ponsaelius Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Allen is no more a 'class act' than Mark Davies or somebody like that is. I actually enjoy watching him play because he's a neat and tidy player on the eye. But he is overrated because he's a British player who doesn't shit his kegs in possession of the ball. Not worth £15 million in a month of Sundays and never will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Allen is no more a 'class act' than Mark Davies or somebody like that is. I actually enjoy watching him play because he's a neat and tidy player on the eye. But he is overrated because he's a British player who doesn't s*** his kegs in possession of the ball. Not worth £15 million in a month of Sundays and never will be. Exactly, just compared with how much we paid for Cabaye it's hilarious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 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 Not sure if this is serious but neither of those look particularly exciting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Having watched Allen get mowed by our midfield quite recently, I really don't think he's a 15 million pound player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Allen is no more a 'class act' than Mark Davies or somebody like that is. I actually enjoy watching him play because he's a neat and tidy player on the eye. But he is overrated because he's a British player who doesn't s*** his kegs in possession of the ball. Not worth £15 million in a month of Sundays and never will be. Basically exactly this. Very good comparison with Mark Davies as well for around a 3rd of the price. Mentalists! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I kept a close eye on him during the Olympics....... clearly over rated, especially by Jonathan Pearce who was orgasming over the simplest of things about him, and is easily over-priced, just like Carroll, Downing, Henderson and shit. He offers nothing apart from neat but not particularly creative, passing. I'm sure the Anfield crowd won't appreciate his side/backward passes too much, either. He seemed to offer nothing in the deeplying role that he plays. However, I thought he looked a bit more promising when he had the ball in the final third, as his set-up play for Sturridge's goal against Uruguay showed. So, I think that's probably his best role; playing higher up the pitch. But still.... 15m? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 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 Not sure if this is serious but neither of those look particularly exciting. Surely Gerrard's batteries are going to run out soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 First looks pretty good imo, but their backup is woeful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Forgot they had Lucas, good player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 It's silly money, but they clearly wanted him, and if the rumours are true about the agreement/loophole/release clause then they would have had to pay a minimum of 15M. Not that he's worth it, but it sounds like they wouldn't have been able to get him for less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 then perhaps they should have gone for someone else who wouldn't cost £15m and can do something other than pass sideways and backwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 then perhaps they should have gone for someone else who wouldn't cost £15m and can do something other than pass sideways and backwards Damn, that rules Jenas out then. What other homegrown players can do that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 then perhaps they should have gone for someone else who wouldn't cost £15m and can do something other than pass sideways and backwards Damn, that rules Jenas out then. What other homegrown players can do that? Scott Parker, pass sideways and backwards that is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Guthrie is better than Allen imo, and they could have got him for nothing. Too cheap for them, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 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 Not sure if this is serious but neither of those look particularly exciting. Surely Gerrard's batteries are going to run out soon. Going by last season, id argue they have already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Wolves turned down a 9m bid for Jarvis, so much crazy in this sentence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Think its going to take Lucas a while to get back to dominating that screening position like he did early last season. Such a serious injury will take its toll on him, much like it did on Essien, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Essien relied a lot on his physical attributes though, Lucas relies on positional sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Guthrie is better than Allen imo, and they could have got him for nothing. Too cheap for them, though. I was thinking this. He's a tidy player for sure (Allen), but Christ - that's an obscene amount of money. Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Adam, Spearing; that's just mega uninspiring tbh and is seriously lacking in goals. Still absolutely millions of miles away from replacing Xabi Alonso. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Can't believe he got rid of Aquilani as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Can't believe he got rid of Aquilani as well. It's kinda forgotten about now but what a fucking car-crash that whole thing was. Fuck man i hope they drop like an absolute fucking stone when Suarez pisses off (which he will) and super Stevie G stagnates into a bog-standard old CM. They have likenesses to us a few years before we went down. Imagine if they deteriorated that much - would be fucking marvellous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Guthrie is better than Allen imo, and they could have got him for nothing. Too cheap for them, though. I was thinking this. He's a tidy player for sure (Allen), but Christ - that's an obscene amount of money. Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Adam, Spearing; that's just mega uninspiring tbh and is seriously lacking in goals. Still absolutely millions of miles away from replacing Xabi Alonso. That's the exact point i was making more before hand, they have tonnes of midfielders that can recycle possession which is good for Rodgers gameplan i suppose but nothing in an actual creative sense. They will rely a lot on Suarez to create by himself again. Would have made much more sense, to buy a more creative attacking midfielder than Allen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Guthrie is better than Allen imo, and they could have got him for nothing. Too cheap for them, though. I was thinking this. He's a tidy player for sure (Allen), but Christ - that's an obscene amount of money. Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Adam, Spearing; that's just mega uninspiring tbh and is seriously lacking in goals. Still absolutely millions of miles away from replacing Xabi Alonso. That's the exact point i was making more before hand, they have tonnes of midfielders that can recycle possession which is good for Rodgers gameplan i suppose but nothing in an actual creative sense. They will rely a lot on Suarez to create by himself again. Would have made much more sense, to buy a more creative attacking midfielder than Allen. Guthrie is better than Allen imo, and they could have got him for nothing. Too cheap for them, though. I was thinking this. He's a tidy player for sure (Allen), but Christ - that's an obscene amount of money. Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Henderson, Adam, Spearing; that's just mega uninspiring tbh and is seriously lacking in goals. Still absolutely millions of miles away from replacing Xabi Alonso. That's the exact point i was making more before hand, they have tonnes of midfielders that can recycle possession which is good for Rodgers gameplan i suppose but nothing in an actual creative sense. They will rely a lot on Suarez to create by himself again. Would have made much more sense, to buy a more creative attacking midfielder than Allen. Marvin Martin went relatively cheap to Lille, he would have been a far better option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Mind, i don't know what this Borini lad's all about. Is he an out-and-out striker? Cos as Mole says, they need a foil for Suarez cos if they're relying on him all season again, they won't pull up any trees. Putting his disgusting face aside, he's obviously a talented player but i think he gets overrated. Just a tricky winger-cum-forward, nowt original. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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