Dejan Lovren

[Myo]

Seriously it's getting a bit tiresome with all this hate for dejan, so over the top and festering and blinkered..

[Fosterbloke]

Supporters seem to suffer from tall poppy syndrome too.

If a professional footballer that has made it to the very top of elite football wants to tell the world he's a decent player and that he believes his team can go on to achieve even more, then he has earned that right.

Yeah he's ****ed up in the past but VVD made plenty of ricks in his time, we put 5 past Alisson and Salah got bombed out of Chelsea.

[SB]

It's a brilliant interview. Very professional, on message, mature. ambitious, but understanding.

If he leaves, good luck to him, but we will do well to find a replacement who has played in World Cup finals, Champions League finals, has experience, but who also realises he has to accept he needs to await injury to get a game.

He has had his moments Dejan, but they were years ago. He has contributed well this season.

Some people will never give him a chance.

Totally agree.

Usual simpletons with their agenda on here.

They love a scapegoat. A cartoon villain.

Even in the midst of the greatest run of fixtures in history they persist with their illl formed idiocy.

Odd balls.

This

[Mr Pink]

Are Mr Pink and Frank the Tank the same person? Did Frank create the Mr Pink persona to back up some of his questionable views on here? Mods can you see if the they use the same IP address or has he masked it using a VPN?

Anyway burn the witch. How dare he be optimistic about this Liverpool team in an interview. He earns more than Gomez and therefore cannot have a poor game, regardless of any mitigating circumstances because that makes perfect sense.

Frank the Tank and Mr Pink are complete different movies man, come on!!

I’ve said before on this thread, I think Lovren has been good for us.. but we have moved on to a level above him... and then about 5 levels above that... I don’t want to burn any witches, want LFC to thank him for his service and wish him the best in his future endeavors..

[DeeTheDog]

Are Mr Pink and Frank the Tank the same person? Did Frank create the Mr Pink persona to back up some of his questionable views on here? Mods can you see if the they use the same IP address or has he masked it using a VPN?

Anyway burn the witch. How dare he be optimistic about this Liverpool team in an interview. He earns more than Gomez and therefore cannot have a poor game, regardless of any mitigating circumstances because that makes perfect sense.

[Mr Pink]

You could say the same with Gomez early in the season. Came back and took a while to get into the groove, was actually dropped after the Salzburg game.

Lovren is paid about 4 times what Gomes gets and Gomez has contributed a lot more than Lovren in the last 2 seasons, from when we have clicked, as Lovren says..

Also Lovren comes across as arrogant, which is why he gets criticized- he is a good defender, who thinks of himself as a world class defender - making himself an easy target.

[BigChief]

Actually Dejan has been brilliant in the last 18 months or so to be fair. Always ready when needed.........a super professional.........apart from that time he didn't warm up properly and had to come off v Wolves in the cup after 5 minutes.

Also, his **** up v Shrewsbury led to the replay.......which helped in the development of hopefully about half a dozen future first team regulars. Fair play Degsy.

he has been a participant of this phenomenal winning run during a difficult injury spell we had.

[Buzzo]

Actually Dejan has been brilliant in the last 18 months or so to be fair. Always ready when needed.........a super professional.........apart from that time he didn't warm up properly and had to come off v Wolves in the cup after 5 minutes.

Also, his **** up v Shrewsbury led to the replay.......which helped in the development of hopefully about half a dozen future first team regulars. Fair play Degsy.

Axe. To. Grind.

The Wolves game in the Cup was a year ago and we had an injury crisis. As if he didn’t warm up properly FFS.

You could say the same with Gomez early in the season. Came back and took a while to get into the groove, was actually dropped after the Salzburg game.

Haters gonna hate though. Even considering the position we are in.

[Yozza]

He has said some dopey things in the past - 'best defender in the world' - but nothing wrong with that interview at all

[frank the tank]

Actually Dejan has been brilliant in the last 18 months or so to be fair. Always ready when needed.........a super professional.........apart from that time he didn't warm up properly and had to come off v Wolves in the cup after 5 minutes.

