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Dejan Lovren
« on: January 15, 2016, 12:10:11 am »
The fans have had their say - Dejan Lovren is POTM for December! Congratulations Dejan, very well deserved.

He was also nominated for EPL POTM for November a month ago.



(mods feel free to merge with the locked Lovren thread)
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2016, 12:12:52 am »
Well played, Dejan. Vastly improved.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2016, 12:21:43 am »
Sell him! Worst player in the history of the game! Wasted £20 million on a below average defender!
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2016, 12:25:24 am »
Sell him! Worst player in the history of the game! Wasted £20 million on a below average defender!

He has been pretty rubbish though.

 Still too early to have gone the other way and proclaim him as somemsort of success.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2016, 12:28:02 am »
Made up for the lad, if he's playing well it has to be for the benefit of LFC.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2016, 12:29:39 am »
Well done Dejan. You're not as bad a defender as some 'experts' on here make you out to be. :)
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2016, 12:31:20 am »
He has been pretty rubbish though.

 Still too early to have gone the other way and proclaim him as somemsort of success.
We have seen an immediate change in him since Klopp.  I think it may be safe to say that we will see this sort of Lovren more often than not.  He's playing like he did when we first signed him.  We can only hope I guess.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2016, 12:31:30 am »
He has been pretty rubbish though.

 Still too early to have gone the other way and proclaim him as somemsort of success.

Fair enough. Still, give him some credit for the way he performed last month at least.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2016, 12:32:36 am »
Nice to see. I think he's turned a corner. However, I'd be hesitant to say he's "great" or even "very good." At the time of his purchase, it was a massive overpay on our part for someone of his talent, but if he gives us a consistent 6-7/10 every game, then that'll do.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2016, 12:36:10 am »
Can we not just give him credit for his form under Klopp? Forget about how he performed under the last manager now. It's gone. Clean slate, fresh start under Klopp and so far the boy has done good.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2016, 12:41:16 am »
He's been decent under Klopp. He hasn't been Beckenbauer MK2 like some would have you believe but I think because his form was often so bad under Brendan that people are going too far the other way when he plays well. His performances have been consistent, decent-to-good and often he's kept it simple which is something he's needed to do for so long. If he keeps doing what he's been doing then he should have a future here.

I still think that when everybody is fit (haha!) that he and Sakho are our best current partnership. Indeed together they kept another couple of clean sheets a few weeks back. Their record together is pretty good although they have only started about 10 games together. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the summer should Matip come in as is widely expected.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2016, 12:43:01 am »
Since Klopp came in I think Lovren has really improved.  Still a long way to go but its a start and he looks far more comfortable as a Liverpool player now than he did before.

The award is very well deserved, hopefully he'll use it as an incentive to keep working hard and push on further under the new manager.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2016, 01:41:11 am »
Really made-up for the lad. He's looked far more composed of late. His positioning has been a feature of his game that has improved and I believe our midfield can take some credit for this, also.

For all of the faults of our back four, too many times last season they were not protected enough from the central midfield and Lovren suffered from this as much as anyone.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2016, 02:04:23 am »
He has been pretty rubbish though.

 Still too early to have gone the other way and proclaim him as somemsort of success.

Some people never learn having recently watched Lucas and Henderson going through the same.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2016, 02:17:32 am »
Aerially he's our best defender, great to see him doing well and long may it continue. Looks a completely different player under Klopp, his front foot defending is great to see. Him and Sakho should be first choice CB pairing.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2016, 02:24:15 am »
Aerially he's our best defender, great to see him doing well and long may it continue. Looks a completely different player under Klopp, his front foot defending is great to see. Him and Sakho should be first choice CB pairing.

On paper they seam ideally suited. Lovren the aerially dominant one and Sakho the front-footed one who is great at interceptions and is a great passer.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2016, 03:32:35 am »
Played well, well deserved Dejan  ;).

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2016, 05:50:36 am »
Definitely improved and looks a decent player now that he never did under Brendan. Still not great although he's really good in the air.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2016, 06:05:05 am »
He's been our best defender under Klopp.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2016, 06:09:20 am »
He has been pretty rubbish though.

 Still too early to have gone the other way and proclaim him as somemsort of success.

