Is Meireles a better passer than Lucas. Well, judging by their careers, you'd say Meireles is, judging by their time at Liverpool, you'd say Raul has better vision and more will to try an execute the through ball, whilst Lucas is probably the safer player and maintains possession better. Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather see three chances created, but then see the ball given away three times, over seeing the ball consistently kept, but almost nothing create or nothing effective being played. Lucas, for all the lauding of his passing, doesn't have much of an effect on how we play, and that's the hallmark of a good passer. Lucas simply keeps it neat and tidy, but that doesn't make him a good passer, whilst I believe some of his more adventurous stuff, or the more awkward stuff, he doesn't really execute to a good level. Yes, the ball gets from A to B, but things like time to make the decision, pass weight, pass precision and so on, aren't particularly great, in my opinion.
His passing is just like the rest of his game, decent, but nothing special.
