Chelsea likely to sign Falcoa. Despite his awful time at United part of me feels we are missing out on some thing here.
You're not. His legs have gone. It's a great shame but sadly true. Apparently he was hopeless for Colombia yesterday. The theory is he needs football to play his way back into form. He won't be getting that at Chelsea.Chelsea likely to sign Falcoa. Despite his awful time at United part of me feels we are missing out on some thing here.
£7 million for an 18 year old no one's ever heard of from a lower division club, sign him up!! How much cash do you think we have to spend this summer? 7 million is a fair dent when we have more pressing concerns
You're not. His legs have gone. It's a great shame but sadly true. Apparently he was hopeless for Colombia yesterday. The theory is he needs football to play his way back into form. He won't be getting that at Chelsea.
I think Lallana can be that creative player, just need t find position for him. As part of the 2 Am's then can be very good. Played really well for England yesterday (I know **** opposition) but still did well
behave mito we have been buying ****e for a few seasons now and some are just fed up of it and want to see us signing quality again like we used to, whatever the reason is we should be attracting some decent players, not the constant ****e we have been linked to!
we are constantly linked to cheap and cheerful players, i couldn't care less if they have an inho or not.
He got less assists than Aidan McGeady last season.......and Aidan spent most of it sat in the dugout........
Lallana played in his best position in the wide position of a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 because Rodgers did everything he could to try and justify the signing. He sadly failed not because of injuries or system - but because he's a limited player.
To think, we could have got Shaqiri or Firmino for much less.

Lallana played in his best position in the wide position of a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 because Rodgers did everything he could to try and justify the signing. He sadly failed not because of injuries or system - but because he's a limited player.
To think, we could have got Shaqiri or Firmino for much less.
Now your having a pop at Rodgers for playing someone in their correct position?
27 appearances, 5 goals and 3 assists and he's a failure because of what our mad committee paid.
If he cost £15m he'd get some credit even though the fee has **** all to do with him
Nope - having a pop at him for buying a player who simply does not improve our first XI and spending £25m in the process of doing so.
Unfortunately, I'm not blinded by Lallana's Cruyff turns and I can see through the 'style' and realise that he lacks substance.
And you think 27 appearances, 5 goals and 3 assists is good enough for a player who was supposed to replace Luis Suarez and became a first team regular?
I mentioned in another thread, Henderson has more assists than Iniesta this season. Looking soley at goals and assists is all well and good but I like to look beyond that - his overall contribution to gameplay is average at best, but the worst thing is that he bottles pretty much every big game we played.
So no, I'm not having a go at Rodgers for playing him in his best position - it's just a shame that a) he felt the need to make a mid table/squad player our marquee signing and b) he didn't play other players in their best positions or play to their strengths.
I think he's a failure as you can look at him and just see that he'll get you a bit against the bottom half but the minute he's up against a good team he is toast.
25mil for a player who can't cut it v top 6 = failure.
Sorry, but no ****er stood up to be counted against the top teams last season.
Sorry, but no ****er stood up to be counted against the top teams last season.
Even at £15m, Lallana is still overpriced.
As a squad player, I have no problems with him. But therein lies the problem - we don't need squad players - we need players who can actually take us to the next level.
So whilst I may sound harsh, this needs to raise its' levels - I know I'll get accused of being bias towards certain players, but I apply this to every member of the squad including Sakho, Can, Sturridge etc.
For example, I think Sakho is a quality centre back but we cannot keep relying on him simply because of his injuries, same with Sturridge. There will come a point where we will need to make big decisions.
He's a clever player who looks to play the right way, e.g. trying to make something happen, looking to pass and move to create space etc.
Our squad in general is the problem