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Lucas wants out? Good for him.

Lucas Leiva may have played his last game for the club with reports suggesting he will leave Anfield before the transfer window shuts at the end of this month.

 

The popular Brazilian failed to even make the 18 man squad for the 1-0 win at Stoke on Sunday and his relationship with manager Brendan Rodgers has been steadily deteriorating over the last 18 months. The player has been unhappy for some time and was looking to leave the club last summer, but interest from Italian clubs failed to materialise into a firm offer so he stayed, albeit reluctantly. Now he may become the next player to leave the team in this 2015-16 season.

 

He almost left in January too following interest from Inter Milan and with things finally having seemingly now come to a head with Lucas wanting to leave and Liverpool reportedly ‘happy to listen to offers’, the odds on him remaining at Anfield beyond this summer appear to be lengthening by the day.

 

For some this will provide another stick to beat Rodgers with, but if the Northern Irishman sees the highly promising Emre Can as the long term option for that third midfield spot alongside Jordan Henderson and James Milner then surely that’s understandable? He may be happy to have Lucas in the squad as a back up option but if the player is not willing to accept that role then there’s little a manager can do. 

 

No-one is to blame here as it’s a fairly simple situation. Lucas believes he should be first choice and be in the team every week while Rodgers sees things differently and prefers other players. 

 

At 28 years of age Lucas does not want to be a back up player and in many ways that’s commendable as there are far too many footballers these days happy to pick up wages without earning them. If only Mario Balotelli, Fabio Borini and Jose Enrique had his desire to play football every week.

 

Lucas wants to play football but that’s not going to happen for him at Liverpool barring a midfield injury crisis, so therefore the most logical conclusion is him moving on to a club that see him as first choice. It’s no different to Jay Spearing, Jonjo Shelvey or Charlie Adam leaving. The profile and level of Lucas is obviously higher, but the basic principle is the same. All would prefer to play elsewhere than sit on the bench here.

 

Some players are happy enough to be squad men, others want to play every week and will not hang around if they aren't. If Lucas has had enough of not being a guaranteed starter then it’s best for all parties if he moves on.

 

It may also present more opportunities to promising teenager Jordan Rossiter, particularly in the Europa League for example.

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Lucas will be missed and I guarantee there will be plenty of posts in the months to come lamenting the decision to let him go.

Only by divvy's who don't know anything about the game. I'd still be surprised if he actually went. I can't see anyone paying money for him.

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In the brief run up to his serious injury he was genuinely world class. Doubt he will ever get near those highs again which is where he would need to be to guarantee a 1st team regular slot.

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Only by divvy's who don't know anything about the game. I'd still be surprised if he actually went. I can't see anyone paying money for him.

You're all in on Brendan so what do you know about football? Plonker!

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I hope you're not one of the many posters who berated Borini's decision to stay and fight for his place.

No I wasn't. Just like I don't act like a little bitch when players want to leave for better teams/ more money. A lot of these guys are bellends and I'm too old to form an emotional attachment to spoilt young millionaires.

 

I'll miss Lucas though, top bloke by all accounts but nows the right time.

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Anyone who says otherwise cares more about principles than winning trophies, good for them. Losers.

I suppose principles do matter, otherwise the fans would just switch to Man City or Chelsea. I'm guessing if you did a poll on whether you would like Sir Alex Ferguson to come back from retirement and manage us for the next 5 years, then most would say no, and he's the most successful manager in the the Premier League era...

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That's a good poser. Would you take Ferguson for the next 5 years if it guaranteed 3 league trophies and a European Cup and 5 years of champions league?

 

Just for the record I actually think that Mourinho is a far more detestable cunt than Ferguson but I'd still find it easier to welcome Jose over Slur.

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Anyone who says otherwise cares more about principles than winning trophies, good for them. Losers.

As I said during the dark days last season the only managers I would have accepted coming in to replace Rodgers were Capello or Mourinho, two men who are almost guarenteed to get a title if they are given a fair chance.

 

Mourinhos a complete cunt and I don't like the man but I know I could get behind him if he became manager, when he started defending and speaking up for our club like he does with Chelsea all the fanbase would.

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Cunts that are very good at football will always be welcomed and embraced with open arms.  Winning is what matters most at the end of the day.

 

There would be a very different opinion of Luis Suarez on here if he played for any other team in the league.

