I've never seen him play through the middle. I've only ever seen him on the wing. If i'm wrong then fair enough. But whenever i've seen him ive just thought "he's alright".
Poll Lallana vs Shaqiri poll
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I've never seen him play through the middle. I've only ever seen him on the wing. If i'm wrong then fair enough. But whenever i've seen him ive just thought "he's alright".
Whoever is most likely to improve the team right now, thats the most important thing.
In those stats Shaq wins a tackle every three games, has an interception in every four, has never blocked a shot or made a clearance. I think it is pretty clear Lallana works harder when he doesn't have the ball. That said, Brodge will get Shaq doing that shit in no time. It comes down to skillz for me, pure and simple. Who will scare opposition defences the most-est?
We need a bigger squad with lots of quality all over the pitch as we are going to smash the CL and the league next season. Buy, buy, buy. Get them both. We're top drawer again, and should spend accordingly.
lallana is more a central attacking midfielder or an inside forward. Shaqiri is more a winger. I think Rodgers wants lallana for the same role coutinho plays and shaqiri can't play that role.
I agree, and that's what I find bizarre. Why the desperation to marginalise Coutinho? He's brilliant.
Because coutinho is still very inconsistent. Plus hopefully the competition will make him raise his game.
Competition's always good, but I'd question the priority and amount of money this is being given.
Coutinho is a really good player, and at 21 will surely become better and much more consistent. I think we should be looking to build around him. The positions I'd be looking to strengthen before Coutinho's are:
Striker - addressed, sort of, and in the short term
Winger - no sign of being addressed, unless Lallana is seen as a viable option there
Left back - addressed, but perhaps not given absolute priority in terms of the quality of the target
Centre back - looks like a lower priority so far
Right back - no sign it's being considered
Goalkeeper - Vorm as backup?
I definitely wouldn't want Lallana out wide. Get them both if possible - I doubt it is, though.
Coutinho and Sterling could both do with competition but it depends how we line up. To give Brodge the oppurtunity to play around with formations, Lallana's versatility probably suits more
I don't think it's to replace/marginalise, it'll be to put less pressure on him to be the the sole focus of our attacking through the middle, he'll supplement that and give us an and/or option. Both can play wide also, so is just gives us more options and depth. And if there is an issue over Coutinho under-performing, then perhaps the competition will do him good.
Yeah strength in numbers is what we need. Say Coutinho has one of his poor games... last season we couldn't really replace him. We had Moses or someone. Imagine we have him and Lallana vying for the same role. It would strengthen us significantly.
I think Shaqiri's defensive stats are going to be a bit deflated though because he gets fewer minutes with Bayern, and because Bayern had so much possession this season. Meaning there were significantly fewer times where a tackle or block had to be made.
Shaqiri is not just a winger. Heynckes and especially Guardiola tried to make him interchangeable with the likes of Kroos, playing him sometimes in the midfield 3 rather than the front 3. He has been learning to play a more controlled game at Bayern.
The Lallana group is much better looking on average.
Shaqiri is well better through the middle than on the wing.
OK, after some more consideration I voted for Lallana. I think there is a good reason why he's been Rodgers' 1st choice: we need someone mature and ready to contribute immediately in this position. And while Shaqiri perhaps has more cutting edge to him, Lallana is a lot better in defense and pressing. I'd love to get Shaqiri too if we had the money, but if I'm forced to choose, right now I would go with Lallana.
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