He plays further forward and therefore in less space but he combines an ability to play in tight spaces while taking risks with the ball where the oportunity arises. He is also our most effective midfielder (more so than Lalanna) at getting beyond the striker to create other options and he is pretty good in the air. He is therefore more dependent on being fed to him than other midfielders. He is also our most mobile midfielder and covers alot of ground and is disciplined. He does need to improve his ability to tackle - in fact the best tackler we have is Firminho. I am delighted he plays for us and so is Juergen. Ignore the uneducated negative views on here - Joe Allen should never have been at this club in the first place.