Right. I do feel sorry for him that he has Strkel and The Greek behind him how cant pass for the ball out but for me that more that highlights how average the player his. He collects the balls and then like the two centre backs doesnt know what to do with it so it goes side ways most of the time. His range of passes is average.
The thing that gets me with him is his pace(none) and its like he is still learning the game and doesnt know when to go forward or stay back.
They're miles better CM players out there and if you really want Liverpool to improve then that's a position we can improve on for sure.
Oh remember we have been poor for 2 years now so being the best player is nothing to write home about.
Still sounding ridiculous?
Yea and the last two fucking years Lucas has been relied on far too much without comparable support from his teammates.
Also, you can't state opinion as fact. Especially when its obviously not true but a very convenient 4 year long talking point that has no significance of any kind.
IMO Alonso's passing range made our players lazy because he would find them wherever they were. After he left it was like the players had forgotten how to move off the ball. We are better now though because of players like maxi and raul who play that way naturally and have improved our fluidity but we still don't move very well as a team.
And this contrived bullshit that Lucas doesn't know when to get forward or stay back is just wrong. His attacking and defensive movements are all dependent on how Gerrard is approaching the attack. With Raul they moved forward together in synchronicity. One went, one stayed or both moved forward in unison supporting the play while not leaving themselves vulnerable. But today Lucas had to cover counters as well as try to support the attack which is fucking impossible with gerrard as a CM partner.
Lucas is one of the best in the team at positional awareness. You never see him make last ditch diving tackles like masch or gerrard because....HE DOESN'T HAVE TO! He is smarter than either of them and therefore doesn't have to make desperation tackles that drew many yellow cards for Masch. Another player who didn't slide tackle a lot was alonso, for the same fucking reason.
Lucas is our best CM at the moment. Yea, I said it. Ideally, it would be Gerrard but he doesn't have the head for it.
The closest you came to the truth was about his pace. Lucas is obviously not fast but he also isn't slow. Hes pretty much average in that department which one again means fuck all. Xavi isn't that fast either but why the fuck do you need to be when you can outhink your opposition.
Lucas has improved every year and will continue to do so under the right direction. His character and determination will see him reach his full potential regardless of manager. However, I think with a more tactically astute manager his ceiling is higher than say with Roy hodgson.
But anyways. please trot out more useless cliches, it only serves to expose your cluelessness.
PS. Fordy, please show me one top side in Europe that uses a traditional 442? At the most you will find 4411, and more likely its 433 or 4231 because they produce the most balanced sides in terms of attack and defense while also providing more help for the midfield in moving the attack forward. I stil cannot believe that Hodgson persisted with having Ngog nd Torres in a flat 2. Some one really needed to link up the play between midfield and attack.
442 is an outdated, easily exploited formation which is why it has been left behind. 442 is completely wrong for our team as the 442 roy likes to play needs natural wingers who will provide natural width as well as a little bit of pace which we clearly don't have on the flanks whcih is why maxi should be allowed to cut in so the fb can overlap and stretch the defense. We have fbs for that system but Roy, much like the majority of english fans think 442 is the way to go which literally attacks GJ where he is weakest and nullifies his impact in the attack.
Im tired of this.
I can't keep saying the same things over and over again. We all do in fact.
