[quote author=Dreambeliever link=topic=46939.msg1413483#msg1413483 date=1318906734]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=46939.msg1413479#msg1413479 date=1318899659]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=46939.msg1413108#msg1413108 date=1318841695]
Unsurprising that Ryan simply can't allow that Adam played well.
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So you don't think that it was a coincidence he played better in a midfield 3?
And where have you been every other week when he's been fucking rubbish?
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He provided a piece of magic to create the freekick by beating 2 players.
That alone is worthy of praise. He's been shockingly poor apart from that and the strike against the bar last week.
Shame as his crosses are superb. I wish Gerrard had let him have a crack with the free kick after the goal.
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You defend him and then descend into the same level of hyperbole bollocks the rest are tarnishing Adam with, 'shockingly poor'? Really?
He won the freekick on Saturday. His set piece deliveries from corners have always looked dangerous, right across the mouth of the goal. He's scored. He's set up a few goals, he's generally not looked out of place bar the poor games against Stoke and Spurs and maybe one other appearance where he's fallen short. He's a new player, in a new team at a level he's not really played at before. Has he created goals? Yes. Has he scored yet? Yes. Has he helped us beat a 'top' side? Yes.
I swear people wanted him to come in and be Xabi Alonso. And I don't mean the Xabi Alonso who was up and down in his first few seasons, poor from setpieces and who didn't score that often either, but the one who'd had his game kicked into touch in his final season. Yeah, that's realistic and fair.
I wish people would quit contradicting themselves in different threads by applying differing logics regarding the quality and overall impact of different players. Adam comes in and does a steady job and creates and scores some goals - ergo he's not good enough. Lucas plays the usual standard, poor/average/unspectacular/occasionally good stuff that he gives us every season and we're all missing the point.
So what if he now looks better in a midfield three? Isn't that what he played in for Blackpool? Didn't Xabi Alonso look better when Gerrard played ahead of him?