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Very true. And our midfield needs some of that, because right now we can't keep the ball. He offers something different than what we have in the side right now.

Completely unnecessary passing of the ball.
Also Man utd use different tactics so saying he plays like Allen for them kind of irrelevant? Plus at the end of all the passing Carrick can thread a 50 yard through ball...Allen's assist was clearly meant for Aspas so you cant even credit him for that either.

Allen in a nut shell is ie...

Average joe ( Allen)
No difference in wat he does that shelvey did

Why br signed Allen and paid that huge price for, we will never no.

Allen real value is 6/7m... Facking hell lfc pays double that to sign him.

Money wasted on Allen shud of been used on signing a top quality player for the starting 11.

When Joe Allen first signed, he briefly looked every bit the part of a £15million player, so we know he has it in him we've seen it. Right now it's just a case of putting injuries behind him and rediscovering that form and quickly, as faith in his ability is clearly at an all time low.

I think it's clear that he'll be afforded more opportunities than some would like, being that he is a favorite of Brendan Rodgers. Personally I trust Rodgers' judgement enough to believe that he'll eventually come good, whether he'll ever prove to be good 'enough' for Liverpool is another matter.

Unnecessary passing of the ball? In a possession based system? Sorry, I don't buy that at all. We already have someone to ping 50 yard through balls (gerrard) and we are having trouble retaining possession. Even if Carrick can, he rarely does. His job is to keep the ball moving and ensure possession is retained.

An Allen type player would help our game a lot when we start losing control in the second half. He did this in the Zennit and Spurs game last season, despite being injured.

Lucas keeps the ball moving
And sg can ping the 50 yard balls

Why was Allen signed?!!!

Br 15m spy in the camp ....

lucas is gr8 passing ball 3 feet to gerrard cus he has no ability of picking a forward pass

Thanks MrG,it all makes sense now.

The jury is still out on Allen, at least till he gets a decent run of games.