Yet to see anything of Allen this season either. I dont think Rodgers trusts him. We will have to see how Gerrard will fare playing one game a week. Talk of a possible Alonso return in January. Id take it if he proved his fitness and the price was right. We have to be looking at that position long term though.
Completely agree, Juan. When we're essentially playing with a two man screen of the defence, it makes no sense to have not even a single player to cover the position.
It's hard to know what to make of the Allen situation. We can be fair to him and blame last season on getting the shoulder injury relatively early in the season, playing out of position and being at a new club with greater pressure and expectation than he's ever experienced, and the £15M price was not his doing, either.
But then none of that explains this season. Considering how much football Gerrard had played this season already and two internationals in a week before before the Swansea game, you would have thought Allen would have stood a chance, especially being away from home and with the need to keep possession, especially in our second half fades.
Our whole midfield setup and the particular kinds of players we have and don't have need close examination between now and January and an addition somewhere needs to be made. We're not particularly strong physically, creatively or in terms of goal scoring, and neither are we blessed with a deal of pace overall either.
