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      Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)

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      PurpleMonkey
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12144: Jan 11, 2019 04:40:07 pm
      I was frankly astonished to see him as their POTY. They have Immobile who I think was one of the top scorers in Europe last season. Got to show the love and respect he is receiving at Lazio. Fully deserved by the lad, He put in some great efforts for us during his time here and he got his reward at last.

      I agree with this, but remember, it was a social media vote ;)
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12145: Apr 11, 2019 04:29:45 pm
      seen his documentary on LFC TV . Personally I always thought he was so much better than people thought and a bit like Hendo was unfairly judged against Stevie. He gave his all for this club and that for me is always worthy of support.
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      Reply #12146: Apr 11, 2019 09:01:51 pm
      seen his documentary on LFC TV . Personally I always thought he was so much better than people thought and a bit like Hendo was unfairly judged against Stevie. He gave his all for this club and that for me is always worthy of support.

      I agree he wasn’t given enough credit but he was never judged in comparison with Gerrard, completely different type of player.
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      Reply #12147: Apr 11, 2019 09:37:11 pm
      I agree he wasn’t given enough credit but he was never judged in comparison with Gerrard, completely different type of player.

      yes he was judged by the fans against Gerrard nothing to do with what type of player he was.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12148: Apr 11, 2019 09:52:00 pm
      Had a purple patch that lasted 6 months or so under Kenny, was never the same after injury. Overall average player world class person
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12149: Apr 11, 2019 10:10:47 pm
      A lot better than many on here will ever credit him for.  Never the best player on the pitch, earned motm shouts at a rate that put better players to shame. A leader on the pitch and the way he talked to young players breaking in to the team was never fully appreciated.
      « Last Edit: Apr 11, 2019 11:02:37 pm by Roddenberry »
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12150: Apr 11, 2019 10:59:33 pm
      A lot better than many on here will ever credit him for.  Never the best player on the pitch, earned motm shouts at a rate that put better players to shame. A leader on the pitch and the way he talked players breaking in to the team was never fully appreciated.

      Iagree with you Rod,Lucas was totally underestimated in my opinion.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12151: Apr 11, 2019 11:31:04 pm
      A lot better than many on here will ever credit him for.  Never the best player on the pitch, earned motm shouts at a rate that put better players to shame. A leader on the pitch and the way he talked to young players breaking in to the team was never fully appreciated.

      Agree Rodders.

      Hugely underrated footballer and always a personal favourite of mine.
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      Reply #12152: Apr 11, 2019 11:45:19 pm
      yes he was judged by the fans against Gerrard nothing to do with what type of player he was.

      No, no he wasn’t.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12153: Apr 12, 2019 11:42:46 am
      seen his documentary on LFC TV . Personally I always thought he was so much better than people thought and a bit like Hendo was unfairly judged against Stevie. He gave his all for this club and that for me is always worthy of support.

      Played within himself for the good of the team.
      Just like Henderson has been doing under Klopp.
      A fantastic player whose only real weakness was a lack of pace.
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      Reply #12154: Apr 12, 2019 11:55:02 am
      Now I think back, Rafa did to lucas what Klopp has done to Hendo, Turned a good attacking MF into a good holding MF.

      But as they get older realize they have had an amazing education in football playing under amazing managers, who always picked them.

      Lucas is a class act, and was very under rated by so many fans and pundits, shows how ignorant some are, at what players are being told to do my the managers.

      Was he not player of the year last year for Lazio ?
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12155: May 16, 2019 10:51:16 am
      Pleased to see him win the Coppa Italia last night. He was loving it at the front of the trophy lift. Great to see.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12156: May 25, 2019 11:28:34 pm
      Always a favourite of mine. Very clever player. He didn't create noise about himself.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12157: May 28, 2019 12:06:46 am
      My opinion of Lucas completely transformed over the 9/10 years he was here, I couldn't stand the guy at first and then there were times we couldnt do without him
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12158: May 30, 2019 09:32:10 am
      chuffed for lucas winning a cup with Lazio.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12159: Jun 18, 2019 10:30:31 pm
      « Last Edit: Jun 18, 2019 10:38:54 pm by PurpleMonkey »
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12160: Jun 18, 2019 10:47:29 pm

      Lucas was a fantastic player for us,I seem to recall his first game for us.I think he came on as a sub against Everton at Goodison and won us a penalty.He was an excellent club man.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12161: Jun 19, 2019 12:27:37 am
      He got a lot of stick on forums while he was with us.  I never quite understood why.  He just simplified the game and played his role.

      Granted he couldn’t score in a Brothel and made some really poor fouls that gave away free kicks that we ended up giving up a goal or two.

      Always seemed like a class act though.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12162: Jun 19, 2019 07:51:17 am
      The wars over Lucas we had on here! I remember even writing an article for anfieldonline for it at one stage. Ernie, Crouchie and myself were putting out fires left and right 😂 would hate to go back and read some of my older posts as I imagine the teenage me was speaking a load of sh*te!
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12163: Jun 19, 2019 11:19:36 am
      He got a lot of stick on forums while he was with us.  I never quite understood why.  He just simplified the game and played his role.

      Granted he couldn’t score in a Brothel and made some really poor fouls that gave away free kicks that we ended up giving up a goal or two.

      Always seemed like a class act though.

      He got stick because wrongly people expected him to be a replacement for both Alonso and Gerrard - all because he was more of an attacking mid at Gremio but for us was a DM - and an excellent one at that but far too many “internet “ fans always look for a comparison to a previous player instead of looking at the player on his own merits

      Henderson is another who constantly gets compared to others like Gerrard
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12164: Jun 19, 2019 12:06:25 pm
      He got a lot of stick on forums while he was with us.  I never quite understood why.  He just simplified the game and played his role.

      Granted he couldn’t score in a Brothel and made some really poor fouls that gave away free kicks that we ended up giving up a goal or two.

      Always seemed like a class act though.

      He "gave away" fewer free kicks than Mascherano.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12165: Jun 19, 2019 02:21:58 pm
      He was the unluckiest player I have ever seen. Each time he found goof from and looked to really establish himself along came another injury. Never heard the lad complain he just got on with it and its very pleasing to see him enjoy his football and do well.
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      Re: Lucas Leiva (Liverpool > S.S. Lazio)
      Reply #12166: Jun 19, 2019 04:17:47 pm
      He was a fairly average midfielder but always seemed like a really nice guy. Ask yourself this question, who in the current midfield would he replace?

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