Allen Opta Stats

Joe Allen will miss the rest of the season due to surgery he will have to receive on his left shoulder.  While the Reds will no longer be able to rely on Allen in their remaining games, first-team doctor Zaf Iqbal was optimistic in regards to the midfielder’s availability for the start of the new league campaign in August: [quote]Joe Allen is due to have a left shoulder operation in Liverpool tomorrow morning and will be ready to return to football at the beginning …

On March 20th, Liverpool FC announced that Welsh midfielder Joe Allen would miss the rest of the 2012/13 campaign after he underwent surgery on his left shoulder. To some cynical LFC fans, this surgery was a blessing in disguise--the much-maligned Welshman's performances of late have been incredibly inconsistent, and despite Brendan Rodgers' staunch public defence of Allen, who came with the new Liverpool manager from Swansea to Anfield last summer, Allen has not won many supporters during his first season …