. Oldham played like Stoke - Route one. We need to figure out how to combat this strategy."
"Last weekend best team in Europe, this week the worst!
Poor team selection, if you read these blogs Bucko (and you really should), take note: Don't change a winning team..."
"Last weekend best team in Europe, this week the worst!
Poor team selection, if you read these blogs Bucko (and you really should), take note: Don't change a winning team..."
"Lets put things in perpective. That side should have won that match on paper. It is not the manager's faut that the keeper couldn't hold on to the ball. Also I feel Coates needs to go out on loan to get regular playing time. He was a shade too slow."
"We are building for the future, but you do it by introducing youngsters with a more experienced team. Only then you gradually start weening out the senior players. Not like we did get rid of 5-6 senior players and then depend on youth and new players that are bought for there potential rather than there ability to play first team football right away."
"Hendo and Allen were never going to be suitable for this type of occasion. But at least BR came out and said he was disappointed - I like honesty - I loved Houlier but never liked 'the boys were magnificent' after we were ripped apart. I think BR is the right man ...keep faith...YNWA"
"Back the manager and the team, results wont come straight away when there are changes made. Fans need to understand managers cannot rely on certain players all players need to play their part and right now they are not. BR is the man for the job. "
"Jack Robinson should be sacked
Telling Suarez to EFF OFF after he simply needed to square a simple pass is a disgrace...disrespectful little SH&T head"
"Lonewar, you are crazy and totally deluded. Rodgers is out of his depth, naive and too inexperienced. Today was his failure and embarrassment, not Kenny's! Do you truly believe that we will finish 4th? Quit your insane, inaccurate and mad comments! I just don't understand your hatred for one of our clubs greatest ever servants."
"Can't believe the amount of money we have wasted on average, or very poor players. Don't need to name names. As the saying goes, 'You have to earn the right to play.' Players need to take responsibility and impose themselves on games. Still proud to support this special club, we'll get there YNWA"
"kidofkop whyturn on the manager after todays preformance?the players didnt preform today end of. b r is doing a great job. top 3 next year and i'd bet we get 4 points from the city and aresnal games"
"It was a poor performance from a lot of players some didn't turn up today but those saying the manager should have picked his so called strongest 11 need to remember we have arsenal midweek and the squad needed to be utilised and if we can't rely on players throughout the squad to perform then we need to strengthen. Hopefully we will bounce back when we play the Gunners on Weds"
"The biggest problem are certain fans that believe we will be challenging next season with the big boys. Lets not forget, all the top teams aren't going to stand still, they also will be buying and pursuing top players. It's a catch 22. If we keep to this policy of buying young and "if" they flourish like we all hope, We may challenge in 4-5 years time. "
"It's not the end of the world, it's disappointing for sure but to be honest I wont lose too much sleep over it.Oldham deserved it today and best of luck to them. We were not ourselves today and like the villa game we didn't have the right atude going into it. BR still the right man for this job thought IMO."
"Agree with Rushjob. After what was revealed re: Hillsborough..I couldn't be more happier that we are no longer participating in that tin cup. It's not just Hillsborough, the FA have treated players and the club poorly recently too. "
"Brendan has to take flak here. line up was wrong. was a game to prove if you was worthy of wearing the lfc shirt. Skrtel should have been capt. Lucas should have played to see if HE was good enough and Suarez rested. Sturridge got the kicked out of him and had no protection from the ref, which led to there goal unfairly. Taxi please for Brad, Coates, Robinson, Allen, Borini, Hendo ASAP"
"Brendan has to take flak here. line up was wrong. was a game to prove if you was worthy of wearing the lfc shirt. Skrtel should have been capt. Lucas should have played to see if HE was good enough and Suarez rested. Sturridge got the kicked out of him and had no protection from the ref, Taxi please for Brad, Coates, Robinson, Allen, Borini, Hendo ASAP"
"Brendan has to take flak here. line up was wrong. was a game to prove if you was worthy of wearing the lfc shirt. Skrtel should have been capt.Sturridge got the kicked out of him and had no protection from the ref, Taxi please for Brad, Coates, Robinson, Allen, Borini, Hendo ASAP"
"LucasTHEBEASTleivA You critcise others, but come out with a statement that we wouldn't win it anyway as the Mancs are still there ? On our day we are good enough for anyone, today was not our day and we need to be more consistent."
"Don't get me wrong I'm annoyed with the performance.because it halts our momentum. However, there is not better way to bounce back than against Arsenal and City. IMO we must get at least 4 points..if were serious in our top 4 aim. IN BRENDAN I TRUST."
"Well where do we start.
BR disapointed what are thhe fans then.
Terrible performance. Coates & Allen must NEVER paly for LFC again let them go! Decent CB needed, defensive midfielder needed & replacement for that useless Borini, another that should NOT have been sign total rubbish today"
"ROB7- Totally agree. I have barely seen any 'bring KD back' comments. 1 or 2 we are far worse than last year' comments. But you get your usual defensive comments by some which end up critising the last regime and blaming them for our current plight. Fine, but I draw the line at all the insults, it borders on hatred. "
"Oh and in regards to Coates. I don't think he's happy here. I think he wants to leave..judging by his performance he wanted to be somewhere else..such a lacklustre performance from him. However, he's not a bad player..some of the slack he's getting is a tad harsh."
"We seriously have no youngsters that you think Man he is going to be a world beater. You know when you see a youngster that dam he is going to be class, just look at Gerrard, Macca, Fowler and owen, you knew right away these players were going to make a huge difference. I don't see that with the current crop we have, yes I think they will be decent, but not world class."
"Should've done this, should've done that, should've picked him, should've left him out...hindsight is a cowards tool, get a grip people. Read that teamsheet against an Oldham & we should have won quite easily. The players played poorly, it happens, & we're out. This happens to many PL teams every year & this time we were one of them. Move on to the next game & support your club."
"Oldham are a traditional physical side. This was a relatively young, inexperienced & not particularly physical Liverpool side. We needed an experienced core of players and as others have pointed out Carra had to play. Brendan I haven't lost faith yet but be a man, this loss was primarily a coaching mistake; they happen, just admit your mistake and don't let the payers carry all the blame."
"LDW 2k13- Mate 'just let it slide' is all I have done for a long while on here. I take exception and find it boring at the constant pops at KD now he isn't here like you do when people question BR. Opinions mate, that's what these pages are about! I never wan't LFC to lose so the manager could get sacked BTW. Particularly a FA Cup semi against Everton"
"Why do we take a chance and not play our strongest side rather than playing our strongest side, getting the job done then bringing the key players off???? I agree that some of these players are not worthy of a red shirt but poor players cant help being poor. Its the manager who picks them. IMO, Robinson and Wisdom are no where near good enough. "
"Always play the best team for the job. This is where the manager earns his corn. This was a blood and guts cup game and required the right personnel to win. Joe Allen? Coates? Sterling? to name a few. "
"Please FORGET About it . It's Gone . 3days later we'll face Arsenal . And I Believe we can beat them . Please Support the whole team . This defeat shouldn't cost us the season . Our main target is being a top 4 teams at the end of the season and hopefully we will reach this aim . "
"NEED TO STRENGTHEN ALL OVER THE PITCH WE NEED 2 GOOD PLAYERS FOR EACH POSITION BUT SUCCESS WONT COME OVER NITE WE NEED TO WORK AT IT.IT WILL BE A DIFFERANT STORY NEXT WEEK WHEN WE TAKE THE GOONERS OUT BY THE ROOTS WITH LUCAS AND JOHNSON BACK IN THE SIDE!!!!"
"When Robinson missed that great opportunity in the last minutes and Suarez got angry at him. He responded with " off".
Does he not realize that he is a long freaking way from having the right of telling Suarez, of all people, to off."
"When the team starts so slow, is this down to themselves or not getting a kick off the mgr before the game??? So obvious that the thugs would have been up for this at home!! Why did we not anticipate this!?!?!?!?!"
"More often than not when we are under attack I see defenders filling our box and not closing in on the guy with the ball. Then he easily crosses, then an an goal is scored or the opposition scores. Well done gerrard, suarez for the individual goal, henderson for never stopping to run and downing for introducing new energy on the flanks. "
"For those saying not BR's fault. 1) Sterling has needed a rest for some time 2) Allen too, poor for some time 3) Robinson, inexperienced for this type of game 4) Rest players when the job is done 5)No leaders, if no Gerrard then Carra. 5 clear mistakes by BR contributed to this loss.....BIG TIME!! FACT!!!"
"Fickle fans its the players on the pitch not the manager. We had a strong team out suarez sterling sturridge all started. Give br a break maybe its our star suarez that needs to perform not score one goal then play terrible"
"Diabolical and pitiful no not the match today the so e called fans on here tactics,team,defence was wrong my rse that team formation was well capable of winning that match they just bottled it and every starter needs a boot up the backside"
"Surely Rodgers knew that today would be a physical, blood and guts encounter. Would you not play your stronger and more experienced players? Borini and Allen were very poor and seem like a waste of £25 million. Robinson, Jones and Coates were not up to the task today either. Rodgers has to take responsibility for our abject failure."
"Usual backlash from so called "supporters". Will always back my team. Only thing that I did think was that the balance was wrong. Same as we finished against Norwich and then didn't score again. Let's hope lessons are learned and let's get behind our team. YNWA"
"BR must learn very very very quickly that he must Walk the Walk, not just Talk the Talk! He says one thing and does another. My patience is running out...we better go on a very strong run in the league AND Europa league now!!"
"Ani- you're just as bad. I know you include me in the people who blames everything on KK or his so-called 'Misfits'..but I've stopped criticising KK..as he's not manager and its in the past now!! You keep rising to the bait..which means this tired topic..is prolonged. COnt.."
"The back 5 were a joke today. We didn't win a single ball in the air. Without Carragher we struggle against physical attackers.
Too many players turned up thinking 'I am a Premier League Player so it will be easy'.
This club was built on winning all matches not selective ones. Get that into these players heads or get rid of them."
" inept. Well done to Oldham they showed lots of passion. Bad choice of starting line up. Allan and Henderson no good in central midfield. Would have been better choice to play Lucas and Shelvey"
"Thought the officials were very lenient towards Oldham, eg when Sturridge was hit off the ball towards the start, it seemed like they were tyring to frustrate Liverpool. Coates has got to go, Robinson and Jones were very poor, we were unlucky not to get back into the game, I thought Suarez was a lot more effective as CAM. Sterling and Sturridge found it too physical by the looks of it"
"I don't want to criticise..because everyone was poor. But..I know Butland would not want to move to a team to be a deputy..but I hope we do get him. The fact people were advocating for Jones to be no1..makes me cringe..not even laugh. Cont.."
