25 Jan 2015 16:31:42
Rodgers said before the game Rossiter would be involved, nice one Brendan. Even though it's nothing new it's so irritating when he just spouts lies and rubbish in press conferences. Sitting on the bench and watching the game for 90 mins does not count as "involved" imo. Rossiter would have done far more than Allen, I would go as far to say that 17 year old kid is stronger than Allen. I'm just praying we start to see youngsters introduced and players like Allen Enrique and Johnson sold.

1.) 25 Jan 2015
25 Jan 2015 17:28:58
That's a bit moaning for the sake of moaning!!!

2.) 25 Jan 2015
It's not moaning for the sake of it, Allen was awful.

3.) 25 Jan 2015
25 Jan 2015 18:19:28
Not in my opinion, when are we going to these youngsters used because they haven't been used in any competition this season consistently. The big chance we have is to blood these youngsters in the Europa league and I'm hoping Rodgers will do that but he seems so reluctant. It's clear Enrique has no long term future at the club so why is he playing? Give Smith a go and see what he can do rather than a player who shows little effort and will almost certainly be leaving in the summer. I'm not suggesting we blood youngsters all over the place but Rossiter has a right to be miffed if Rodgers says he will play and then goes back on it.

4.) 25 Jan 2015
Agree Thomo. Allen is just woeful, offers nothing. Would love to see Rossiter or any youth CM ahead of the Welsh Xavi.

5.) 25 Jan 2015
25 Jan 2015 20:43:24
Not great but Awful!!!!?

6.) 25 Jan 2015
You`re wasting your time moaning about his useless, self-serving conduct w/ the media. Like his mentor Mou, don`t pay too much attention to his utterances in the media because for Mou, he`s being bland and manipulative with the media but he can do that because he`s won a lot in his career. For BR, he`s being a flake and a self-serving politician who says what you want to hear but lacks the cojones to follow thru. PATHETIC!

7.) 26 Jan 2015
I don't think you can berate Brendan for indicating Rossiter might get some game time and then changing his mind - we hadn't scored and Bolton was looking more and more dangerous. It couldn't potentially have had a negative impact on both him and the team if they'd scored (even if it wasn't his fault, not a good situation for a youngster to be thrown into for potential criticism).

Where I do have a problem is playing Can out of position to accommodate GJ (when we also obviously have Lovren on hand) and switching up too many players in midfield in the starting lineup, using 3 weaker options in Allen, Manquillo, Enrique.

8.) 26 Jan 2015
Well put, Zimbo. Like you, I think Can is being played out of position. Because he can play CB doesn`t mean he is a CB and will be found out against better strikers than those we have faced so far. For me, he is a B2B midfielder next to Hendo or Lucas.