"Great news! Welcome back to Lucas and Joe! I'm over the moon for the news regarding the "brazilian warrior"! We expect he makes us step up the level of performance of our midfield, nothing less! YNWA Lucas & Joe Cole"
"Joe Cole injured again?! Ok I think it's time he was sold for good. He's got talent but injuries are becoming a problem. Welcome back Lucas! Take it one step at a time! (finally we get to give Allen a rest - I hope Sterling gets a break as well). YNWA"
"Lots of rumours about Darren Bent, I hope they are not true. Sorry but in my opinion we need Kenny back! this type of football we're playing is drab."
"BR has dismantled a cup winning side and turned us into a bottom half of the table team.
Ludicrous appointment by FSG.Poor buys by BR.
Joe Allen is the new Christian Poulsen and Borini the new Jovanovic."
"Welcome Lucas - boy do we need you. Press conference just confirmed the clown is still our manager and we have another big game on our hands at the weekend!!"
"Monkeyhangersunited
Seriously?? Have you watched any games?? We're playing some of the best football I've seen Liverpool play in ages, just lacking a bit up top. A striker or two and a bit of luck and I can really see this team coming to fruition. Support their efforts instead of whining all the time. "
"Just got Own Goal printed on the back of my shirt.He has scored 5 goals for us this season and we have to be careful that as our second top scorer he isn't poached by another team in January.
Had to put my Carroll shirt back in the cupboard!"
"just hope lucas is 100%this time dont want him injured again for a while we miss him too much it means allen can have a rest now which it seems he needs
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"It will be weeks till he gets back to what he was pre-injury. Doesn't matter anyway. The season's gone. We won't get relegated (never thought there was gonna be a day when I'd have to even say this) and we won't make into top 4. If things don't change for the better after next summer the latest, we must make sure our voices are heard. "
"Yes exactly RoboKop82, we are playing some of our best football for a while. A striker to help Luis and a class wide man - either of which could be on loan whilst we look at them. The important thing for loan signings in Jan though is that they have PL experience, that's why Bent is appealing. No quick fix remember!!"
"RoboKop82 spot on! You took the words right out of my mouth!! We are playing some of the nicest football I have seen in a while from Liverpool and with a very thin squad which is not down to Rodgers but down to FSG not re-enforcing after players like Kuyt and Maxi wanted to leave. "
"Oh dear Joseph, bless your soul, what sort of injury did you have this time? You seemed fine last weekend. You had it stipulated in your contract never to play more than one game a week did you? "
"Bent wouldn't be my first choice by a long shot but I think he'd do a job for six months. All we need is someone to be in the box and finish. Ideally I'd love to take a gamble on Huntelaar and bring Walcott in but I'm prepared to ride it out and wait on the RIGHT signing rather than just a stop-gap."
"Sorry but this season's mess is down to BR - FSG gave him £30m and he let Andy go - I know Andy hasn't done much but he did take a player away and allow Luis space. We got Allen, Borini ?? he is not playing Sahin, Yesil or Assaidi?????"
"Lucas back can release the other MF players to get in to support to bombard the box. We're gonna need goals from MF. Gerard's handbrake will be off! "
"BR has worked miracles given that most of the transfer dealings etc weren't his fault. He's covered up a transfer fiasco very well. Bit of financial backing and he'll prove he's the man for the job. I also think AC is a waste of time. Would rather put it down as a mistake and move on with the players that fit."
"As much as I am excited about Lucas coming back he won't be in full flight for at least a month. So we can't rely on him in the immediate future. BR needs to show his initial courage by playing Suso and co. If he goes for safety first against Southampton then he deserves vilification. "
"need too beat Southampton full stop , lose and teams below win? too close to relegation zone ... lucas will release gerrard put experience on even out of position ,agger mid Johnson wing .suarez cole upfront "
"Its a shame reading abt pple who call themselves supporters yet alwys criticise the team .we r not even half way thru the season already they want BR out then when is the time to build a team.Our team is playing some gud football .Even Ferguson was given time .If l can support from Zimbabwe why can't you when you get to watch the match live c tht there is progress."
