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BTW, Enrique and Downing were building up a solid partnership on the left flank. Overlapping, quick 1-2's. But now it seems Downing is always playing on the right, people have complained about that. But I do believe that is Downing's preferred position, because he cut's inside from the right. He played equally as good on the right as on the left for Villa. His delivery was always decent and he chipped in with goals.

What is he doing for us?

I think we just need to put him on the left, with Enrique....and leave it that way for a long run of games....and give "the big man" Carroll an almighty kick up the f*cking arse!

I think he is the sort of player that needs it, especially when he has become to comfortable. He thinks he has time at Liverpool and in all honesty, he does. Dalglish give him five years LMFAO.

But he has to start working and being productive soon, it's not good enough! At Newcastle he had to do it, or Newcastle were going down! So I think it's about time we start demanding it from him, I think that's how we are gonna see him back to what he used to be like.

Some players need it, not every player needs a arm round the shoulder and told how good they are. Some of 'em just need to be shook into life.

Come on King!

I agree that Johnson has been pretty poor at times and has been amazing at other times. I understand form can dip but not giving 100% each and every game is inexcusable. I don't see how you can put in a performance like that (the bolton game) when someone like Kelly, who will give 100% every time, is waiting on deck.

As for the match, I don't see us winning this one. We may get a 1-1 draw or something and go through. I don't mean to be negative, but with Bellamy probably not starting (since he started on Saturday) I don't know where the goal will come from.

Please add Henderson to the list - bloody good at running that's all.
I'd rather give Jay and Shelvey and Kelley a go then these misfits.
We also need a quality striker and a wide man.

i am worried if city score who gets liverpool's goal to win the tie as there are just no goals in the team .

Yeah I have to agree craney, and I've lamented a distinct lack of urgency, energy and dare I say it motivation in this squad before also, and I've described them as carthorse's trying to run in the Aintree Grand National. There needs to be a more pressing style with much higher tempo all round, it's time we started looking like we want to win a bloody match and get stuck in and close down players quicker than we currently do. I would add Skyrtl to that list on the evidence of Saturdays performance also. In fact the whole team looked like they had just come off a night out on the [oops], if you ask me, a truly dreadful performance.

I'd love to see Shelvey start, 6 goals ( I think ) for Blackpool. Kelley also gives everything, isn't Spearing injured now?

Balotelli has been charged and looks like he could be out for Wednesday...

Got a sneaky fellin that Suso is right, where are goals going to come from? then there's weekend against the dirty mancs I hate to say it and i hope I'm wrong but, It could turn out to be a bad week for us!!

Players should not be immune, just because of their status or sentiment.

I like Maxi, especially when he went on that run of scoring goals. But his performance and effort in that Bolton game, like most of the players, was a total joke!

He was clean through after a fantastic fast drop kick from Reina and he HEADED the ball down into his own hand.

I expect the sort of effort and commitment that we showed in that Real Madrid game, I really do. Whether or not the players will step up, (and they f*cking should after the Bolton game) we will have to wait and see. But if those players who clearly insulted the shirt in that Bolton game, do not give more and care more, then goodbye.

Regardless if we win, loose or draw on Wednesday night. I'm looking carefully at those specific players.

I hope we go through but if we dont there will be only one man to blame, the manager, this tie should of been put to bed in the first leg, City were absolutely shocking, we had them on the rack and the changes we made should of been positive ones as in attacking players that would of put the game out of reach but instead he put on extra defenders about 6, were we hung on in the end and allowed City a second chance in the second leg, awful tactics and one i hope wont come back to haunt us.