why not give us other options Brendan should be looking at?
In fact I myself came to the defense of Lucas to a certain extent. the simple fact of the matter is that we don't have enough healthy, capable midfielders right now. So Lucas is a last resort. It's not Lucas' fault that Henderson got a red and Sturridge is out. Or when he had the chance in front of goal at Norwich and missed---I don't blame him for that at all. He's not a goalscorer, that's not his job. I don't blame Lucas for having a poor game, or for being a poor player since his injury.
And if we could all just look in the mirror and say "Alright, we have no other options right now, we know Lucas is not the player he once was, but what else are we going to do?"---if we could do that, I'd have no problem with it. But there are some here who don't even ACKNOWLEDGE how poor Lucas has been. Allen was MOTM at Norwich next to Sterling, Allen was everywhere, did everything, and yet, someone a few pages back said Lucas had an even BETTER game than Allen! despite constantly giving the ball away, being well off the pace, giving away numerous fouls in vulnerable positions (including a foul in the last seconds of the game that could have cost us 2 points). There really are some here who think Lucas played well. If you don't believe me just go back a few pages.
So. We're stuck. The best case scenario is that Sturridge is fit for Chelsea, so Raheem can drop back into the diamond and Lucas can return to the bench. that would make all of this null and void. If that doesn't happen then Rodgers really has no choice but to play Lucas---the idea that we should move Stevie though, just to accommodate the one-dimensional Lucas, is beyond mind-boggling. Leave Stevie in his best position right now, at holding DM. We'll have to make do with Lucas on the right of the diamond.
If, however, we are going to insist on having Lucas sit back in his position as DM (which he really isn't good at anyway), then as I suggested a few months ago, there's no reason why we shouldn't give Agger a go in midfield. He is much better on the ball than Lucas, he can put in a tackle, and he doesn't give away as many stupid fouls because of his lack of pace. If we're going to play with two holding players then give Agger a go. Rafa used Aurelio in midfield several times to great effect. Of course Aurelio was a much more cultured player than Agger but Fabio was playing more CM and Agger would be more DM. If we're going to play with 2 DMs then it can't be Lucas because he was a disaster at Norwich and quite frankly has been for much of the season.
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