Lucas

[danperkins]

He has been very impressive pre season.. looks sharper.

[Tee]

Lucas is boss.

[Chris]

He's been excellent, nowhere near the level of the incredible Sandro or Paulinho but a decent player all the same.

[RedReet]

He's been excellent, nowhere near the level of the incredible Sandro or Paulinho but a decent player all the same.

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[badpiggy]

He's been excellent, nowhere near the level of the incredible Sandro or Paulinho but a decent player all the same.

I really don't know why you think it's practically treasonous to think that Spurs are better than us at the moment. Are Man City not better than Spurs then? Is there any ****in point to the league table at all or should we just have fan purity tests and the fan police with the biggest cull of weak fans gets a trophy?

[Tee]

I really don't know why you think it's practically treasonous to think that Spurs are better than us at the moment. Are Man City not better than Spurs then? Is there any ****in point to the league table at all or should we just have fan purity tests and the fan police with the biggest cull of weak fans gets a trophy?

[Chris]

I really don't know why you think it's practically treasonous to think that Spurs are better than us at the moment.

Do I? Thats news to me!

[badpiggy]

Edit: forget it. Not getting into this.

[Chris]

Edit: forget it. Not getting into this.

HA! Nice edit, probably for the best after the abysmal example you used which didnt back up your point in the slightest.

[Vermilion]

Of course Spurs are a threat, they've been a threat for the last 4 years or so and they will be for the foreseeable, them and Arsenal are our direct rivals this coming season again.

Say what we like about Arsenal too, but they are where we need to be, a new stadium built, Champions league every season, and ready to go into ffp with a good balance sheet to work off.

Pretty much what we are striving for at the moment, Spurs too. So they are very much threats to the future of this club, if success brings money and money and success bring top players, then we need some soon, and to do so we need to overtake those that have finished ahead of us consistently of late.

This at a time when Arsenal are prepared to spend bigger than they ever have before, and Spurs are about to get a massive injection of funds, having already imo added two very exciting players, that will likley go into their first team, and with more to come too most likely.

Yes they'll lose Bale to get that wad of cash, but i think we'll again be in a simialr position with Suarez, except we probably wont get anywhere near what Spurs get for Bale, which is downright crazy!

Anyaway, Spurs and Arsenal are our targets, finish ahead of those two sides, and we'll be ok. It will not be easy though. imo.

edit: Ok. thought this was the Spurs thread!

[BigChief]

Our midfield was wide open at times last season. Lucas might be more important than Suarez for a top 4 berth. :controversial:

[RedReet]

Our midfield was wide open at times last season. Lucas might be more important than Suarez for a top 4 berth. :controversial:

I said arguably as important, with the debate being we seemed to struggle a lot more when Lucas wasn't playing last year than when Suarez wasn't. Obviously is isn't as straightforward as that as there were countless other factors to consider, but it can definitely be argued on last years evidence.

TBF it's less about Lucas and Suarez and more their replacements, but either way Lucas is still one of the most important players in our squad.

[Fredo]

He's been excellent, nowhere near the level of the incredible Sandro or Paulinho but a decent player all the same.

Are you being sarcastic here?

[danperkins]

He's been excellent, nowhere near the level of the incredible Sandro or Paulinho but a decent player all the same.

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Be careful that's Nigey's role... he'll be pissed !

[Lee]

LFC's very own superfan.