23 Jan 2018 12:38:14
Afternoon Ed's n reds, is it just me or does anyone else think it's degrading to give first Coutinho (who wanted out) the captaincy then doing the same with Emre Can (who also wants out)? Not only that, although we played poor and Swansea seen out there game plan I also think it's embarrasing to throw VVD upfront as a target man as a plan B.

1.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 12:43:22
It maybe is slightly embarrassing to throw a defender up top but I would have done it earlier. It was crying out for us to be more direct imo and we nearly caught them out a few times with balls over the top.
I didn’t think Swansea where as amazing at the back as people are saying, we just never really tested them at the back, we just played in front of there 2 defensive lines.

2.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 12:45:44
Embarrassing doubtful but questionable definitely.

3.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 13:01:05
I agree mate. I don't think the captains role is as crucial as people make out, but it is seen as an honour to lead your team out, and anybody who denies that is a liar. All young players talk about how much of a dream it is to captain their club. That's an honour Can didn't deserve.

4.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 13:05:02
VVD does get on the end of pretty much everything aimed at him but I can see your point. The need for a skilful technician in midfield became all to apparent yesterday. Gini is just a wasted shirt in games like yesterday and the sub that klopp should have made was Lallana on for Gini not Ox.

5.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 13:14:23
Not embarrasing to spend 75m on a player to sort your terrible defence out and then in his premier league debut try rely on the same (defender) to get you out of trouble at the other end of the park? So he’s that good he sorts the defence and attack out now? c'mon people it’s embarrasing and nothing short of.

6.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 13:32:26
Why the armband is given to someone (Can) who is simply not good enough is baffling.

The lad is as mobile as a hgv and need dropping.

I would wish him the best of luck in his ventures, and only wish that we have a suitable replacement lined up, instead of fannying around with his agents.

7.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 13:46:51
VVD wasn’t doing any defending in the last 30 mins so may as well chuck him up top. Karius could have played up top as well for the last 10.

8.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 14:35:13
I know then klopp should of threw caution to the wind and subbed karius for Lallana and kept OX on for more fire power.

9.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 14:39:38
Since VVD singles I’ve seen our fans asking for him to be on free kicks, think he’s going to sort all problems at the back out, calling for him to be captain and now people are happy with him being our plan b upfront in his premier league debut. Let’s just call him mr Liverpool hey? Sort it out reds.

10.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 14:46:07
Whats so embarrassing about throw in a very good technically gifted player with good heading ability as a target man when you chasing a game with few minutes left. If you widen your horizon you will find Pique been doing it for Barcelona for many years, Ramos for Madrid etc . As for Can being captain, it was simple, out of the starting 11 last night Can was the longest serving (ie he been in the club the longest) . It was the same reason when Couts captained the team (so well I might add) .

11.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 14:50:48
How can throwing you're biggest man up front for the last 5 minutes be embarrassing? Especially when he created our best goal scoring opportunity right at the end. Obviously it was the right thing to do. If Klopp didn't do it you would be asking why he never.

12.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 14:58:31
Whats so embarrassing about playing a technically gifted, good header of the ball player as a target man in the last few minutes of a game you chasing . its normal, lots of clubs do it, Pique and Ramos being doing it for their clubs for years, Jaap Stam use to do it for united, stop being childish picking on little pointless things. As for Can being captain, again nothing wrong with it, of the starting 11 he was the longest serving at the club, it was the same when Couts captained the side before he left.

13.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 15:27:43
It’s his prem debut with enough pressure already costing 75m, he is going to take the fall for every defensive mistake for the next few months by the press and more to the point HE SHOULD NOT BE OUR PLAN B, we have 10 other players on the pitch and can’t score against bottom of the league, did u know VVD and Matip created more than our midfield last night? We need to be able to think bigger when put in front of a 9-10 man defence it’s the same talking point every time we play teams that sit back. Citeh play very similar to us yet there’s no way they are getting beat by Swansea. You can’t sit there and blame the opposition every time they sit back and grind a result out just because our style is to play openly. Different horses for different courses and we need to be able to solve a long lasting problem in not being able to break teams down.