please log in to view this image Feature interview in tomorrow's matchday magazine. Also a full feature video interview on SaintsPlayer. Teaser... [video=youtube;92U2aNmSqug]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92U2aNmSqug&feature=youtu.be[/video] DTLW
For those without SaintsPlayer... a summary: Lallana basically says life is perfect right now. He's still happy at Southampton and has never wanted to leave. He struggled with the captaincy and questioned himself. Jose, Kelvin and Rickie backed him and so did Mauricio. Says he spent a lot of time talking to Mauricio when he was struggling with injury and the stress of the captaincy. Loves being at the club and has great respect for Mauricio and the work of Nicola Cortese. Says it's great to still be with the likes of Kelvin, Jose, Calum, Luke, James, Rickie and Guly, who were all here from the League One days. Says he appreciates how much pressure the likes of Dejan and Dani are under, being regular members of their national team squads. Wants more England caps and wants to stay at Southampton and achieve something here. Feels himself and the club have mirrored each other and grown in sync with one another. He wants to have more children with his wife, and when they grow up he wants them to be proud of him, playing for Southampton in his 30s. He is targeting European competition and wants to make the England squad for the Denmark friendly in March before continuing his development. The England call up was the pinnacle of his career so far, but he rates his greatest and proudest moments as being those spent with Arthur and his family. He has enjoyed the journey the club has been on and believes there is plenty more to come.
Do you think we've made it obligatory that our players should not only be technically gifted, but nice boys? Either that, or we have a brilliant PR dept. Lallana genuinely does come across well and of course his loyalty means we will all worship him forever. But all the interviews with players seem to reflect this nice boy next door attitude. Have we signed anyone more polite and charming as Dejan, for example!
Lovely baby, but, as your ears grow throughout life, boy, his are going to be huge Have Saints learnt nothing though....let's hope the programme curse doesn't hit again.
At least the Calendar curse seems to have gone away, this month Lambo and Gazza. Fingers crossed of course.
To be fair, he seems quite a sensitive soul at times, off the pitch at least. Dunno but he's a good dribbler. I'll show myself out.
