Lucas

[Myo]

Just heard he played last night even though his grandmother died prior to kick off? YNWA LUCAS

[baitman]

He hadn't gone too far.

Tbh, a player always looks at his best when he's out injured and the team are losing. Allen went through a similar spell last season until he came in and was as rubbish as the rest.

But I'll be damned if I'm accepting that this is the best I'll see from us for the next year. Save me Joe.

I cant wait for enrique to come back and rescue us from this oblivion

[DannyMan2006]

you have gone too far...

when he is back fit you can think back to this when he is turning out those little hard white lumps of old school dog****.

He hadn't gone too far.

Tbh, a player always looks at his best when he's out injured and the team are losing. Allen went through a similar spell last season until he came in and was as rubbish as the rest.

But I'll be damned if I'm accepting that this is the best I'll see from us for the next year. Save me Joe.

[baitman]

Lucas hasn't been great this season but neither has Can. In fact, our whole midfield has been incredibly poor. Henderson AND Allen would walk into our current set-up.

you have gone too far...

when he is back fit you can think back to this when he is turning out those little hard white lumps of old school dog****.

[Rigadon]

Lucas hasn't been great this season but neither has Can. In fact, our whole midfield has been incredibly poor. Henderson AND Allen would walk into our current set-up.

[BigChief]

I hope the Lucas fanboys will hush up at the back now.

[Mattshark]

I haven't seen them yet this season!

You don't need a holding player against teams who defend deep. You need a player who can push a bit higher and still get back. If Lucas could do that then fine, but he can't.

He can, we just push him too far up and leave ourselves exposed. Lucas' passing is very good and helps start attacks.

I think keeping some cover on the defense is always worth while, we are commonly left with an exposed defence.

[SB]

He will but needs to be given time. I think his best position for a few years will be in a more advanced role.

I think if it allows our more creative players / goal scorers like Milner & Hendo the opportunity to get forward then I'm all for it. Can looks good bringing the ball out of defence but I've not seen him put the ball in the back of the net enough to displace the other pair. That's there games not Can's yet.

[Fredo]

He will but needs to be given time. I think his best position for a few years will be in a more advanced role.

[SB]

He doesn't have the maturity yet.

Maybe not but his time spent in defence last season will have helped improve that side of his game. Playing him as a holding mid against teams that sit back is good training & he'll learn from it IMO.

[Fredo]

He doesn't have the maturity yet.

[SB]

I haven't seen them yet this season!

You don't need a holding player against teams who defend deep. You need a player who can push a bit higher and still get back. If Lucas could do that then fine, but he can't.

Can is that player or he will become that player soon.

[DannyMan2006]

We don't need him to carve up teams and score goals, we have other players for that.

I haven't seen them yet this season!

You don't need a holding player against teams who defend deep. You need a player who can push a bit higher and still get back. If Lucas could do that then fine, but he can't.

[Mattshark]

but he's banned

[fidget]

We don't need him to carve up teams and score goals, we have other players for that.

but he's banned