"Not a bad side - I would have liked to see Allen benched to send a message, BUT I don't see BR doing that yet. Hope he isn't another 'protective' of his own buys 'a la' Dalglish?"
"I'm guessing either Gerrard or Shelvey will play right wing but will naturally tuck in quite a bit leaving space for Johnson to bomb forward and then of course Lucas to cover when he is Attacking. Perfect :)"
"What a good line-up! The presence of Lucas frees up Stevie G who can think more to attack and support Luis Suarez than defend, the same for Jonjo Shelvey. I am sure today we will be a lot more dangerous upfront. Good luck for the game lads! Do us proud as ever! YNWA"
"WATCH THESE BR FANS CLAIM PROGRESS AND TOP 4 FINISH AFTER WE THRASH SOUTHAMPTON TODAY ... TO THEM AND THEIR MANAGER BEATING NEWLY PROMOTED TEAMS (READING AND SOUTHAMPTON) AND RELEGATION FAV'RITES IS PROGRESS LOL. "
"Welcome Back Goes to Lucas. Let's hope that He comes back with a Bang and We Beat Southampton today. Good Luck this Afternoon Reds Do Us Proud. YNWA REDS"
"what does Assaidi have to do to get into the squad, seriously, what a waste of a talent. Also suprised to see Lucas starting, very risky,we should bring him back into the team slowly,we cant afford to lose him again "
"At least its a bit more attack minded. Still see a severe lack of real quality tho. And basically nothing on the bench. FSG really have to dig deep in January. That lot will never get in top 4"
"What a nice lineup! Great to have you back Lucas! and great to see shelvey start and good to see Enrique as back, Lets get the 3 points today lads! YNWA"
"Lucas!!!! and john jo!!!! LUCAS AND JOHN JO !!!!at last BR. you are playing with out those two muppets downing and henderson it has win win win writen all over it HAPPY DAYS!!!!"
"Good luck boys.... Do your best and hope we win! Well done, Rafa, the masterplan is working!!! The problem with zonal marking is you need a strong fit team to do it for 90 mins, not a bunch of prima donnas. Maybe we could catch them by end of Jan, in my dreams...."
"South African Scouser, I believe you just confirmed the obvious that you do not support LFC. The last time I checked BR was the current manager of the club. To label him THEIR manager simply means you don't support the same team that BR manages. Shame...."
"Should be the strongest line up at present. But Lucas cant possibly be 100%. This is BR rushing him I fear. Anyways, a splendid little thrashing of soton would be christmas come early for me. Go redmen!"
"people calling for assaidi is something i dont understand!In the previous game, he was terrible as a sub. Did not make any contribution. Its a good line up. Assaidi can learn to work harder if selected!"
"BR MAKES A MISTAKE YET AGAIN WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU START A PLAYER WHO JUST RETURNED FROM INJURY... LUCAS MUST BE EASED BACK IN, LUCAS SHOULD HAVE COME IN WITH 20/15MIN LEFT WHEN WE 2 GOALS UP TO GET USE OF THE SPEED OF THE LG AGAIN. HUGE MISTAKE STARTING HIM THERE WAS NO NEED WITH US PLAYING A NEWLY PROM TEAM AT HOME"
"The right winger either solo or ended up passing the ball the front of the goal without looking for other options, neither no backup on the nearside. More tactics, playing smart training from manager team, please
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"SA scouser, I disagree with you on this occasion. I think we need to win well here and Lucas is needed to do this. LFC are mising his composure and cutting passes."
"GET LUCAS OFF THE FIELD NOT COZ HES A BAD PLAYER BUT HES NOT READY HES NOT MATCH FIT... HE HASNT PLAYED A COMPEIVE PREM LG GAME IN ALMOST A YEAR WHAT THE HELL IS BR DOING ?? WE PLAYING A NEWLY PROMOTED TEAM AT HOME THERE WAS NO NEED TO START HIM... GET HIM OFF HES TOO SLOW OFF THE PACE, I SAID IT B4 THE GAME HE SHOULD NOT HAVE STARTED"
"Liverpool is basically playing two at the back with a holding player and packing the midfield with attackers. If we dont win today, then I am lost for words."
