Joe Allen [Sold]

[captainfog]

He had a good first half, but suffered badly when they started applying the pressure big time. Frequently ball watching, and not holding position, which was not helped by Can's sub par performance for large swathes of the game.
He can keep things ticking over when we dominate and control the game, but his shortcomings are all to evident when we're on the back foot. Had absolutely no help from the guys up front all the same, who were frequently losing possession and passing the pressure onto the midfield and defence.........that does not completely exonerate him of his own performance in the 2nd half and ET, where he was often outmuscled and not taking up cohesive positions with Can.
Good peno, good first half.....not much else I'm afraid.

I was just about to say that, in the first half they let us pass it about in our half and everyone looked comfortable. Second half our midfield was swamped and he and we couldn't cope. By extra time he might as well not have been on the pitch he was so bad.

[Mike]

Thought he was our best player in the first half - did everything you'd want him to do. He was getting stuck in, breaking up play and passing well.

As the second half went on he declined, and when we were getting overrun it was too much for him. Can didn't help him though.

Worried for Sunday with half our team knackered.

[DannyMan2006]

I was just about to say that, in the first half they let us pass it about in our half and everyone looked comfortable. Second half our midfield was swamped and he and we couldn't cope. By extra time he might as well not have been on the pitch he was so bad.

Is it that he was bad, or was it that Bilic did a number on us?

I thought we got over run, and that wasn't the fault of Allen.

[Lecter]

Is it that he was bad, or was it that Bilic did a number on us?

I thought we got over run, and that wasn't the fault of Allen.

Hmmm this is the difficulty, do we blame the combination of players or lack of bodies in there

Would we have been overrun with Lucas & Henderson in there as a pairing? In my opinion, No

For me Allen isnt anywhere near strong enough (in terms of the whole package) to play in a midfield two. When we added Lallana to Can & Allen we looked much tighter

[danperkins]

He had a good first half, but suffered badly when they started applying the pressure big time. Frequently ball watching, and not holding position, which was not helped by Can's sub par performance for large swathes of the game.
He can keep things ticking over when we dominate and control the game, but his shortcomings are all to evident when we're on the back foot. Had absolutely no help from the guys up front all the same, who were frequently losing possession and passing the pressure onto the midfield and defence.........that does not completely exonerate him of his own performance in the 2nd half and ET, where he was often outmuscled and not taking up cohesive positions with Can.
Good peno, good first half.....not much else I'm afraid.

absolutely spot on

[Chris]

Utter class as he pretty much always is.

[Norbs]

Except he hasn't always been.

He was great today

[baitman]

hardly.

he was very good today, a refreshing change.

[RichC]

He's been good of late getting a run of games and we're seeing that he's a good player

[danperkins]

Best game I've seen him play for Liverpool.. Superb. Well done

[G]

He was amazing today. Usually he's quietly efficient. Never gets noticed which leads to the "what does he do" bull**** but he was a stand out performer today.

[RichC]

He was amazing today. Usually he's quietly efficient. Never gets noticed which leads to the "what does he do" bull**** but he was a stand out performer today.

Excellent today

[Chris]

He was amazing today. Usually he's quietly efficient. Never gets noticed which leads to the "what does he do" bull**** but he was a stand out performer today.

Yep. Only the clueless dont get him.

[RedRum]

This is what happens when Allen gets a run in the team, he proves the doubters wrong. Happened last season too

[baronvonskidmark]

Outrageously good today. Coutinho was good - but he was my MOTM.