"LDW, that's right you wanted us to lose last season so that Kenny would be sacked. Lonewar and yourself need to get a grip. I just don't get 'fans' like you! I'm not a fan of Rodgers as I think he lacks the experience to manage our club, but I never want us to lose ever!!!"
"No it wasnt good enough what led you to that conclusion your team selection once again left a lot to be desired with the ever increasing weak Allen in midfield why is he getting games when Shelvey who is more direct and strong is benched Borrini gives us little you need to lok at yourselfe Brendan. "
"Makes me laugh you dont see all these so called fans comment when we win....The idea of supporting a team is that you actually support them....Yeah bad result we move on and carry on our very good league form. In BR we trust YNWA."
"I wondered when Buddha would pipe up! What can I expect from you as you wanted us to lose today anyway. I'm so pleased that you are so happy with utter cr*p!"
"ROB7- Hmm I see your problem. I too don't understand how a 'so-called' LFC fan would want their team to lose in order to get their manager..who's also a living legend..sacked. I guess fans like me should go support Chelsea..eh?"
"ROB7- Many fans have not got to hear the reason why I wanted such a disgraceful thing to happen..because I wanted to avoid talking bout KK. I'm now get bored of being accuse of being a bad fan :'( *wipes tears*"
"LDW, let it slide, I feel a song coming on. We are out of the cup so lets love on. This is a cup that Manure the best team in recent years have not won for 10 years. We now can concentrate on getting fourth. Spurs our greatest rival for that spot is also out of the cup so game on. "
"For the last time. I was so depressed about where KK was taking LFC..it took me to the point where I didn't care if we won, lost or drew a game..I became so disheartened and disillusioned with the club I had lost complete faith in the manager."
"The worry is that BR doesn't seem to know what to do ? Coutinho is now called an experienced player ??? he is 20 years old !! I always believed this job was too big for BR and he has confirmed that so enough is enough now thanks !!!"
"I do chuckle at some of the comments. The natives get very restless after a loss. I am not fussed about today's results as in the grand scheme of things it don't amount to a can of beans. Anyhoo for some its time to let off some steam, so moan away to your hearts content. "
"I'm on record in saying I felt disgusted with my behaviour, and will never think such thoughts again. Believe it or not I love this club hence why I get agitated easiily and go OTT with my criticism on certain players..I know some fans would rather die..than wish for their beloved team to lose..I am now striving everyday to be fans like them. LFC 4 Ever"
"Nice words from BR.. If any people trust in him, then we all have to admit it was the young players foult and not BR s one!
I agree with him on that point! "
"Why was Carra not in the team today,he leads by example,i think our young players got a bit y today,they thought they only had to turn up.Wake up call big time.Give players massive contracts,and then they let us down.They get paid to much to soon,earn the right to wear the shirt first.And then give contracts out.YNWA"
"Buddha, if that's what took for our friendship to be over..then good riddance to you. Sad Sad day for LDW, Broke my iPad, team lost and now I have lost a forum-friend:("
"But lets flush him out. Buddah130665, answer this question that only LDW and I would know. I once almost got LDW into trouble telling a joke. 1: Where was he? 2: What was the joke. LDW watch the idiot not answer this. What a cretin..."
"Buddha- I feel slightly insulted that you didn't have faith in me to clock that lol. I know Buddah..is really redahendo..because he made a al mistake the other day..that was not so obvious. I was simply playing along..seeing where he was taking this."
"Come on Buddah, answer the simple question. You are a sado. The fact you don't have your own personality to make your own views heard says a lot about you. Now you feel you can ruffle a few feathers by being a cretin. What a waste of such little talent. "
"I think the team sent out today was good enough to beat Oldham, the players just didn't want it bad enough. Lapses at the back, a couple of poor effort in goal, not enough reading of the game up front. The Manager cannot play the same team week in, week out. Players selected to step up need to do just that - step up."
"LDW, I am sorry I doubted my trusty number 2. I have no idea why anyone would carry on an anaemic attempt at a bad joke for so long. It was mildly amusing the first time and caused a bit of a ruck last time but to continue 1 week later is sad. redahendo give it up lad and go home to your dim lit house where you have only a cat as a companion "
"BR is inconsistent. play the winning team to win the game, and put in your young dogs.
TO ME THE COACH IS THE FLOP.
WHICH CUP ARE YOU UP TO NOW, EUROPA? "
"C"mon guys,we had a bad day at the office and suddenly a lot of our players are RUBBISH!! To many so called fans are quick to jump on the band wagon and critisise the usual suspects. BR picked a mixed team (similar to SPURS)who should have won the game.ARE BALE,LENNON PARKER VERTHONGAN RUBBISH? Dont think so.Chill lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Good that he's admitting it.Allen Borini Sturridge Sterling Robinson Wisdom Coates Hendo & Shelvey all have potential for the future but we need players that can compete now. Todays team was too inexperiened to represent LFC. Hopefully a wake up call to FSG and Brendan about only bringing in youngsters. Ayre is wrong the balance is not right. More experienced players in now or go backwards."
"Buddha- Tbh its pointless..he'll only deny it. He's clever and not so clever at the same time. He won't answer the question because he clearly doesn't know the answer to it. All we can do is ignore him..like the child he is..he'll soon get bored."
"Crap happens even to mid table teams. Get over it everyone, we've been through this before, it's already happened many times this season and last but hey we'll get it sorted somehow, some way. Tomorrow, tomorrow , I love ya tomorrow, it's only a day aaaaaawaaaaay!"
"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YANKS ONLY THINK ABOUT PROFITS ...SELL SELL SELL AND DONT REPLACE.. 1 PLAYERS IN *UK YOU FSG ..GET OUT TOM AND HICKS 2..I DONT CARE ABOUT DEBT THERE WAS 2 OTHER BUYERS INSTEAD WE GOT U ..CONT"
"What a joke overpaid rubbish think of the cash not Liverpool very bad manager he should walk and take the rubbish with him I've supported Liverpool since I was 5 I'm 43 now and Liverpool are a big joke manger big joke owners big joke another season with nothing Gerard walk away now if u want to win anything because your all a joke blind people could of done better than uuuuuuuu"
"One week wages fine for everybody from Robinson through Rodgers (and co.) to Ayre (except Gerard of course, he really tried hard). Or it should be two weeks?"
"We now know that talk of progress and rebuilding is drivel. The football is awful. No surprise when we consider a proven legend like KK was replaced with an inexperienced manager who failed at Reading and bought with him Pascoe, who has no experience at all.Only an imbecile, or a rent boy would be foolish enough to claim otherwise."
"..WE NEED ATLEAST 8 NEW PLAYERS..AND WITH THESE IDIOTS IN CHARGE AND BR WITH NO BALLS AND ACCEPTING WHAT THEY SAY BY DEVELOPE THE YOUTH ( YOUR NOT GETTING MONEY) AND RAISE FUNDS BY PLAYER SALES..BECAUSE UR TOO CHEAP...YOU PAY 260 MIL FOR 1 GUY IN BASEBALL AND THEN WHEN WE NEEDS Ã"
"..THE END OF THE LIVERPOOL WAY HAS COME..WE HAVE NO TEETH AGAINST JUNK WHY DO WE BOTHER GOING OUT ..JUST FORFIT IF WE DONT ACCEPT BY KICKOFF WERE GOING TO LOSE DUE TO NO TEAM MORALE OR BR SAYING ITS A WALK IN THE PARK GIVE THEM THE RESPECT YOU GAVE ASTON VILLA "
"ROB7, you should put my thoughts into the right context if you are gong to invoke my name. I didn't want us to lose today but I didn't want a win at the expense of us winning on Wednesday or next Sunday, do you get it now. By all means quote me and try and use me as your whipping boy but at the very least use my exact words, ok chum "
"JOE ALLEN UR GARBAGE..JONES HOLD THE GOD DAMM BALL...COATES HASNT PLAYED FOR ALONG TIME SAME WITH ROBINSON.. DID YOU EXPECT RODGERS THESE PLAYERS TO F*N SHINE AFTER NOT PLAYING 30 GAMES U IDIOT"
"OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! today is well and truly a momentous day. "Rentboys".."silly plastics".."total chavs", this can only mean one thing...MUSHROOM SCOUSER IS BACK!!! How I have missed are arguements. It's good to have you back, lol."
"Very poor team performance, and to be fair, poor team selection by Rodgers. Play Gerrard and Lucas and Downing....Get the goals we need, then bring them off for a rest. Too late to bring them on when we`re already chasing a result to a team that wanted it more. A win against Arsenal is vital.
Very disappointed...."
"But no matter how hard it is to support a manager who blames his players,or talks utter b0llocks most of the time whilst being a mouthpiece for lying profiteering owners,I will support BR because that is "The Liverpool Way". But Trust him? No chance! "
"I don't put this loss on Rodgers' shoulders. He picked a team that should have gotten the job done today. The players let their manager and their fans down today."
"34 poins from 23 games. 7 points off 4th spot. Last season at this stage 38 points and 4 points of 4th spot. Last season we were in 2 domestic cups at this point. You see my point is not whether KD should be in charge and that BR is doing worse-That's irelivant now. "
"It's the fact that it is looking increasingly likely that our season is over in January unless we can get success in Europa. Whatever you think of the FA Cup, todays abysmal performance could have a negative impact for the rest of the season. "
"SO CALLED FANS, stop making
EXCUES! EXCUSES!! It was a bad day at the office blah, blah!! this was Oldham and we were lucky to beat Mansfield FACT!! There are too many bad days at the office, Villa at home, Stoke away, Man U away, its not good enough. LEARN "
"The FA Cup is like old fashioned bare knuckled boxing, it's raw, brutal and ugly, there's nothing beautiful or graceful about it, it's mean, and dirty and the refs make allowances for it. some of our players were making all these surprised gestures and facial expressions, that's inexperience for you, Carra and Gerrard should have started for certain, our kids were found lacking and lost."
"GOING TO WIN AT CITY AND ARSENAL .. ..WITH ALL THE ABUSE BY BR ..AND THE REST.. WERE GOING TO GET CARVED UP BY ARSENAL AND LOSE 3-0 TO CITY..ITS CLEAR AS DAY WE NEED PLAYERS.. BUT GOOD OLD FSG.. NOT BUYING ANYONE UNLESS ITS CHEAP..BUT NO WE WILL END UP LOOKING LIKE BOOTS WHEN WE SIGN WILLAMS AND GIVE SWANSEA ANOTHER 20 MIL FOR THEM TO BUY 10 PLAYERS WHO WILL HELP THEM"
"Rogers the one and only reason we lost today was because of your team selection, you really are clueless as a manager, do the decent thing and just go away you have done enough damage, SACK ROGERS NOW!"
