"Wonderful line-up! we passed to 4--4-2, but is it not maybe a bit too much attacking-minded? hope we won't make us found too often uncovered at the back and play a clever game! Best of luck for the tie lads! do us proud as ever! YNWA"
"This a very positive attacking lineup! Would have like sturridge and suarez rested for arsneal though! it would be interesting to see how red line up it seems like borini will be on the wing, and i would have liked for him to play more centrally, but we will see plenty of goals which is the important thing! "
"a strong line up so hopefully be in command of match early on then make changes when games in the bag. come on d.s get a goal. luis enjoy being captain today. lets get the win in style like last week. come on you reds. 3-0 please. YNWA"
"we know very well FA cup is full of suprises ..please lets not underestimate oldham..lets play football and try to kill the game before half time..good luck..YNWA"
"Two things - excellent front four, especially pleased to see Borini start with Suarez and Sturridge; and I'm glad Carra's not starting as it suggests he's in contention for more league starts. He's not what he was but he's been excellent when called upon recently and deserves more compeive action. Oh and it's brilliant to see Suarez as captain. He's the heartbeat of that team!"
"Should be an easy win since Oldham are 19th in league 1 and have also lost their last 2 matches at home. I will be shocked if Liverpool do not win by a minimum of 2 goals. This is a great chance for Borini to prove himself. "
"Excellent to LS to captain, and finally good to see Coates to start who is our future... would have liked shelvey in place for useless Allen and Suso for Sterling.
YNWA"
"I am glad that BR has been sensible. By dropping SG, Agger, Johnson and Lucas he has shown that he is got his eyes rightly on the right prize. This team picked should make light work of Oldham. Roll on Wednesday and Sunday..."
"I don't think that is a strong line up. The defence looks untried, but Suarez is the best choice for captain.
Come on Luis, be proud and have a fantastic game. YNWA"
"The balance of the team is off. It is not working playing Sterling, Borini, Sturridge and Suarez. Sterling needs to come off, hopefully replaced by Suso who then can play in his favored position Attacking center mid."
"I am not sure what is going on. The horrible stoke-esque set up by Oldham is against everything the game stands for, the amount of fouls NOT going our way, and the passing by us has been absolutely woeful. I have never seen us misplace so many passes in the league, let a lone against Oldham. NO EXCUSES, show the fans something else in the second half."
"Cant believe this scoreline. Looks like we only have one player on the pitch. Suarez as usual. Think Borini, Sturridge, Sterling and Suarez is one too many. Think they are getting in each others way sometimes. Need to take off Borini or Sterling and get Stevie G on."
"Shocking half. Oldham have actually lost their last 4 games at home. This should be a walk in the park!!! Bring on Gerrard and Suso before 60mins. Sterling needs to go off too. "
"if we have had a worse keeper than jones in the last 30 years then someone tell me who it is, cause he has been shocking today. get sterling and allen off, lucas and gerrard on cause we are going out otherwise. what a load of crap."
"Sterling is playing good from what I can see. All we lack is a DM. Allen not doing his job and Coates too week for Smith.....Changes needed ASAP. Lucas for Allen and Suso for Borini. We will play ball."
"Absolutely rubbish, can Rodgers tell us why he brought Allen and Borini to the club? They do naff all for the team, how many times did we give the ball away that 1st half? Anybody would think were the division 1 team, pathetic."
"Hilarious guys reading so BS about Jones - he was our best keeper for the last couple of years and after few mistakes you saying he was the worst LOL. Sometimes I think it's not brain but your impulse typing here.."
"You know Mark Twain once said: 'It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.' So think about it ;)
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"Just shows that we need a second keeper to keep Reina on his toes. Coates is having a bad day at the office! Actually, our back 4 have been poor all day."
"3 - 1 to Oldham. This is a joke. Not even in the game. Far too much inexperience. Same old story every time we come up against a physical team who play the good old fashion English game. Now FSG will you please get the hint and buy some quality experienced professional footballers in their prime."
"Little talentless people drink blood before the game against the seriously undermotivated big guys. This was bound to happen. Has nothing to do with football and I couldn't care less. It's next week that counts."
"In certain games don't understand BR's tactics. Why to play all the strikers - suarez, sturridge & borini from the start ? Keep on playing Allen against the teams which defend on physical power. He won't win any balls in the midfield"
"you ALWAYS start with your BIG GUNS and take them off when you are winning. Not the other way round bcause then you put too much pressure on them. awful selection and formation by Rodgers. He got it all wrong on the day"
"Buddha has to be careful what he wishes for. Yesterday he was saying he hoped BR would rest all the big guns because Arsenal game was more important. We could very well be out of the FA cup today and come wednesday we may even be out of the race for top four. Top eight is the best we can ask for. We need to buy proven quality even if that means paying a bit extra."
