"Good luck Sturridge lad! no slip ups today, comfortable win! good team, would make 2 changes myself; would like to see Suso in Shelveys position and I'd give Dani P a chance. for some reason he gets treated like the adopted red headed kid by LFC, he's def going in Jan! shame!"
"Chris_Renda
Sahin injured Assaidi at the African nations Shelvey still learning and Henderson has been excellent in the last few games so either you support LFC the team or go support someone else."
"Where's assaiddi ?he should be there. Not a bad starting XI, but i think hendo should be in for Lucas to keeps on improving his game and sahin for allen "
"the line-up looks decent and pretty strong and compeive to overcome Mansfield, but it will be important the approach to the game! Please lads, give it all and do us happy! We expect a plethora of goals for us and a clean sheet if we will make our task! hope that Dan Sturridge will break the ice soon and Luis can have a run in the second half! Best of luck lads! YNWA"
"If it's not an absolute goal fest i'm sure the constant doom and gloom brigade wil be out in full.They are probably already sharpening their knives in anticipation.There are those on here who have NEVER made a positive,upbeat comment and i for one question their motive."
"Come on lads,put the effort in and put this game to bed. Could posters please stop asking where players are. They may have got lost on the way to Mansfield.They may have fallen down a hole. They may have followed the pied piper."
"Looking forward to seeing Sturridge in a red shirt. Decent team selection. Good enough to win this one.
Cant help but wonder what's going on with Asaidi and Yesil. Also looks like Sahin's days are numbered. Strange since we aren't bringing anyone else in. Anyway, GOOD LUCK LADS. "
"RedL26 Stop acting like you like ALL players in Lfc as much is other. Henderson has maybe played ok in the last games but he was not worth of 20 mil£ and shelvey yeah i don´t no.. Just don´t like him that much. And Sahin hasn´t played that much also the time were he wasn´t injured! So no im not going to support another team than Lfc UMAD?"
"For those asking for the millionth time where Assaidi & Sahin are please read RedL26 6th Jan 2013 15:17; this is not the first time people have kindly informed the uninformed about these two. Evene if they aren't playing, so what, support the fielded team - pfft"
"Doom and Gloom or Deluded and Naive. Reality is we are a mid table club now.This is what is meant when BR asks for "Reality" and says "we are were we are"...Some people just cant seem accept it. "
"I agree with iamaFreeMan, if we play Man U next week it is important to allow Sturridge and Suarez to have a practice match together to see how they work with one another!!!"
"On a dubious pitch & against a lower league team, to risk Suarez uneccessarily would be madness. If he plays from the start & got seriously injured, I wonder what the fans would be saying then!"
"Assaidi is at African Cup of Nations. Sahin is still recovering from an operation for his broken nose, but he was on the bench last game so I don't know what's going on there. If he's fit he should start because he's a 100x better than Allen, Shelvey and Henderson put together. "
"CHRIS RENDA sahin has had numerous chances to impress but there are players doing better in midfield. dont know how you can say LFC player is sh*t. try supporting the whole team. its not hard. come on reds. D.S enjoy debut. play well . scoring a bonus. luis enjoy your rest and punish the dirty dirty mancs please. come on you reds. YNWA & J4T96"
"GT-LFC Robbie's banned as he's been snorting too many lines. He's had the byline and then when he run out of that he started on the centre line. #rehab"
"A lovely touch from Mansfield has seen them put the names of the 96 who died at Hillsborough on some seats which will be left empty for today's game.
Maximum respect. JFT96"
"GT-LFC, I'm not expecting a goal fest but I do expect us to win this game. Mansfield are going to scrap for everything today and wont make it easy for us and add to the fact that the pitch has had a lot of rain on it lately means our passing game may be a bit wayward also. Like I said, I do expect a win but the FA cup does throw you an unforunate e at times."
"We used to have the most knowledgeable fans in the world. What's wrong with you lot? Sahin = injury, Assaidi = African cup of nations, and others need a rest and those that are in need a run out. We should have enough to see us through."
"pob615- I agree. I actually think constructive criticism is ok,but there are people on here who want a different manager every week. Personally i think it will be 6-0."
