just checked the boro forum and apparently he's been dropped due to his poor form.

What poor form?

just relaying what some people are saying.
http://www.oneboro.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5922

True Blue and Yellow ;)

Interview with Christoforos Ikonomidis
29.12.2013

Interview mit dem australischen U23 Nationalspieler Christoforos Ikonomidis

Fussball-Talente: Could you discribe the feeling when you play your first match for the Australian under 20 team?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: My first official start in the Australian U 20 team was against Chinese-Taipei in a World Cup qualifier in Malaysia. I scored twice and set up the third goal in our 3-0 win. I was very happy and very proud. To top it off I was voted MVP for this game.

Fussball-Talente: Talking about you. What position do you play. What's your strenght and your weekness?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I play a variety of positions including attacking midfield, left and right wings and “trequartista”. My strengths are my football intelligence, speed and technical ability. I have to work on my man marking and zonal defence.

Fussball-Talente: What was the reason for you to start playing football? Did you get support from your family?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I started playing at 4 years of age so that I could join in with my older brother and sister. My family is my strength.

Fussball-Talente: How would you judge your personal performance this season?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I am very pleased with this season so far, I have moved to a bigger Club and have a starting position. I have also been called up for the U 20 National team and now in January will be in Oman with the U 23’s National team playing against Kuwait, Iran and Japan ( I will be the youngest player)

Fussball-Talente: How often do you practice in a week? What is the main focus?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I train every day at Lazio. Our focus as a team is to stay on top. We would like to win the Coppa Italia , Viareggio Cup and the Nazionale Primavera championship.

Fussball-Talente: What about your education? Is it possible to coordinate school and football?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: It is difficult to devote a lot of time to completing my HSC, but eventually I will complete this. I have been studying languages and I am now fluent in Italian which helps with interviews. I will now learn Spanish and Greek.

Fussball-Talente: Do you have home sickness so far away from Australia?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I have been overseas for 3 years now, my first 2 years with Atalanta BC ,I still get homesick but skype and regular visitors helps a lot. Joining the Australian team in Spain ,England and Malaysia also helps .

Fussball-Talente: How do you rate the practice grounds and environment of Lazio?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: The facilities at Lazio are excellent and the grounds are immaculate. The staff, coaches, team mates and first team players are all supportive and friendly.

Fussball-Talente: What do you think are the main differences between Australian and European youth football?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I have played against youth teams such as Juventus, AC Milan, Spartak Moscow, Barcelona, Chelsea and Sporting Lisbon amongst others and the football is fast, technical and fluent. There is not much time to think.

Fussball-Talente: What was your brightest moment of your football career?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: My brightest moments this season was scoring for Lazio and then scoring for Australia. As far as my football career… my brightest moment would be when I was scouted at 14 years of age and taken overseas for my first trial.

Fussball-Talente: What are your targets for the future?#
Christoforos Ikonomidis: My targets for the immediate future are;

Win the Championships with Lazio.

Qualify for the U 20 World Cup.

Qualify for the Olympic Games 2016 with the U 23’s

Play Serie A football..

Fussball-Talente: What is your favourite team beneath Lazio?
Christoforos Ikonomidis: I have always admired the way Arsenal plays and I was lucky to meet Van Persie while he was at that club.

Thank you Christoforos for giving this interviev.

What's up with Herd? A Championship move would do him well. Transfer market is open so let's hope Rogic is on the way out and maybe Herd too.

Herd is injured.

Is it that facial injury still?

Smith unsurprisingly not in the Liverpool squad.

hamstring

Ryan Williams would have been ruled out with an ankle injury, while Asa Hall was still struggling with a virus which had affected the midfielder over the weekend.


“Ryan wasn’t going to make it and there was a doubt over Asa Hall,” Wilder said.

Rogic on bench..

What a shock.

Before the match, Lennon said:

"I need my experience here so I didn't want to change the team too much. We're in good form so too many changes can change the flow of the team. I want a wee bit more zip and urgency from us today.

"We're looking at players. We're working at all sorts of options. We'll endeavour to bring freshness to the squad."

Maybe I'm being paranoid but BOTH of those paragraphs to me seem to say that Rogic is screwed.

The first paragraph says he doesn't want to change the team - although he might only mean for this match but because they are in form he says he is unlikely to make that many changes. Thus, pretty unlikely Rogic will play.

More worryingly though, the second paragraph says he is looking at changing the squad! Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but seeing Rogic is part of the squad that means they are looking at options other than him.

So basically, won't change the team but wants to change the squad. Sorry Rogic on the bench, you aren't getting any time.

I sincerely hope I am reading too much into it :(

You're reading to much into it.