As an aside, I bought the new FIFA 12 game - its good for a laugh with the boys on the weekend. Anyway, I was shocked, nay dismayed, to see Lucas' player rating. I thought that after his stellar year last year, surely they'd have compensated and topped up his stats a little to reflect his superior passing, tackling, workrate and game intelligence. Here's how bad the rating system EA Sports have applied is (midfielders only for comparison purposes):
Gerrard: 87
Downing: 82
Joe Cole: 80
Meireles: 80
Adam: 80
Bellamy: 79
Kuyt: 79
Aquilani: 79
Lucas: 78
Henderson: 77
Does this absolutely baffle anyone else, or does it just confirm how dramatically underrated he is outside of our club?
There's probably another thread for this somewhere - but the lack of respect this lad gets really bugs me!!!