Charlie Adam: What Liverpool Fans Can Expect From Him ?
Liverpool Football Club have announced that they have reached agreement with Blackpool for the transfer of Charlie Adam.
The midfielder will now have to face the pressure that playing for a big club brings but he has a calm head on his shoulders and he will be helped by Kenny Dalglish to adapt to life at Liverpool.
So What Can The Liverpool Fan Expect From Their New Midfielder ?
Versatility:
Adam is very versatile midfielder, he can play in wide variety of roles, from playing as a traditional center-midfielder to being deployed as an attacking midfielder. He can even play wide left or as a box to box midfielder.
Ability From Set Pieces:
Charlie Adam is really good on set pieces as he showed to one and all in the season 2010-2011 while playing at Blackpool. The Scotland international has a delightful left foot, that delivered some of the best corners last season as well as scoring a couple of contenders for Goal of the Season from set pieces.
Complete Midfielder:
Adam just like club captain Steven Gerrard can be regarded as a complete midfielder, a midfielder who has the ability to control the midfield. He can dictate play from midfield through his excellent range of long and short passing [ likened to one of the best modern day passers of the ball, former Red Xabi Alonso]. Adam is also equally capable of putting in a tackle and can fight it out in midfield almost like a combative midfielder.
Assists and Goals 2010-2011
Goals:
In the 2010-2011 Premier League season Charlie Adam scored 12 times for Blackpool in the that's just one short of Liverpool's top scorer Dirk Kuyt's [13] goals. Assists:
To add to his goal tally of 12, Adam also had 09 assists to his name during the 2010-2011 Premier League season, that's one more than Dirk Kuyt's [Most assists by a Liverpool player in the league] assists [09] in the Premier League.
Verdict :
Charlie Adam's addition to the Liverpool squad will surely improve the overall quality of the squad as he is a versatile, dynamic goal scoring midfielder who can control the midfield. Along with Gerrard he can form a really strong partnership in the middle of the park for the Reds.
