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Lovren: I'll show everyone that they are wrong!

Dejan Lovren says he is raring to go this pre-season so he can win over his doubters and “show everyone that they are wrong”.

 

The Croatian defender endured a tough first season at Anfield after his big money move from Southampton, but feels that a good pre-season this summer will see him return to the form that persuaded the Reds to pay £20m for his services.

 

Speaking to LFCTV GO ahead of Liverpool’s opening pre-season friendly against a Thailand XI this afternoon, Lovren said: “I didn’t do pre-season last year when I came here so it’s important for me to do the whole pre-season and be fit enough for the first game.

 

“It definitely affected me last year” he added. “When you are with the team for one month and when you train with them, it’s not the same as arriving and then in seven days you are playing the game. It was a difficult time for me”

 

Lovren is competing with Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho for a place at the heart of the defence this season and says he is confident that with a good pre-season under his belt he will be able to bounce back from last season’s disappointment and prove his army of critics wrong. 

 

“I know when I do a good pre-season then I know I will have a good season, so I can’t wait to start..." he said, before adding with a smile "and to show everyone that they are wrong!”

 

 

 

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Just wondering is there any hope for lovren. I ve given up on him.

Hes a rash panicky player who dresses it up as masculine and hard when hes really insecure, hes slow, His passing is gash, if we had a proper sheild in front of him maybe he wouldnt look half as bad if the dm and his other centre half keep him in check plus a manager to instill the fear of god into him and basically babysit him but hes still poor, for any team serious about challenging top four or league hes always gonna fuck up. Just take him out back and finish him off with a binbag over his head.

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McAllister also confirmed that the injury toRoberto Firmino - forced off before the interval - was not a serious one, and said that Dejan Lovren, who was stretchered off in extra time, was “not as bad as he looked”.

 

 

Lovren out for 2 months

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He's horrendous but it seems to be ignored that Skrtel is often as bad or in some cases even worse. They are both shit.

Skrtel hasnt done much wrong has shown hes a top defender im surprised hes not gone to city or a top club somewhere but i know hes not every fans cup of tea.
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Best thing Mark Wright did was under Souness, which was shouting "You fucking beauty" as he lifted the FA Cup with a live camera trained on his face, making the BBC lot tut back in the studio.

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He's horrendous but it seems to be ignored that Skrtel is often as bad or in some cases even worse. They are both shit.

Believe me, Skrtel's shitness is not lost on me.

 

But then why would you be surprised? We've got a Slovakian international defender as our first choice CB.

 

Print that out and look at it.

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Don't get the dislike of Skrtel. Lovren on the other hand...

 

I don't dislike Skrtel but his tendency to drop deep when opponents begin to counter attack us is starting to irritate me more and more. Looking at the bigger picture, it's splitting the centre of defence because Lovren's inclination is to push out and means we cannot hope to implement any sort of offside trap. Opponents can make runs deep into our territory and get within shooting range quickly. Lovren might be making more mistakes that lead to goals but Skrtel's inclination is causing the midfield to become too stretched, and it doesn't help that Rodgers sees no place in his teams for an athletic defensive midfielder or two to help protect the defence when the full backs are invariably caught upfield when we lose possession.

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Skrtel is OK most of the time and occasionally plays some blinders .

Lovren is useless but as he's now out for months its not worth discussing him any more. I'm sorry he has picked up a serious injury and wouldn't seriously wish that on any of our players

I expect there will be anew manager to decide his future at Liverpool by the time he's back in training, So it ill be Skrtel/ Sakho first choice and I hope we see Gomez eased into his correct position as back up ahead of Toure who moves at the speed of an oil tanker these days

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He's improved from a car crash waiting to happen back to his Southampton form, in other words still a fairly average defender & a million miles away from being good enough for where we want to be but sadly more than good enough for where we are.

 

I'm not going to go sucking his cock just cause he's stopped gifting the opposition goals on a weekly basis.

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He's passable. He has some pretty obvious positional and mental flaws on the pitch but he hasn't completely crumbled after his terrible start at the club so he has some balls at least. 

 

I thought his partnership with Sakho was genuinely pretty good so here's hoping he can forge a similar relationship with Matip. I really, really don't want to see him play with Klavan for an extended period of time, though and if we're still shite at the back even with a Matip - Lovren partnership then I really hope we'll think about spending big on a new first choice centre back in the near future.

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I've always thought that he was a superior defender to Sakho, Klopp seems to agree. He looks like one of the first names on the team sheet at the moment, and good on him.

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