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Hasn't been the same since his injuries back in 2013 and in any case he isn't a constructive enough player for the manager we have, so selling him would probably be for the best for all parties. If we do sell him though I hope it's to bring in another midfielder who can defend a bit, as the others we have aren't really very good at it with the possible exception of Can.

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As I said during the dark days last season the only managers I would have accepted coming in to replace Rodgers were Capello or Mourinho, two men who are almost guarenteed to get a title if they are given a fair chance.

 

Mourinhos a complete cunt and I don't like the man but I know I could get behind him if he became manager, when he started defending and speaking up for our club like he does with Chelsea all the fanbase would.

Capello? Never mind weed, how much crack do you smoke?

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You'll miss him when he's gone, when it's just a bunch of selfish twats eyeing moves away the second they have to sit on the bench or players that think they're far too good for us. Players like Lucas are a dying breed.

 

A player that was hated when he arrived and kept his head down, never said a word about it and won the fans over in time. I don't rate him much as a player, (similar to you stringy) but as a man he's right up there with Sami, Kuyt and Hamann in terms of foreign players that have just got us, the city, the fans, everything.

 

I hope he gets a boss send off, but Brendan will probably fuck him off on the last day of the transfer window for nothing and he won't have the chance to say goodbye. Has anyone noticed the fact that hardly anyone can last more than 3 years with Brendan?

If Lucas goes, we'll only have two players that have been here longer than Rodgers: Skrtel and Henderson - both of whom he's tried to sell at different times.

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That's a good poser. Would you take Ferguson for the next 5 years if it guaranteed 3 league trophies and a European Cup and 5 years of champions league?

Just for the record I actually think that Mourinho is a far more detestable cunt than Ferguson but I'd still find it easier to welcome Jose over Slur.

I wouldn't even let Ferguson manage our reserves, and I absolutely despise our reserves.

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Capello? Never mind weed, how much crack do you smoke?

Maybe him failing with England has made you forget about what he done before that but not me, England flopping in a tournament is nothing new and international management is a lot different to club management.

 

He was my first choice when Kenny was sacked, thankfully things went well with BR doing well playing better football then Capello would have, if things go tit's up he'd still be a manager I would be happy with.

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That injury against Chelsea properly fucked him up.   It was reckless of Kenny to play him every game that season; an injury waiting to happen.

 

Two days after he bossed the midfield against City and put a lot into it. Every one else was rested but Lucas had to play because we had no cover for him. 4 years and we still haven't signed a holding midfielder.

 

Can, Milner and Henderson are all box to box players who aren't going to shield a defence against decent opposition. Play the three of them in midfield and there's enough work rate and energy to collectively do a job off the ball at least. That's if he doesn't persist in Henderson and Milner in a two.

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Call me mental but I really don't think I would swap Rodgers for Mourinho but I wont ever have that decision to make. Would I still support the club , then yes because the club is always bigger than any jumped up cunty Portugese pantomime villain . 

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Maybe him failing with England has made you forget about what he done before that but not me, England flopping in a tournament is nothing new and international management is a lot different to club management.

 

He was my first choice when Kenny was sacked, thankfully things went well with BR doing well playing better football then Capello would have, if things go tit's up he'd still be a manager I would be happy with.

Don't get me wrong, he was a terrific manager but that was ages ago and I think his particular brand of football has been passed by.

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If Lucas goes, we'll only have two players that have been here longer than Rodgers: Skrtel and Henderson - both of whom he's tried to sell at different times.

 

He's tried to get rid of most of the players bought on his watch let alone those he inherited. The likes of Balotelli, Borini, Sakho, Moreno, Markovic are clearly not wanted in addition to all those who have left. Part of it is he can't handle conflict or personalities, so anyone with an opinion he wants rid of and it'd seem Lucas is another victim of a personality clash with the ego. A yes boss like Henderson or Milner is the perfect Rodgers captain. 

 

This is the way Rodgers is. He has a highly disposable attitude to footballers, which is all well and good, but he doesn't seem to realise that footballers cost money and we're trying to run a business. It's an extremely expensive way to manage. particularly when you've got such a terrible eye for a player (Lovren, Lallana, Borini, Lambert) and the way players get treated here now sees their value whittled away to nothing when Rodgers decides on a whim to wash his hands with you.

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