Liverpool vs Swansea | 31st October| 20.00 GMT | Capital one cup |

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Liverpool continue their defence of the League Cup with an Anfield clash against Swansea City on Wednesday.

The Reds welcome the Welsh side to L4 for the fourth-round tie as Brendan Rodgers faces his former club for the first time since moving to Merseyside.

Team news-
Liverpool-
Lucas, Borini and Kelly are the long term concerns.

Pepe Reina and Glen Johnson will sit out Liverpool's Capital One Cup fourth-round tie with Swansea City on Wednesday night as they continue to recover from injury, first-team coach Mike Marsh has confirmed.
http://liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/duo-to-miss-swansea-clash

Swansea-
Vorm, Taylor and Bartley are the players missing out.
Ashley Williams and Wayne Routledge are doubts.

Team expected -
Jones,Wisdom*, Carra, Coates, Enrique*, Henderson, Sahin, Shelvey, Downing, Assaidi, Suarez*.

Possible starters - Robinson, Yesil, Pacheco.

We are very thin in terms of strikers, No idea whether he will play Pacheco or Yesil up front. Dont know but if Suarez plays in this one, He will be playing 4 games in 2 weeks.
What about a start for Jerome Sinclair or Jordan Ibe


Hopefully we progress.
YNWA

I will actually be a little angry if Suarez starts this one, we cannot be playing him twice week-in week-out.

I'd also be a little surprised if Swansea started their best XI and have no idea how their second-string team is, but we should have enough in midfield to see them off at Anfield and progress.

Laudrup was a Pool fan

Also, Mike Marsh is saying Yesil is in contention to play

I wish the formation should be:
Jones
*Wisdom,Coates, Carra,Downing
Hendo,Sahin, Shelvey*
Cole,Yesil,Assaidi
-- i think wisdom should be rested as he will mostly start newcastle game
--I think Shelvey should start too but not sure whether BR will opt for him
Hoping for yesil to get his first goal for liverpool

Game about to start

BR first game against his former club.

We're absolutely woeful attacking wise. Cole and Downing are providing nothing up front

Assaidi-Yesil-Downing
---------Cole------------

We're paying Cole 90k kill me now
The shittiest, laziest, unfitest, most disinterested, player I have ever set eyes on.

Downing is the epitome of averageness. There is nothing in this world more average than Downing.

And Carra needs to retire. I hate seeing Legends ruin their status by forcing the clubs hands on playing them when they are beyond shite. Carra you are a legend , please retire. Take a coaching job and help the club the ways you are capable of, and it's not on the pitch anymore.

Cole playing!!! It's a blessing they are not showing this game.

I'm glad we're out. We won it last year. No one really gives a frak about this trophy. I much rather go deep in the FA Cup.

Michu is a beast. Any way we can get him to leave Swansea

Horrible performance, Horrible team selection from the team we had.

Out of the COC, Now lets just focus on Newcastle.

Be out of this mickey mouse is blessing ffs. How much did Swansea buy Michu for? The guy reminds me so much of Morientes, only he looks to be a beast on the ball as well and his passing

If this fixture was in the FA Cup, Premier League and League Cup, the latter is the one I'd choose to lose if we had to lose one of them. A little annoyed that Swansea came to Anfield and won, but the Newcastle game is anyway bigger than this was. Bring on Sunday.

Why didint Sahin play?

Because he already played 3 games in the past two weeks.

Our squad is thinner than a piece of wood ffs

Nishank wrote:Our squad is thinner than a piece of wood ffs

Really? I think only in attack.

Fullbacks: Johnson, Enrique, Wisdom, Kelly, Robinson.
CBs: Skrtel, Agger, Coates.
CMs: Gerrard, Shelvey, Sahin, Allen, Lucas, Henderson.
Wingers: Sterling, Assaidi, Suso, Downing.
STs: Suarez, Borini.

I deliberately left out players I don't wish to see playing Premier League matches. To me that looks like we've got sufficient depth.

Messiah "Aggerswagger" wrote:I'm glad we're out. We won it last year. No one really gives a frak about this trophy. I much rather go deep in the FA Cup.

same here Messiah...I agree with you 100%, it's better to concentrate on less things so that we get better results.So I am really happy we are out of this cup, only thing I did not like is the way we got defeated

I'm glad Suarez got his 30th goal for the club