Adam Lallana

[VladimirIlyich]

4 minutes ago, Mark M said:

Without checking I'd have thought Sturridge must have a worst record with injuries.

Sturridge would arguably get a slight nod just by his goalscoring ability. Nothing in it though.

[LF:D]

Decent stat I thought.

 

[LF:D]

1 hour ago, Jairzinho said:

We should have binned him in the summer.

I said the same in the summer.

 

But given our injuries in that position & given we didn't get a Fekir type player, I'm glad he is still here & fit, currently as I think our midfield needs him.

[Jairzinho]

4 minutes ago, LF:D said:

I said the same in the summer.

 

But given our injuries in that position & given we didn't get a Fekir type player, I'm glad he is still here & fit, currently as I think our midfield needs him.

Yes, should be moderately useful for a fortnight or so.

[VladimirIlyich]

We havent been explosive when Hendo,Milner and Gini but we've been effective enough.

[Trumo]

If he plays, it HAS to be as part of the midfield 3 or at worst, the tip of a diamond. Both he and the team are too ineffectual when he plays in the front 3.

[stringvest]

He's the Kloppest Klopp player we have. 

 

[LF:D]

11 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Yes, should be moderately useful for a fortnight or so.

To be fair, I'd take that.  As Keita should be back then.  Milner not far off.

 

We need him for these two weeks, until we get those two back.  Then in January I think we all hope we go back for Fekir.

[LF:D]

12 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

We havent been explosive when Hendo,Milner and Gini but we've been effective enough.

Defensively we've been really good.  I think our CM is extremely underrated in terms of what they do without the ball.

 

With the ball, is the issue - especially in terms of offering penetration.  That's where we need Lallana to hopefully upgrade it but while also keeping the defensive solidarity. 

 

Shaqiri would easily enhance our creativity if we played more of a 4-2-3-1.  But Klopp didn't seem to like it without the ball vs Southampton.

[Grinch]

43 minutes ago, LF:D said:

To be fair, I'd take that.  As Keita should be back then.  Milner not far off.

 

We need him for these two weeks, until we get those two back.  Then in January I think we all hope we go back for Fekir.

 

Not all no, there’s still some who believe you shouldn’t sign players who’ve failed a medical.

[LF:D]

2 minutes ago, Grinch said:

 

Not all no, there’s still some who believe you shouldn’t sign players who’ve failed a medical.

He passed the medical, they just had further doubts about his knee.

 

I agree, if the club don't think it is worth the risk - then we shouldn't go back for him.

 

But I don't have the information to know how bad the knee is, the club might have just been playing hardball on the fee.

 

Guess we'll find out soon.

[TheHowieLama]

Lyon was not upfront about the additional surgery -- simple as that really.

 

[Captain Howdy]

1 hour ago, stringvest said:

He's the Kloppest Klopp player we have. 

 

 

[magicrat]

Lallana will be ineffective after such a long lay-off and he's likely to snap in the first heavy challenge . No doubt one or two Huddersfield lumps will test that theory tomorrow.

[TheHowieLama]

2 hours ago, stringvest said:

He's the Kloppest Klopp player we have. 

 

James Milner laughed at this

[razor]

1 hour ago, LF:D said:

He passed the medical, they just had further doubts about his knee.

 

Don't you just "have" a medical and the club decide whether you "pass" or not?  There's no agreed standard.  So he "failed".

 

As for Lallana, I like him.

 

Given a good run of injury-free games, we'll all be praising his workrate, eye for a pass and all-round contribution to the team.

 

His Kiev performance sticks in my craw, but that was not fairly indicative of what he can do.

 

Keep.

[Bjornebye]

Lets hope he can stay fit now and try and play his way back into the side. I had a bit of a moan about our strength in depth after the City game but having Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain still to come back shows that we do have strength in depth. Just need to keep everyone as fit as possible ! Is Matip injured? I know Gomez has been excellent and Lovren appears to be 2nd/3rd choice to Van Dijk anyway but has Matip been out or just benched? Ive missed any news on him 

[El Rojo]

14 hours ago, LF:D said:

 

 

Guess we'll find out soon.

PM’d.

[Guest]

12 hours ago, razor said:

 

Don't you just "have" a medical and the club decide whether you "pass" or not?  There's no agreed standard.  So he "failed".

 

As for Lallana, I like him.

 

Given a good run of injury-free games, we'll all be praising his workrate, eye for a pass and all-round contribution to the team.

 

His Kiev performance sticks in my craw, but that was not fairly indicative of what he can do.

 

Keep.

Our Nivea contract wouldn't be the same without him. 

[LF:D]

13 hours ago, razor said:

 

Don't you just "have" a medical and the club decide whether you "pass" or not?  There's no agreed standard.  So he "failed".

Well going off what the respected LFC sources, Melissa Reddy, James Pearce etc.  He passed the medical, but they wanted further checks on his knee.  That's fine by me, I trust our recruitment fully.  If they thought it was too much risk, I back the club to find another players who can do a similar job.

 

For the person who asked, think it was @Bjornebye, Matip is fit.

[VladimirIlyich]

13 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Lets hope he can stay fit now and try and play his way back into the side. I had a bit of a moan about our strength in depth after the City game but having Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain still to come back shows that we do have strength in depth. Just need to keep everyone as fit as possible ! Is Matip injured? I know Gomez has been excellent and Lovren appears to be 2nd/3rd choice to Van Dijk anyway but has Matip been out or just benched? Ive missed any news on him 

I have doubts about Oxlade Chamberlain long term myself as he seems to have regular injury problems.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Adam Lollanahahaha. 

 

No. 

[Elite]

He's nowhere near good enough now. Needs selling to back to Southampton.

[an tha]

On 10/20/2018 at 9:35 AM, VladimirIlyich said:

I have doubts about Oxlade Chamberlain long term myself as he seems to have regular injury problems.

How many players come back at the really top level and are as good as they were after an injury that keeps them out for over a year?

[TheHowieLama]

Joe Gomez?