Lucas

[Craig_H]

He finished the game and his tweet tonight seems full of positivity - i dont think he's injured in any real way.

[little dave hedgehog]

did the xabi alonso thing where he went off on a surging but slow fruitless run, waited for someone to look to have a swing at the ball and then stepped in front of it to draw the foul when we were in danger of losing our possession game and needed top slow things down. remember when we were really good, and players got sent off playing xabi all the time? maybe it will be like that this year.

[RedSince1964]

My word he's good. Well done son. Well done young man.

He's class and if he stays fit will start every game IMO.

Agreed Shaggy

[RedReet]

Henry Winter just 15 months ago: "Lucas or Murphy?"



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...d-history.html

I dare say 15 months ago he would actually have had a lot of Red support.

Although he gets a bit of stick on here, I have to say that Wilkins was the first non-LFC media type I've noticed to give Lucas a bit of credit. Very rarely have I ever seen Lucas get the plaudits he deserves on Sky or in the papers, but Wilkins is usually the one who highlights his importance to the team.

Lucas.

[Exiled_red]

Check out SkySports rating of Lucas

What game did they watch..

They rated him the same way as Nigel Reo-Coker


http://www.skysports.com/football/us...407350,00.html

[RedReet]

I think some Journo’s have their rating marked before the game and still submit them regardless of the performance.

I remember one match when Lucas was our best player and Gerrard was shocking. Lucas got a 4 and Gerrard 8, with the writer going on to say how Gerrard typically had to carry Brazilian Lucas and one of our other foreign players who were labelled by their Nationality.

I also remember after a game which we won by 4 or 5, bar one 7, all our players were rated 6 or below. The other team which we spanked even got a few 7’s.

[Exiled_red]

I think some Journo’s have their rating marked before the game and still submit them regardless of the performance.

I remember one match when Lucas was our best player and Gerrard was shocking. Lucas got a 4 and Gerrard 8, with the writer going on to say how Gerrard typically had to carry Brazilian Lucas and one of our other foreign players who were labelled by their Nationality.

I also remember after a game which we won by 4 or 5, bar one 7, all our players were rated 6 or below. The other team which we spanked even got a few 7’s.

Sometimes I think they don't even bother watching the match

[Buzzo]

As much as I always felt Lucas got too much of a hard time in the past, and hoped he would do well at Anfield I never ever thought he would turn into the type of player we are seeing today. Along with Reina and Suarez one of our only guaranteed starters, every game.

He is simply awesome just now, and hasn't put a foot wrong for over a year.

[dww]

I think he's doing everything at exactly the same pace as before tbh, the only difference is our movement creates more options for him to pass to

[Craig_H]

Look how he was in the early days



He has seriously bulked up and is now pretty powerful.

[Mostar]

Lucas vs Bolton


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieCuvkNQ_s"]Lucas Leiva v Bolton HD - YouTube[/ame]

[Assassin]

Lucas vs Bolton


Lucas Leiva v Bolton HD - YouTube

Cheerz

Lucas displayed tremendous strength when winning that header when Davies was trying to pull him over backwards, that was very impressive.

The comment on we now have 7 points and it took 9 games to acheive that total last year just puts everything into perspective. Thank **** we do not have to endure the bodge any more!

[danperkins]

Lucas was ace again, incredible improvement and progression since joining LFC. Has matured into a role that suits his attributes down to the ground and is a rock in our midfield. Definite starter every game.

[Buzzo]

Lucas was ace again, incredible improvement and progression since joining LFC. Has matured into a role that suits his attributes down to the ground and is a rock in our midfield. Definite starter every game.

Well said. I'll bet you never thought you'd be saying that a couple of years ago. You weren't his biggest fan.

[McDermotX]

Turned into an absolute diamond signing.