Mamadou Sakho

[Chris]

Hopefully we lose v Arsenal to 10 Lovren mistakes and he comes back in.

[BobTheCharmer]

The thing which doesn't stack up is Sakho not even making the bench. OK, perhaps Brendan prefers Lovren to start, but nothing can convince me that Toure deserves a place on the bench ahead of Sakho.

Perhaps he threw his toys out of the pram like at Everton and hasn't taken the news of being dropped very well?

[redmike65]

I would say a new contract would not be offered if the manager had no plans to utilise the player, as that would be just pissing good money after bad.

If Sakho has been dropped, I would imagine it is due to attitude or questioning the managers decisions regarding being second choice (or his treatment of Mario???), and this is a "I am the boss, do not question me" response from Brendan.

IF that were the case I doubt he'd be offered a 100k a week 5 year contract.

Its not as if Sakho has said anything either, be it cryptic twitter BS or "says a friend of" type quotes in the papers.

[BobTheCharmer]

Hopefully we lose v Arsenal to 10 Lovren mistakes and he comes back in.

We can sack Rodgers, restore Lucas and the fans will be happy!

[calvoboy]

He's not picking him for football reasons - unless you buy into sinister conspiracy or political stuff.

I think it's only fair to Brendan that we assume he's preferring Lovren, Skrtel and Kolo for footballing reasons rather than anything else. So, the evidence would suggest - to me at least - that Rodgers doesn't rate Sakho very highly because he prefers 3 clowns.

Rodgers might have fallen out with Sakho on a personal level. He did the same with Agger & Carroll according to them

Or it could just be that he does really rate him but isn't happy with something about him at the moment, be it attitude, fitness, focus (with a new baby), application in training, whatever...

2 games really isn't enough time to tell, particularly when we've had 2 clean sheets. If he's still being frozen out in a month's time then maybe it points to something serious. At the moment, who knows what the reason is?

[Chris]

We can sack Rodgers, restore Lucas and the fans will be happy!

[Scratch]

IF that were the case I doubt he'd be offered a 100k a week 5 year contract.

Its not as if Sakho has said anything either, be it cryptic twitter BS or "says a friend of" type quotes in the papers.

Why not? You punish a player by dropping him from the squad, but he's still part of the future of the club, and he won't be dropped forever....he may not come straight back into the first 11, he'll have to earn that place, but if he's still part of the manager's plans (which we have no proof that he isn't...the manager has his preferred starting pairing, but with the amount of games we play, Sakho will get his chance) then offer him a contract.

The fact that neither the club nor Sakho have said anything is good, it's an internal matter and all we can do is speculate.

[Buzzo]

Hopefully we lose v Arsenal to 10 Lovren mistakes and he comes back in.

Talking about something is not the same as wanting it to happen.

It's clearly a discussion point, and this is a forum to discuss football. Furthermore this is a thread within that forum to discuss the player relevant to the discussion point.

Or am I all ****ing back to front on how this all works?

Dipping in all the time posting that anyone who has ANY doubts obviously wants said player to have a **** game and the team to lose is ****ing dull.

[Fosterbloke]

Maybe he's been **** in training?

[Chris]

Talking about something is not the same as wanting it to happen.

It's clearly a discussion point, and this is a forum to discuss football. Furthermore this is a thread within that forum to discuss the player relevant to the discussion point.

Or am I all ****ing back to front on how this all works?

Dipping in all the time posting that anyone who has ANY doubts obviously wants said player to have a **** game and the team to lose is ****ing dull.

Relax, nowhere have I ever said it shouldnt be discussed and I myself have said Sakho should be starting. I was just messing around, Bob took it the right way you as usual took it the wrong way.

I thought you werent interested in football anymore anyway? Whining all day on a football forum is a strange way of showing it. Could be said it's ****ing dull hey?

[Buzzo]

Relax, nowhere have I ever said it shouldnt be discussed and I myself have said Sakho should be starting. I was just messing around, Bob took it the right way you as usual took it the wrong way.

I thought you werent interested in football anymore anyway? Whining all day on a football forum is a strange way of showing it. Could be said it's ****ing dull hey?

'As usual'

Yeah, it's some kind of masochism. I love football, well I love the game. I'm bored of the transfers and the money. Watching Chelsea and City spend bazillions when ever the going gets tough - it's not the game I grew up watching.

But - Fair enough.

[Lecter]

I thought you werent interested in football anymore anyway?

He isnt thats why he watches and supports Liverpool

[badpiggy]

Yeah you tell him Chris. He's a closet scummer who bums Webb around the back of old toilet while fixing the schedule with all the other bent freemasons who run football. Filthy cunts.

[Buzzo]

Yeah you tell him Chris. He's a closet scummer who bums Webb around the back of old toilet while fixing the schedule with all the other bent freemasons who run football. Filthy cunts.

I can't believe it after 6 long years and 13,000 posts my cover is blown.

[badpiggy]

I can't believe it after 6 long years and 13,000 posts my cover is blown.

The evidence was clear all along. Uncertainty equals treachery.