"Brilliant to see Henderson get the nod again, i've no doubt he'll grab his chance. And Downing, you deserve it just as well, keep on working as you do and you might be the new Heighway :)"
"Good line-up! Curious that Cole and Assaidi do not start the game today after an excellent performance in the cup, nice to see Hendo get a starting berth in place of Jonjo and Nuri. Sterling and Downing should grant penetration and pace at the flanks. Good luck for the game lads! Do us proud as ever! YNWA"
"As soon as i saw downing's name i slapped my face and said here comes another day of quick subsution.... Hope he's jus trying to get up his transfer price"
"Assaidi most be wondering what he has to do to make the squad?? I guess Downing is playing LB with Enrique further forward. Well, now we will see what Hendo is made of, no more excuses. We have to win today to apply pressure on the top 6, the results yesterday went in our favour. Come on reds!!"
"it will be a tough game..but lets get revenge they came to anfield and knocked us out of carling cup..c'mon reds..downing, suarez and hendo to score today..YNWA good luck"
"Henderson messed up against YBs the other night when he was clean through on goal on the other hand john jo was class and scored.Henderson starts and john jo dont were is the sense behind this??? come BR start with your best 11."
"Come on you Reds. Let's see you press Swansea. Please don't give them any time on the ball. We need to boss the middle. They can be out muscled and out-played for a win. No silly mistakes.
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"I cannot believe how Henderson is in the first X1, He isn't even good to play for the reserves let alone starting today, players like Assaidi, Suso, shelvey, Sahin etc and probably even Jones should be in his place, really poor from you Mr Rodgers, with Henderson Liverpool will play a alot of tiki taka today lol!!!!!
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"I just hope that BR has not erred here. This is a must win game and Assaidi has shown that he is a big player. I thought Suso incisive passing and Jonjo eye for a goal would be better served in this game. I don't see anyone other than Suarez, Sterling and SG to score a goal, hmmmm"
"Ok it is what it is??? lets get behind them.I think you would most probably need to be a rocket scientist to work out the thinking behind some of this first team selection.Any why hold on tight cause here we go....GO RED MEN GO!!!!!!"
"Its sad watching Swansea play Liverpool like this. Why are we holding back and letting them control the game and our defense loses concentration a lot"
"Are you serious!? Henderson and Downing in the starting 11?
Not to wonder BR aims for 4th in some years ahead. Do these guys have a clause in their contract that gives them some right to play every other game?"
"Please can someone tell me what number shirt Hendo is wearing again? I know what number Downing is as he is making all the mistakes. You would think these two expensive duds would be busting a gut to impress. BR, I have faith, but what the hell have you done today????"
"If anyone ever comes on these pages and defends these duds again I will gladly take them on and verbally rip them apart. We are never going to reach the heights we crave with mediocre players. I can't believe we are talking about 20m players, they should be ashamed. "
"Buddha . The only real dud is that LS with his "look at me mum" selfish fancy pants atude. He is our weakest link.And how many times did stevie get caught in possession.......Funny how no one says anything."
"Downing looks spooked, Allen looks subdued and has done so for a while, Hendo offers nothing but huff and p.u.f.f much like that other huffer Spearo, Where are the supremely confident Jonjo and Suso who never look overawed. BR has made a catostrophic mistake and it seems like he wants to play safe againgst the mighty Swansea, I hope he changes it, jeez..."
"Well, if Downing can't have attacking mindset, Liverpool should place him on sale. He had space to run on the left , but ending passing the ball the far right to have 17 younger do the job."
"redahead, I agree SG is not having a ball but at least you will agree he is trying to make things happen. It must be disheartening for him to see the Alonso and Masch of this worlds replaced with duds. I am believing you are joking about Suarez, he is doing his utmost to save our season and him, Sterling and Johnson are our only bright lights going forward. "
"People on here giving out about our players would want to shut their mouths and just get behind the team...we should b 2 up at half time.We will win this game..YNWA"
"Im not joking about Suarez, I will never like the guy even if he doubles shearers record. Which he never will as all he wants to do is make himnself look a hero. My 63yr old mum could put away more than that useless showboater with very little effort."