"I don't blame br for this result, I said to the wife before kick off that carra should be in for his leadership and exp. also downing instead of sterling as he's too lightweight and out of form but the team he picked still should've been easily good enough to win this game, the players have to take responsibility and understand what it means to play for lfc. Onwards and upwards"
"we was punched and stamped on and not just once was we stamped on and the ref did not book them thats not football when our players get stamped on three times com on ref tell your sid of the story allen and sturridge ,lfc should complain to the fa about the ref not taking action against them"
"Nor would I question any of our players, even though one of BR's loans actually "did one" and got off sharpish.All managers make bad signings. Like Borini, Sahin, Allen.."
"Oh BTW. What's wrong with Robinson to F off? If he felt Suarez was out of order then he has a right. He shouldn't shirk or bow down to Luis because of the player Luis is. Football is a mans game and i'm sure Luis is man enough to take some stick back. "
"Feel we are about to have a very, very, bumpy ride for the next few weeks and it's gonna hurt, we're all gonna need the most extreme patience imaginable, the results will not make pleasant viewing or reading, the comment posts won't be nice at all. It will be a real test of character but will be an education, we are LFC we will survive won't we Buddha???"
"Robinson has always been suspect when defending and so have Coates regardless of how good you may feel they are on the ball. Number 1 is they are defenders and must learn how to...well...defend. Why Jamie never came on at half time I will never know. That could have shored up the back line. Basically not good enough by a long way. "
"hmm.. I'm still in shock, I honestly didn't even consider losing this one. I mean, Oldham??, league 1??? I know it's the FA cup, but come on, you say the cup was a focus but why not play a stronger team get the lead and then play kids? That was not a team to win the game, we had no midfield with Allen & Hendo out there.
YNWA"
"This is what you get when you bribe players. Give them more steak. They should be worked hard to get the steaks out of their systems and maybe they will play better soccer. The lower division teams always come to play because they are playing for something, the bigger teams show very little respect these teams. y atude. "
"Loz99- Think you are dead right mate. We have played well recently, admittedly against the poorer sides in Prem (still to beat a team in Top 10). The forthcoming games though will be testing for supporters if we don't get much return. The gap for 4th will widen becoming almost un-catchable. We all talk about future but we all have to be patient and try and be positive during potential lean times"
"It was an FA Cup game and we all know what can and does happen in these ties. It's been a harsh weekend for PL teams. We should just accept it as part of the charm that is the greatest cup competition in the world. Stop being childish and actually support this team of ours. "
"On a positive signing out note. Rememebr in Rafa's 1st season we got knocked out of the FA Cup against Burnley and how many/most fans turned on him for not taking the compet-it-tion seriously enough! Well he went on to win the Champs League that season. "
"some people still want to put a positive spin on this.we had 2 players 35 mill hendo and allen and we coudnt control the midfield this says all about the signings and the money wasted on rubbish english talent. "
"May not hold the same prestige but let's hope BR can bring home the Europa Cup in what I regard as a more enjoyable compet-tion to watch but doesn't hold the same honour and prestige of the Champs League (mainly down to money) Again! "
"For as long as BR has been a manager, he should know how to balance youth and experience. Poor on him for that today. Need a keeper who will vocalize all the time. Need another center back besides Jamie that will vocalize--all the time.
Carra for player/manager!"
"Poor performance boys! We need to play harder and be better! ALL THE TIME!!! Don't let up. As for BR, that's one hell of a mug you got there ;) what a pic to put up LFC LOL..start winning."
"Brendan should be sacked with FSG. The worst manager to manage Liverpool. FSG get experienced players. Kids cant win. Total waste of money with borini, allen and sturridge. Who are you kidding, brendan?"
"No Rodgers...not good enough! You are the Manager so fix this! Sick of seeing this roster sucb to 'low' teams hence why we are where we are. Once Arsenal knock us further down the ladder..."
"At the end of the day the players yes the pitch was poor and Oldham were 'up for it' but the team put out should have done a lot better. I guess this is why Coates never gets a chance, that was one of the poorest defensive showings I've ever seen. No aggression in the challenges at all. Seemed he was more concerned about not messing up his hair than defending"
"So were out. It happens. Of course all the idiots are out of the woodwork taking shots at Rodgers. Get used to him kids. He's Liverpool manager and will be for a long time. Glad of it me. We got bullied in the FA Cup. Happens. It's called the magic of the FA Cup for a reason."
"Today we lost the game in midfield. We had four attackers in suarez sterling borini and sturridge which left us unbalanced. This has to be br fault however some of the stick on here is unbelievable. Back the team or dont comment. Come on you reds lets beat the gunners."
"Just read a few of the comments. What a bunch of s. Get a grip. I'm not even going to quote Shankly's best quote about win, lose or draw because you pathetic lot won't even get it."
"Garbage! Embarrassment! Vomit! Sickness! Diarrhea! Delusion! Unprofessionalism! Greed! Incompetence!
I couldn't devour as much as I would want to throw up!"
"I loved KD but that's history now. He should of been given another season but wasn't BR has got us playing some good stuff and is shaping this team. Today was proof that Robinson, Allen, borini and Coates are not up to standard. We have a young squad that needed testing cont.."
"BR had to use these kids at some stage he made a few selection errors today but give the man a break. After Norwich game everyone was singing to rafters, take 4 Pts from next 2 games and were in with a big shout of cl next season
YNWA"
"Yeah, let's blame the young players but what about the quality in the side...the same quality that sits around mid table! No more excuses! Need to get the job done!"
"Somehow coates looks like he is lost his talent. Robbo just too selfish and not discipline. Yes it is our youngster is dissapointed. But IMO the refree and the pitch condition play a big part in this game. Our player looks not comfortable with the ball, and when they pass ut the ball not drive good enough"
"No kenny d dynasty, hodgson was worse liverpool manager , and not too far behind was souness. Days like today happen, overnight success is impossible. Give Rodgers 2 seasons at least. Last season in PL was st yes we won carling cup JUST, and were completely outplayed in final in FA cup . Patience lads. Rome wasn't built in a day!"
"Watched the 2 earlier games and saw Chelsea and spurs slip up. Thought how embarrassing it would be to support them. And then we played like that. So disappointing. And what's worse is that I was in a pub with Leeds fans gloating away. Sort it out lfc. So much good has been done so far but today felt like ten steps back. "
"the pitch condition not support the way we play, suarez lost his footing many times, and player looks afraid to press the ball and do tackle, Maybe Oldham already get used to this kind of condition. I bet Everton will have similiar problem when they play on that ground, we will see"
"I AGREE WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY ITS BRENDAN RODGERS FAULT LIVERPOOL LOST.PLAY THE RIGHT PLAYERS FIRST WIN THE GAME THEN PUT YOUNGER PLAYS ON WHEN YOU
ARE A COUPLE OF GOALS UP COATES GET RID ROBINSON NOT SURE ALWAYS PLAY YOUR STRONGEST TEAM FIRST NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BRENDAN BUCK UP OR YOU,LL GO SAME WAY AS DALGLISH
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"What do you expect playing against a team which has nothing to lose. They played all out and our players sucbed to them. Some of the players had not been given enough playing time and you expect them to perform in a cup match? Learn from our mistakes and never underestimate an opponent!"
"A very bad game, I am very disappointed with the result. Why don't they attack from left wing when right wing doesn't works. Why must they attack from the front when they know that their(oldham's) defender is there. Choose left when nothing goes right, maybe it'll give a change although time is going shorter."
"Br doesnt sound too sad actually! He has other priorities this year.I only wanted us to win this to stp manure from getting another treble or some .those things add up.However this mentality is alike a relegation team.they win and lose and play for only 40mins.thts not a chmpnship caliber team.not yet.we need good wins vs arse and city"
"Think Brendan why we started poor.Look at your mirror,or look behind it,maybe you find the answer there.Every single person who watch that game saw your mistake.Sorry but learn from it."
"At briso apart from gerry and he cant be expected to win every game on his own, i think bren started a pretty strong team. stur, suarez, borini. who the heck else do we have anyway??? no....this was not brens fault. this is a character flaw in LFC and has been there for a few years, from selling players and never replacing them correctly.br is trying now but it will take time"
"FSG ur managmnt styl the hndsoff aproach when wll u knw the clb if ur nt there 4 the day activities n gttng advce from Arsenal.. Get invlvd henry coz am sure if u c the funs week in week out. U would gve BR wht thy dsrve n dnt blme Coates he has playd his 4th game 2day thts Br grave.."
"FSG ur managmnt styl the hndsoff aproach when wll u knw the clb if ur nt there 4 the day activities n gttng advce from Arsenal.. Get invlvd henry coz am sure if u c the funs week in week out. U would gve BR wht thy dsrve n dnt blme Coates he has playd his 4th game 2day thts Br grave.."
"I would like if that Rogers would admit that he is probably worse than the worst manager that we have ever had. He puts out a forward line to impress a 3rd div team and expects them to roll over. We've seen what that reply is.Fu&c you Rogers"
"a winning mentality and a losing mentality will come from the same.LFC are somewhere in the middle, have been for many years and many coaches have not been able to rub this flaw out.It is very hard to forge a winning mentality, bcoz u have to earn it, fight for it,sacrifice, you name it.shanklys boys did all that before the success came.Looks like BR's crew will have to as well."
"a winning mentality and a losing mentality will come from the same.LFC are somewhere in the middle, have been for many years and many coaches have not been able to rub this flaw out.It is very hard to forge a winning mentality, bcoz u have to earn it, fight for it,sacrifice, you name it.shanklys boys did all that before the success came.Looks like BR's crew will have to as well."
"a winning mentality and a losing mentality will come from the same.LFC are somewhere in the middle, have been for many years and many coaches have not been able to rub this flaw out.It is very hard to forge a winning mentality, bcoz u have to earn it, fight for it,sacrifice, you name it.shanklys boys did all that before the success came.Looks like BR's crew will have to as well."
"It was always going to be physical. Rodgers has a vision of us playing like Barcelona, but back in the real world, we are going to encounter physical teams, playing in England. Brendan's style is more suited to the continent, where refs hate beefy challenges and love players rolling around. He is rigid in his ideal. Getting the job done should be the priority, style coming afterwards."
"It was always going to be physical. Rodgers has a vision of us playing like Barcelona, but back in the real world, we are going to encounter physical teams, playing in England. Brendan's style is more suited to the continent, where refs hate beefy challenges and love players rolling around. He is rigid in his ideal. Getting the job done should be the priority, style coming afterwards."
