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Lallana has talent, it's just being wasted at the moment. He has been pretty ineffective. He could be successful if he played wide properly. He has been told to cut back on running all over the place and try and get into space that will hurt the opposition, privately, by a senior coach. That obviously didn't work. He is being played out of his favourite position, as he isn't able to command a regular place as the support striker. Either he has to nail down a regular successful starting position or he will be on the bench when Holmes is fit. That, if it happens could lead him to decide to go and play in, maybe Stoke's reserves. I don't want any of our young players to go, but the present shape of the team will hurt us. The way he is playing is causing us major problems on our right side. Putting that right now is more important than keeping Lallana. Ideally I would like him to take the advice he was given and solve the problem himself.

He along with Robertson are the headless chickens whilst Lallana is the wingless right.

Until Holmes comes back, when BWP could swop over, either James or Gillett could give us the width and balance we don't have.

Just been shown.

If you were interested in us winning and not being relegated so would you be. The lob sided lack of a right midfield will get us relegated, unless something is done about it. The one bright note, just seen it on Sky, Stoke in for Lallana and Surman. If Lallana goes, it will solve the problem. He is hardly contributing anything to the side at the moment. Besides we need the money. This problem is the main reason we can't break teams down at home. Not playing Lallana wide would improve the teams balance.

He was playing in Mexico. I saw him in 2001 in the South American World cup qualifiers. He was awsome, one of the best players in the competition and a national idol in Ecuador. Our problem was he needed an operation and rather than having it went and played in the World cup, pretty much as Pahars did. I would be very surprised if the only way they could play with the injury, was pain killing injections. All this does is allow further injury. They hardly ever played for us after that. It wouldn't surprise me if that is how he is continuing to play.

Pretty much sums us up at the moment, nobody wide creating or scoring, Nobody up front looks like they could hit a barn door with a banjo. BWP whilst not being a natural winger has nevertheless done fairly well, scoring 3 goals from there. For the rest 2 strikers and nobody playing wide right, Zilch. The management have to get tough and sort them out. It seems a bit like the story of the Emperor's new clothes. Everybody can see it but nothing is done.

You have just identified our major problem. A headless chicken with no wings.

I seem to remember he was aquitted.

Matt could really play anywhere except defence. I personally would have him as LM he could then swop for spells with Paine who was completely two footed to give variation. It has to be Ron Davies and Channon upfront. RD was the best striker in the world for a time. And probably the best attacking header of a ball of all time. I haven't seen anybody in 54 years to equal him in the air.

I actually think JP wants him to be wide but doesn't jump on Lallana and lets him get away with it. Possibly the same with McGoldrick underpinned by the Lowe preference scheme. Our right side or rather a lack of one is our main problem in all aspects of the game and needs to be sorted.

This is a problem for the here and now, the others coming in are for when and if. Gillett would at least play wide, as would James and Thompson. Lallana going walkabout is killing us. I would play Euell and Surman in the middle, McGoldrick and Lallana as strikers, Cork, Perry,Pearce and Skacel in defence with James and BWP wide. Insist on keeping the shape and give them a bollocking and the promise of 5 days under canvas on the Brecon Beacons running up and down Pen y Fan until they dropped.

That's a whole lot better than one.

James, Gillett, or Thompson. Maybe Gasmi but I reserve judgement as I haven't seen enough of him. Lallana could play there but he won't. Disciplined he would be my choice.

WHOEVER WINS THIS POLL CAN'T BE IN THE A TEAM. So if Keegan or Ball win this one they can't be in the A team.

Another one who lacks the drive, motivation and self discipline to be effective at the moment.

Absolutely, his talent is useless without the self discipline to play for the team. Who the hell is going to be interested in signing him if he doesn't up his game. Mr Wu had great controll. There is no end product, worse his indiscipline is costing us.

That's because he isn't playing there. Picked there, but plays like a playground footballer chasing the ball around.

The fans don't pick the team. In over 50 years rarely have the fans been wrong about a poor player or manager. In recent years the fans have got it right more often than the management.

Please, it might just save our bacon. Sorry to lose Surman but Lallana is a non performing enigma at the moment.

If you had seen Eric Day you wouldn't have even mentioned Tessem and Lawrence. Danny was a good little player.

The bloody team has to be sorted if we are going to beat Notts Forest. Something along the lines of:- --------------------Davis Cork-------Perry------------Pearce-------Skacel James------Euell------------Surman-------BWP --------------------Lallana --------------------McGoldrick Assuming Schneiderlin injured, Holmes not ready, could consider leaving out Lallana and play Euell in the hole with Wotton and Surman in midfield. We need a right side, Lallana has recently been picked there, but doesn't play there, so it's striker or out as far as I'm concerned.

He is destroying the shape of the team, exposing our right side to counter attack, making us totally lobsided, now a liability. If he won't play in his assigned position and for the good of the team he needs to be sorted or dropped.

If he is nominated for the B team he can't be in the A team, that's why.