Lallana is fine against the smaller teams, where we can afford to be patient and grind the other team down with constant pressure. But against the bigger teams, where the game is more evenly matched he just doesn't do enough, offensively or defensively.
I was sitting watching hoping that Lallana would be subbed when he got clattered by Jones (which should have been a Yellow or the ugly ****er and would have lead to a 2nd Yellow in the 2nd half and obviously a red). Lallana was **** before he got smashed and was only going to get worse after since he's a lightweight. If Gerrard had come on then, about the 34th min?, would it have meant that he'd have been less reckless and gun-ho and we'd have finished with 11 men on the pitch? Now we'll never know cause Rodgers didn't have the balls to take Lallana off as soon as he was shown to be ineffective.
