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Not sure, but Nolan as a winger might give you an indication.

I still have Mata, Hazard & Torres in my fantasy team for a reason. Think this will be ugly to watch.

Don't think Man City fans would be so 'meh' about him if their other options were Larsson, Mcclean, Richardson and Elmo. Big upgrade. Hope the deal breaks down.

Crazy. Isn´t that pretty much what they allegedly paid for Vertonghen? Quite an upgrade for £0

I´d reserve the better of the players for the group stages until we *knock on wood* are through at an early stage, go back to second string and use the first team again in the knock out rounds until *knock on wood* we win the damn thing.

Krul Tavernier-Williamson-Perch-Raylor Gosling/Bigi-Anita-Amalfitano/Bigi Marveaux-Shola-Sammy

Don´t forget Smithy

I just love you too much to see you get disappointed.

Getting a bit emotional there fella. You have your opinion, others have theirs. Personally I don't think Allen is worth anywhere near £15m+, someone mentioned Jenas when talking about him and to me that is a good comparison. Both calm, good (safe) passers, but not much else. As for the rest of that midfield barring one (maybe two if Gerrard manages a decent run of games and still has legs) is very, very uninspiring. hai shaemus. For sake of clarity, I agree on the bolded part. Just think that he will add something to that side that they are missing and will greatly benefit from. Nothing emotional in it, just trying to get a different point of view forward to all of the people who just focuses on the price of the player himself, and not what the player will add to the side. To put it in another context, I´d be over the moon if we got him for ~£6m. Depending on Pardew actually using a 4-3-3-ish formation, Allen would be a definite starter.

Im not going to argue it any further, and Im not going to drag it up when (most likely) Liverpool end up with a good few points more than us, but I would like to warn a few of you overly confident people not to get too ahead of yourselves as it might fuck you right back down to earth during the close of the season. Last thing I´d want to see on here is that PhilD guy gloating due to so many retrospectively moronic posts.

sup belro?

Not sure if this is serious but neither of those look particularly exciting. Surely Gerrard's batteries are going to run out soon. Gerrard was arguably Englands best player as recent as in the Euros. Lucas was one of the best holding midfielders in the PL before he was injured. Allen had a great season with Swansea, and could potentially thrive on the players he is linking up with at Liverpool. Allen is still young, and can only get better. Don´t really see what is funny with this, even though they have paid more than Allens perceived market value. I also forgot about Shelvey who could have a break through season. Compared to our central midfield they are ahead of us in quality and depth in my opinion.

Good signing for Liverpool. They will have a great starting line up (in central midfield) and solid cover for European games and cup games. 1. Allen - Lucas - Gerrard 2. Spearing - Adam - Henderson

It´s possible to see om PL Fantasy League, but I´ll be damned if I go through all of PL´s wingers to match him up with them. From what I could see, none really stood out and did much more than Jonas in terms of end product if you look past the top of the class wingers.

Since the Jonas discussion seems to be at its best in this thread: Is there any stats available that compares wingers goals & assists? I wonder how Jonas compares to the rest of the PLs main wingers.

It would be very stupid to commit to buy him no matter what (should they stay up) already IMO. Surely you'd want the option to bail. Totally agree, but we´re talking about West Ham here so thought I´d seek for more information for sake of clarity.

"With view to a 17m deal" meaning that West Ham have to buy him for this fee if they stay up, have first option IF they want to buy and stay up, or can if they still want to?

I think he is a much better player than Henderson. In that context 12.5m is a steal.

Allen is a good player, and the price seems fair considering what other English players go for. He is still very young, so will most likely get better as well. Not sure what all the laughs are about. Seems more like a reflex reaction from some.

Ferguson will school him into quite the average holding midfielder with no flair.

Yeah, Im sure Ashley is willing to sell for less than £80m

Well, at least there is not one single Newcastle thread on the front page. Progress.

SOON

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Have you told Graeme Carr this yet? If not get a move on. To be fair, its only Carrs specific paid profession to travel the world watching players all year round. Yes hes been doing it for a very long time & has an incredibly proven track record. Lets find out what the random forum member helsug from sweden thinks first, i mean in his equally creditable opinion he might not be worth that much. Christ, I took all possible precautions.