"awful coates robinson why pick these will he never learn as for players being tired load of rubbish i would like to be tired earning that money try doing a 12 hour shift dont deserve to wear the shirt katie.l"
"everytime liverpool win we are the greatest then which is becoming bit of a habit they lose to some supposedly mediocre team.shankly told players they are the best constantly until they believed they were you have to have 120% commitment every game every game no matter who the opposition are give more or get out "
"I though BR said he was taking the FA Cup seriously!! So why change a winning team after Norwich game?
Young players were disappointing but so was the management."
"im cancelling sky sports.1. daglish should'nt ave been sacked! every1 jumped ship and he needed time.2 I like brenden but the way he treated carrol with no plan b the owners no nothin about LFC. 3 I've had enough of disapointemnt they (owners) had a legend that WOULD give them time & they sacked him when we where playing attacking good football if unlucky.we are in a mess seroiusly!!"
"The team had 5 very poor players in, 3 of them were signed by Rodgers (Borini, Allen, Sturridge). Coates has his mind set on leaving and should never have been on the pitch. Jones was apparently injured and again shouldn't have been on the pitch. So what young players is he referring too?"
"Sturridge and Suarez yes! but why Sterling and Borini? Surely Shelvey and Downing from the start. Oldham had seasoned players, BR knew that. Wrong team from the start, especially on that pitch under those conditions."
"First is that Brendan look at himself.I think that he was not ready to take the lead so quickly.He needs the OLD-ONES to help to do the job his taken.He is too young and alone his vision.Too many young players at the same time. "
"I have just speaking to a Spurs fan and he is not in the remotest bit bothered that his team are out as he is putting all his energy into them coming 4th. Maybe some of our fans don't have faith in us to get there and that is why they hanker over cups. "
"BR is a terrible manager!! whether someone will finally understand!! Our team is quite OK to beat Oldham in particular, but we have a bad manager!! It is even more shameful to admit that Swansea even better than when he left! New manager we want!!!!"
"Selecting wrong type of players for wrong games is disappointing. Against United BR picks two defensive midfielders Allen and Lucas, as soon as one is replaced in 2nd half we started to attack. Today as soon as he introduced Gerrard we controlled the game and created chances."
"I am slowly beginning to be lost of words when comes to BR. These days all the stu that was said are all routine. Any other newer excuses that could sound more Convincing please..... Okay let me help BR for this one, "Sorry fans, we had to lose this one because I couldnt forever keep on buying these lads lunch or they will go broke on me!""
"Look I never speak out. daglish was the 1 to be given time, not brenden (&I like him). read my other comment. what A joke. & dont u fake muppets start callin me a bad supporter cuz ur idoits too. why sack daglish when he just needed time, owners are a joke"
"this time...it's not Rodgers's fault...he picked the right team, keep several key players for Arsenal game....but the players were so poor...showed no determination at all..."
""im cancelling sky sports.1. daglish should'nt ave been sacked! every1 jumped ship and he needed time.2 I like brenden but the way he treated carrol with no plan b the owners no nothin about LFC. 3 I've had enough of disapointemnt they (owners) had a legend that WOULD give them time & they sacked him when we where playing attacking good football if unlucky.we are in a mess seroiusly!!" "
"Absolute BS BR, you can't blame the likes of Coates and Robinson, when you put them into games like that, which have the potential for cupsets, then lay into them. How many games have you given them this season? You should be pointing the finger to the like of Skrtel, Jones and Allen. Cowardace to not accept any blame yourself. Your making mockery of this club."
"yet again brendan ducks responsibilty ,hes the man that works with these guys all week , he should know thier mental state , fair enough we have a weak squad as most fans realise , and thats due to fsg penny pinching ,ive just got home from my local were i have had some right stick as they mainly mancs , its a good job i got big shoulders lol
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"Poor play but everybody has to wake up if 4th spot was the target. Brutal play by latics with offball tackles. Why cant LFC play like tat stop being softy. physical games are their mottos. Play like Oldham instead 5-5-0 where anybody can shoot or head for goals. Even the Reds' dropout goalie can score for oldham!"
"We are not in the same class as Spurs or Arsenal right now. Its hard to even hold hope of a top four spot. When after 23 games played we are still to beat a team inside the top ten. Until we change our transfer policy and start buying finished articles, we will have to wait years until we can rival the top teams and thats only if our youngsters promise comes to fruition"
"if u want to win the cup put the strong team. your mentality to tackle this game is wrong. how u can get the result? this not the time to do experiment."
"I normally don't comment but I think I'll start. After watching that game last night I thought two things. One, there is a massive gap between the senior players and the younger ones and two, cont."
"The younger players need to let go of the chip on their shoulders and shut up and work hard and earn the right to wear the shirt. Robinson, to play the way he did and have the nerve to c0ck onto Suarez was a disgrace. He needs to be made an example of. Not acceptable."
"please do not slate BR, he is right, he trusted the his team, the young lads should not had let him down (dont tell me majority of you would think oldham players are better than liverpool's), they are players playing for LIVERPOOL, but yet they looked like they dont even deserved to be in OLDHAM's shirt, shocker!"
"please do not slate BR, he is right, he trusted the his team, the young lads should not had let him down (dont tell me majority of you would think oldham players are better than liverpool's), they are players playing for LIVERPOOL, but yet they looked like they dont even deserved to be in OLDHAM's shirt, shocker!"
"please do not slate BR, he is right, he trusted the his team, the young lads should not had let him down (dont tell me majority of you would think oldham players are better than liverpool's), they are players playing for LIVERPOOL, but yet they looked like they dont even deserved to be in OLDHAM's shirt, shocker!"
"please do not slate BR, he is right, he trusted the his team, the young lads should not had let him down (dont tell me majority of you would think oldham players are better than liverpool's), they are players playing for LIVERPOOL, but yet they looked like they dont even deserved to be in OLDHAM's shirt, shocker!"
"whenever there is Coates, Sterling play, we cant win... pls accept that thier quality is not there yet...
when we win big at fulham, sunderland, norwich.. is different set of player, dont always want to use the player u like, BR... "
""Three of the players, Allen, Borini and Sturridge were signings made by Mr Rodgers for combined fees of £38m" sailorarab. That make a mockery of KD Transfer acute. Sturridge bad transfer? really? how long does AC takes to get no scoresheet. Both age 23 and English. so no excuse for AC. btw, how many goals he score for Hammer so far."
"so easy to said it wasn't good enough. i'm also can be LFC manager. what a joke. MC put strong team against stoke..On your mind u think LFC can beat oldham easyly. poor Br"
"BR,DID YOU WATCH THE WEEK END GAMES? NO TEAM, EVEN THOSE BETTER THAN US ON THE LEAGUE LADDER DID NOT PUT OUT AN INEXPERIENCE TEAM. THOSE WHO DID SUFFERED. YOU MUST LEARN FROM THAT.
IF YOU ARE STILL AROUND NEXT TIME"
"I thought Sterling, Borini, Jones, and Coates were very soft. Sterling really needs to step it up. I haven't always agreed with BR, but he was spot in with his youngsters today. They were not ready for the challenge. Our squad is young and slight. Time for our next transfer to have some experience and grit!!"
"SKIRTL LOOKS LIKE HE DOES'NT CARE ANYMORE. DROP HIM AND LET HIM THINK ABOU WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
BORINI TO GO SOONER THAN LATER.
STERLING TO KEEP LEARNING AT THE RESERVES.
THIS IS LIVERPOOL MATE, NO EXPERIMENTATIONS. WIN WIN AND WIN IS WHAT WE KNOW AND THE REST OF THE WORLD KNOW OF LFC."
"Guess how important FA Cup is? Tottemham lose to Leeds cos they know 4th place more important. Only Torres stupid enough to score a equaliser in the end to bring Chelsea to a rematch. Guess Rafa is secretly cursing..."
"I bet if Carra had started & was captain, the result would of been completely different. Complacency from both the manager and the players was our down fall."
"BR ..the defense , Wisdom ( a kid ) , Skrtel ( a moron ), Coates ( hardly played) and Robinson ( a kid )
U expect this defens eto cope with the height and long ball game of Oldham ?
U must be freaking blind ..we lost because of ur stupid tactics ..and Allen in midfield agian ??..."
"BR must be blind to play Borini , Allen ( 2 of his fav playesr ) and raheeem who hardly did anything and had a glaring chance ..we lost because of BR .."
"CONGRATS BRENDON ROGERS >>..u made LFC the laughing stock of BPL..out of League Cup and nout out of of FA cup ...very soon ur stupid team selection will get us out of Europa too !!forget 4th placing with this idiot at helm !!"
"Laying the blame on the young players totally is wrong by BR. He should take responsibility for putting out thefe all at once. He has to accept the fact that
ALLEN and
BORINI have not really played to the potential he believes in them. Despite all the project hype the club has gone ten years backwards.
"
"BR was not good enough either. The start of the second half should have seen a different formation and Gerrard and downing should have also been put on at the start of the second half. Our back line lacked leadership hence Carragher should have also been thrown in. Not good enough on everyones behalf."
"as you said "This is a different type of football - you've got to come and roll your sleeves up, be strong and aggressive." if you know that why you did not started with that type of players.second stop blaming your player and blame your self first. to be honest you are not good enough for liverpool "
"Sterling, Wisdom, Borini, Allen, Henderson, Robinson, Jones and even Sturridge. Cmon....you don't put something precious in the hands of...well young people. Why risk it? What was the pay off for playing a seconds team in such an important game and who cares if you have to rely on SG to win games....win them while he is around. BR you risked it now you learn from it."
"The whole team was awful except Gerrard and Suarez. I don't know what they were doing on the pitch. They just couldn't get pass the oldham players. It's a shame for us. The young players really let us down and what kind of performance is that from Jones? Bitterly dissapointed..."
"So you blame the young players, Mr. Rogers ? When do you start to hold you're hand up and accept some responsibility for some of the appalling results this season ? All I seem to read in your interviews are excuses, and that's not good enough."
"It doesn't matter who we put in defence. We always loose to teams that play direct football with long balls and crosses. Maybe the coaching staff should do such drills esp. for the defence"
"OUR SIDE PLAYED JUST LIKE HOW THEY DID AGAINST MU,ALWAYS ON THE BACK FOOT.HOW COME A SECOND TIER TEAM CAN TREAT US THIS WAY.WELL I GUESS WE REALLY AINT GOOD ENOUGH.OUR BOYS DID NOT HAVE THE HUNGER TO WIN,OLDHAM DID,AS SIMPLE AS THAT.GOING TO BE TOUGH VS ARSENAL EVEN WORST VS MC.SO SAD."
"absolutetly speechless ! what is going wrong with us ? I cant imagine attracting top class players with results like this! time we LFC had a real hard look at the players we have and make sum serious decisions. Money does buy quality and les look at man city , man ure , they spend big , WIN big .. its a harsh reality but its the truth.. LFC got to stop wasting money on average players!"
