Originally Posted by Dirk
I've been one of Xabi's biggest fans, I was hoping that he would be influential for us this season but he hasn't. Xabi on form is better than Lucas but Xabi's form has been largely poor now for a while and on a comparison basis, Lucas is playing better than Xabi is now.
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I'm not actually a big Xabi fan, as I think he's underperformed for a man of his talent in all but his first season here. But I think Lucas has had as many bad game's as he has good, and several time's he's looked well out of his depth.
He may well go on to be a bigger influence on the team than Xabi has managed to do be (after all, you don't win South American player of the year for nothing) but I can't see it happening anytime soon so i'd rather stick with Alonso for the time being.