"Anyone ever remember so few premier teams progressing in one weekend??change of priorities me thinks.league where its at,whether its survival or placing.having said that,reds play to win.anyone else think similiar?"
"I don't even recall Oldham's keeper having to make a save. I could handle defeat a little better if it was back to the wall stuff from Oldham but its not."
"The lineup problem again.
Robinson, Colte, and Borini and Allen. They never sync.
Colte has shown to make mistakes often, and just never get better. Can't believe many Liverpool players can not perform here for our club."
"Once we are 3-1 down I am not sure what is the point of bringing SG on. BR has set out his stall and quite rightly believed that Wednesday was far more important. Spurs are now out of the cup and in my opinion our greatest foe to get top 4, so I won't cry if we come out of this. As I write Allen scores a screamer, football eh?"
"It may be best if we do lose! I mean it would be nice to get to another FA Cup final and win, however, I do think we should prioritise getting a top 4 finish this season! YNWA whatever happens! :)"
"I usually love cup ties against lower league teams, but Oldham r just kicking, pulling, pushing, cheating and elbowing their way through the game, disgraceful tactics and disgraceful refereeing for letting them do it. It's football not rugby. Oldham are a disgrace to the game and the cup, god I hope ee beat them"
"Firstly, congratulations to Captain Suarez. Secondly, what a team BR choose. Awful team. BR has no Cup game experience. First carling cup now fa cup. At least during Kenny's time we were better.
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"BR should know that any lower side aganst LFC will come out fighting and they got an early scrappy goal. What LFC should have done was to do the same but they were slow off the tracks. Well done to Oldham. BR, you are rubbish."
"Allen should not start anymore for Liverpool. If Allen play we loose. That's a fact. BR, you are not good for Liverpool. Wrong players, wrong tactics. Go back to Swansea.
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" wrong starting 11 yet again against weaker opposition, we do not have a god given right ,pls brendan learn from mistakes sterling needs resting that means at least 3 gamesthe kids gonna burn out
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"ref and oldham were a disgrace, but I really hope Jack Robinson, Brad Jones and Coates learn from this game. They were simply awful!!! I sincerely don't care about this cup,given that we finish higher in the league! And hope BR does better in the future as well!"
"Well done Brendan congratulations!! you also need to invite a lunch your first line up, they did great job for you!! so so stubborn your transfers Allen, Borini and Sturridge were so awful. "
"One word to describe it all. DISGRACE. Not the manager, nor the players and certainly not the fans. YOU FSG, and YOU alone bear the responsibility for this. It took our 32 yr old captain to come on and make us look like a team. Why? EXPERIENCE. The thing our entire squad lacks due to this stupid transfer policy. PLEASE NO MORE KIDS OR TALK OF RESALE VALUE. Buy experinced players."
"Bad day at the office. Now on to the league and that 4th place spot.
Lot of positive to be taken from this game. eg: Coates is not a first team player, Sterling not quire ready yet. Desperately need a good reserve keeper. Can't keep Stevie out of the starting line up yet, etc.
YNWA"
"BR -an absolute disgrace with his team selection. He does not deserve to manage Liverpool. What a disgrace? Why play Coates and Sterling in a high tempo physical game. Gerrard is a shrewd politician as he doesn't want to speak out and be respectful. But BR is out of his depth and there is no doubt about that!!!!"
"When my missus asked if we won i said we lost, then she said its ok.....but she then asked who knocked LFC out of the FA cup and when I said Oldham Athletic.....she has not stopped laughing since"
"ROBINSON, STERLING, ALLEN AND DWONING SHOULD NEVER START OR EVEN BE ON THE PITCH AGAIN, BR YOU GOT IT WRONG AGAIN. PUT THESE PLAYERS ON TRANSFER LIST AND SELL THEM PLS, THIS IS TOTALLY EMBARRASSING, NO FIGHTING PASSION FOR THE CLUB & YET THEY ARE BEEN PAID TNESSSSSSSSS. "
"We were pathetic !! Shame ! Can anyone can tell me what we play with Robinson ??He does't fit not even in 5'th League ! Just give him to somebody even for free !
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"We can't find an excuse for the field quality ! We start the game like we already win it ! So shame Brendan for not preparing this game ! Congratulation Oldham for the strong character which you show !! This caracter we need also in Liverpool if we want to start winning !
