Regular starter or not, he was better than what our current wide players Kuyt, Cole, Jovanovic, Maxi and Babel have been. So you think Lucas is the same level as Mascherano do you? And you are measuring Dirk Kuyt’s current ability by how far Holland got in the World Cup? There’s some fucking warped logic floating around your brain.
Kuyt was given lot of praise for their road to world cup final.. that s what am trying to say. Kuyt plays like this most of the time.. His touch and passing was never great.. so why all of a sudden people are talking that he is not good because he has poor first touch n all...
As for benayoun, he was never consistent. He s a good sub player to have.. If he is as good as you say, he would be getting games in chelsea who are struggling ... Everyone thought cole would fill his role..but he did not..
And regarding lucas, he is no mascherano. but he is always improving. his performance against chelsea and mancs and not allowing them to score in open play is a testimony to that. We are not having problems with DM position.
All am saying is we are not missing them as much as you say we are. For me, the most important reasons for our last seasons failure were injuries and aquilani (replacement for alonso).
I too agree with everyone saying we need new players to challenge and become a top team. But what am disagreeing with this people complaining that position where we are is due to the current squad. We should atleast be hovering around 7. But we are not.. This fault is not due to the quality of the squad. It is due to their under performing due to tactics, confidence, mentality, player power....
All i want is everyone to be pulling in right direction which it was not happening under Roy. But now we should stop being negative and support our team for better future... I cant wait for sunday to see united anfield after a long time even though half way across the world.
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