"There can be no excuses against Southampton. We need to smash them! BR has to pick an attacking line up and go for gold. If he dares picks a defensive minded team then I fear for him. Enrique is not a winger so he should bring back Suso and put Sterling on the left where he excelled. Come on sir"
"If we want Sterling to be more productive on goal then BR should do his homework and know that he scores most of his goals coming in from the left and curling in with his right foot. Suso like to the do same from the other side. And this is why I initially had faith in BR. "
"Anyone shouting for BR to leave already is being unreal. He must be given at least a season. If he continues as he started then at least we would say he has a plan. But if he reverts to doing no more than what KK did which is to field favourites regardless of form then its perilous for him. "
"The best form of defence is attack so when I see Sterling tackling deep in his own half it perturbs me. You never see Ronaldo so far back as it would blunt his attacking prowess. We should just leave him and Suarez up top to cause mayhem. If he looks tired its because he is being overworked. "
"I am sorry to do this but if anyone wants to know why I am so upset with the past regime then our pursuit of Tom Ince a player we should never have let go to accommodate the clown Downing is a classic reason for my ire. We will get him for 4m having sold him for peanuts, great business, not???"
"Excuse me for not getting over excited. I used to get very excited when it came to LFC, great football , win after win , trophy after trophy . Now its win sometimes , draw mostly and lose against the teams we used to thrash. My Liverpool FC is dead , this one is just one big disapointment, heres to hopfully finishing top half , yeah !! "
"FSG -time to show your true intent this Jan. not expecting massive money but we could do with a 10-15m striker, 1 bought and 1on loan plus another wide forward player. They all need to hit the ground running. I like to give the benefit of the doubt but the rubber is about to hit the road. "
"good for lfc. i support the team but not the owner and the manager. for the 20 years i have been supporting lfc i have not seen this team in such a bad state. "
"we have not won to any team above us in the table. bad luck is not an excuse. we have world some wold class players compared to teams like west brom or swansea. BR must try to get the best of the players he has but he has failed and he is not made for this job. "
"At the rate we are playing the BPL should allow us to play with 13 players instead of 11 maybe that would improve our chances of scoring ... u should peion for that BR ... "
"Come back Lucas - and stay fit 4ever then Joe Allen can be sidelined - i do not rate JA! Stevie G aint scoring goals anymore. i dont like where he now has to play...we must beat Southampton, they are not to be taken lightly though!"
"I can't wait till he's back to put some balance into our midfield! Joe Allen isn't good enough for the holding mid role, he's been giving too many silly free kicks of late and that could cost us. Push joe Allen up and let's see wot he can do! Hendo can chill out for a bit his work is done here! FA cup maybe. Gerrard can push up aswel he plays last man sometimes, does my swede in! YNWA"
"Any body out there who minds if JOE COLE is available or not, BR's darling, just sell the guy high wages for nothing, why spoil good news about LUCAS with this thrash. WELCOME BACK LUCAS, i allows Steve to go forward. "
"At the end of the day all we can do is stay calm. If you think about it we have lost a majority of our goal scores from last season (Maxi, Bellamy, Kuyt) but are still playing good football. Apart from Suarez and maybe Gerrard or Shelvey no one else is going to score on a consistent basis. Plain and simple."
"belfastwill sums up the plastic fan brigade atude perfectly..supporting a football team is equally about getting through the bad times as it is the great. If you want instant success, may I suggest Barca, Real, Citeh or Chelsea?"
"Love Big Sam Alyrdice's moustache, Ray Houghton's now got one too, I used to have one myself. they look really swave and sophisticated, bit like Manuel in Fawlty Towers."
