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by **parchpea** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:48 pm

Never fancied him really but have to hold hands up, fantastic today. Could it be said his game is growing without Gerrard along side him? Taking responsibility more now perhaps

by **Bad Bob** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:22 pm

Top notch stuff from this lad. Got his foot in and disrupted City's play endlessly and managed to keep the likes of Silva and Nasri very quiet. Maturing into a bit of a player isn't he?

by **redtrader74** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:45 pm

Monster performance from Lucas today, he didn't let the City midfield breath, you can see that he is starting to understand his importance, I liked his 'discussion' with Agger, showed that both players have the ability to lead and they give a damn.

by **stmichael** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:05 pm

the sad thing is, they'll still be fans who think he's "not good enough" for what we want.

the bloke is a monster. absolutely boss today. infact it was arguably the best performance i've seen from a liverpool player in any game this season.

by **neil** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:21 pm

Becoming quite a player. I'd suggest we give him the captaincy in Stevie's abscence.

by **Benny The Noon** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:24 pm

Becoming one of the best DM's in the prem , Toure and Barry are currently keeping Lampard and Mikel company in his pocket .

by **metalhead** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:35 am

stmichael wrote:the sad thing is, they'll still be fans who think he's "not good enough" for what we want.

the bloke is a monster. absolutely boss today. infact it was arguably the best performance i've seen from a liverpool player in any game this season.

I'm one of them

but eff me that was a world class performance from Lucas today, his best in a Liverpool shirt nuff said

:buttrock

by **Reg** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:12 am

MH you miserable bugger!

If we focus on where are weaknesses lie today, Lucas is well down the list.

From safe position (player/skill set), no need to make changes downwards:

Safe positions:
Reina,
Suarez
Lucas
Jose Enrique,
+++

Solid positions:
Adam
Johnson
Gerrard
Bellamy
Downing
Maxi
Kuyt
+++

Doubtful:
Spearing (not good enough)
Henderson
Carra (past his prime)
Carroll (unproven)

Prospects:
Coates (unproven), Kelly and all the other youngsters who need a full season before we can properly judge them.

Need replacement:
Agger - too injury prone and terrible waste of salary over the years
Skrtl - too inconsistent, too slow

Taking into account Coates, Kelly and some of the other young defenders coming through, the back 4 could be rock solid by the end of the season.
The core of the midfield is good enough at both taking the game to top sides (Citech, Chelsea and ManUre) and defending.
The weak area is putting the ball in the back of the net! Where's Carroll when you need her? Downing, Kuyt etc.. they've got to become more goal focused.

After good performances against Citeh, Chelsea, Ure etc.. I'd like to see the Spurs game again where we got ripped apart and see where the weak points were again and what we've done to change the gameplan.

Overall, looks good but clearly Kenneth needs til the end of the season to get this team to gel and develop into a proper unit.

by **Kenny Kan** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:31 am

When I saw the monstrosity of player (Toure) bounding forward with the ball bouncing a couple of Red shirts off him, then went to take on Lucas I thought 'ere we go, we'll see what the lads made of' he didn't disappoint. He made a fabulously well timed tackle and robbed the bloke of the ball, that was an excellent moment.

Lucas had another top game - glad he's proved me wrong!

by **Thommo's perm** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:37 am

I am one of his biggest critics but, besides a few needless free kicks given away, I have to say he played well and was possibly my MOM yesterday. He is definitely growing in the role and I hope he continues to show the form he showed yesterday.

by **andy_g** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:10 am

'needless free kicks' is the new 'passes 5 yards sideways'

by **neil** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:14 am

Reg wrote:Need replacement:
Agger - too injury prone and terrible waste of salary over the years
Skrtl - too inconsistent, too slow

by **Johnny Boy** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:26 am

He was excellent yesterday and it was also the best performance Lucas and Adam have produced when playing together.

He actually won quite a few headers also, I really think there is room for him to get forward a little more as he showed when he linked up with Suarez late in the game yesterday.

by **SouthCoastShankly** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:32 am

stmichael wrote:the sad thing is, they'll still be fans who think he's "not good enough" for what we want.

the bloke is a monster. absolutely boss today. infact it was arguably the best performance i've seen from a liverpool player in any game this season.

He was immense. Easily one of the first names on the team sheet.

by **The Good Yank** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:30 pm

Johnny Boy wrote:I really think there is room for him to get forward a little more as he showed when he linked up with Suarez late in the game yesterday.

I agree in part with this. But I also think that he didn't venture forward until they were down to 10 . His job of playing in front of the back four is priority. He'd need to be paired with someone a bit more defensive minded to be able to be more attacking.

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