"BR, you only have yourself to blame with your awful starting line up, playing away in FA cup with such a line up is only inviting disaster, you have 4 lightweight midfield players Allen, Sterling, Borini and Henderson and you expect them to roll up their sleeves, be strong and aggressive? "
"BR is taking the fans for idiots. His excuse of young players to save his face again... But except Jones & Robinson all the rest are regular players who figure in his first 11 for Premier League games!!! Losing against the 19th of 3rd division club shows his real worth. BR cant inspire the players to play with heart & passion for him"
"Brendan is a stupid manager. No more borinis, allens, sterlings in your starting xi. Starting xi for arsenal, reina, enrique, agger, johnson, skrtel, gerrard, lucas, henderson/shelvey, suarez, sturridge and downing. Otherwise we going to loose badly. These are the matured players."
"ROBINSON HAS NO RESPECT,OF COURSE HE CAN SAY F..OFF TO SUAREZ,BUT ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE SCORED OR WORKED YOUR BALLS OFF FOR THE TEAM,YOU WERE HOPELESS ROBINSON,AND SHOULD BE SOLD.IM GLAD HENDO AND DOWNING ARE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT.JONJO S STILL HEAD-LESS THO."
"When you have a manager who is not good enough that is not a surprise for the result to be not good enough.Just sack this inexperienced ,lower level manager and get somebody capable who is at a level to work at this great club.
I have no doubt he is not going to stay here for long.The owners should act fast to limit the damage he is causing."
"As much as i hate to say this but the young players were clueless. Sterling wasted his chances to shine, i wasn't sure what borini was doing, Robinson should be demoted, coates was under pressure, Jones was really & cost us that 2nd goal. "
"The bad thing is that every team nowadays thinks that they can get a result against Liverpool and unfortunately they are. Until we get to the good old days of being intimidating before we even kick a ball we gonna be blowing hot and cold and struggling to win every time. Lets not get used to losing under the guise of rebuilding. These are players being paid millions not some amateur players"
"No.i'm sorry Rodgers isn't good enough. What the he'll was he doing putting out a side like that in the FA Cup for god sake?always put your best team out and put the game to bed. Get three up then rest some of the lads for the next big games.his selection was poor and Rodgers blew it not the lads."
"This team will perform they way it has because not all the lads are playing regulary. If they have more game time there performances will improve. So this is what you'll get moving forward."
"Buddha is a clown who can not even admit how poor we were as a team, headed up by some poor selections from an in experienced manager. Coates Robinson Allen. Should have played people with an ounce of fight Carra Shelvey Ect. The poor fella is deluded because he has supported BR in the past he can't admit he is wrong. Was the Ashe over Aqualani joker"
"I can't believe how some fans believe they're more of a fan cz they dont voice their discontent. As fans, it is well within our right to voice negative opinions, as far as theyre not too biased or unfair. We need players with a winning mentality. Fans who accept losing vs oldham are just as bad as the players who earn 50k plus n dont perform. Sick of losing. We need to up our expectations"
"lucasthebeastleiva... "At least BR lays into them"..!That is a disgusting comment to make in front of the cameras.Suarez was nowhere, Skrtel was defensively inept.! He is picking on certain players to deflect from himeself... he is far too arrogant and up his own backside to manage LFC. The stupid '3 envelope trick' to grown men and seasoned professionals shows what he is about "
"It wasnt up to Stevie playing or not. BR made really poor judgement on playing Borini as winger and unexperienced Robinsson as left back. Our whole left side of the pitch couldnt defend or attack properly."
"Rodgers,let the fans and results be judges/analyzers. What is annoying me is that you claim to see the blunders but repeat them. Why? Are you really a LFC material? Prove me wrong. Oldham is a the bottom clubs in league one shame on us. Why choose for us a loosing team? Rodgers am beginning to doubt you."
"Rushjob. I read with interest your feelings for the FA Cup and how it;s tarnished by the FA. Your right, the same people who have shown no warmth and empathy towards LFC fans post Hillsobourgh and whom wer involved in a big cover up! "
"I'll be stunned if Skrtel is with us next season. He's got found out too many times for me this season- WBA away, Villa at ours, Stoke away, Man Utd away, Oldham away. BR will bomb him out- and having watched Ashley Williams v Chelsea last week, can see why he'd want him-regardless of past beef with Suarez. He's a brilliant defender."
"But i am sure the players and manager didn't share your views and moral will be very low as now we have been knocked out of a compet-ition that we had the biggest chance of success in and against OLDHAM! Nerver been comfotable with this resting players issue (not that too may wer rested)- Glen, Lucas and Agger being the big absentees. "
"That buzz of thrashing Norwich will now be forgotten and all thoughts will be on their last match where they couldn't even beat a moderate 1st Div side., "
"Well done Brendan. You are not to blame for this loss, the guys let you and the fans down. It sickens me to keep reading these attacks on Brendan. Hell guys think you could have made a better squad selection. Brendan YNWA.
"
"Yesterday was indicative of why BR said he'd need at least 3 transfer windows- he knows what is/isn't available at the club. I reckon we have 9 or 10 decent players, a few ok ones, and the rest just nowhere near good enough. BR knows this- and knows the work needed to remove and improve. We move on. Keep the faith."
"Ani- or used as a tool to motivate so all in red know exactly what's expected/not expected. Also, the younger players can't be moaning as to why they aren't getting a chance cos yesterday Coates, Robinson, and Sterling for me blew it. We'll go to Arsenal and win on Wednesday. Watch."
"I am genuinely not fussed about yesterday. Gotta give credit to Oldham. BR and hopefully Ian Ayre will have something to think about- BR will be fuming and will demand a reaction. Can't wait for Wednesdays game- cos I expect a reaction too. COYR. "
"We shouldnt lower our standards. Losing to division side teams is not the best way to show growth and improvement at all. It will be a miracle to finish even in top 10 with this kind of perfomances"
"Poor at the back - none of them, apart maybe from Skrtel, were mentally ready for this type of game - Coates needs to go out on loan at a championship club to get him mentally sharp! Allen with Henderson doesn't fit! Borini is not a natural goalscorer, only young but he desperately needs goals to get him going..."
"We win and lose as a team but the 'team' at the back were weak yesterday - a game where we needed Carra! Gerrard came on and what a difference - ABSOLUTE CLASS! Skill, Awareness, Drive..."
"The team yesterday was all round too young and that is what ultimately cost us. We need another experienced player to come in! The young 'uns are gaining experience match by match but if the goal this season is top 4, which has been alluded to, then we need a Sneijder type to come in!"
"Weak!!! Rodgers, Allen is your signing so is Borini and I don't see anything in either of them. Robinson didn't take his chance and was very poor. Two massive games ahead now. "
"Rushjob. We may beat a team in the top 10 for the first time this season (i dearly hope we do). But that has been the story not just of this season but that last few! Sh-it result, followed by a moral boosting win. Even if the FA Cup holds less significance in some peoples eyes, it will still have a negative effect. "
"BR needs time like Kenny did. Sometimes I see exciting times when I think about what the future could hold. Young players only improving, a style of football that when played right blows away opposition. Sadly that opposition has only been crap mediocre clubs so far. "
"So we are holding high hopes in a man with 4 jobs in his first 4 years of management having been sacked in 2 of them. Yeah, I will support BR, just sometimes reminded of how far we are behind and the massive task lying ahead with an un-proven manager."
"Keep the faith Ani lad. That's all I can say. You know I'm as pessimistic as anybody- but sadly, to get this club back to where we need it to be- we need to be back in the champions league. We did the Wembley thing last year- and the boss got sacked! Stick with it is all I'm saying! :) "
"The likes of Johnson, Enrique and Kelly were missed yesterday. Jones was nervous yesterday playing behind his back four, but he should have come out and flattened Smith early on to make him think twice in the aerial challenges - it's what you need to do in these games - LESSON LEARNT!"
"Rushjob. I gotta get ready for work. Nice debating with you briefly. Like myself you want whats best for Liverpool and don't have favoutism or try and device a Team BR or Team KD like many have tried on here. Some people use this site to spill their venim at BR whilst others do the same with KD. "
"We want whats best for LFC if that means Big Sam being manager although I wouldn't be happy with his appointment, that would soon be forgotten if it brings success. Success is what I wan't and not being proved right on the clubs oficial website like some are motivated by! "
"We should not blame BR for the loss.I think we were just not lucky yesterday,Brad was poor and Coates too.Personally,am happy with the way we played even though we lost.Learn to be appreciative coz we are the most educated fans!!!YNWA"
"We should not blame BR for the loss.I think we were just not lucky yesterday,Brad was poor and Coates too.Personally,am happy with the way we played even though we lost.Learn to be appreciative coz we are the most educated fans!!!YNWA"
"Get us a goalie who is not frightened to batter all before him! When the ball gets flung into the box he's the only player who will get away with the rough-house treatment. Jones is marginally better than Reina in this respect but that is what he should have been instructed to do yesterday, that big lump Smith wouldn't have been as effective if he had been flattened early on..."
"We should not blame BR for the loss.I think we were just not lucky yesterday,Brad was poor and Coates too.Personally,am happy with the way we played even though we lost.Learn to be appreciative coz we are the most educated fans!!!YNWA"
"you picked the team that was supposed to be good enough to beat oldham, they were obviously not good enough, therefore the blame lies with you mr rogers."
"Looking at the team sheet,its a strong lineup and they should b able to win against lesser teams. Even Sterling has dipped in form.Imagine if bren had given him a bigger contract? he would prb have stopped playing at all.bren's doing good,but he wont fix a 20-year problem in seven months.ITS YOU FANS WHO ARE DELUDED,OUT OF YOUR TINY MINDS AND AN EMBARRASSMENT TO LFC IF YOU THINK THAT."
"Here we go again, just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, it just did. Terrible display and I think BR needs to blame more than just the young players. Brad Jones & Martin Skirtle were woeful to say the least."
"Brendon picked a strong team, on paper.thats all any coach can do.he cant go out there and play for them, thats what they players are being paid for.Give bren time.he prob knows already who he wants to kick out but he cant buy 10 players in one window can he?Most of you posting here must be like 5 years olds.NO SENSE of REALITY."
"Well, the warning were there from the Mansfield game. Didn't learn the lesson.
Perhaps the Norwich game made us over confident.
Prone to the sucker punch
or glass jaw as they say.
"
"BR is not to blame.....he gave players a chance to prove they failed him......anyway fa was not the priority......lets concentrate on league now.......ynwa!!"
