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Like Victor, Lovren needs game time in order to get back to fitness/form. The main difference is that for Victor has real quality competition for his place from Cork but Lovren hasn't got that level of competition. Even a 90% fit Lovren is as good as Maya and better than Jos.
 
Like Victor, Lovren needs game time in order to get back to fitness/form. The main difference is that for Victor has real quality competition for his place from Cork but Lovren hasn't got that level of competition. Even a 90% fit Lovren is as good as Maya and better than Jos.

Lovren just seems to read the game a hell of a lot better. A Lovren with two wooden legs would be as good as Yoshida and Jos.
 
Once again it seems you were watching a different game to the rest of us. Fonte didn't dally on the ball, he was on the deck when Lallana kicked it into him. He also made several good tackles, as well as the vital interception early on in the match where otherwise Sturridge would have put it on a plate for Suarez. Lovren on the other hand was definitely off the pace and almost certainly at fault for their second goal.

Sorry to harp back to the Liverpool game.
This! Yoshida made a mistake which led to goal against West Ham, so he didn't exactly look like he was good enough to replace Fonte.
 
Once again it seems you were watching a different game to the rest of us. Fonte didn't dally on the ball, he was on the deck when Lallana kicked it into him. He also made several good tackles, as well as the vital interception early on in the match where otherwise Sturridge would have put it on a plate for Suarez. Lovren on the other hand was definitely off the pace and almost certainly at fault for their second goal.

Sorry to harp back to the Liverpool game.

Did I refer Fonte dallying on the ball to the first goal? No I f**king didn't so don't imply that I did. I was referring to the 2nd half when he spent too long on the ball and Suarez dispossessed him. I didn't even suggest that the first goal was his fault.
 
All I haven't started a match thread after our home defeat. I assumed Tom or DTLW would have posted one by now. Happy to do one tomorrow morning if no-one else steps up.