Lucas

[Assassin]

The most underwhelming loan signing ever.......

[Fivex]

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[Assassin]

I forgot about Caulker.

Easily done....

[Cormack74]

I forgot about Caulker.

[Roboklopp]

Bollocks. Poor Lucas. Poor us.

[Fosterbloke]

Toure and Lovren it is then!

[Buzzo]

Caulker smacks of a no risk loan at a time where we had a defensive injury crisis, probably previously scouted by the committee who has come in and not performed to the standard Klopp requires. The fact Lucas has started ahead of him (has he started a game) and he didn't play with the young lads is telling.

[baitman]

caulker or skrtel alongside lovren, just so we dont upset the (fluked) balance.of our midfield.

Yep, the same midfield that was ****e last week...

[Chris]

Play well get injured! Liverpool 2015/2016.

Hopefully we can cope, think he's been crap in midfield and we look better with Can there but he was immense every time he went back to CB and now we might see more of Marty just as we look secure at the back. ****.

[redmike65]

Ho hum, playing with an injury I suppose with the back line so thinned out that was unavoidable - or was it? Why did Caulker come in if not to play in such circumstances?

[RedReet]

FFS, knew it was only a matter of time before he got another bad(ish) injury.

[Shaggy]

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[The_weatherman]

Lucas could be very valuable at CB against teams that park the bus, helps us keep possession, something Klopp alluded to after the Augsburg game I think. Like dww says he's also quite good in the air, surprisingly so but he has got the tendency to give away fouls in dangerous areas. Lucas and someone like Sakho or Matip (by all accounts) against sides that sit deep should allow us to control the game.

[dww]

He is pretty good in the air but he's only 5' 9" so we need someone as good as Hyypia along side him to deal with an aerial bombardment, IMO.

I'd actually say he is excellent in the air. However you are right in the PL there will always be a bigger player and we need at least one or two players over 6' 3'' to deal with certain teams, tactics and situations. It's an area where a player like Stewart could help us have flexibility in the squad (alongside signings like Matip).

[Paul12]

So obvious? Please enlighten me as I'm missing something.

Well pace is the obvious one. Height WILL be an issue against big attacks. Perhaps less obviously, he also appears to struggle against good movement in the box.