Ah yes, but under a new manager he may very well prove himself. And to be fair, under Klopp, he hasn't put a foot wrong.

Delighted for him, hope this settles him down and gives him the belief to really push on. For those staking a claim for a future Klopp side, I think Dejan is fairly pushing near the top of the list with a few others.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2016, 06:18:54 am »
Completely deserved.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2016, 06:19:28 am »
Deserved award .He has been very good under Klopp and his partnership with Sakho is our best pairing atm.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2016, 06:44:00 am »
Very passionate lad, and is finally showing some class. Looking really composed.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2016, 06:46:44 am »
Fair enough. Still, give him some credit for the way he performed last month at least.

Yeah he deserves credit he has played well and didnt make any glaring mistakes. Needs to get to the end of the season in generally this sort of form.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2016, 07:09:49 am »
Improved well done, he's had to take slot of stick. Hopefully he keeps improving

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2016, 08:43:39 am »
Yeah he deserves credit he has played well and didnt make any glaring mistakes. Needs to get to the end of the season in generally this sort of form.

True.


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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2016, 09:00:34 am »
Well done Dejan
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2016, 09:07:28 am »
Deserved and a big miss if not there on Sunday.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2016, 09:09:38 am »
Humble Pie for oh so many !
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2016, 09:10:46 am »
Well in Dejan. It's brilliant to see the change in him under Klopp and nice to see it recognised by the fans. Now keep proving yourself.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2016, 09:16:18 am »
I never thought I'd see this day! But fair play for the fellah. He may well turn out to be a good defender for the club.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2016, 09:16:29 am »
Humble Pie for oh so many !
Personally, not yet. Give him until the end of the season - if he maintains this form then it'll be a very generous serving of humble pie. Otherwise he's done well to remedy the disastrous start to his career for Liverpool, moving the critical gaze away from him.

The award can only help to further strengthen his resolve to keep enlarging that humble pie and repay the faith shown in him.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2016, 09:18:08 am »
Humble Pie for oh so many !
I've always been convinced there was a good defender in there. In terms of 'defending', winning headers, winning tackles, making interceptions etc he's always been good. His problem have always been in Rodgers' when his full-back was caught high up the pitch and he was expected to defend in wide areas, it was disaster waiting to happen.

I don't agree with people who say Klopp has improved him, I think Klopp's system now means Lovren doesn't have to defend those areas of the pitch where he isn't comfortable anymore (I gues this could be argued as improving him by it's systematic rather than performance) .

Deserved and a big miss if not there on Sunday.
Is right, of the seven clean sheets we've had this season Lovren has played in six of them. Him and Sakho were starting to develop a decent looking partnership until they both picked up injuries.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2016, 09:18:35 am »
This will be a bit controversial, but I personally thought he was generally fairly good throughout 2015. Yes, the WHU game was a disaster, think he was poor in that Palace game as well (didn't watch that one), but I don't think he improved all that much under Klopp (not saying he didn't improve at all, far from it), he's been alright for some time now.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2016, 09:32:20 am »
Must have been hell stepping on that pitch knowing 99% of fans borderline hated him, credit where it's due.
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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2016, 09:32:38 am »
Very pleased for the lad. Confidence is huge for any player, and to see him looking so assured again is great.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #36 on: January 15, 2016, 09:33:17 am »
Yeah he deserves credit he has played well and didnt make any glaring mistakes. Needs to get to the end of the season in generally this sort of form.

I've never seen you give a player credit without at the same time referring to them as 'rubbish' in one way or another  ;D ;D

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #37 on: January 15, 2016, 09:34:23 am »
Well done!

Not just for the award. Every player who manages to up his performance like this deserves credit. :thumbup

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #38 on: January 15, 2016, 09:34:53 am »
He has been pretty rubbish though.

 Still too early to have gone the other way and proclaim him as somemsort of success.

Behave. If you'd been to any games you'd know.

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Re: Dejan Lovren - LFC Player of the Month (December)
« Reply #39 on: January 15, 2016, 09:35:39 am »
problem he has is it took one game for the pitchfork crowd to select him for their bile, but it seems it will take a season before they will STFU about him.

He was always better than the abuse he got.
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