"daniel what a way to silence the idiots who didnt want LFC to sign you. great start to your LFC career. a lot of fans should start apologising to you but i knew you would do well at liverpool. well done. keep it up mate. shelvey knockers lay off as well. try supporting the whole team. YNWA com on you reds YNWA "
"We might have just unearthed a gem. To all those who questions the new regime - a raspberry to you. This is what FSG and BR are introducing to LFC. Young unpolished gems who will become very precious. I have no doubt that Borini and Allen will come good. "
"Good Finishing from Sturridge like a natural centre forward. Poor reception here on my TV, In one moment, I tot sterling is on the pitch when Sturridge strongly on the left pass 2 defenders, then he go out the way along the byline like Suarez would do. Too bad Jonjo couldn't finish it. Can;t wait to see both Suarez and him on the pitch"
"I do believe that in Suarez and Sturridge that we have potentially the most lethal strike partnership in the league. Welcome to the "Awesome Threesome", Sterling, Sturridge and Suarez. With Assaidi, Suso and hopefully Ince as back up we now have the blue print our owners and manager have been hinting at. "
"GT-LFC and redahendo its good to see fellow fans who possess a sense of humour. To think, a pacifist like me was once fighting with both of you, lol. "
"Sadly Daniel Sturridge's fine Liverpool start will be overshadowed by that Suarez goal. Every striker would have done it, its up to the the officials to spot it? Didn't want to win this way - strange thing is, even if he admitted it was handball, the officials have to give it because they didn't see it."
"All you people going mental over who is playing catch a grip, we are playing Mansfield. We aren't gonna start Suarez with Sturbridge in this game, we have man united next week and if be got injured everyone would be complaining."
"I am sorry to gripe, please forgive me, but that simple misplaced cross by Hendo is what frustrates me about him. You see Jonjo do a sumptuous pass to Suarez which resulted in his goal and its the kind of skill you know Hendo can only dream of. He has to add more than just harassing the opposition. He has just miss hit a long pass to Downing as I write, you can't make this up, lol"
"And as for people think Sabin is so good, he isn't, he may have been good when he was at Dortmund but hasn't performed great for us, Henderson, shelves and Allen have all been better this season, just because allens firm has dipped doesn't make him a bad player, support the players through the bad times and don't be abuse them then one minute and then praise them when they play well."
"Carra and Coates at the back and being made look poor by non-league team. this is again not good enough. Luis, that's cheating and your gonna get it in the neck from the media.This victory will leave a bad taste in the mouth."
"Wouzer, you will be hard pushed to get anyone to agree with you that Shelvey has been "great" today! Also we are playing Mansfield (no offence), not the EPL teams."
"How did we buy Joe Allen? He started bright but he just can't play. He can't even play against Manfield's midfielders. he is always manhandled cos he is small and makes lots of mistakes."
"Whenever Hendo misplaces a ball you get the same old plastics trying to rip him to shreds. You'd think these fickles would have learned their lessons, but I guess some people are just too stupid to learn and simply come here to crave attention, say I told you so and grovel for affirmation. Sad really...."
"Quite a few squeaky bottom moments,which i wasn't expecting. Shame Suarez goal was the difference,as it will be the major talking point,but anyone tell me an "honest pro" and I will show you a liar.Through to the next round."
"Come on guys that Suarez goal looked accidental! I think even Suarez was suprised it went in and anyway are you telling me none of you would have done that if the opportunity came?! Yes I understand Suarez probably should have said something, but hey we won didn't we!!! Congratualtion Sturridge!! YNWA"
"just goes to show you where we are really at.we beat 3 poor teams over the christmas and as soon as we play a team that fights, we go missing. very worrying, especially as the manager doesnt seem to be able to get this team playing for the shirt. dreading the mancs next week."
"LFCfan128, did you see Agger, Skitel, Johnson or Jose in our backyard? give our youngster a break. If we put up next week lineup against Manfield, the scoreline would 10-0. btw the pitch is so bad that we resort to play long ball in the end"
"GT-LFC - You are like the good bits of Buddha but without all the nasty bits taken out. You aren't his better looking , more successful twin are you?"
"This is the FA cup, that's how these games go, how can honest fans slate the young team we put out there against a determined Mansfield, & did you see the pitch!! I speak from experience that whenever I played against a top team in a cup, I played on pure adrenalin; magnify that 100 fold for the FA cup on TV."
"And then you get some sanctimonious idiot who has no redeeming features and only pops up in the dark to utter complete nonsense. Their ammo is to snipe away like some old moany curtain twitcher whose life has no meaning and therefore relishes in spreading their misery. There is a place for such a person and its not on here, its an infirmary. "
"Mansfield manager Paul Cox: "I would like to give Luis Suarez the benefit of the doubt and it was a reaction.
A fine sportsman's comment - respect to you sir, sorry to see you got out like that."
"Lfcfan , ok I agree he may not have been great although u can't single him out for being bad as he was involved in both goals assisting the first so wouldn't really say he was so bad that he needed to be mentioned as playing badly"
"WouzerLFC, I agree, I have no idea what game some fans were watching as Jonjo was one of the brighter players on display and his link up with Sturridge was a constant feature in the first half. He sprayed a couple of world class passes and was strong in the challenge which was lacking from some of our players. "
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