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Originally Posted by Goofle11
As for Allen, I never said he played well. He was just decent. Played a few bad passes but overall kept the game ticking for Liverpool - which is his role. He isn't there to win five tackles a game (even though he regularly comes close) or score/assist, his job is to make those short passes quickly around the pitch.
The consequence of this will be a few mistakes, but its a whole lot better than having some lump of a midfielder giving the ball away all the time.
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So according to you .... Allen "is a very good player" who "played decently", and gerrard is over the hill who "was garbage most of the match".
-----------------------gerrard -----------allen(off80)--------lucas (off45)
shots on target----------1-----------------0
passing accuracy--------86----------------87---------84
touches-----------------83----------------50---------39
dispossessed-------------1-----------------2
key passes---------------1----------------0
dribbles------------------1-----------------0
tackles------------------3------------------4----------5
effective clearances------2-----------------0-----------2
shots blocked------------1-----------------0
total passes-------------64----------------38---------31
accurate long balls-------8------------------1----------3
all here:
Manchester United-Liverpool - Live Statistics
Compared to gerrard , allen got one more interception and tackle. Lost the ball more despite taking less touches, made over a third less passes.
Lucas played ONE half, made almost the same number of passes and touches, and made 5 tackles compared to allens 4 in the entire 80 minutes despite liverpool perking up in the second half.
Allen is usually within 3% of the accuracy of passing of lucas and gerrard (above or below) , makes far less passes in total, and is worse than both lucas and gerrard in almost every other aspect of his game either defensively or offensively. So, other players do his only job better than him, while also performing better almost everywhere else.
He has potential to be a great all rounder, but unfortunately at the moment he's just not. Lucas should be played ahead of him for the big games as he develops.
Bit long winded, but you constantly praising allen (especially when saying liverpool would be better off without gerrard and saying he was rubbish most of the match) is just ridiculous and completely unfounded. It just reeks of "controversial football opinion".