"It is a disgrace to have been humiliated out of the cup by a bunch of rugby players but at least it's a hell of an opportunity for BR to practice his pep talk skills before the Arsenal game. And to the 'sack BR brigade', what do you think a Manager God would do with those 6-8 players that are nowhere near good enough for LFC? "
"Rodgers is not making any excuses for the defeat but giving an intelligent assessment of what went wrong. How he handles it and addresses the problems will take place behind closed doors and on the training ground - so chin up and move on, we're still in europa and can concentrate on the prem now!..."
"What would be the point in sacking him and starting all over again - it would be mind numbingly senseless and the whole prem would be mocking us! BR has not finished creating his team yet. Some clubs can buy ready-made teams, we will have to build steadily for the future, if you can't accept that then you're 'SUPPORTING' the wrong club!"
"What a bad loss. BR must give our defenders the sword too. They're so used to strikers falling over when they get near, definitely not used to strikers bashing them about - always knew our defenders would be found out like this, that's why we leak so many goals. Toughen up chaps, welcome to real football!!"
"the really disappointing thing is our world class very expensive attackers
could not get through a third rate defense.
and lets be honest they are third rate. they looked good cos we allowed them to look good.
they scored 3? we should have scored 5 or 6.
poor"
"Nice work Rodgers - blame the youngsters. It was clear after 5 minutes we were struggling but no changes came. You picked the wrong team and showed a lack of respect to Oldham."
"For me this our new coach is a very good coach but has no trophy mentality we have lost all our chance of getting some thing this season i love this club with all my heart and i hate when we end our season trophy-less it hurts me Anyway we hope to get in to top-four that's the only thing that we make me happy(plz coach try and change)thanks "
"For me this our new coach is a very good coach but has no trophy mentality we have lost all our chance of getting some thing this season i love this club with all my heart and i hate when we end our season trophy-less it hurts me Anyway we hope to get in to top-four that's the only thing that we make me happy(plz coach try and change)thanks "
"We are going nowhere, No balance, no clue not beaten a top 10 Prem team your team selections continue to be a joke 3-1 down then you bring on the players that should have started. Rodgers you have been found wanting you are no tactical genius the team you selected was an insult to Oldham and the travelling fans. Rodgers OUT!
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"noskeebaba, you still dont get it man.Whats bren sposed to do?Immediately pull em off put on agger,carra,glenn,enrique.what then?what happns vs arsenal.all the team morale and strategy for the month goes out the door at the first sigh of trouble.And what if we still lose? then what?come off it man,this aint fifa and it sure aint that simple."
""It wasn't good enough". Now that's an understatement of the year. Last seasons' Cup finals is now a distant memory. Our defeat against OAFC showed how much we rely on our skipper Stevie G. Poor defending and again lack of midfield creativity to blame. BR must carry the can for this. Forever Red. "
"jftynwa...lucky for us LFC fans with an iota of intelligence then that folks making the actual calls at LFC (i.e rodgers/fsg) have a lot more common sense than you."
"Allen doesnt seem like contribute to attacking, i noticed it in every match he played, our attacking power reduce, becos Allen only play back passing. the game with norwich, without Allen and Sterling.. attack force is very smooth.. pls again.. show some quality with the money paid.."
"It is up to you and your management team to get the performances out of the players at your disposal. We can no longer afford the luxury of you experiments."
"The buck stops with you Buck. You pick the team and set the tactics, you should own up and apologise to the fans.
I cant believe in a physical battle you left Carra on the bench.
Still we have learned who is or is not up to wearing the shirt.
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"jft96ynwa...dude stop talking man. Your beginning to sound like you were created out of an experiment yourself. Just support the team, enjoy the ride and if u and other negatative douchebags cant do that either SHUT THE FK UP, or go support chelski. Every time they lose a game they change a coach. "
"Even a cursory glance at the form stats shows we are not 4th place contenders,even if you do ignore the fact Arsenal have games in hand.People are deluding themselves. "
"To KING OF CLUBS... So you think just because someone has a different opinion than you they should support a different club.! Get a grip, fans like you make me laugh.! I think change him now before we are another year down the line and no further on and I base this not just on Sunday"
"redpalm. Yes the buck stops with brendon (who's buck?) but have u ever heard of the word PRIORITY?Beating oldham in the fa cup was not one. The upcoming games in the league are. As such the better players are being held back for those. Clear? Now go away and next time do TRY not to ask completely stupid questions my man."
"I imagine if it was rugby there were playing or football, oldham were too rough to play football think they should be converted to rugby club and liverpool werent man enough to be called a premier league club very poor performance."
"BR if you thought you had got all players you wanted to buy right then learn that you are a lonmg way buy players who can deliver that crying crockdile tears
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"lapdog...no sir, not because you have a different opinion but because your a total and complete waste of space with your negativity and readiness to run up the white flag at the first sign of trouble.The guy who organizes the mutiny on a ship instead of following his captain to the bitter end.in other words pretty much a wimpy douche. Thats chelski material dude. Not LFC."
"Look to your own decisions, the whole weekend has been about cup upsets, so what do you do Weaken the side and then blame the players, your decision, your Fault!!!"
"I just cant understand these managers nowadays, Oldham plays a cup final on a potato field pitch, in a Stoke style and we bring out our smallest , youngest featherlights players and believe we can just come here and wipe them away. I know Mr Shankly would have always played his best team against whoever. Just disgusting preformance but a big clap for Oldham"
"Come on BR admit your failures!! You set up the team 4 forwards without a proper midfield You cannot expect Players like Coates and Robinson to play once or twice a year slot them in a first team not lump them altogether or get them on loan. Joe Allen you are playing for Liverpool FC step up or warm the bench "
"That's right, pass the Buck onto the youngsters, coward. YOU put that team out, it was totally disjointed with Borini on when you already have 2 strikers and leaving the midfield bare. You had to start with best team, not disrespect Oldham, and then IF we got say a 2 goal cushion you could take the likes of Gerrard off. You've done this before in Cup games for LFC and it is unacceptable."
"how can true fans think of wanting BR out. less than a year, better football, players, young who will improve, instead of at the end of career(kuyt,maxi, cole, ...etc) team let him down, more than enough quality and experience to Beat Oldham....."
"I agree that the young lads need to be given a chance, but since Raheem has signed his new deal he hant stepped up to the plate and produced good displays. bad bay at the office all round."
"most comments here slating BR and the teams after losing a game which took place in the mid of his first season in charge, is this how we support the team in the time of need?"
"I wonder if the club is too much for BR to handle. It's not Swansea it's far bigger than he understands. I have never heard him say he got it wrong he always has some excuse or other, but what ever happens ultimately it's his fault no matter what he says"
"Rodgers shooting himself in the foot here! If the competition is as important as he says why play the team that he did, no lessons learnt from Mansfield. And recognising a physical battle, where was Carra, Lucas etc., in place of lightweight like Coates. Blame firmly lies with poor team selection."
"Rodgers I must say i agree with you about this game.However this was also part of your own making if you knew you wanted this win so much you wouldn't play the likes of Rahim Sterling,Robinson and Borini in the beginning.these boys are not Starters the should always be brought in when we are already wining."
"If ever there is a manager that you want to suceed in a ideal world it would be BR. He is positive, bold, forward thinking, charming, likable and has made many 'other' fans like LFC again following the 'us and them' situations from last season. But so far we have encountered the worst season domestically in my living memory. "
"We have seen 'big game players' and top quality internationals leave our club. Ok they wer getting on but small changes was required not wholesale. So we advocate the use of youngsters. Ok we have had vast success at u21 level but often you get players who shine at youth level but never take that form to the next level. "
"Jose Baxter a great example yesterday of a player who went wayward after such promise. Suso and Wisdom I feel are the only 2 who will become world stars, the others like Raheem may just have a reasonable career. Utd, City, Arsenal, Chelski have just as good youngsters- They don't just have to use them as regularly. "
"I think Carra should of started over Coates, he was so poor and also Robbo, the lad even told Suarez to F off when he could of simply squared the ball the Luis, I hope BR picked up on that, shows the mentality of these young players, the lad needs shaking, he used to be great when my uncle coached him"
"until stephen gerrard it was dismal. ball passing was crap obviously didnt want to ren around in the cold very very very very very disappointing making a side like oldham look really good"
"why not play the same team that beat norwich, this happens every time, we play a weaker side and get beaten, it is the FA cup and good luck to oldham, everton next..."
"I also base it on his David Brent performance in the programme 'Being:Liverpool!' Who has a massive pic of themselves in the hall of their home.! sad"
"Some People saying not BR's fault as enough quality on pitch at KO - there was enough INDIVIDUAL quality, but the shape of that team was wrong and the majority of us could see it, why Borini when you have S&S up front? Why Coates when Carra was there? The shape was wrong, and that was BR's doing, passing the Buck onto the young lads is cowardly."
"Some People saying not BR's fault as enough quality on pitch at KO - there was enough INDIVIDUAL quality, but the shape of that team was wrong and the majority of us could see it, why Borini when you have S&S up front? Why Coates when Carra was there? The shape was wrong, and that was BR's doing, passing the Buck onto the young lads is cowardly."
"Some People saying not BR's fault as enough quality at KO - there was enough INDIVIDUAL quality, but the shape was wrong and the majority of us could see it, why Borini when you have S&S up front? Why Coates when Carra was there? The shape was wrong, and that was BR's doing, passing the Buck onto the young lads is cowardly."
"rajusa: you call me names and get abusive from afar through a forum and you call me wimpy! Get outa ye bedroom and get some mates. I do not rate Rodgers, you do, get over it."
""MEN AGAINST BOYS" AND WHILST REBUILDING AND IT DOES LOOKS GREAT I AGREE BUT DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE MIX OF EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH, JUST LOOK AT ARSENAL.
KEEP IT GOING RED MAN YNWA."
""MEN AGAINST BOYS" AND WHILST REBUILDING AND IT DOES LOOKS GREAT I AGREE BUT DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE MIX OF EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH, JUST LOOK AT ARSENAL.
KEEP IT GOING RED MAN YNWA."
"Dont criticise players by a rule but Coates seems out of his depth. Much criticism was heaped on a selected few players signd by KD and termed misfits. Coates seemed immune due to the hype that came with his arrival (young player of Copa America tournament) but he has been so out of his depth at times and seems very berstone. I hope he improves but can see him being replaced sooner or later"
"Look Rodgers, don't go blaming lack of squad depth and all that nonsense. We had Suarez 25m, Borini 10m and Sturridge 15m playing up front. You can't talk about lack of squad depth when you've got that kind of value playing against a team whose total value is less than one of your players. Get real! You're not convincing anyone."
