Lucas

[Fredo]

He could if we played with a back 3.

[Myo]

Does anyone else think he could do a job in the sweeper role ala Maldini in his laterer years?? i am honestly thinking this...he could if we have a strong/header type of defender playing alongside him?

[Assassin]

A fitting trubute to Lucas with the 5000th reply in this thread

Lucas is boss!!!

[Myo]

What an absolute hero tonight.

Thrown into a challenging position (our CBs can make it look very challenging) mid match in a semi final, and he took it on effortlessly. You could even see him holding the line well. Tackled well. The guys just ****ing great.

He represents the best of the modern football player. Great attitude, plays with a smile, intelligent, resilient.

Awesome

[Buzzo]

Yep, he and Kolo were ****ing on it.

[danperkins]

What an absolute hero tonight.

Thrown into a challenging position (our CBs can make it look very challenging) mid match in a semi final, and he took it on effortlessly. You could even see him holding the line well. Tackled well. The guys just ****ing great.

He represents the best of the modern football player. Great attitude, plays with a smile, intelligent, resilient.

Awesome

[Fredo]

He could easily fill in at centre because back he reads the game so well. He doesn't need to have pace.

[Buzzo]

What an absolute hero tonight.

Thrown into a challenging position (our CBs can make it look very challenging) mid match in a semi final, and he took it on effortlessly. You could even see him holding the line well. Tackled well. The guys just ****ing great.

He represents the best of the modern football player. Great attitude, plays with a smile, intelligent, resilient.

Awesome

[Kenneth]

So do I.

[DannyMan2006]

I don't think that he does go from hot to cold. I think he's very good at what he does as a stopper in front of the back four, but lacks the pace and creativity to do any more. So he shines against passing teams that put you under pressure (e.g. in Europe, against the better sides in the Prem), but looks poor against pure counter-attacking teams where he neither has the creativity to help break them down with all the posession we have, nor the pace to live with the counter.

I think you could be right there.

[DannyMan2006]

Last season under Rodgers & this year when Klopp firs came in Lucas looked full of energy & was a monster in that midfield for us. Now he's looking garbage. Maybe it's tiredness, I don't know. But I can tell straight away whether or not he's on his game.

Was watching him Sunday & he was leaving it totally to Can & Hendo to come back & try and make a bit of space. He looked like he didn't want to be there. It sounds like I'm moaning about a lack of effort, but that's not the case. I know he puts in everything. But sometimes it just doesn't happen for him.

[danperkins]

Lucas is one of the most consistent players we have. We just don't have good enough players in the midfield to compliment his game IMO. I would agree though that he does lack pace and alot of the time he ends up getting booked for exactly that reason.

[calvoboy]

Everytime I start to come round to Lucas he loses the plot. Been abysmal v Newcastle & Had a poor first half v Watford. The main stay for us under Kloop was that midfield two of Lucas & Can. But I can tell after about two minutes how good Lucas is going to be. And if he's off form we have a shocker.

A player of his experience should not go from hot to cold so easily.

I don't think that he does go from hot to cold. I think he's very good at what he does as a stopper in front of the back four, but lacks the pace and creativity to do any more. So he shines against passing teams that put you under pressure (e.g. in Europe, against the better sides in the Prem), but looks poor against pure counter-attacking teams where he neither has the creativity to help break them down with all the posession we have, nor the pace to live with the counter.

[fidget]

Grind that axe Danny

[DannyMan2006]

Everytime I start to come round to Lucas he loses the plot. Been abysmal v Newcastle & Had a poor first half v Watford. The main stay for us under Kloop was that midfield two of Lucas & Can. But I can tell after about two minutes how good Lucas is going to be. And if he's off form we have a shocker.

A player of his experience should not go from hot to cold so easily.