Perhaps he's not in the manager's plans for the starting XI at this phase of the season, but it's a very long season and Rodgers knows that, hence why he wants him here. And I hope he realises that too.
Before we know it, the games will be coming thick and fast and Lucas will be needed to start quite a lot of games. Also, we need to keep in mind that the formation may change in the season for certain games. Haven't seen any change so far in formation and no drastic lineup change because its the start of the season and Brendan has wisely stuck to it to get us into a rhythm.
This is the same for guys like Markovic and even the likes of Kolo Toure who will see playing time for sure. They haven't played a minute so far and Lucas hasn't played the amount of time he wants, but its a good strategy from the boss as these players will be more fresh towards the end of the season and could help us in the tailend games where we dropped off massively last season.
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