"Dont criticise players by a rule but Coates seems out of his depth. Much criticism was heaped on a selected few players signd by KD and termed misfits. Coates seemed immune due to the hype that came with his arrival (young player of Copa America tournament) but he has been so out of his depth at times and seems very berstone. I hope he improves but can see him being replaced sooner or later"
"One again I tell u all BR canot manage club like liv..he put wrong difence player again oldham..last year atlist 1 cup..for tis year nothing....I dont no wat want to happen to liv..waste money ..I till gd to manage liv.."
"Understatement of the century BR. Coates didn't look like he wanted to be there, Allen was non existant, apart from his deflected goal! Like when we play teams like Stoke we were out muscled! Totally unacceptable!!! At least we can concentrate on the league now!"
"same old story mr rogers,
you picked the team, put blame on the young players,
excuses, you had the team to win game your fault,the players you play allen borini your expensive signings, the club to big for you
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"Weak midfield, we did not learn from the Mansfield game did we. Allan and Hendo are far too weak, we struggle against bigger players as we did vs Stoke and we were outplayed in the 2nd half vs Villa (mainly Benteke), also West Ham, we only won when Diame got injured, before that they were on top of us. We need some strong midfielders, Diame is a good option IMO. cont..."
"Weak midfield, we did not learn from the Mansfield game did we. Allan and Hendo are far too weak, we struggle against bigger players as we did vs Stoke and we were outplayed in the 2nd half vs Villa (mainly Benteke), also West Ham, we only won when Diame got injured, before that they were on top of us. We need some strong midfielders, Diame is a good option IMO. cont..."
""The kings new clothes" Look at yourself Brendan. That midfield was far too weak for a cup battle. In picking Borini you chose ego before club. You are very lucky we have fans with patience.YNWA "
"More excuses Rogers! You picked the team and put a week one out at that!! Why not start with the stronger players, then when got a bit of a lead, THEN rest the players who need it! You a joke and yet another reason proven we should never of got rid of kenny."
"To be honest I don't think the blame lies with BR at all. He picked a side that still should've battered a team like Oldham. The blame lies squarely with the players"
"lapdog...glad to know I make you laugh - makes you feel good and positive - Just simply highlighting how ridiculous it would be to get rid of another manager, like they do at Billy Smarts circus on the Kings rd. If you don't have the faith or patience to keep 'SUPPORTING' then I am going to question anyones 'SUPPROT' for a team which is working it's nuts off to get it right!..."
"I was a fervent Kenny 'SUPPORTER' and was furious when they got rid, coz he hadn't been given at least another 6 months to turn it around. But no, we got rid and FSG appointed Rodgers and have given him at least 2 seasons to improve things and that's what he needs..."
"What do you want, a new manager every 6 months, rip up the script, dismantle the team and re-build again! You're basically going to go around in circles, chasing your tail lapDOG!"
"I wonder why do people always refers EVEN AF TOOK TIME TO WIN TROPHIES. Those days are gone fellows lets stop dwelling on the past and see the future. BR is and will never take Liverpool forward. You were folled by Swansea Result but that team had purpose. It seems not only BR but even Liverpool Board has lost it thats why they hired him in the first place. "
"I wonder why do people always refers EVEN AF TOOK TIME TO WIN TROPHIES. Those days are gone fellows lets stop dwelling on the past and see the future. BR is and will never take Liverpool forward. You were folled by Swansea Result but that team had purpose. It seems not only BR but even Liverpool Board has lost it thats why they hired him in the first place. "
"I wonder why do people always refers EVEN AF TOOK TIME TO WIN TROPHIES. Those days are gone fellows lets stop dwelling on the past and see the future. BR is and will never take Liverpool forward. You were folled by Swansea Result but that team had purpose. "
"I wonder why do people always refers EVEN AF TOOK TIME TO WIN TROPHIES. Those days are gone fellows lets stop dwelling on the past and see the future. BR is and will never take Liverpool forward. You were folled by Swansea Result but that team had purpose. "
"Was worst performance i have ever seen from a liverpool team against a lower league team that cant win a game in there own division !!
Poor very poor.
borini, Sterling , Allen no support to defence or forwards. We should be docking players wages for not performing or get rid of non performers !! Disgracefull ! Well done Oldham."
"Was worst performance i have ever seen from a liverpool team against a lower league team that cant win a game in there own division !!
Poor very poor.
borini, Sterling , Allen no support to defence or forwards. We should be docking players wages for not performing or get rid of non performers !! Disgracefull ! Well done Oldham."
"Was worst performance i have ever seen from a liverpool team against a lower league team that cant win a game in there own division !!
Poor very poor.
borini, Sterling , Allen no support to defence or forwards. We should be docking players wages for not performing or get rid of non performers !! Disgracefull ! Well done Oldham."
"Brendan,
you selected a light weight team. Don't blame the players for your tactical mistakes. Games of this nature need experience at the back. J. C. was left on the bench. Please also see Stoke."
"great! come back KK all is forgiven! Won League Cup, got into FA Cup final - this year under BR -none! Play kids yes, BUT only when the A-team have got the game won. Robinson? BR is a joke! We have to beat Arsenal!"
"LFC should move on! We were outmuscled yesterday and we lost. Jack Robinson should be given a serious fine just because of his reaction to Luis. He was shocking all day, and yet he showed disrespect to his fellow team mates. If I was the manager, I would have kicked his ass so badly. Jones, Coates, Allen and Borini are not good enough as well!"
"It's not right to separate the young lads and slate them in public. Do it in house. If you're going to say something then say it about all of them. You win and lose as a team. The collective weren't good enough yesterday."
"the young lads wernt good enough. well you picked them which says your not good enough. i think this job is to big for you because if your the right man then you would take the blame for what was a joke yesterday and the season as a whole. you talk the talk but cant walk the walk.
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"I think the team didn`t play good enough . But the balance in the team was not there with four forwards on the pitch. Mr. Rodgers should also stand up for his selection . All in all better Liverpool teams had upsets in the cup.Remember the wimbledon final?"
""A very good manager can make average or inferior players to play better as a team against stronger teams with star players. But if you have very good players & lose constantly against Top, Midtable & 3rd division teams (lucky against Mansfield) then something is very wrong.""
"Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs all put out strong teams against lower opposition. Why Mr Rodgers did you put out the worst defense I have seen in many a year? They were lost without a leader. Coates was laughed at by Smith. Jones & Robinson are just not premiership standard yet and it's no wonder that Borini has spent his career floating from club to club. Shameful performance by all. "
"Ferguson got time and he needed it to create what he did. We're now in a similar situation and time is needed, just because every other top club fires and hires on a regular basis it doesn't mean that's the route to success. As for singling out the young 'uns, well if they're to blame then they need telling in order to move on, a test of character!"
"I v doubted often about BR skills to adjust things. It reflected today game badly.
We saw Coate, Robinson, Allen, couldn't really defend. But BR didn't make any change to them, making Liverpool prone to lose goals and it happened.
BR IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH."
"SICK TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS "ITS WASNT GOOD ENOUGH" YOU BOUGHT THEM AND YOU PLAY THEM.YOU ARE GOOD but NOT GOOD ENOUGH. PROOF ME WRONG. TOP COACH WLLL BUY SOME TOP PLAYERS WITH A COMBINATION OF YOUNG PLAYERS. GERARD OUR BOSS IS BEING TOO COMMERIALISE..BUYING YOUNG PLAYERS AND GLOOM THEM FOR A PROFIT. WILL THEY STAY FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS? HE IS INTERESTED IN PROFIT NOT CHAMPIONSHIP."
"It's not good enough - true - but that goes for you too BR!
Or did the owners tell you to make sure you do all to make 4th place, and to hell with the rest? It certainly looks that way, when its always in the last 20 mins you expect SG to save you ass. Thats when the opponents fight like lions, didn't you know?"
"It's not good enough - true - but that goes for you too BR!
Or did the owners tell you to make sure you do all to make 4th place, and to hell with the rest? It certainly looks that way, when its always in the last 20 mins you expect SG to save you ass. Thats when the opponents fight like lions, didn't you know?"
"M Utd was patient with sir Alex because he was already a good & experienced manager who won everything with Aberdeen (over Celtic & Rangers) & was latest Scotland manager. BR is inexperienced (like his staff) only 1 year in Premiership & won nothing yet. Was very very risky for FSG to employ him at such a big club like LFC. He looks out of his depth in tactics & recruitment."
"I understand "it takes time to rebuild the team". But it shouldn't look embarrassing like this season!!!
Will we win Arsenal? I am not sure. Wouldn't be surprised if we loss. "
"Absolute rubbish from Brendan. He says we havent strenght in dept! This is Oldham were playing. They lost 7 of their last 8. We had a strong team out. He needs to start takign the blame for our shocking defending..all season long its been happening and we are gettign worse!"
"I am not saying get rid of BR but get sick of the references to Alex Ferguson. As 19th said Fergie came with a decent record. Utd didn't have the same expectations and could bide their time. It was in a time that if you didn't win the league there is always next season. "
"Now if you don't finish in the Top4 it is disaterous. Somehow I don't think the Utd board would have as much patience if Fergie repeated his start some 20 years later"
"for some who likes to give him a chance, like Ferguson did, I would say the theme is different. Now with the paces of new era, you can't allow mistake to last. A mistake I mean is having wrong manager....... If FSG will give him a chance why not giving KK another year or two???"
"Lonewar69 - what are you on? If we are playing so much better than last year why are we in a lower position in the league with less points and knocked out of both cup competitions?? "
"we know all that, but thats what happens when you play rubbish players like borini and robinson, and a really weak defense, should sell these idiots, could even make a move for striker odemwingi, he would be far better then borini, and he would be in the bargain basement price the cheap yanks would pay."
"BR is a charme man. Can't think of any other manager who would have so much slack cut. Cirstances, KD, Financial fair play, next transfer window, transision and a whole host of excuses have been circulated in defense of BR even though this is the worst season so far in living memory. "
"Wouldn't be so bad if you can turn round and say 'well look what he has done in the past! Are we right to stand by him and be positive for the future or are we being fooled by a phoney with a dire management record at other clubs (1 season apart at Swansea)Get's harder to defend Brendan. 2 wins in next 2 games is teh prefect way of reacting. "
"What a load of rubbish. Premier League team no way. Can not deal with the high ball in. No attack, did Borini play? Out muscled by weaker players. Rubbish.... "
"WhelanR- The problem with these pages mate is that people like Lonewar (whom I respect and like) made such a stink last year about wanting Kenny out that this season they back BR whatever. They got their way. The boards become tedius as people come out with all sorts of inaccurate facts and statements to try and defend BR. "
"My opinion, if Kenny, BR, Rafa or whoever is doing rubbish then they have the right to be criticised. I have no favourites or lean to one camp or the other. I just wan't success. Sadly many times this season I have seen success becoming longer and longer away."