"What a shot by Shelvey! Southampton so narrow to combat LFC strong midfield and we are picking them off down the flanks. Get one goal LFC and Southampton will be chasing the game and leave themselves open."
"JONJO PLAYING REALY WELL, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ALLEN MAKES THE STARTING LINEUP AHEAD OF JONJO TIME N TIME AGAIN... JONJO JUST OFFERS THAT GOAL THREAT ALLEN NEVER WILL... WHEN LUCAS IS FULLY FIT IT SHOULD BE LUCAS/JONJO/GERRARD DOWN THE MIDDLE. BR NOT GOOD ENOUGH A MANAGER TO DO THIS IM AFRAID, HES GOT HIS FAV'RITES"
"Great header by Agger, decent 1st half and should quite easily be 3 up. Poor half by Lucas, just shows he is not even 90% fit. Please take him off BR! His passing has been below average. "
"Lucas first game for 3 months (?). His presence gives players like Gerrard to move forward. I wouldnt take him off until the 70 min or LFC gets one more goal."
"Lucas on the pitch is the right move. Liverpool has many good players to experiment. As long as we don't let poor performance players(like Downing) on the pitch, we r good to go.
PS. We should improve attacking tactic more...Play smart."
"what a difference with lucas playing giving players more freedom to go forward think it could end up a good win today just hope downer doesn't get on think suso or sahin should replace allen come on you redmen lets kick a** 2nd half "
"Lucas just gives other players confidence, so other can move up. We have about 6 AMs that can score! Need another goal so we can rest Lucas if needed."
"AT livertom DID I AT ANYTIME SAY ALLEN WASNT PLAYING WELL ?? I DONT HAVE TIME FOR YO NONSENSE PLS STOP STALKING ME AND READING MY COMMENTS. DEMAND BETTER FROM YOUR TEAM OR GO OFF TO SWANSEA, NORWICH OR VILLA WITH YOUR MID TABLE MENTALITY, WE DONT NEED IT HERE "
"How good is it to have Lucas back. 1-0 and I am feeling pretty confident we can see out the game but before without Lucas you would always bite your nails. Good performance so far, playing with confidence, lets hope we can get another. YNWA"
"well then, Suarez has been book just as i predicted. we'll have to play our other striker next week... oh, wait a mo.. well done FSG. deep pockets, short arms.... pathetic owners."
"Can't believe I'm watching us scrape past an awful Southampton team 1 nil. Rather than push for a goal, we've just brought on a defender to hold on to the lead meanwhile I'm praying for the final whistle so at least we can beat a relegation team! How the mighty have fallen. ha ha..."
"sad luis booked but hey maybe assaidi,suso,morgan,yesil or ngoo might get a chance next week
on the plus side lucas is back well done lad nice to see you back also think suso on for allen would've been a better option suso might of had a field day against a tireing saints defence"
"We played well today but against a weak Southampton side. Our stats are very good, like against Spurs and most of our previous matches, even when we lost. We desperatly need some goal scorers but if we win 1-nil every week, I for one will be very happy!"
"Finishing still , still need a target man, but the attacking intent was good today, as it should be against these clowns. Manager better today after embarrassing us for 2-3 defensive games. C'mon Buck we want a 38 home game manager, not one who is scared of his own shadow."
"LOL THERE THEY GO JUST AS I SAID BR FANS LIKE redrob2005 WITH THEY CHESTS OUT NOW THAT WE BEAT THE NEW GUYS BY 1 GOAL. N THEN WHEN WE LOOSE THE "PATIENCE WE REBUILDING" LINE COMES OUT LOL, OK"
"Forget about BR, I support the club and players. They played well as a side but we need some target men. TBH, LFC could have used their dinner lady and she could have got us this 1-0 result. lol"
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