26 Feb 2015 23:05:17
My two cents on Lovren.
To say he's had a hard start to his Liverpool career is an understatement but so did Lucas and so did Henderson. There's countless examples of players being much maligned by the fans initially. Also factor in that we as a team were a bunch of headless chickens for the first few months of the season. The whole team couldn't defend to save its life so it wasn't purely Lovrens fault he was playing in countless shambolic systems set out by his manager.
The fact he missed a penalty means nothing to me, his confidence is probably shattered from his start to the season so this won't help him but I sincerely hope he keeps his head up. I for one applaud him for having the courage to step up and take such a pressure shot, especially when a certain young star forward who's looking for lots and lots of cash in his new contract was nowhere to be seen when it came to the crunch and was happy for his centre half to go before him.but I'm sure that'll be glossed over because he's the golden child ;-)
27 Feb 2015 07:52:53
Irish - are you seriously having a go at Sterling for Lovren's penalty miss? Is that actually what just happened?
Jesus, talk about any old excuse.
27 Feb 2015 09:38:36
Why would anybody want Sterling to take a penalty? Isn't there enough pressure on the kid already? Didn't he miss last time he tried? I had no problem with any of the penalty takers last night. Only i would have wanted Lovren to take his a the second or third. Can't understand why you'd ever put him as number 5? I really don't get it. Maybe it was all Sterling calling the shots - deciding Lovren should take the last one. let's all blame him
27 Feb 2015 13:29:17
In that particular melting pot of a situation yes I am questioning his mentality. He's a forward, goals are his 'bread and butter' as they say. Centre halfs are rarely known for their goal scoring ability but the fact that Lovren and sterling have had polar opposite seasons so far it was the man who's been hammered all season who stood up to be counted and for that I've nothing but respect for him for doing so.