Comments on: Lucas Leiva – a talent destined for great things?

By: john c

john c — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:51:33 +0000

Sorry, my heart sinks every time I see that average combo of Lucas, Kuyt and Insua take the field consistently. Judging from Gerard and Torres demeanor, I think they are torn between giving there all but totally frustrated by the banal average characterless players like Lucas etc around them

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:47:48 +0000

OPTA stats don’t prove anything. The only important stat is how many points we get with him in the team and without him. With such fine margins between success and failure the free-kicks he gives away, lack of height etc can be the difference between a win and a draw. Look at the way he let Ireland stroll past him for Man City’s 2nd goal, the way he lost the man he was supposed to be marking for Birmingham’s 1st. With him out of the team of the last couple of seasons we average about 90 points over the 38 games; with him in we average about 70. That’s the difference between winning the title and struggling to qualify for the champions’ league. Also important is not what he does but what he doesn’t do. He can’t be the vital link between the defence and attack that Alonso was and I think Aquilani can be- with him in the team expect our results to pick up.

By: Gord

Gord — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:42 +0000

According to Opta stats Lucas is 2nd on the list of tacklers in the league with 53 tackles, with 70% success rate, he is also 4th on the list of passers with 645 passes at 88% success.

Clearly stats aren’t everything, and Lucas has improvements to make to his game. Equally however, the stats do paint a picture of him not being as bad as he is made out to be. If he is so bad how come he out tackles and out passes most of the league? Does this mean most of the players in the league are shite?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:38:33 +0000

Mate, you must be way beyond brain dead if you’re still trying to kid yourself that Lucas is a good footballer.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:53:36 +0000

we are a top 4 team arent we? what a balloon you are

By: John

John — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:09:22 +0000

Would he get into any of the Top 4 teams – NO. End of story.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:38:54 +0000

No.

By: Tone

Tone — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:23:16 +0000

Since Lucas has put on some weight he’s shown real shades of his class.

He’s fighting for every ball, not easy to knock off like he was last season and bossing the midfield with Mascherano (some of the time, the United win being a prime example).

Like the post above said: Get off the lads back. He’s young and adapting to foreign football, not just any foreign football, the Premier League!

He’ll be great for us. Mark my words.

By: Blessed relief

Blessed relief — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:54 +0000

Lucas is the only Brazillian that cant play football. he is shite.

By: Simon Borg

Simon Borg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:08 +0000

Get off his back Lucas is a decent player and is very young remember a payer peaks at the age of 26-28 Xabi was27 when he left us his prime so don’ty compare now Xabi was noone before he came to us age 22!!