Lucas - 150 games not out - well done!

[James Dean]

I'm really starting to like him. I can't believe it.

[Unrighteous]

Yeah, but look at the space that Stoke gave him. Incredible spaces of green surrounding him.

[Coro]

Some people just do not want to credit the lad whatsoever.

 

He puts in a good performance 'ah but...'

 

Zzzz

[silverlining]

ForRaSEFJ_A

 

Put a Youtube clip up of his display against Stoke Away.

[dirty_sanchez]

They're both much better than Lucas. In every way. And always have been.

 

Not in tackles and pass completion, two of the most important qualities in a defensive midfielder.

[Red-Ed]

Lucas V Chelsea 06 02 2011 Football Video by MilanKakaBaros

 

This is quality, especially 3:17.

[Thants]

1zPLkMC1B34

 

This is quality, especially 3:17.

 

Doesn't tackle, doesn't pass, isnt quick

bin him

[Hooch]

I'm really starting to like him. I can't believe it.

 

Me too.

[Guest TK-421]

Doesn't tackle, doesn't pass, isnt quick

bin him

 

OMGZ, the final minute is class.

:inlove:

[Byrnie]

But did he score on Sunday?

[WhiskeyJar]

Fucking loved him when everyone hated him......now that everyone else loves him....well just makes me proud that he is in a Liverpool shirt.

 

It isnt all about stepovers and pace, its also about grit, intelligence and love for the game. Lucas has all that and those who still say that he is a bad player then they really dont know how the game is played.

[Eljeficito]

that milankakabaros bloke must have absolutely no life

[Randy Marsh]

Cracking little player. Still baffles me when I speak to reds and non reds when I hear the old "That fuckin Lucas is shite though isn't he" line. You have zero footballing intelligence if you cannot recognise that the lad is a very talented footballer. He has been our best midfielder for 12months now, and yet he's still massively underrated just because his name is Lucas. If If Mr Championship Manager had his way he wouldn't even be at the club.

[PaulMcC]

He's always been a good player but he's improved every season. We really need to give him a new deal.

[Byrnie]

How many players would have come through a dodgy start with lots of criticism, in a new team, in a new continent at such a young age in the manner Lucas has? He has character in abundance, I love him.

 

I know plenty of non Liverpool fans who rated him before a lot of Liverpool fans.

[Randy Marsh]

He's always been a good player but he's improved every season. We really need to give him a new deal.

 

How many players would have come through a dodgy start with lots of criticism, in a new team, in a new continent at such a young age in the manner Lucas has? He has character in abundance, I love him.

 

I know plenty of non Liverpool fans who rated him before a lot of Liverpool fans.

 

Agreed on both.

 

As you say Byrnie, the lad is very strong mentally because he used to take bucket loads of stick and was as a scapegoat by far too many for far too long. I remember Rafa highlighting this a while back and praising him for the way he's fought through it and become a better player as a result.

 

Lucas never lets us down. He always puts a shift in and does a job which goes unnoticed by many but is vital for the function of a good team. My one concern with him was his tendency to give away silly fouls in dangerous areas but he's managed to cut that out of his game by and large now.

[MLB]

Definitely agree with the "character in abundance" comment. Considering that he came to a new continent at such a young age and had to adjust to a very different footballing culture, you have to give him great credit for the way that he has stuck at it, improved and won a lot of people over. For me this has been his best season for us by far; he has become a lot more confident and influential, and has been at the heart of many of our best performances.

[JaminKibbler]

Lucas is class.

[That fella]

 

Fuck you, I'm Lucas Leiva.

[That fella]

Cracking little player. Still baffles me when I speak to reds and non reds when I hear the old "That fuckin Lucas is shite though isn't he" line. You have zero footballing intelligence if you cannot recognise that the lad is a very talented footballer. He has been our best midfielder for 12months now, and yet he's still massively underrated just because his name is Lucas. If If Mr Championship Manager had his way he wouldn't even be at the club.

 

Spot on.

[Johnni]

Cracking little player. Still baffles me when I speak to reds and non reds when I hear the old "That fuckin Lucas is shite though isn't he" line. You have zero footballing intelligence if you cannot recognise that the lad is a very talented footballer. He has been our best midfielder for 12months now, and yet he's still massively underrated just because his name is Lucas. If If Mr Championship Manager had his way he wouldn't even be at the club.

 

The same shit goes on with Aquilani as i hear the same lines of him being shit and always injured yet when he actually played for us he did quite well.

Half the people that say that and the same about Lucas probably hardly watch full games and if they do watch us they watch us on MOTD and/or hear about the game from their mates whilst discussing how good they would be as a manager in real life cos they won the Champions League with Hereford Utd on Football Manager.

[RobbieOR]

He's playing right now fir Brazil.

[Biscao]

I admit it - I've wronged this guy. He looks like a player. Finally!

[Iantn]

What's boss about this thread is the number of people admitting they was wrong on him. That shows how well the lad is playing because the hardest thing to do in the game is to turn it around like that.

[Adebisi]

My Manc mates are always telling me how shite he is, two of them often said the same of Masch, yet they hail Darren Fletcher as a world class player.

 

What makes me laugh is these lads actually play football for local teams in the area and therefore should have some understanding of it, but they're some of the thickest morons I've ever come across.