"Hes played 1 game in the under 21s since august and he may play saturday rogders are u takin the michael also wats wrong with putin morgan in the first team give him a run till jan to share the workload with suarez and sterling"
"RoboKop82 - You must have started watching Liverpool during the Hodgson reign. To make the comment this is the best football we have played for a long time. Pretty pattern football along the back four is not exciting at all. We played better football under KK, Rafa and probably the best we played in which I remember was under Evans, but yeah he got let go for finishing fourth. "
"WALK ON THROUGH THE WIND, WALK ON THROUGH THE RAIN, AND YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE.....in case anyone has forgotten what that song means,have a look at Celtic SUPPORTERS V Barcelona on you tube. I support everyone involved in our club even the players who are not the greatest and will be sold soon, they are Liverpool till they leave. "
"allstarbramble - I believe most fans are realistic, They don't believe we will win the league or even finish in the top four. But what they do expect is to see an improvement on last year. There has been no improvement, if anything we are going backwards. So I guess us plastic fans are unrealistic for wanting improvement."
"ROTCHIE 18.52, LOVING THAT COMMENT !!! THE WORDS TO OUR ANTHEM SHOULD BE TAKEN ON BOARD BY THOSE WHO CAN'T HANDLE THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE ROUGH AND SMOOTH TIMES OF SUPPORTING A FOOTBALL CLUB !! "
"that would only help us because both him and Allen will always win our balls back, I think Borini's injury didnt help matters either, because his work rate was great despite him not scoring. Hopefully he comes back in January, he will be like a new signing, hopefully we get one or two additions as well. YNWA."
"I've said it on other posts, when we improve and win trophies (and we will) these plastic fans will be kissing the liver bird on their brand new replica kit's and say "I've supported the red's through the good times and the bad, well done Brendan always knew you could do it" "
"TOTALLY AGREE ROTCHIE, THE SAME 'FANS' WHO SLATED LUCAS IN HIS EARLY DAYS PROBABLY. SOME PLAYERS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND SOME TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS TO ADJUST TO A NEW CLUB. "
"why do a lot of the posters on here bother to respond to the likes of monkey hange and the like . they are not true supporters knocking the team at every opportunity.i even wonder if they have ever been to the ground.just ignore them and they will go awaylets give the team our backing win or lose.keep the criticism till next year when we have a stronger squad"
"exactly Thick and thin, and we have had some players over the years that were strange buy's in the first place e.g. Traore, Dicks (never had his name on my jersey) etc but they still got our support. "
"CENTRECIRCLE, JIMMYLIDDEL AND ROTCHIE, NICE TO READ YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS. SOME OF THE RECENT POSTS ON HERE RECENTLY DEFY LOGIC. AS FAR AS I SEE IT, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE SEEN THE REDS WIN EVERYTHING, SO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT ON THE CHIN IF THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THEN SO BE IT. THE MAJORITY HAVE SEEN THEIR TEAMS WIN NOTHING !!!"
"anyone expecting miracles should be more realistic,the squad has changed so much in rescent years they need a settled manager with settled styles of play,gerrard for example has had four managers in the last four years all telling him to do different things,i actually like rodgers and think he will do well,just needs to beleft alone and supported from the stands and the boardroom simple as, ynwa"
"welcome back LL my god we missed you the rest in midfield take their 70k - 130k a week and cant put the ball in the net and pass sideways.lets hope we can beat lowly saints at weekend. "
"Time for Brendan to stop the baloney and face up his ultimate responsibility of getting wins and three points,it's a results business and you don't get any points for just playing pretty football. Its a results business.Your latest try on playing Downing at full back is just stupid!"
