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Yes, we need better... But right now he's all we got.
Do you want him in the lineup against stoke?
When Gerrard was playing there Rodgers himself said that Gerrard was not a DM and that he doesn't play with a dedicated DM.
That last bit may end up costing him his job.
Nope, dont want him in the starting line up.
We've conceded 9 goals in the last two away games to Stoke. He's started both so I doubt he's in any way the missing key for us to get 3 points.
Consistently the thickest poster on this site, recently.
I may be thick but I know an unnecessary comma when I see one.
Everyone's a critic these days.
It's an internet forum mate. Your opinions of me and mine are of absolutely no significance to me whatsoever so no need to apologise.
It cost us the title, that's for sure.
Gonna be in my head all day... Actually, I'm gonna put that album on now.
Why have you become such a bellend.
You used to be a nice kid.
Whats the point in a shitty comment like that.
If you want to get noticed get your nose pierced or something, dont be a mong. Theres plenty of those round these parts already.
If Lucas continues to get minutes it means our squad has not moved forward and aiming for anything above 6th is ambitious.
KJ i dont understand that thought process. He played all season the year before last when we finished second.
If we dont finish top 6 is wont be Lucas fault.
For all our frailty last year it was the 10 goals combined between Sturridge, Balotelli, Borini and Lambert that stopped us challenging top 4 right?
Well Benteke and Firmino are the players brought in to 'progress' us this year. If they fail we will fail and Lucas will continue to be a 7 out of 10 pretty much every game he plays.
If we dont finish top 6 is wont be Lucas fault.
For all our frailty last year it was the 10 goals combined between Sturridge, Balotelli, Borini and Lambert that stopped us challenging top 4 right?
Well Benteke and Firmino are the players brought in to 'progress' us this year. If they fail we will fail and Lucas will continue to be a 7 out of 10 pretty much every game he plays.
Except he didn't.
But I agree with the rest of the post.
But I also think we need a better defensive mid. At least another one just for a bit of depth. I don't think Can or Allen could do the role.
He played 29 games. Look if we had Matic or fucking Makelele or whatever id be all over benching Lucas but to pinpoint him as the reason we wont hit top 4?!
Nah.
I trust Lucas to anchor the midfield more than any other player we have. If we could get a better player than him in then i'd be fine with that. But that goes for any other position in the team. Play the best player you have for that position until you get a better player for that position.Simple.
As for us conceding 9 goals in the last two away games at Stoke when Lucas has been playing, well that pretty selective blame. Does this mean he was at fault for all 9 of them goals then? He shouldn't get credit for every clean sheet and certainly doesn't deserve blame for every goal we concede. His value to the team last season was evident by the number of points picked up when he played compared to when he didn't. You can't judge that over 1 or 2 games but over the course of the season it usually shows (of course i haven't checked whether we won more when he played so this is mostly an educated guess on my part).
As for us conceding 9 goals in the last two away games at Stoke when Lucas has been playing, well that pretty selective blame. Does this mean he was at fault for all 9 of them goals then? He shouldn't get credit for every clean sheet and certainly doesn't deserve blame for every goal we concede. His value to the team last season was evident by the number of points picked up when he played compared to when he didn't. You can't judge that over 1 or 2 games but over the course of the season it usually shows (of course i haven't checked whether we won more when he played so this is mostly an educated guess on my part).
Lucas is sound, a team player who always gives his best and the type of mature, experienced leader that every manager needs in his squad.
Trouble is that with him, Henderson & Milner in the side we will lack creativity, balance and tempo.
It's my main concern about our team this season, it's obvious from pre-season that we will lack a metronomic pacemaker in the side who will control the tempo, always be available for the ball, finds space in a packed midfield and adds composure.
We have all sorts of options in midfield now but we don't have the brains to make it tick. The closest we have in the squad is Texeira and Chirivella (maybe Rossiter, though I'm not wholly convinced he has the technical skills) both of whom made huge differences when they played pre-season because they gave us a fulcrum and we then developed a faster more rhythmic pattern. With our current midfield we don't have the short passing game, we become way too predictable because it's too slow, too many players passing the ball in safe areas.
Watch the best sides and they move the ball quickly, one touch in the main. Our lot seem to be coached to receive the ball, control then pass. Every Chelsea player in the back four (especially Terry who is great at it) will pass first time, usually on the volley to a team mate in space.
I don't think Rodgers sees it this way and to me, we will struggle to break sides down again because we can't build the play effectively.
It's so frustrating, we are not far away from a really good side but we are missing a link man and that is not Lucas, at least not with Henderson alongside him.
Trouble is that with him, Henderson & Milner in the side we will lack creativity, balance and tempo.
It's my main concern about our team this season, it's obvious from pre-season that we will lack a metronomic pacemaker in the side who will control the tempo, always be available for the ball, finds space in a packed midfield and adds composure.
We have all sorts of options in midfield now but we don't have the brains to make it tick. The closest we have in the squad is Texeira and Chirivella (maybe Rossiter, though I'm not wholly convinced he has the technical skills) both of whom made huge differences when they played pre-season because they gave us a fulcrum and we then developed a faster more rhythmic pattern. With our current midfield we don't have the short passing game, we become way too predictable because it's too slow, too many players passing the ball in safe areas.
Watch the best sides and they move the ball quickly, one touch in the main. Our lot seem to be coached to receive the ball, control then pass. Every Chelsea player in the back four (especially Terry who is great at it) will pass first time, usually on the volley to a team mate in space.
I don't think Rodgers sees it this way and to me, we will struggle to break sides down again because we can't build the play effectively.
It's so frustrating, we are not far away from a really good side but we are missing a link man and that is not Lucas, at least not with Henderson alongside him.
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