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Just watched it again on motd and its more disgusting couldve even passed to Suarez......gobsh1te

Yeah, I've stuck up for him for way too long now. He's a sideways passing waste of space who offer very little. He's supposed to be the player that keeps the midfield ticking over, passing the ball to the more creative players and keeping the ball. But today we had the same problem as always we couldn't keep the ball in midfield, any pressure and we give the ball away cheaply.

I think Rodgers is doing very well so far, but he needs to cut the cord with Allen and bring a couple of world class players into the squad in January. If for nothing else we need more competition for places in the mid, at the moment Gerrard, Lucas and Hendo know they are going to start every week.

You what?

I've always said Allen would turn pubic opinion around about him, he looked like a great signing for the first few months last season. But now I agree with most people on here, he's sh1t.

Allen is the new ray Wilkins

Pass the ball side ways and backwards ... 5 yards max

He's not and never will be a player that can/will improve our midfield/ starting 11

Br has given him chance after chance ... Just like he did with downing
Rest is history

If Allen was signed for 5/7 m, then fair enuff
Br signed him for 15m... Facking hell...
Allen is crap
And br made a bad judgement in his signing

Allen didn't play much this season,so how would we expect him to come out and play his best !! . he is definitely a good player but I think he should play as a defensive midfielder just look at how well he played at the start of last season when he played in that position.

Downright embarrassing how one person is singled out everytime, always need someone to blame.

Thought he was ok wakka, BUT games and trophies are won on fine margins, if he scores, or is less greedy we win and he's a hero.
And if your job is a professional footballer your paid to get it right.
He got it really really wrong

The reason we're being so critical is that it was a pivotal moment in the game and he fluffed it by being selfish. It's a bit harsh and certainly if he scored we would've been much more complimentary and if he passed to Suarez we would've been saying how unselfish he was and how he put the team ahead of himself.

It's the same with any footballer. A goalkeeper who has a blinder for 89 minutes but makes a howling error to let the opposition score is only remembered for the mistake. It's easy to criticise when you don't win and easy to forgive when you do.

Saying he needs to be sold now is a bit much though, I still think he needs to get a few games under his belt now he's not injured. If he gets a decent amount of games and still doesn't produce then at the end of the season it may be best to sell.

But was he really selfish, going for goal when it was a clear shot? Don't get me wrong, his miss was embarrassing, but he wasn't selfish at all.

Allen actually played very well yesterday and was one of the only liverpool players moving the ball properly and holding some kind of possession.

I think it's cruel to blame him because he missed. He's played less than an hour the whole season, and was good anyway.

Fact is, Gerrard, Johnson and Lucas were awful. We had 5 shots on target compared to their 12. Allen wasn't the problem at all, it was Johnson for giving the ball away all the time and no being able to defend, Gerrard for getting too complicated and letting players run passed him like he was waiting for a car to pass him before he crossed a road and Lucas for giving away silly fouls and not positioning himself very well.

Oh, and the ref for falling for almost every Barkley dive after he had already carded him.