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So, Joe Allen...

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i am coming around to this signing - if you take aqua's reported salary and transfer fee into account, it almost means a straight swap? which is good.

however, we need to get rid of spearing and adams. i'd accept 5m for both.
 
Shadey said:
Apparently he supported us as a kid
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Ha, actually you can see that shell-shocked look during his interview that comes with a lifelong manc realising he's just signed for LFC. Still great that we got him - fantastic prospect.
 
gkmacca said:
Ha, actually you can see that shell-shocked look during his interview that comes with a lifelong manc realising he's just signed for LFC. Still great that we got him - fantastic prospect.
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I'd do the exact same thing without giving it much thought. If Man U wants me and Liverpool doesn't hey, money talks.
 
JOE ALLEN is 5-2 with Hills to score six or more Premier League goals for Liverpool this season after joining from Swansea on Friday night.

Attacking midfielder Allen, 22 and an ever-present for Team GB in the Olympics, is of course thereby re-united with manager Brendan Rodgers who left south Wales for Anfield earlier in the summer.

And Hills make him 1-6 to start their first league game against West Brom at the Hawthorns on Saturday August 18 and 1-5 to make more starts in the campaign than Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam.

Henderson is 4-1 to make the most starts of the trio and Adam is 10-1.
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The odds do my head in as I only understand decimal odds. 😳
 
Binny said:
The odds do my head in as I only understand decimal odds. 😳
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Super easy, just remember it's money staked vs money claimed. So 10/1 is 10 back for every 1 staked on a winning bet, and odds on such as 1/5 is 1 back for every 5 staked on a winning bet 🙂.
 
Thanks Fallon and Gerry.

"1-5 to make more starts in the campaign than Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam." is worth whacking on then. 😛
 
WALES boss Chris Coleman is on a collision course with Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers over £15m midfielder Joe Allen.

Rodgers will this week ask that Allen be rested from Wales’ friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Llanelli on Wednesday.

But Coleman – who named Allen in his squad on Friday for Wales’ final pre-World Cup game – has said any request to rest Allen would be “unwelcome”.

“It’s an important game for us because it is the last one before Belgium,” said Coleman.

“We’ve not had the players since May when we played Mexico.”

Former Swansea boss Rodgers – who has likened new signing Allen to Manchester United great Paul Scholes – wants the 22-year-old to miss the Bosnia game because of concerns he could be too tired after featuring heavily for Team GB at the Olympics.

Allen started all four of Team GB’s matches at London 2012 as well as the warm-up game against Brazil before returning to Swansea to seal his Welsh record transfer switch to Anfield.

Liverpool start their Premier League campaign at West Brom on Saturday but Coleman wants his big hitters to play at Llanelli with the World Cup opener against Belgium in Cardiff just a few weeks away.

New Swans boss Michael Laudrup is happy for his Olympian Neil Taylor to feature against Bosnia while Malky Mackay has confirmed that new Cardiff City recruit Craig Bellamy will join up with the Wales squad.

Meanwhile, Coleman believes Allen has a big role to play for Wales in the qualification campaign and has backed him to handle the pressure that comes with a £15m price tag.

He said: “If you look at some of the fees that are being paid now I’m not surprised by how much he’s cost.

“Who in the Premier League does that job better than Joe?

“The way Brendan wants to Liverpool to play, passing the ball around, well, he is one of the best short passers around.

“He is always available, he’s very brave on the ball and I think he’s a great signing.

“You think it’s a Swansea player going for £15m, but if Joe Allen was at Aston Villa then no-one would raise an eyebrow.

“Because it’s Swansea City and they’ve only had one season in the Premier League, albeit a great season, people question it.

“But I would pay that for him no question.

“A lot of my friends are Liverpool fans and they like a certain type of player, and Joe will be great there.

“I watched him in the Uruguay game in Cardiff here he started in a deep role but they were rotating and he ended up getting into the box and setting up the goal.

“He can see a pass as well as anyone.”

Coleman also expects star man Gareth Bale to play a full part against Bosnia after missing both Wales’ New York friendly against Mexico and Team GB’s Olympics campaign.

“There were a few concerns because it was the same lower back and hamstrings problems,” he said.

“But he’s played three friendlies with Tottenham and done some training so fingers crossed we are going to get him.”

With Bale absent, four of the current Wales squad were in action at the Olympics as Allen, Aaron Ramsey, Craig Bellamy, and Neil Taylor all featured in the run to the quarter-finals.

Coleman admits he was impressed by their performances, but is pleased that the tournament is over.

“It wasn’t just injuries we were worried about, we were worried about cards as well because they get carried over,” he said.

“As it turned out they will probably be fitter now than they would have been after two or three pre-season friendlies with their clubs.

“They’ve all had 90 minutes and are in a better shape. It’s a bit of a head start for them."
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BR on Joe Allen: "We hoped he could play today, but if he gets 40-60 minutes in the week for Wales it won't harm him."
 
Liverpool's wish to play Joe Allen in friendly against Bayer Leverkusen is blocked by Swansea City



By Chris Bascombe, at Anfield
8:00PM BST 12 Aug 2012
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Allen signed for his new club after a 5pm deadline on Friday. He needed to be registered with the Premier League before then so he could face Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield yesterday.
Despite being signed outside Premier League office hours, Allen would still have been free to play had the selling club given Liverpool their permission.
Still upset by Allen’s departure, Swansea City refused a request by the Merseyside club and the Wales international was forced to watch from the stands.
Liverpool won, with Andy Carroll among the goalscorers, and Allen will now join the Wales squad to face Bosnia in midweek.
His debut for his new club is now likely to be the first Premier League game of the season against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns next Saturday.


Petty.
 
Hold on, look at it from Swansea's perspective. First Brendan says he's not interested in the managerial position at Liverpool, then he takes the job. He then says he wouldn't raid his old players and after failing to get Sigurdsson he gets Allen. A little harsh to call them bitter after all that, especially for a friendly.
 
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