Hughesy

I'd agree that Swansea came out in the second half and looked dangerous but they had one shot on target. Can only remember one really good chance they created - they had a lot of the ball but didn't do much with it.

I agree with all this, but will bin dippers be wanting another Euro league,Thursday night specials next season. I doubt they wouldn't try at home vs us, but I wouldn't be wanting Thursday nights next season if I was klopp? Winning the EL means they would qualify for the champions league.

Loved the way he basically just ran over their centre half for the third. Could almost say he bullied their centre half.

Anita is quite a decent right back, but looks clueless at left back. Played well up against a quick winger like Montero.

I thought he was fine in the first half - and the main reason he was decent was because he got the ball. Barely touched it in the second half, but not entirely sure that's his fault.

Keep him in central midfield.

Because his touch is s*** and he can't pass or tackle. So pretty much the same as the rest of our centre midfield Play him as part of a midfield three and get him running from deep, on the counter, with space in front of him - his crap touch matters a lot less when he's got space to run into.

Can't quite work out why he isn't played in the middle. Seems a bit odd not to give him a go there and having him breaking from deep with space to attack.

Probably end up Sunderland and Norwich drawing as well but we'll still mess it up.

Of what? Getting something. Might be a minimal chance, but it's an improved chance.

Winning the Europa League and qualifying for CL is their sole focus now - gives us a much better chance.

Liverpool going through would be best for our survival hopes.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/13/well-done-hes-13-revisiting-michael-owens-soccer-skills/ For anyone who wants to hate Michael Owen even more.

I'd go (assuming the players below are fit): Darlow Mbabu Mbemba Lascelles Dummett Sissoko De Jong Tiote Townsend Wijnaldum/Perez Mitrovic

City getting through in CL could help. Clinging to any hope here...

We gave him 80k a week? Ha ha. He's not even worth half that.

I went a Times online chat with Rory Smith (who wrote a book with Benitez on winning the CL) and asked what was going on: His reply was: "It's a mix of things, from what I can tell. They're apparently training really well, really keen and enthusiastic and determined, but then it gets to match-day and they just...melt. That's what he meant by anxiety: they get so overcome with the situation that they forget what they've been told, which is the whole point of training. Then there is the imbalance in the squad, a few issues with some players' fitness...but what's stood out to me is how bad some of the players are. Watch them. Even the players you think are quite good - Sissoko is the one that got me - are really bad. I worry about them now. I'm surprised he hasn't got at least a couple more points, but I suspect the problems were more complex than he realised."

I'd like to see Sissoko in the middle as part of a midfield three to be honest and just tell him to run with it, Forrest Gump style, at the heart of their defence.

This is the most telling part of that: "Over the course of the 4495 minutes, it works out at a goal or assist every 179.8 minutes, which is basically a goal or assist every two PL matches." In what world could we, of all teams, ever have deemed this to not be good enough? Absolutely baffling. And this includes minutes where Pardew would bring him on and hope for a bit of magic.

I'd have: Mitrovic Townsend Perez Tiote de Jong Sissoko/Wijnaldum

I suppose I use 'run' in a loose sense. Whenever he comes on, he seems to bring players into the game and speed up our passing. We don't seem to have anyone else who can do that. Shelvey just slows the ball down while he tries another pointless Hollywood pass.

I like Mbemba and think there's potentially a good defender in there somewhere - he's been poor since he came back from injury though.

I expect a lot of people will disagree but I reckon I'd go for a midfield three of de Jong, Tiote and Sissoko/Wijnaldum. For all Tiote's faults, he has a bit of energy and has some presence. De Jong can keep things ticking over and generally run the midfield and hopefully that releases Sissoko to hit on the break or Wijnaldum to get into the box.

I don't think De Jong's individual talent is the important thing - it's the fact he has a brain and actually makes us play coherent football. He links up play quite well with quick one touch passes and actually makes the players around him look and play better. Personally, I'd get him in a midfield three and get him to run things, not the braindead Shelvey.

Not sure how we measure levels of toughness but wanting to come back on after being knocked out seems pretty tough to me.