Also, his **** up v Shrewsbury led to the replay.......which helped in the development of hopefully about half a dozen future first team regulars. Fair play Degsy.

[banditos]

It's a brilliant interview. Very professional, on message, mature. ambitious, but understanding.

Agreed. Nothing wrong with being optimistic and telling the world what the team’s ambitions are. Ppl on here are making out that he’s crowing about us having it all stitched up, which he clearly isn’t. Would you rather he gave a Hodgson-style pep talk about how amazing away draws were?

[dom9]

It's a brilliant interview. Very professional, on message, mature. ambitious, but understanding.



If he leaves, good luck to him, but we will do well to find a replacement who has played in World Cup finals, Champions League finals, has experience, but who also realises he has to accept he needs to await injury to get a game.



He has had his moments Dejan, but they were years ago. He has contributed well this season.



Some people will never give him a chance.

Usual simpletons with their agenda on here.

They love a scapegoat. A cartoon villain.

Even in the midst of the greatest run of fixtures in history they persist with their illl formed idiocy.

Odd balls.

[Buzzo]

Nowt wrong with this either

It's a brilliant interview. Very professional, on message, mature. ambitious, but understanding.

If he leaves, good luck to him, but we will do well to find a replacement who has played in World Cup finals, Champions League finals, has experience, but who also realises he has to accept he needs to await injury to get a game.

He has had his moments Dejan, but they were years ago. He has contributed well this season.

Some people will never give him a chance.

[SB]

"I think many other teams would go easy now with a 22-point lead but we don't look at these 22 points. We are just focused game-by-game and this I think is the simplest way to be the best

Nowt wrong with this either

[Buzzo]

You really think it’s the same??

Klopp was being interviewed about the winning the champions league, AFTER we won it- he was making the point that our work is not done, it is not the end of the road, and they still have plenty of ambition, etc etc..

Lovren was being interviewed about winning the premier league, BEFORE we’ve won it.. he’s making the point that we’re already thinking about the next trophies etc...

He's not. He's saying the same thing. He is talking about success for this group under Klopp. He is confident and articulate. There is nothing controversial here.

;I've been there from the beginning with Jurgen and it took quite a while, two or three years to build everything up, Let's say, we clicked this year - maybe even last year - but we missed out by one point.

'Now we understand each other, what we need, what we want. And I especially want, that we are remembered maybe like the Barcelona team that won in four years [around] 20 trophies.

'Why should we not do that? I think we can do it and I want that we are remembered as one of the best teams that have played - not only for this year, but for many, many years.

"We are still hungry, still greedy and this is what makes us special to be honest.

"I think many other teams would go easy now with a 22-point lead but we don't look at these 22 points. We are just focused game-by-game and this I think is the simplest way to be the best.

It's not a lie. It's a privilege to be in the dressing-room and to see smiley faces, but it's not just about smiley faces - it's about how we are still reacting on the training ground," Lovren said.

"It is a good experience also for the younger ones, to understand that even if you are on top you still need to work as hard as if you were in the middle of the table or in last position."

The Croatia international admits he finds it difficult not being in the team, and while he is thrilled with the team's performances over the last 12 months, Lovren cannot guarantee he will be at Anfield last season.

You are fighting with yourself in your mind, asking 'Why not?'. But you are accepting it, you are moving on and from my personal point of view I want to be better every day in the training sessions.

"I'm patient. I'm working behind closed doors a lot and sometimes it is frustrating when you don't play," he added

"The day will come when I will get again the chance so I am happy that I am not injured - which is the most important thing - and I'm also happy that we are all together and we have a full squad at the moment.'

He even ends the interview with some uncertainty over his future with the club.

"Of course I want to be in the team that wins many trophies. I think, and I feel, that I have quite a lot of years to give especially in professional football. I'm 30, so another good five years. I don't think I'm just a throwaway. If the club needs me I am here, I am happy. But you never know what can happen in the summer. At the moment I am just focused on the point where I can say I made it [as part of a great team]."