Dejan Lovren

[A_S]

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[Captain]

Boom!

[Dr Nowt]

Fare thee well to the leader of men.

[El Rojo]

He’ll be gutted when he looks back at this.

[Em City]

He's exactly that sort of lad.

[Grinch]

Bye bye

 

5th choice now, hopefully.

[Jairzinho]

Bye bye

 

Sold in January now, hopefully.

 

Agreed.

[Fugitive]

Dejan Busted

[Red House]

Don't think he will get moved on in January but hopefully he will be in the summer. He's on far too much for a fourth choice.

Never going to happen, but setting up a swap deal for De Vrij wouldn't be the most ridiculous thing. Would avoid Lazio losing him on a free and having to fork out for a replacement. Lucas and Luis Alberto have been ace for them so they might be keen on another deal with us. Also like the look of this Akanji lad. Caught a replay of a Basel game recently and he does have a bit of Van Dijk about him.

[The Guest]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get rotated with Matip for these 6 months to see what he’s like next to a stronger player

[magicrat]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get rotated with Matip for these 6 months to see what he’s like next to a stronger player

 

Exactly.  Lovren can look decent and playing alongside VVD may well improve him especially if we do something about the gimp with the gloves.

[TheHowieLama]

Anyone who knows Dejan like I do understands this will just make him stronger.

[RedSand]

I certainly hope so... At least till the summer.

On another note, though Matip can look cool under pressure at times, his slow build up infuriates me. Especially his slow passes. That a lot of his (and the rest of the defence's) passes are sideways is more to do with our midfield being static and not providing options for the pass. But I've noticed and been very frustrated when Matip passes the ball, its a slow gentle pass. Not a crisp firm let's get a move on pass.

I think Lovren is less guilty of that.

Among the many reasons we struggle to break down obdurate defences is we move the ball way too slowly.

Matip contributes to this. Lovren less so. Plus I feel Lovren is a more physical presence than Matip. But even if the pairing is Lovren and VVD, our midfield needs to be more mobile. 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-1-3 please.

[TheHowieLama]

Matip plays it forward far more, and more effectively than any defender we have had in years.

[RedSand]

Matip plays it forward far more, and more effectively than any defender we have had in years.

Sorry mate. Don't see it that way. But happy to be proved wrong from January onwards.

[TheHowieLama]

No worries pal - I rated Sakho as well - look how that ended up for me....

[amli]

If its not Lovren its Mignolet and if its not Mignolet is Moreno. The threesome of death.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Matip plays it forward far more, and more effectively than any defender we have had in years.

I think Matip is very high quality. Looking forward to seeing if a partnership blossoms

[clangers]

Will be interesting to see how Lovren reacts to all this. He's thrown his toys of the pram in the past.

[Unrighteous]

When can we tar, feather, and shoot Lovren out of a cannon?

[Jennings]

Lovren isn't the worst unit in our defence. He has an opportunity for this to inspire him to work harder; improve his weaknesses and become part of a formidable partnership. It's up to him now, and his mentality.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Lovren isn't the worst unit in our defence. He has an opportunity for this to inspire him to work harder; improve his weaknesses and become part of a formidable partnership. It's up to him now, and his mentality.

Who is the worst unit in our defence?

[Captain Turdseye]

If its not Lovren its Mignolet and if its not Mignolet is Moreno. The threesome of death.

 

If its not Lovren its Mignolet and if its not Mignolet is Moreno. The threesome of death.

Weird that. I also Googled threesome of death and it returned some rather different results.

[Walter Sobchak]

Should be bombed out the club with Moreno and Ming.

 

 

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Weird that. I also Googled threesome of death and it returned some rather different results.

 

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