"rikrichards-i was beginning to think i was on my own. pretty passing but no end product throw in a few cliches and away you go. any body could do that. he says he's not reinventing the wheel and thats the truth. ser "
"YNWA1003 - I like the fact that you said this site is full of idiots before I had commented but after Buddha, LDW and LFC THRU THICK + THIN had. "LIFE" SORT THE CAPS LOCK OUT BUD OR PRESS SHIFT"
"DEADHEAD - DEFINITION OF AN IDIOT; SOMEONE WHO SAYS, "WE ARE WEAKER WITH SUAREZ AND GERRARD IN THE TEAM". THE MOST IDIOTIC COMMENT LIKELY TO BE POSTED ON AN LFC WEBSITE EVER !!! BROADMOOR TOP SECURITY BECKONS FOR YOU. "
"Yes, good news about Lucas, but let's not get too carried away. He needs a little time but a big plus nevertheless. Secondly, the usual few sarcastic remarks are most annoying. Some people have all the answers - including bring back Kenny, bring back Andy, bring back Torres, bring back whoever. I'm just tired of it all - give it a rest. "
"redahead..redahead..redahead- I just came on this site coz I was bored. And as I come to read the comments..I see I'm casually insulted lol. What did I do to you? I'll happily engage in a war of words with you..but I'm baffled because I thought we sorted our differences? Please help me..and clarify our situation. Much appreciated ;)"
"DEADHEAD, SERIOUSLY, WHICH CELL ARE YOU IN ?? THE ONE NEXT TO IAN BRADY OR PETER SUTCLIFFE ?? KEEP TAKING THE MEDICATION MATE, YOU'LL BE RELEASED FROM THE CUCKOO'S NEST ONE DAY SOON. "
"Fight, fight, fight, I can see Redahead and Life getting into it. Can't we all just get along, lol. Why am I so popular? Anyway moving swiftly on, BR has created a rod for his back as the honeymoon is coming to an end so he will have to go back to being brave and bright. "
"One of the reasons you draw a crowd Buddha, is that you have more shifts than a macdonalds chain. Anyway moving on, times are hard, I can see us signing the tea lady on loan from the kitchen."
"I can't wait to see the line up on Sunday. It will say a lot about how BR is thinking and I hope he goes gung ho. There is absolutely no way we should be cautious against Southampton. He has to unleash the kids and give us fans a thrill. We have 5 games coming up, all winnable, and we must go for it. "
"Wow Chuker, you have hidden talents. You could teach redahead a little about comic timing, anyway moving hastily on, I am wondering BR has against Pacheco. Here is a player who is technically gifted with a good work ethic. What does he have to do to make the team? "
"Buddha- Yes there all winnable...but this is LFC we're talking about...lately, no game is a cert when we're concerned. If BR had chosen the line-up I made up for him we deffo would of beaten Spurs. If he plays certain players again...I'll have no choice but to kidnap them...so they wont be available for selection against West Ham. BR please don't let me go there lol."
"Buddha- Very true. One game you musn't play Downer at LB is Spurs. Which proved to be the case as he made no effort to stop the ball reaching Lennon. Don't only thing I can think of was that BR must of lost a bet...because no other reason makes sense. Cont.."
"So'ton have one of the poorest defences in the league..we must take advantage of that..Suso, Shelvey must play!! A team is in need of a hiding at Anfield, let it be them BR. "
"Comic timing???My 5th part of the buddha story is available now on my kop page. LIFE I suggest you look at it and then decide if you want to take me on!"
"Before certain folks CAPS LOCK ME TO DEATH. I'm not blaming Downer (partially lol) or 5-yards for our defeat..the whole team were not at their maximum playing ability."
"LIFE. How many goals has Luis scored in the last 2 games? How many times did Stevie lose possession? Im all for supporting our players. Youve got me mixed up with someone else. I just think that Stevie should be played in the right position. (contd)"
"Anway, back to the topic at hand, BR will have no excuses if he does not go for the jugular against Southampton. SG already looks hacked off and Suarez can't be relishing this madness. If we want to keep such graceful players then we are going to have show promise in the coming months. "
"And Luis seems to have a napoleon complex. Hes a very talented footballer and I cant fault his effort but he squanders great chances by being selfish. He also cheats on a regular basis. The boy who cried wolf lost us a penalty lastnight."