"to be honest, we should have been knocked out at Mansfield, you watch when everton play oldham moyes will put out best squad and go through. now it,s onto arsenal and city were well get beat again, overpayed load of s***t. "
"My parting note. The people who made the most noises last year (minority few) are the people who this season are making the biggest noises in support of BR. Do they like confronatat-ion? Do they feel that most LFC fans are clueless and are too nostalgic towards club it's hero's? "
"Yes there are people who supported KD and want BR to stay (me included) but the biggest shouts for BR are the from the ones who called us fans hypocrites, deluded and continually poured scorn on our greatest player on a daily basis last year. I can understand why some question which team these people actually support, allthough I am sure they are LFC fans."
"Ani, that was a very long parting shot. The reason BR is being given some slack is most intelligent people recognise the mess he inherited. We also know that he is not going to be given a Kings ransom and even Mourinho would not fare better with this squad. We have a bright young manager who has been given a difficult remit, cont.."
"Ani-road I am in agreement. If KD splashed money over average players, let's not forget that he won 1 cup and came in striking distance of bagging another one with the same average players. That said, while I want BR to stay and taste success, the way he shies away from taking onus for defeats is perplexing."
"Well , at least you said what a lot of us LFC suppoerters have been thinking all season , your players are letting us down. There are some on here who think we are a great team and if we supporters say how great you lot are all the time you will come good. Its not all the players fault either , you put out a defence that hadnt played together , a weak midfield and a striker who cant by a goal. "
"Sorry did say my last post would be the last. One thing I learnt on here is that all fans are equal. You may come from another country or watch the game on your armchair but it doesn't mean your opinion carries less weight. "
"But, for those who don't go to the game or rarely go, have you ever thought of season ticket holders who spend loads of money to know that the season is almost dead by January. Do you think they will be comforted that maybe, just maybe BR (inexperienced manager) will make things great again?"
" Even me, who hasn't been too many games this season finds it frustrating having spent £70 on a day out only to be beaten again! Just think of those commitments and think how hard it is to think of the future when at present you are spending lots of money and bar the odd game getting dross in return "
"This season has four months to run , to date it has been one huge dissapointment. The transfer window in Jan was the time we were going to buy the players to move us forward , so far we have signed an ok striker and are trying to buy so many wingers I dont know how we will fit them all in a team."
"TBH..Brendan, you cannot just blame the young players. It was your team selection that got us beaten!!..And not for the 1st time this season. I love Liverpool FC, no player, or manager is bigger than the club, Shanks would turn in his grave at that performance, a performance based on your selection of players. Too many light players and inexperienced players were in the team. "
"BR blamed the young players, but ultimately he picked them. It was team selection that cost us. Should have started with Carra, Lucas and Gerrard, then rested them 2nd half. "
"the team wasn't there, they didn't start playing until gerrard came on.Sterling needs to be stronger as in this game a of wind made him lose the ball. Borini needs time in the reverses to get his game going as he looked lost."
"absolute discrace every players wages except gerrard who at least looked to be interested should be sent to alder hey childrens hospital i like rodgers but he continues to lose all the big games simply not good enough"
"Not good enough......no s**t Sherlock!! He picks the team and allegedly motives them to play his way, blame is at Brendan's door............oh yeah Happy Birthday!"
"you have inherited a player who demonstrates on the pitch, the standard required to get into the top 4. buy a ready made player for midfield, it will take 3years before our young players might make the grade Gerrard won't last forever so move in the market and give him some imediate support"
"Why on earth didn't Carra play?...he would have marshalled the defence, which no one else did...and Suarez captain?...nice tribute to him, but unable to influence things from up front."
"agree with CORNWALLRED, Carra should play, he had been the best against Mansfield and had saved us in that cirstance, I can't afford to understand the choice made by BR! We were besides one man short in midfield and too crowded upfront, we started to run risks from the first minute when we conceded them the lead, then it was from bad to worse. Utter rubbish what I saw!"
"Your so right BR not good enough, but once we had seen the team sheet we knew it wouldnt be. Its ok blaming young players but you put them out there Borini's miss at the start of the first half was pivital, your player i believe. its time to wake up to the fact that apart for the first 11 we are not good enough. LFC YNWA"
"when i think back to last yrs FA cup run most of out goals came from senior players who are no longer here..Bellers, Maxi and dirk..With so many big teams falling to lower this weekened we should have taken Advantage and played our strongest Available team..whats more worrying is How good Swansea are now playing under Laudrupp since BR has left..."
"Still say BR are good manager for LFC? Lose by Oldham not enough? or wait until lose by Arsenal and Mcity? or until relegated? Borini are rubbish signing. Use 3 striker a bad tactic. Before this BR promise to not change players thats win by Norwich. "
"How about rather 'i'm not good enough'? You have blamed the seniors, the youth, the ref, the transfers, the owners...i want to see how long before the most stanch of your believers start to turn on you, salesman. At least during the King's days we only blamed the crossbar and we had stats to back that up."
"BR should take some responsibility : 4-2-4 really? With Coates, Wisdom and Robbo you need someone in charge. Carra would have sorted that big fella out and organised the defence.
And you need a strong midfield to protect them, Allen & Hendo are too lightweight on their own too little too late from the front 4. It was way too easy for Oldham to transition to the edge of our box, first 2 goals!"
"Coates - when did he last play? not fit! Carra should have been with him!
Borini - only just back from injury so why?
4 strikers and no one to pass the ball up etc etc etc etc we all know where it went wrong but the problem is BR doesn't have the foggiest! Worst manager ever, another Souness! So depressing eh?"
"We can't rely on Stevie to win us all the games u said? I say we can't reply on you to win us a damn game. If you got it right, they don't even need to play but again you needed them to pull you out of knee deep crap. If it wasn't for Luis/ Stevie, you would have led the team looking up the skirts and underpants of a crap load of teams in the league. "
"Absolute disgrace. The players were second best. I like Coates but he was very poor in this game. Skrtel looked even worse and Robinson thinks he a striker. All of the players let the team down, it wasn't until Gerrard came on that the play changed."
"Average Goal Keeper would not have spilled the ball (second goal). Otherwise, it will be 2-2 and we would have a replay. Jones is not good enough to play for Liverpool! "
"To all the fans who want BR sacked,answer this,who would want to come to LFC?
As this guy would want his own players,he would need money,FSG wont be forthcoming with much.There would be no world class players,and we would be back were we started from 2 years ago.So no point in sacking BR,as it wont do anything to help our cause."
"Talking in D.Mail on Saturday BR said,"We Will take a strong squad.We dont want to hold back,this is a competition we Want to do well in.WELL did he play the strongest Squad available?.NO.just listened to live 2pm briefing.All v negative.Talking re new signings."Ive nothing to report,theres been talk BUT If we sign someone we,ll say.But did say it was poor yesterday.thanks for that Brendan.."
"Brendan, you work with them days in days out... Why don't you play the best squad at the first 65 minutes, then give the rest to the kids to earn the experience..."
"Brendan blames everyone else but himself for his failings. Always has done, always will do. He was never good enough to be Liverpool manager. He should be sacked. We won't end up higher than 10th in the league. Probably much lower. Brendan has a big ego and not much talent. We will fail time and time again under his useless leadership."
"BR is a good young manager who will learn from such mistakes as yesterday. Players liked Coates and Robinson will be moved on. Supposed fans who want the manager sacked aren't real fans....pity we can't move you on to another club!! "
"just read in Mail the Bayern Munich have allegedly given Pep Guardiola £240 million War chest to build a he wants...STARTING With no.1 Target SUAREZ...and Falcao...If we dont do better come the Summer no matter how much he loves us he may be gone!!no mention of buying only youngsters for Bayern!!"
"We at LFC are becoming the laughing stock of PL , 4 managers in a couple of years , we fire kenny after we won the League Cup made the FA finals ... with this clown we out the cups and have no idea"
"Buddha. So are the people with intelect? People who wanted one of he most successful managers in history to be granted longer? Or the people who wanted Kenny out but are now defending the manager with the worst reord in Premiership history? "
"Mate, Alan Sugar (former club owner) Many managers, journalists all expressed their shock. The majority of fans did, rememeber the comments when Kenny was sacked, many from people who don't write on these boards but felt compelled to voice their anger.But of course you, lonewar and LDW are of a far superior intellect than the experts and the majority of LFC fans. "
"Yes BR has had a difficult job- Not Kenny's fault. Only Adam has gone who KD signed and I guess Carroll may go. You see I don't mind stating that BR has had a difficult tenure but that's down to the owners and nothing to do with Kenny... "
"Yes, I sound like a broken record but hate how some try and use KD as an excuse for BR's failings. Even forming an us and them division amon-gst supporters. Most aren't bothered if we are right or wrong or who brings success, if it's BR then happy days. :)"
"The manager has to take responsibility for putting the right team out there to win the game being played. Oldham were always going to be going hell for leather for this and we should have started with a more experienced side to kill the game off early on. "
"It's very simple and not need an expert to clarify,but team with the likes of Henderson ,downing,Allen,Lucas we won't get top 4 forever our team is an average one and we have to accept this fact as we all know that with this team we need a miracle to compete to top 4 with the likes of Tottenham and arsenal"
"I heard Rodgers saying the squad lacks depth and "we've seen this before", is he saying he put out a team containing players he knew weren't good enough, what, to prove a point! thanks for the embarrassment, shows how much he has the club and supporters as his priority, somewhere behind himself!!! "
"To those fans who claimed we dont know football since we want BR the salesman out, i say show me your CV since you know so much. btw BR hasn't got one decent CV either. "
"And to the fans who claimed we who wants BR out should support Chealski instead, i don't give a damn who is in charged as long as we improve...and improvement is something tangible instead of claims that we play like Barca for god sake or got visions. An impostor will always be an impostor while a Red will always be a Red. We will see who comes clean sooner. BR out NOW!"
"I know you got a string of big games coming up, hence you fielded this immature team...but your inexperience shows how you failed to put a true leader on the pitch along with the boys. In my opinion the team selection was not bad at all but the trick would be to include Stevie G and Carra."
"..this would get out fine performances from the rest of the troupe !! You should learn from your mistakes...Clearly this team did not have anybody to look onto when they were getting battered !! "
"BR that was also your fault.
with only 2 midfielders (Hendo & Allen) and 4 Forward (Borrini, Suarez, Sterling and Sturridge) was a hole in the midfield.
Why Gerrard and Downing came so late?
I thought you change it at half-time."
"Since beginning of season with BR system & style of play, we have been very vulnerable at the back. Yet he has not corrected this. It was worse against Oldham where he underestimated them with his 424. He cant continually blame his defenders who were the best a few years back"
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27th Jan 2013 19:18