Lucas Leiva

[cobain]

What about this:

-------------Sissoko
Gerrard------Mascherano------Leto
----------Lucas
-----------------Torres

?

[cobain]

Lucas will just leave if he does not play and who could blame him.
Like most I feel he is an exciting player and has a serious pedigree.
He should have started today

Knowing Rafa, he'll rarely (if ever) give a chance to Lucas, Leto or any other youngsters.

[JPK]

Gerrard is better than Pennant on the right and we have other options in the middle.

Putteril would be better than Pennant.If Pennant left us it would be interesting to see who would go in for him.None of the top ten sides

[bazza76]

Levia is another I have high hopes for, he has such huge potential, even more so than Babel IMO. Id like to see him getting some playing time, very mature for his age. Any player that has played in the top flight of Brazilian football and gets voted as player of the league, especially at his age, deserves some respect, and to top it all off, from a position of authority on the pitch (centre midfield) he was running the show.

[bazza76]

Putteril would be better than Pennant.If Pennant left us it would be interesting to see who would go in for him.None of the top ten sides

Pennet is better than Putteril, He has had a couple of off games recenty (pennant) but I am sure he will start improving again.

[Joe King]

Give him a start against Reading, see how he does and see how it goes from there

[AFII]

Lucas will just leave if he does not play and who could blame him.
Like most I feel he is an exciting player and has a serious pedigree.
He should have started today

The next one, two years is very important for him and he can't spend them in the stands or on the bench.

The problem is that it looks like we will need to sell a few players before he will get a chance.

Play him or loan him out.

[paulcooper4]

Lucas will just leave if he does not play and who could blame him.He wont, and I would blame him.
Like most I feel he is an exciting player and has a serious pedigree.He is and he has a serious POTENTIAL.
He should have started todayWhy? Are Mascherano and Gerrard **** players now??

:bird:

[Johnny]

Lets try an unproved MF`der in place of experienced internation MF`ders.
He needs to be blooded in the cups first.

[AFII]

If you play for the brazilian national team then you are more than just promising.

[JPK]

Pennet is better than Putteril, He has had a couple of off games recenty (pennant) but I am sure he will start improving again.

What about 1goal in 59 and no assist since last april.
That is just shocking.Rafa is big into analysing things but how can he miss this?Cant believe Torres did'nt play again

[cobain]

What about 1goal in 59 and no assist since last april.
That is just shocking.Rafa is big into analysing things but how can he miss this?Cant believe Torres did'nt play again

To be fair, he did take a shot on goal today And it wasn't a bad shot either - in fact, it was the best shot on goal we had That's a major improvement mind you as he didn't try to shoot in 5 months

[JPK]

:bird:

Why would you blame him?
They are serious players but Gerrard has to play right side again sadly.
It's a problem position

[bazza76]

What about 1goal in 59 and no assist since last april.
That is just shocking.Rafa is big into analysing things but how can he miss this?Cant believe Torres did'nt play again

I havnt been taking notes on stats, but from what I have seen, Pennant has been very impressive in alot of games for us.

[AFII]

Lets try an unproved MF`der in place of experienced internation MF`ders.
He needs to be blooded in the cups first.

We play to few cup games if you don't count the CL.

He should have played against Derby and Birmingham. That is the type of games he should start to play in.

Gerrard on the right in that games with Lucas in his position or Gerrard in the middle with Lucas instead of Kuyt.