Joe Allen [Sold]

[Chazza]

I like him.

Allen

[Fosterbloke]

I like him too. Needs to work on his decision making in the last third but I reckon he's amazed he's there in the first place and just ****s it.

In time he'll get used to it and get better. Assuming we don't buy someone in January to take his place..

[RichC]

He deserves to be playing and is part of our best midfield options at the moment.

I think some forget he's the same age as Henderson - 23

[Chazza]

I'd like us to sign another cm to give competition. At the moment we have 4 quality players in that position and for all the talk of Gerrard being an issue he had the most assists before he got injured.

Allen just needs to believe in himself a bit more. He has all the attributes to be an excellent player but he needs confidence.

[Daniel 7]

Second half he wasn't great, but the whole midfield wasn't

Allen was excellent today and no mistake - the TEAM tailed off in the second half ffs.

[RichC]

Second half he wasn't great, but the whole midfield wasn't

Allen was excellent today and no mistake - the TEAM tailed off in the second half ffs.

Exactly

[Chazza]

Second half he wasn't great, but the whole midfield wasn't

Allen was excellent today and no mistake - the TEAM tailed off in the second half ffs.

Never said he/the team didn't flower.

[BigChief]

After his excellent performance last week I thought he was back to being bang average today. Maybe others saw it different but £15m still seems a lot to me for what we're getting from him.

I like Allen, but I also thought he was **** today.

Nothing special on today's performance, very average display

I hate coming into this Henderson thread, its always the same. Oh, its not the Henderson thread?

Next week you lot will be saying you're allowed to change your opinions and he is fantastic, and vital to the way we play. I accept these are all your opinions but they smell of looking to seeing him fail rather than forgiving certain elements for the vital role he plays (has played) in our goalfests.

"Bang average"

[Corndog]

I'd like us to sign another cm to give competition. At the moment we have 4 quality players in that position and for all the talk of Gerrard being an issue he had the most assists before he got injured.

Allen just needs to believe in himself a bit more. He has all the attributes to be an excellent player but he needs confidence.

Don't forget Suso is on loan, I hope he is seriously considered when the transfer plans are drawn up as I reckon he has the ability to play as a both a deep lying and advanced playmaker.

[Cormack74]

I hate coming into this Henderson thread, its always the same. Oh, its not the Henderson thread?

Next week you lot will be saying you're allowed to change your opinions and he is fantastic, and vital to the way we play. I accept these are all your opinions but they smell of looking to seeing him fail rather than forgiving certain elements for the vital role he plays (has played) in our goalfests.

"Bang average"

I've never been a fan but I'll give him credit if it's due. If he turns it on for the rest of the season I'll hold my hand up and say I got it wrong.

[Shaggy]

It is strange how is passing is so composed and accurate in the first two thirds of the pitch...and it kinda goes to pieces in the final third. Obviously has to attempt riskier passes overall but sometimes he contrives to **** up simple passes that in the first two thirds of the pitch he could complete with his eyes closed.

Anyway, I like him. Gerrard will do well to get back in the team at this rate.

[Gazzla]

I hate coming into this Henderson thread, its always the same. Oh, its not the Henderson thread?

Next week you lot will be saying you're allowed to change your opinions and he is fantastic, and vital to the way we play. I accept these are all your opinions but they smell of looking to seeing him fail rather than forgiving certain elements for the vital role he plays (has played) in our goalfests.

"Bang average"

Not at all, he played excellently against Spurs but didn't play very well yesterday. No big deal, his mobility has been a big plus in the midfield but he needs to do more with the ball

[RedReet]

I hate coming into this Henderson thread, its always the same. Oh, its not the Henderson thread?

Next week you lot will be saying you're allowed to change your opinions and he is fantastic, and vital to the way we play. I accept these are all your opinions but they smell of looking to seeing him fail rather than forgiving certain elements for the vital role he plays (has played) in our goalfests.

"Bang average"

Ha ha, **** off.

Barring Sterling and Suarez who have an excuse, his passing accuracy was the worst in the team yesterday and that was despite the fact he had less than half the touches of his partner Lucas.

Hopefully I will be saying he's fantastic next week, as I often do, but if he plays **** then I'll say he's played **** again.

[Fosterbloke]

There was a simple forward pass to Sterling which was weakly hit and Sterling lost it.

I think it's a confidence thing.

[danperkins]

I hate coming into this Henderson thread, its always the same. Oh, its not the Henderson thread?

Next week you lot will be saying you're allowed to change your opinions and he is fantastic, and vital to the way we play. I accept these are all your opinions but they smell of looking to seeing him fail rather than forgiving certain elements for the vital role he plays (has played) in our goalfests.

"Bang average"

To be fair i really don't think any LFC fan would want any of our players (and in turn LFC) to fail just so they can say i told you so. Anyone who honestly would want that to happen isn't really a LFC supporter.

But i really don't see anything wrong with calling a spade and spade and saying a player had a bad game. Credit where credit is due & sure criticism where criticism is due... nothing wrong with either IMO. Obviously i get a bit of stick for saying someone has played or looked **** and i genuinely don't mind as it's great to see people passion for the club.. but believe me that's just my frustration and i'd always want any LFC player to succeed that's regardless of what some on here might say about me. If it's good for the club then i'm a happy man

It's a curious thing how defensive people get when someone criticises a LFC player... i think sometimes it's forgotten that we actually support the same club

Anyways.. football is ****ing awesome