[Albion] Lallana's Post-Match Interview

[OzMike]

Never a dull moment eh !

 

[BadFish]

Good questions. Honest interview. Definitely gave the impression that there'd been some arguments in the dressing room after that, which wouldn't be a surprise or particularly unusual. Wonder if he felt some of the stuff flying around was unfair though. Sounds like the youngsters are losing heart a bit and maybe copping some flak. A lack of confidence among them would also be understandable as they haven't got the experience to see the bigger picture.

Probably something that one good result will fix - let's hope so.

Sounds like some NSC posters, not sure they can blame youth though

 

[heathgate]

Just seen this interview. It wasn’t weird or strange. If I am to read anything into it, it’s that he’s trying to lift and encourage some younger players who might be doubting themselves.

Barco must be wondering if he made the right choices by coming here.... two squads, two defeats,.... moody dressing room, half the so called star players out for one reason or another.....

 

[The Wookiee]

For those who haven’t seen it

 

[Questions]

Bounce back with three points on Thursday and all will be ok.

 

[Swegulls]

Bounce back with three points on Thursday and all will be ok.

... no it doesn't matter ...

 

[jcdenton08]

He’ll bounce back - people bounce back. Dennis Hopper, Rolf Harris - there are others.

 

[Commander]

For those who haven’t seen it

He looks like someone who has just had an absolute bollocking.

And repeating “We must not lose confidence” over and over again sounds like someone who has completely lost confidence.

 

[Big Vern]

His body language was odd. Hopping around. Lacking eye contact. Saying the defeat "doesn't matter". All a bit strange. Probably nothing in it but I do wonder what's gone on behind the scenes. If anything.

Lacking eye contact, look at Postecoglou, spends the entire time staring at the floor during interviews, rude.

 

[OzMike]

Bouncebackability !

 

[Home and Away]

I thought it was really weird and awkward. His body language and tone was really out of ordinary.

 

[Jim in the West]

Sounded like there was some sort of major bust up...all that stuff about needing to "stick together" and not blaming individuals. tbh, it sounded more like he was directing it all to his team mates rather than us. let's hope it gets sorted out before Thursday. Lallana is an incredible pro, and I'm VERY happy that he's part of this club. Let's hope - whatever happens to RDZ - he sticks around for many seasons to come.

 

[Badger Boy]

That is a strange interview and clearly there are issues behind the scenes at the moment. It's not clicking on the pitch and we are really struggling for goals. We knocked the granny out of Sheffield United but everyone can do that - Arsenal could go there and get 10 tonight if they want it.

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lens]

Nothing wrong with this interview.. the team is off the pace and is struggling to be consistent relative to recent levels . He's come out of the dressing room where clearly there has been a lot said and and if he's struggling to look comfortable he's very conscious about the things he doesn't want to say, so keeping generic about confidence, sticking together, not blaming each other blah blah feels like the right sort of stuff when the game has ended as poorly as it did! He doesnt want to give the sense that anyone is being blamed, and wants to leave the words and finer-pointing in the dressing room : exactly as it should be.
I would be more worried if it was a shrug of the shoulders "we move on" type interview. He clearly "felt" what had happened and that is a good thing - it means something to him and others..

 

[um bongo molongo]

He’s probably also rapidly realising his playing career is coming to an end. Doubt he was very happy with his own performance. That isn’t going to feel great, especially for someone who clearly cares

 

[GJN1]

Sounded like there was some sort of major bust up...all that stuff about needing to "stick together" and not blaming individuals. tbh, it sounded more like he was directing it all to his team mates rather than us. let's hope it gets sorted out before Thursday. Lallana is an incredible pro, and I'm VERY happy that he's part of this club. Let's hope - whatever happens to RDZ - he sticks around for many seasons to come.

I'm guessing RDZ picked on one or two players in the dressing room and Lallana didn't like it.

 

[studio150]

Firstly, no player really likes post match interviews after a defeat, so brave of Lallana to be front and centre.

I didn't read anything into the interview other than disappointed following a second defeat in a row.

And was trying to stay positive, and the repeating of comments was to ensure only one message was given.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

We just got absolutely tonked. He's hardly going to come out and be a ray of sunshine is he?

 

[GJN1]

He’ll bounce back - people bounce back. Dennis Hopper, Rolf Harris - there are others.

Alan Partridge wrote the book about it.

 

[scwiffy]

Very odd, to some extent not surprising given the loss but the repeating of "We can't loose confidence" and "We can't blame each other" clearly meant it was at the forefront of his mind and likely points to what is exactly happening in the dressing room. As someone else said, it felt more deirected at the players than at the general public. I suspect RDZ or player/s were pointing fingers at each other and some players reacted by showing lack of confidence.

To some extent an emotional reaction in the dressing room is good, it show they are winners and expect better of themselves, what I think Lallana is trying to say is that its how they then react to that, outbursts at specific players or burying your head in the sand might be understandable as an immediate reaction but its important that its either forgotten about or used as motivational fuel for the next game.