"A hundred quid says we're seeing the last game of downers in red shirt. The weakest link by far. Come on reds crank it up a notch, this one must be in the bag!
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"The Swansea midfield are cruising. I am guessing that their combined transfer total is not anywhere near Hendo alone. That Hernandez looks quality and costs the princely sum of 5.5m. Man, if ever we needed to know what went wrong with LFC, well, its staring all of us right in the face today. "
"redahead, you stated that you liked me because I make provocative comments and then you blast Suarez, lol. Are you serious? It will be hard to take you seriously if you lambaste our best player. Come on sir, tell me you are kidding..."
"One thing I cannot understand is y do we have 2 defenders on the bench .. BR should be more attacking with giving Assaidi chance on the bench in place for Carra or Coates, if the intention is to win .. "
"awful play for LFC today. Just terrible. Get rid of Henderson and Downing and bring in suso and Shelvey .. more pace to the game. I am falling off to sleep here"
"Anyone still backing the duds should read the comments on here. Downing is an accident waiting to happen. Why has BR who has shown the ability to change things early has resisted to do so when its obvious that its much needed now. COme on BR?????"
"BR should be fired just because of this game! LFC playing so awful. Bring on Jonjo and Suso already! Allen is a waste going forward..he doesn't start any attack. Henderson is an empty pipe and Downing should go back to boro"
"What a shock that the 2 misfits are taken off, even though the bigger shock is that they started the game. I can't wait for January when we can off load these 2 and then calm can be restored to LFC. "
"Am a die hard LFC fan but from the way we are currently playing we are going no where. We either do something or leave the EPL, this is a shame to Liverpool FC"
"simply awful result for the team. Victory should have been ours, but we failed to convert yet again. Brendan was good to give a chance to Downing and Henderson, but it is now obvious the first one needs to go. Joe Cole as well. We played the whole match with 10 men. At least, they did not have a single chance to win it. Now, beat the spuds!"
"Most embarrassing game I've watched this year. It's too bad we don't have more desire to win. Top players show up week in week out. Apparently we don't have enough top players. Can't fault Rodgers. We've waited long enough for a top player to be brought in. It's time to spend real money on real talent. No more British hopefuls!"
"BR will get rightly slated today. It was a strange team selection. It looks like he was more interested in not losing the game. Allen is looking either jaded or nervous and he is in trouble when Lucas comes back. Suso and Jonjo are a must"
"Come on BR make the team look like Liverpool... and the other thing where are the opta stats about Allen? hehe Stevie was our man for ages and now he also seems to be losing it. Pls FSG this is not Fulham, if you can't make the team progress then sellout to someone who can"
"That was poor and another "safe" passing performance.We have a fair amount of pace in the team but break so slowly.I think we have a club rule that we cant get in the final third within 5 seconds and less than 12 passes.I do get the feeling that no matter how bad Joe Allen plays he will NEVER be subbed."
"We had a golden opportunity to win today and I am afraid BR blew it. I think he put too much truck to what happened against the Young Boys and forgot the form of the players through the season. We have been playing brilliant football with Suso and Jonjo so why change it. BR will get hammered and I won't be jumping in to defend him. "
"well well buddha calling rodgers geez am i seeing things lol ,i think joe allen is to br wat hendo was to kenny , be glad wen lucas back and then we can rest allen ,wasnt right good football was i managed to see ,push on lads we need pointers from here on in
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"Brendan what you can do is talk talk talk saying players were fantastics while dropping points everywhere..you are very very average manager you got the job only because FSG don't want to spend money."
"Ok jokes over now? How many chances & positions does Downing need? AWFUL! BR please stop playing that waste of space & use a young un rather than him?
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