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"Clearly on the evidence of todays performance we know where our priorites lie. Gutless to say the least and further claims for those outside the club to highlight our "under-belly". Coates was awful first half and Brad's shocking error for their second masssive to the outcome of the game. Frustrated as we seemed to have turned a corner of late."
"BR can't pick up the lesson from previous FA match. The defensive players couldn't handle much. And they showed to us again this weekend. Robinson, Colte and Allen can't deal with it.
You tried to prove your players, Allen and Borini, are worthy and sit down Shelvy and Suso. What happens now, can you see?"
"Get over this quickly. Is this competition financially beneficial? Not really. Did anyone want a replay? No. Is this a competition that somewhat hinders our chances in Europe and the league? Yes. Did we have much chance of winning the FA Cup anyway? No. Poor performance and we didn't deserve to win however now we can really GO FOR IT IN THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND TRY AND GET THAT 4TH SPOT!"
"Here we go, all the BR slaters! Last week in the premier league everyone praises him and that silences the haters, now they're back! If you have nothing nice to say about the manager don't say it! Teams don't win if the fans arn't behind the manager, how do you think BR feels?! It was a poor defence today, but come on lads Arsenal on Wednesday! Prove all the BR haters wrong, again! YNWA"
"We should've had two penalties and their second goal should never have been allowed as ds was clearly fouled in the build up, I know it's easy to blame the ref when things don't go your way but just because Oldham r underdogs shouldn't influence ref's decisions, worst performance today was by mr probert! Should be called mr pro-rugby! "
"BR needs to 100% accept responsibility for this defeat! This is a big big bigest shame in the history of LFC!!! And we can't afford that! Is Carra injured? if not dt's a big shame! I don't know what Trophy BR thinks he can win! We can't afford the le, Top is big dream! Europa we'll see where we'll last! FA cup to top our profile BR completely mess us up with Lower division team!!! "
"I genuinely have tears in my eyes after that but now that Oldham have just drawn a home tie with Everton I really am destroyed. When Everton go there and beat them this will be just another insult FSG will have heaped on us."
"Where all our fans who blindly say in BR we trust. What a disgraceful team selection. The guy is going to make us lose our dignity and respect as he is too inexperience, immature as a manager and a good talker. He is leading us to be a mid table team because that's what he knows. Never won anything in his life!!!!"
"REDSARGE 18:00 - Could not have put it better myself. Instead of wasting 6M here 10M there on players that are likely to be players for the future. Spend that money on proven quality on players that will walk straight in to our first eleven."
"Mr Ostrich. get your head out of the sand. Of course we want to be in it and never mind financial reasons. We are Liverpool FC and this is a trophy. Apart from that the fewer comps we are in the more kids sit on the bench gaining no experience at all. Great way to build for the future. We need players with experience now. "
" squad rotation, same happened with the Swansea tie in the League Cup, only hope that champs league can be secured as a result (of the cup football) and Brendan see's sense and recalls Andy Carroll to give us a much needed plan B option badly needed today."
"Ldp... shut your ignorant mouth. Oldham fouled their way through the game!! Why dont u go support stoke u muppet! That wasn't football being played, u might think thats how u play because u r living in the 70's. This is the modern game where skill should win games, not elbowing and treading on ppl. Fyi football is a non contact sport u complete tool"
"I am one of those who doubted about BR's quality when FSG hired him. Then I doubted even more when he bought Allen from his old club, so typical task managers drag his players with them.
And the more I watched the games, the more I am certain we won't get any progress compared to last year.
We are going to the wrong direction. "
"Its all very well blaming the manager buthe can only work with what hes got. We are stuck with 70% of our squad with no experience. Nor have they had to earn the shirt. Building for the future is fine but when we keep going out of comps where do these kids get the experience? Not in games and not in training with other kids? I cant believe no one can see the bigger picture."
"Some idiots on here moaning bout the manager and team selection,sure ye all know best, defeats like this happen in the FA cup. norwich, spurs, qpr and chelsea scraped a draw,it wasn't our strongest team cause we have a bigger game on wednesday, happens, get on wit it and support your club..YNWA"
"Call me a sing when your winning fan, whatever you like, not a true supporter. It is very unlike me to be this critical and I normally stick with the players at all times, but it is actually making me face palm every time Joe Allen gets on the ball. Misplaced paces, no strength, an absolute passenger. If anything, we play with 10 the opposition plays with 12."
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