"Any of you regular ladies on twitter yet? And if not, why not? Great LFC banter/discussions/debates etc- but unlike here, you can decide if you want to read the bile that gets posted!!!! Get on it."
"Some people think that if a kangaroo puts on a red shirt then we should all worship it regardless if it could kick a ball. That is not called supporting that is madness. If a player puts on a red shirt and is clearly not worthy then we should let them know and for the good of the club they should be kicked out. "
"reda- You are a weird individual. You are criticising..IMO the best player in LFC history..and the striker, who's goals have deprived us of a relegation position. It beggars belief. And what makes this even more disturbing is you praise Hendo like he's Messi."
"LDW Im not slating Stevie, How many times do I have to say it. Im just saying at the moment , for whatever reason we are weaker with him in the side. Whether he's lost interest, needs a rest. whatever it is leave him on the bench and bring him back when he's right.(cont)"
"I cant wait to Stevie back to his best but at the moment hes just not cutting it and i think most people can see it. The ones who cant blame it on Hendo "TheScapegoat" As far Luis he would be a great player but for me he's like Balotelli (conts)"
"Hes entertaining to watch - A hero and a villain. But we are LFC and we deserve a great player that plays the game. I dont like cheats, Theres hardly been a game when he hasn't deserved to be sent off.Anyone can cheat. It takes a master to play the game by the rules and win."
"Money hangers united - Kenny back?? Seriously? Love the man as a player, but a talent spotter he ain't. We are still trying to get rid of the dross he spent £100M on why would we want him to waste the pennies left in our kitty? Kenny practically gave Tom Ince away for free. Rumour is we have to pay £4M to get the lad back. Thanks KD but no thanks"
"redahead- I'm afraid I can't take you seriously. It frightens the heck out of me knowing that a LFC fan does not rate the reason why can still be considered a mediocre team. Without Luis Suarez, I shudder to think where we'd be."
"just get rid of Cole , not worth £9k a year let alone 90000 a week. sod off back to france and take drowning and hendo with you. free up some cash for a decent striker!!!"
"Buddha- I have lost 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the respect I have for you for saying that lol. Nicola is a pretty..end of. But I certainly not going to say that..I'm not reda you know."
"Nab Ashley Cole from chelski in the window! He'll solve our left back problem if he gets a look in! Joe Cole, Suarez and Suso the other night were what I'm looking for. Enrique, Gerrard and Shelvey behind them, and dagger skrts johnson and wisdom"
"Rotchie, I'm loving your comments mate - I have to say, I think a true supporter tries to give encouragement through thick and thin. This needs to be a new era of no heirs and graces and 'history' and we fight to the end. If we don't get what we want we still support."
"We need to stop going on about the royalties and what failings this club has and start putting some faith in the players. I've seen so many come and go because they buckled under the pressure. A hefty paycheque doesn't make you relax either, it makes you try too hard. We forget what an honour it must be."
"I think we may have to...its pointless changing your name..because even you changed your name to halfwit..the quality of your posts will make it obvious. I just think you should be flatterd that your name alone is a consistent element LFC.com lol."
"Imagine knowing you were a 20 mill player, the majority of fans were feeding back that you were bad, and your shots weren't going in. It can permanently cripple your performance, it did to Robbie Keane, Collymoore, Hendo, Stewie, Nando."
"LDW could you possibly crawl any further up Buddha's AR**???? Quality??I think the word Misfit in every post may be the only thing that gives it away. "
"So for god's sake please i'm begging you - there's a reason why lower teams are supported - because their fans are loyal. Make suggestions by all means but GET BEHIND THEM. "
"good to see lucas coming back he is arriving into an improving team. br is finally getting his best eleven out on the field. enrique and downing deserve a lot of credit for playing their way back into the team as does hendo, well done lads "
"Scousemorals - Ignore some of these comments - some people have nothing better to do than argue black is white(me included) I will always support our players as long as I can see they want to play for us. Theres no harm in the odd criticism (contd)"
"along the way when people aren't pulling their weight but I don't believe in outright bullying. Hendo needs to improve his game-we know but the lads trying. Luis is getting better at not diving-possibly? They all need to improve but we dont need to single them out week in week out."
