NEIL Atkinson, Sean Rogers and Paul Cope are in for this week’s Tuesday Review, and this week, it’s a little different.
What we’ve tried to do is something we rarely do on this show and talk about specific players, their season so far and their season to come. Concerns, how we can make more of them, what has impressed. We know what they do is always inter-related and we will discuss that as we go – who they appear to dovetail well with and so on…
So, in no particular order, we’ve spun the wheel
– Jordon Ibe
* Importance of getting time on the pitch.
* Differences between Rodgers use and Klopp’s.
* Importance of patience around him.
– Dejan Lovren
* Been very up and down so far.
* Cutting the mistakes out.
* A more direct game might help him.
* Passing into midfield though in Sakho’s absence.
– Lucas Leiva
* As per the above – passing into midfield in Sakho’s absence.
* Enjoying himself under Klopp.
* Pushing forward.
– James Milner
* Discussion to be had around miles on the clock and his age a la Rooney? Played a lot of football.
* Is it possible part of the reason he looked as good as he did at times for City was how sparingly they used him?
* Weight of the armband?
– Adam Lallana
* Biggest six months of his career coming up? One that sees if he will be come an elite player or not?
* Time to find out if he carries the piano or plays it?
As we said, something a little different, as ever, let us know what you think?
Is it me or did the Lucas chat not happen?? Did I nod off and miss it??
Great show lads. I hope you do go back to doing this again later on in the season. I think every player in our squad right now is fascinating. You do wonder where they can all go under Klopp
On Lallana, this will be a significant semester for him in a sense that I think he will be moved on. Elite player? piano carrier? All of that is nonsense. He was never good enough, proven not to be good enough and like Rodgers (the man who got sacked for purchases like Adam); he was just another expensive mistake. Not great at anything, and consistently poor. Cut our losses, the likes of Villa or Sunderland could probably harbour a player or his level, for us; Lallana is just another -very- poor man’s Benayoun.
I completely agree on Lovren. He is technically a very decent footballer. Very often he tries to do some flashy stuff and forgets the basic stuff of football. That has been his downfall.