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He hasn't made too many mistakes (unlike Skrtel). He has played as a defensive midfielder, ably too.. Of course there were games when he was rubbish and in most games he was pretty average. All I can ask from a cheapish young central midfielder is to be able to step up and be counted when called upon. He has certainly done that. He is not a creative player but that is not his fault, that's why we spent 18 million pounds on Aquilani. If we struggled to create goals, it is very easy to blame it on Lucas, but why not the other 4 attacking players? I don't really care much for Lucas really. If Aquilani gets himself fit, he'll soon drop to the bench, but if say he got injured again, we know Lucas will step up and won't fuck up (again, unlike Skrtel).
Skrtel cost us points, he's not good enough to start for us, I'd sooner rid Skrtel as for me he's a horrible player, who has no business being at Liverpool.
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Okay, so he is not an attacking or creative player. Not his fault as you say. However, given that you have just said he would be an 'excellent' back up to Aquilani and then named Aquilani as our creative player then doesn't this make Lucas actually a pretty shit back up to him?
He hasn't made too many mistakes (unlike Skrtel). He has played as a defensive midfielder, ably too.. Of course there were games when he was rubbish and in most games he was pretty average. All I can ask from a cheapish young central midfielder is to be able to step up and be counted when called upon. He has certainly done that. He is not a creative player but that is not his fault, that's why we spent 18 million pounds on Aquilani. If we struggled to create goals, it is very easy to blame it on Lucas, but why not the other 4 attacking players? I don't really care much for Lucas really. If Aquilani gets himself fit, he'll soon drop to the bench, but if say he got injured again, we know Lucas will step up and won't fuck up (again, unlike Skrtel).
Skrtel cost us points, he's not good enough to start for us, I'd sooner rid Skrtel as for me he's a horrible player, who has no business being at Liverpool.
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Okay, so he is not an attacking or creative player. Not his fault as you say. However, given that you have just said he would be an 'excellent' back up to Aquilani and then named Aquilani as our creative player then doesn't this make Lucas actually a pretty shit back up to him?