Throw in that tie, wtf.
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Throw in that tie, wtf.
Mark Lawrenson:
[article=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/mark-lawrenson-im-worried-liverpool-9725565]The form of Adam Lallana has been one of the more encouraging aspects of pre-season.
But if there's one thing I'd be concerned about, it's the fact he takes too many touches.
Lallana needs to be more direct and more decisive when in possession.
I'm a fan of him and he has a lot of ability, but I'd almost be tempted to say to him to only have a maximum amount of touches in certain areas of the pitch.
He overplays a little bit and that can slow us down at times.[/article]
[article=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/mark-lawrenson-im-worried-liverpool-9725565]The form of Adam Lallana has been one of the more encouraging aspects of pre-season.
But if there's one thing I'd be concerned about, it's the fact he takes too many touches.
Lallana needs to be more direct and more decisive when in possession.
I'm a fan of him and he has a lot of ability, but I'd almost be tempted to say to him to only have a maximum amount of touches in certain areas of the pitch.
He overplays a little bit and that can slow us down at times.[/article]
'too many touches' ... yup ... he kills many moves that could result in goal scoring opportunities by doing a turn here, a turn there, etc etc ... It's infuriating.
Again, he's spent his Liverpool career playing with either shit or non-strikers ahead of him. I agree it's a point worth raising, but I'm confident he'll link up well with strikers with decent movement. That definitely includes Sturridge and hopefully Benteke, too.
Lallana actually pulling 'a Graham' in that pic.Standard Sport @standardsport 4h4 hours ago
Adam Lallana sat next to #GameofThrones star Kit Harington in the #Wimbledon royal box
He's had Divock Origi in front of him all pre-season. No wonder he took so many fucking touches.
I've said this about 14 hundred trillion times now; everyone of our attacking mids last season - Sterling, Coutinho, Markovic, Lallana - would have looked better has they a better striker or strikers in front of them. Stick Lallana in the same side as Suarez and it's just a 90 minute hard on sesh.
We're playiong against shite, in searing heat, at zero pace, and Lallana has the rawest number 9 I think I've ever seen in front of him. Too fucking right he's gonna retain possession.
Skipper Jordan Henderson has spoken in length about his England and Liverpool team-mate Adam Lallana, with the new Premier League season soon upon us.
Lallana arrived for huge money last summer, but a series of injuries and being asked to play a multitude of positions affected any chance of consistency and justifying the price tag.
The 27-year-old’s enjoyed a superb pre-season though which an injury denied him in 2014, and Henderson is convinced Lallana will hit the ground running this time around.
“It was hard for Adam,” the captain told LFCTV.
“Last pre-season he got an injury so he didn’t really have a good pre-season under his belt and when he came back he was always trying to fight and get back fit and he then picked up one or two niggles during the season.
“I felt a bit sorry for him last season but Adam is a top, top player. He’s got great quality and he’s got great knowledge of the game.
“He’s a good lad as well and I’m sure he will work really hard this pre-season and come the first game of the season I’m sure he will be flying.
“I’ve told him that I’m expecting big things from him this season!”
Lallana prides himself on his technical ability, close control and two-footedness – and it’s something Henderson and fellow team-mates cannot help but discuss after training sessions.
“I say that because he’s a fantastic player,” he continued.
“I first saw him when I was in the England squad and I got a bit of a shock as to how good he was with both feet.
“A lot of people come up to me in training, whether it’s here or with England, and always mention him. He’s a top quality player and he’s a big player for us this season.
“We see every day in training what he’s capable of. We saw glimpses of it last season but those injuries sort of knocked him off track a little bit, but I’ve told him this season is his season.
“It’s a big season for him, he knows that, but I’m sure he’s got more than enough ability and enough work rate to achieve that.”
Lallana arrived for huge money last summer, but a series of injuries and being asked to play a multitude of positions affected any chance of consistency and justifying the price tag.
The 27-year-old’s enjoyed a superb pre-season though which an injury denied him in 2014, and Henderson is convinced Lallana will hit the ground running this time around.
“It was hard for Adam,” the captain told LFCTV.
“Last pre-season he got an injury so he didn’t really have a good pre-season under his belt and when he came back he was always trying to fight and get back fit and he then picked up one or two niggles during the season.
“I felt a bit sorry for him last season but Adam is a top, top player. He’s got great quality and he’s got great knowledge of the game.
“He’s a good lad as well and I’m sure he will work really hard this pre-season and come the first game of the season I’m sure he will be flying.
“I’ve told him that I’m expecting big things from him this season!”
Lallana prides himself on his technical ability, close control and two-footedness – and it’s something Henderson and fellow team-mates cannot help but discuss after training sessions.
“I say that because he’s a fantastic player,” he continued.
“I first saw him when I was in the England squad and I got a bit of a shock as to how good he was with both feet.
“A lot of people come up to me in training, whether it’s here or with England, and always mention him. He’s a top quality player and he’s a big player for us this season.
“We see every day in training what he’s capable of. We saw glimpses of it last season but those injuries sort of knocked him off track a little bit, but I’ve told him this season is his season.
“It’s a big season for him, he knows that, but I’m sure he’s got more than enough ability and enough work rate to achieve that.”
How he ever got the job in the first place is beyond me. Cracking player, shame his career on the pitch ended like it did. He comes across as a bitter twat.
He has quite a different reputation inside the media. He's rated as a genuinely nice bloke, he really, really, does his homework (travelling all over the place watching games at every level, quite unlike most other pundits), and he prepares better than most commentators. Sadly, though, he tries way too hard to be funny, he never seems to realise how irritating he can be to the average punter and, as has been said, he flits back and forth between Preston's uber-fan and fellow LFC traveller without thinking it seems odd. I think he means well, but it's a bit tragic.
I was at one of these golf charity things that I hate a few years ago and he was in our game, so I spent like five hours with him if you include the bevvies, and all we talked about was footy... and he is dead sound... very different from whatever he's trying to project on TV... but he did admit that he has zero love for Liverpool, that when he goes to the match with his kids he goes to Preston, and that if he had to pick one club in the premier league that he'd have a season ticket at it would be Fulham because it's an ace little ground by the river with loads of good pubs around it. I hold none of that against him, just can't handle this 'us' bullshit.
Oh god I'm remembering shit... Macca... he said he can't be arsed with football any more. We'd just played Brighton a couple of days earlier and he hadn't even watched it coz no-one had paid him to. Given he'd played for both sides I thought it was kinda mad.
His best mate is Ray Stubbs.
His best mate is Ray Stubbs.
That's fair enough if he puts in the hours, I would just expect a bit more insight into the game if that's the case. You would him to shine along Lineker and Shearer who seem to spend more time on the golf course than watching footie.
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