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Rodgers questions commitment of Swansea stand-ins after Cup defeat

Swansea City boss Brendan Rodgers blasted his players in their Carling Cup defeat to Shrewsbury.

The manner of defeat was a total surprise to Rodgers, who made nine changes to his starting line-up, but expected far better from those who represented his club.

"A few of them have put their hands up to say don't pick me," he observed.

"Some of them will get on the bus and think it is a game less. I don't think like that. I want to win every game.

"Whether or not the game wasn't big enough for some players, I don't know.

"But we had the top scorer from the Championship last season, international players, experience. We were good enough.

"I said before the game that a team would be knocked out, a big team, and they would be knocked out because their attitude wasn't right. Ours wasn't right."

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