Rodgers - Joe Allen still has a role to play. Joe is an outstanding young player that since March has been blighted by injury. He made a great start to his career here at Liverpool, but then he curtailed a bit - and obviously a big part of that was due to injury. He came back in pre-season from his shoulder injury and was outstanding; it looked like he was ready to regain that form, but he got injured towards the end. Hes now only really coming back and came on against Fulham. Joe is a wonderful technician. Hes not going to be someone who is going to get 15 goals a season - thats not his game. His game is really to keep the flow of the game and allow you to control the ball and the game. At the levels were talking about here, thats vitally important. Hell nick a goal here and there, and there will be other players that will be more defensive-type midfielders. Lucas is more of a controller, Joe is a dynamic player who can break lines with his passing and running with the ball. Weve obviously got Steven alongside that, who can get a goal and has a great range of passing. Hes still got a vitally important role to play for us. His first objective was to get fit, and now hes getting up to fitness. Rodgers on building a squad - Were trying to build the squad here. My history will always dictate that I go for players who are technically gifted and have got some personality. We brought in defenders because theyre hard to come by, but we brought in one who could play in the team and one with potential. The squad is slowly coming together - we still need a few more windows to get it ideal - but were growing all the time.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:24:32 +0000
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