He passed the ball forward at least 1 - not very Joe Allen Had a couple of shots, played the ball to Sturridge to win the pen (admittedly it wasn't difficult) but he did nothing wrong.
Nothing wrong with Joe Allen either - our team needs a player who can keep possession, mobile, find and occupy space etc.
his skills were there for all to see when lisbon hammered our u19s and we signed him up. back issue held him back so the question is what's he got in the tank. suso was very inconsistent and this kids just got out of the u21s now... can he turn in a coutinho type of play or will he be good one minute and bad the next. we'll see. next 12 games sterling suarez sturrdige coutinho henderson and gerrard are the main men. nobody else should get a look in now. especially not aspas so for me this kid and ibe the game before getting on is a nice to have but not an asset to look to regularly in the next 12 games. but jaffa to compare the lad to joe allen is an insult. joe allen is gash. this kid is a technically good player.
