..I KNOW WHAT YOUAREGOING THROUGH ALFREDO
Jack lends support to team-mate after his own issues
RYAN JACK a competitive edge knowing that if I do get booked, I’m obviously one late tackle away from going off the park. “That leads to suspensions and also killing your team-mates on the night. With Alfredo, he has done brilliantly for us this season.
“He has won us so many games this season already. He has been brilliant to play with this term and I see a total change in him.
“For us, we’re definitely sticking with him as a big player for us. He’s just as competitive in training as that’s just the way he plays. “He just wants to do as well as he can. He wants to win and even in training he wants to win. He’s the type of guy you love having in your team because he’s competitive.
“All the boys are saying to Alfredo that there is that fine line, everyone is saying the same thing.”
McAllister spent a season with hardman former Wales international Jones at Elland Road who picked up 12 red cards in his playing career in England and holds the record for the quickest ever booking after just three seconds.
Steven Gerrard’s assistant said: “Mentally there is a switch. I have played with some competitive guys with determination and a will to win but in behind there has got to be some moments of calm.
“It is getting that process done. That comes with experience. Obviously I played alongside Vinnie Jones for a short period of time. There are players that other players will try and provoke and that is part of the game.
“People are going to compete against Alfredo and he has got to accept that. He has got to be competitive and then, at the right moments, walk away.
“Did the penny drop with Vinnie? Maybe not, he left Leeds! Seriously, it’s part and parcel of the game. It is not just Alfredo that has to contest that in a game.”