What's the point in Lallana?

[Nolongerathletic]

In fairness he, (Lallana) was poor yesterday, outmuscled is biggest failure. Like him to certain degree, but slipped in yesterday in first half and was brushed aside with ease. Stoke away not ideal and Can helped on possession front when arrived.

 

He wasn't as bad as Skrtel though, 2 shit back passes, one clown of a tackle/yellow, standing under ball while Walters easily out jumping. Leaving his man at back post for Clyne who had great defensive clearance (bailing him out) and being totally leaderless yet again-Lovren doing all the talking holding the line!!

 

In interest of fairness he made a good clearance in first half!! So on top of Lallana, Lovren v Sakho thread surely can't be far from one in the offing!!

 

 

Anyway, I digress Lallana was poor yesterday!!

 

 

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[skend04]

Lallana will help us sell lots of Nivea products? Is that the correct answer to the OP?

[Dr. J]

Lallana has heart problems - literally and figuratively.

 

He should kick a kitten and go for the hat trick.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I don't think there has been a time in my adult life where I've liked all of the players in the team. Sometimes the reasons may, to the untrained eye, appear to be fickle.  An ill-advised perm or tattoo.  They're a bit shit.  They have an irritating voice.  They're thick as pigshit and hellbent on betraying it at every opportunity.  They can't leave their hair alone.  They lack bottle. They're boring.  Or Lazy.  Or playing silly buggers in the press.  Etc. 

 

Yeah, I'm usually the same, but in the last few years I've tended to focus all that ire  towards Johnson and his wage-stealing displays, so now he's finally gone I struggle to see anyone as annoying in comparison.

 

I'll forgive a lack of ability or intelligence, as long as someone looks like they care, and I think bar Balotelli all our players seem to give a shit. Not sure about Enrique come to think of it, but I kind of think of him as retired anyway.

[skend04]

Tony Barrett not holding back on his thoughts about Lallana today I see.

[Jairzinho]

Tony Barrett not holding back on his thoughts about Lallana today I see.

 

Link?

[skend04]

Link?

It appears to be on a webchat with @LFCZA generally about the team who then tweeted replies.

[Tony Moanero]

Am I the only person on here who never reads anything by Tony Barrett?

[Mathewbet1]

he pays for himself the amount of nivea he shifts

[Liverpool lad]

Finally we can admit the lad is not good enough for a team with top 4 ambitions

[moof]

Finally we can admit the lad is not good enough for a team with top 4 ambitions

Maybe not to start every week but he's got his uses

[Mathewbet1]

we paid 25m for a 10-15m player shocker

[Mathewbet1]

Maybe not to start every week but he's got his uses

Yeah - selling skin cream and having a lovely barnet and needless cryuff turns.

[King Emlyn]

Am I the only person on here who never reads anything by Tony Barrett?

Nope

[King Emlyn]

Finally we can admit the lad is not good enough for a team with top 4 ambitions

Yep

[Iceman]

The point of players like Lallana is to have a solid spine that they can work off and do their itsy bitsy spider skill type stuff and work us a goal. Seeing as we don't have that as Fudgers refuses to sign some proper DMs, Lallana is often played out of position or required to do way more than he is actually capable of and ends up looking what he is, a limited overpriced player who even given those limitations is still good enough to have an effect for us (as he did for the club we so expensively bought him from ), if only we'd play him to his strengths and not out of position. 

 

He still is quite shit though. 

[moof]

Yeah - selling skin cream and having a lovely barnet and needless cryuff turns.

Sometimes it's nice to just enjoy the beautiful things.

 

He's a lovely player on his day though, admittedly he can be invisible at times.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Sometimes it's nice to just enjoy the beautiful things.

 

He's a lovely player on his day though, admittedly he can be invisible at times.

 

Has he had "his day" in a red shirt yet?  I can't really remember being particularly impressed with him in any one game so far.

[smilezzz]

Has he had "his day" in a red shirt yet? I can't really remember being particularly impressed with him in any one game so far.

Swansea, one or two others I can't remember.

[Jose Jones]

Lallana would have fit in really well in our squad two years ago. He could have come in for Coutinho or Sterling on their inconsistent days, or on instead of Moses when we needed a goal.

His jinky linky skills would have worked well with Suarez and Sturridge.

 

He's just not a game defining player though which is what we could use more of now.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

When we've got a defence that doesn't need too much help from the midfield, and a midfield that doesn't need to constantly pull back an AM or two, then players like Lallana will look better. Imagine him or Coutinho in a side where the back four was reassuringly solid and the midfield pushed up, allowing them to focus almost solely on running forwards rather than backwards.

[DooooodekNo5]

we paid 25m for a 10-15m player that we didn't need shocker

[DooooodekNo5]

He's totally redundant now we have Firmino, playing him wide is a waste of time.

[Grinch]

He's been redundant from day one since he's not fit to wipe Coutinhos arse and can only play in his position.

 

I'm still stunned Rodgers kept his job after the mindblowingly stupid waste of cash that set the club back years last season.

[Boss]

The point of players like Lallana is to mince around midfield performing Cruyff turns down blind alleys and to lose the ball after taking about 20 unnecessary touches before jogging away coiffing his hair in a brazen act of defiance.