"PRIVATE MESSAGE ANI road03 - Did you just agree with the B Meister? help me out lad. I've told ya before, as soon as I've got rid of him or at least got his number down to 131300 then I'm out of here and back to support Port vale. "
"My team if we are to persist with 4-3-3. GK Pepe R; DF- Glen J, Martin S, Daniel A, Jose E; MF- Suso, Stevie G, Jordan H; Fwd- Raheem S, Luis S, Jonjo S....... Allen needs benching, Downing needs shooting, Sahin needs sending back to Madrid. "
"I think I missed mine also. never mind. It was all going off an hour or 2ago. LIFE was attempting to have a go at me, LDW was chatting up MrB But then they sneaked off together and are probably making sweet love as we talk."
"redahead- Don't take to the dark side pal. Together we can be a force to be reckoned with! Well thats me done, I'm beat. Time to hit the hay and fantasise over King Kenny. Night "
"reda- I had to do something..because I have a life outside of these forums you know..unlike someone, who makes absurd comments just to get notice. Tell me how was your childhood...that bad huh? Do you want to talk about it? Free of charge of course."
"Anyway Ani -Have to go mate. Unlike MrB and LDW ive got a member of the opposite sex to get in bed with. Nite Nite. (Disclaimer: Redahead is not phobic and any comments are for comic purposes only!)"
"He claims his comments are for comic purposes. Little does he know he's the punchline. What this pathetic excuse for an earthling fails to comprehnd is that he is the joke of the forum..and will continue to be so until he turns 16. Praise be thy lord. I don't want to get too personal as he is a psychopath and do not want to put my fam and friends in danger. He clearly stalks Buddha. I'm Done."
"Sir Alex made little progress in years at MU. BR is a breath of fresh air. No one can get everything right at once, but please give him time. I have concerns over Joe Cole and would very much like Carroll back,at least until the summer. Borini needs time, but again a question mark. BR is our manager and we should have faith. He'll do it for LFC. "
"Lucas is a much better player than Allen however now he is fit Gerrard may play in advanced role off Suarez but then Mr Rodgers may have other ideas ."
"Joe Cole seems very injury prone in the premier league while in France last year he was ok so if he really loves his football why does he not leave Liverpool and go back to France with lesser wages keep fit and play his football on regular basis."
"BR! please return Sterling on the Left and Jonhson on the right winger.
On the left we had Dowing, Assadi, Sterling but the right winger Jonshon is the best.Windom can take the right back."
"Y we arent load at anfield this time around?
We should get behind team...
It will help a bit n ya we should win against the saints coz we r playing good football only wid no goals n this we can change around so me support lfc...
Come on everyone....
Players have no fear the twelth man(crowd) is here...."
" january sale.. reina henderson spearing cole wilson all are deadwood and frankly not good enough .. buy jeffron suarez and get torres back he knows he should never have left he will get back to his old self in a red shirt the goals will start flowing br please be smart draws are not good enough go you reds"
"We all know who to blame for Carol and it's NOT Rogers. I wish people would stop banging on about Andy. He was a costly mistake, which is one thing we are good at - Tom Ince!!!."
"LDW - You've got my age completely wrong -Mummy let me stay up late last night and it definitely touched a nerve. Oh well at least I know what buttons to press now. Anyway got to go. Daddy Ani's walking me to school."
"An idea to all. With Jose Enrique deployed as a left winger, try Daniel Agger as a left back. Figured we could freely switch between 4-3-3 and 3-5-2 that way. What do you think?"
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